Most of those people would be later 40s early 50s now. As I’m finding out telling your kids off for stupid shit is way harder when you did stupid shite and they know it. Not sure I could keep up these days but still like to drop some tunes in the car and pretend I’m 20 ish again.
I’ve has the pleasure to meet and talk with a lot of oldschool ravers. It’s crazy and cool to hear stories about OG raves and how they came to be what they are today. No scene is perfect obvi., but I do love that raves are open to such a diverse range of backgrounds. Catch ya’ on the dancefloor!
That due in the front center at the start is wearing a shirt that I’m pretty sure only exists in the 1990s, and automatically causes that exact hat to appear on heads of those wearing it.
This looks awesome lol! I’ve been finding it harder to find shows where everyone is there almost entirely just for the music. Unless it’s an older artist, a lot of shows in the US I’ve seen are full of either wooks who care too much about their pashminas or instagram dickheads who can’t put their phones away for 5 minutes.
This was the year raves went mainstream. They existed for a couple years before that but mostly they were secret parties. Where I live, raves started in the gay club scene before being appropriated and resold to high school kids.
The early underground scene was really fun. They started as after hour parties for staff and club regulars who were usually high and wanted to keep dancing. Acid was really popular so you’d drop tabs and be up until 8 am anyways so the parties would give people something to do.
Never went to a rave in my youth. Feels like I missed out. But videos like this are a nice reminder that in our youth, we want to have fun and we need an outlet.
It is bizarre watching this today. My friends were huge into this scene when we were around 14-16 and you can see some kids that age in this video too.
I never did like that music, and my idea of fun was skateboarding and doing stuff in the woods. But, I also always felt super intimidated by this scene. My dad was an addict and I didn’t like the idea of all the acid and molly that was there.
So it all makes me wonder, as someone who has realized my anxieties about certain things were unfounded, I still don’t know if I would be into this scene if I could inject all the knowledge I’ve gained since then into my historical self.
That said, I did go to these a few times and some of those memories are the most exciting memories of my teenage years.
all that bare flesh and not a tattoo in sight. Crazy how it took one generation to go from this to tattooing literal prison-level quality tats across your face considered mainstream.
This is where you play “Guess that drug?” Pick out a person in the crowd and guess if they are on X, MDMA, acid, or coke. Although straight edge was certainly a thing, the amount and variety of drugs available at these things was amazing.
It’s so interesting how people respond to drum beats and music almost universally. There must be an evolutionary reason for it.
Thanks for posting this! Super cool to see a snapshot in time like this.
r/OldSchoolCool
Once you pick up on the MC yelling through the ENTIRE video it’s really fucking annoying.
Sick music though and really interesting to see how people danced and how free they seem
Most of those people would be later 40s early 50s now. As I’m finding out telling your kids off for stupid shit is way harder when you did stupid shite and they know it. Not sure I could keep up these days but still like to drop some tunes in the car and pretend I’m 20 ish again.
Let’s assume everybody in this video is in America and is of legal drinking age or higher.
That means everybody in this video is now at least 53 years old.
[Just a few years later…](https://youtu.be/pXX6cK4xtiY)
I’m still dancing (like no one’s watching) like this in 2022.
All those people are on ecstacy
I’ve has the pleasure to meet and talk with a lot of oldschool ravers. It’s crazy and cool to hear stories about OG raves and how they came to be what they are today. No scene is perfect obvi., but I do love that raves are open to such a diverse range of backgrounds. Catch ya’ on the dancefloor!
That due in the front center at the start is wearing a shirt that I’m pretty sure only exists in the 1990s, and automatically causes that exact hat to appear on heads of those wearing it.
Wow. That was way back before glow-sticks. I forgot it didn’t start out that way.
Wisconsin underground rave scene 91-95. Old barns and farm fields.
Playing this at 2.0x speed is much better!
you should have seen the proper underground scene back then…..this was for safe people.
NRG – He never lost his hardcore
True techno jam from back in the day…
https://youtu.be/6bNfEBo07Ng
Thems some classic tunes in that video.
This looks awesome lol! I’ve been finding it harder to find shows where everyone is there almost entirely just for the music. Unless it’s an older artist, a lot of shows in the US I’ve seen are full of either wooks who care too much about their pashminas or instagram dickheads who can’t put their phones away for 5 minutes.
This was the year raves went mainstream. They existed for a couple years before that but mostly they were secret parties. Where I live, raves started in the gay club scene before being appropriated and resold to high school kids.
The early underground scene was really fun. They started as after hour parties for staff and club regulars who were usually high and wanted to keep dancing. Acid was really popular so you’d drop tabs and be up until 8 am anyways so the parties would give people something to do.
Cheers that just induced a rather enjoyable flashback hmmmm what loverly times of love and dancing
Never went to a rave in my youth. Feels like I missed out. But videos like this are a nice reminder that in our youth, we want to have fun and we need an outlet.
’93 national bubble gum chewing tournament
That exact fashion is happening i Sweden right now.
I used to go to Club Kinetic in Stoke during the earlier 90’s, great club never saw any trouble. We all loved each other for various reasons !
I love the green collared shirt guy at 12:55, like he just got off of work and headed straight to the party. Don’t see that anymore
I don’t know why, but the thought that those are all mothers and fathers in there now is funny to me.
It is bizarre watching this today. My friends were huge into this scene when we were around 14-16 and you can see some kids that age in this video too.
I never did like that music, and my idea of fun was skateboarding and doing stuff in the woods. But, I also always felt super intimidated by this scene. My dad was an addict and I didn’t like the idea of all the acid and molly that was there.
So it all makes me wonder, as someone who has realized my anxieties about certain things were unfounded, I still don’t know if I would be into this scene if I could inject all the knowledge I’ve gained since then into my historical self.
That said, I did go to these a few times and some of those memories are the most exciting memories of my teenage years.
the UK always seem to love having a MC shouting stuff the whole set, not such a big thing in the US
Fuck I’m old. I saw Daft Punks first US appearance at a party in the Wisconsin woods back then. It was awesome.
all that bare flesh and not a tattoo in sight. Crazy how it took one generation to go from this to tattooing literal prison-level quality tats across your face considered mainstream.
This is where you play “Guess that drug?” Pick out a person in the crowd and guess if they are on X, MDMA, acid, or coke. Although straight edge was certainly a thing, the amount and variety of drugs available at these things was amazing.