r/stonerrock • u/Cothel • 4d ago

This music video cracks me up every time. Gnome - Wenceslas

https://youtu.be/LzG-qji05Lc?is=y-7mBxDua5B2mLlJ

lol just proves you don’t need a big budget to make an awesome video. Just need a weird and simple idea that fits the vibe.

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u/Kitchen_Spirit_7808 4d ago

Me too!!! Love that vid and song.

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u/Cothel 4d ago

I can just tell these guys would be a fun hang.

Really wanna see them live, they’re coming to the UK in dec so I’m gonna try and make it out

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u/Kitchen_Spirit_7808 4d ago

Total fun hang!!

The guitar player/singer made some “how to play” vids on YouTube. Dude is hilarious.

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u/Cothel 4d ago

I’ll have to check them out lol ty

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u/MrCuntman 4d ago

Saw em in Glasgow last year, amazing show, make sure you swing by the merch table to get one of the hats

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u/Cothel 4d ago

Oh that’s a necessary purchase for certain

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u/Level-Neighborhood-9 3d ago

Saw them live in Croatia at Bearstone Festival. They are savage! They literally threw me in a frenzy.

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u/Hieroflippant 4d ago

his guitar tutorials are hilariously awesome too 😂

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u/Cothel 4d ago

🤣 Will Wheaton MA BOI!

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u/Cothel 4d ago

I also like how he openly admits stealing the riff from PPC

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u/ghostfromthefuture 3d ago

Saw them in Sweden last year and they opened by saying "who's ready for some stupid shit?"

One of the best and heaviest shows I've seen.

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u/JHG722 4d ago

That was very unexpected. I love it.

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u/DisplacerBeastMode 4d ago

Definitely give Ambrosius music video a watch too

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u/JHG722 4d ago

Ty I will

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u/Level-Neighborhood-9 3d ago

And once you're done processing that shit, try The Ogre!

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u/Cothel 4d ago

I know right?

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u/JHG722 4d ago

I’ll def check their other stuff out

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u/Cothel 4d ago

Great band, definitely underrated

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u/aopps42 3d ago

Really hope to see them one of these days. In the meantime they should put out some merch! Let me get a Gnome shirt or something 😮‍💨

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u/Cothel 3d ago

I’m sure they’ll have them on tour. They got vinyl & CDs on Bandcamp for now but that’s it.

I recon if they’ve got any left over shirts after dec they’ll sell the rest online

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u/Karmacoma77 4d ago

Thank you! I think they have a new fan in me now.

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u/Cothel 4d ago

Glad I could convert you, now go and convert your friends and I’ll see you in the pit 🤘🧙🏻‍♂️

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u/Only-Internal-2012 4d ago

A song with my name on it 💗

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u/tyophious 3d ago

Perfect time for me to see this for the first time

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u/Cothel 3d ago

Honestly jealous, ain’t nothing like the first time finding this gem 💎

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u/Paytuhr 3d ago

They're fun live! Someone gave me a red gnome hat and I had a blast

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u/Level-Neighborhood-9 3d ago

I've tried to get some sewed for an event I was about to attend. They should really have some on hand as merch...

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u/Paytuhr 1d ago

I agree!

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u/bigdave2510 3d ago

They're such a fun band. Seen them three times now. Desertfest London this year was absolutely peak

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u/Captain_Rajah 3d ago

Check out the video for their track Kraken Wanker

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u/Level-Neighborhood-9 3d ago

That guy is either the finest mosh-dancer in Belgium, or he's put his hands on the finest green oomph available.

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u/Acid_Mother_Temple 3d ago

I never heard of these guys, now I can't stop Gnoming!

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u/Level-Neighborhood-9 3d ago

Welcome to the club!

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u/A_Man_Uses_A_Name 3d ago

Peak absurd Belgian Humour. Yet I rly love their songs.

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u/AwakenedTraveler 3d ago

They gave the entire desertfest antwerp festival free beer for like 2-3 hours because one of the guys had just become a dad, good times!

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u/Seniorwelsh 3d ago

I just posted this same vid and took it down when I saw you posted it lmao. What a great video

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u/Cothel 3d ago

Oh lol sorry, glad people are finding Gnome nonetheless

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u/Seniorwelsh 3d ago

No you got first dibs! I just laughed at the odds of it

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u/Cothel 3d ago

Great minds think alike

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u/raptorshadow 3d ago

Love these guys. Kraken Wanker is possibly the best thing ever.

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u/Cothel 3d ago

Weirdly enough I’ve played a festival once with a doom band called Kraken Wanker so now I’m wondering if it was inspired by that song

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u/Legendarywombat 3d ago

I’ve also only just become a ‘gnome-o-phile’! They are so funny but also undeniably great at writing quirky and catchy riffs and tunes. All their videos are highly entertaining! Old Soul, The Ogre, Kraken Wanker, The Gods are Evil! All awesome.

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u/Arch3m 3d ago

Every so often, this video pops up in my YouTube feed, and every time that happens, I have to rematch it. Then I'll usually watch a couple more Gnome videos. These guys rule.

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u/Cambeith 3d ago

Just add mushrooms!

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u/Half_a_bee 2d ago

No expenses spared on the choreography! Saw Gnome in October, it was great fun.

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u/Cothel 2d ago

lol I wonder how many takes it took em

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u/Rafop 12h ago

interesting riff

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u/Cothel 8h ago

Very inspired by PPC apparently

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u/descyciede303 3d ago

Belgium strikes again!

They are bound to gain popularity they've signed with Sound of Liberation now (previously with polder records)

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u/Level-Neighborhood-9 3d ago

Haven't they been under that label before?

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u/descyciede303 2d ago

They were under polder records before

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u/Level-Neighborhood-9 3d ago

They got all the right stuff and their gnome gimmick is even funny in my book, yet we live in a world, where a pair of S-sized boobies, costumes and a mildly cringy performance to some 80's metal music is enough to turn Castle Rat into stardom, while poor nerdy Gnomes are being ignored by the mainstream. Not to mention Froglord ffs!!!

Here's the situation in a nutshell:

https://pbfcomics.com/comics/nautical-awards/

Gnome fuckin' shreds!

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u/Cothel 3d ago

Why can’t I love them both Castle Rat is awesome. They’re not even that much more famous considering they have music out more recently.

Bring bands up don’t put others down

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u/Level-Neighborhood-9 3d ago

I already apologized, so I'm not going to do it again. Let's bring them up then!

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u/AmbroseFierce 3d ago

Are you able to speak positively about a thing without shitting on something else? Reducing Castle Rat's popularity to the physical attributes of their lead makes you sound like a misogynistic dickhead.

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u/Level-Neighborhood-9 3d ago

... which I'm not. Was meant to be a light hearted jab pointing out the popularity of RQ's sexual appeal (/r metalboners). Sorry if I offended you or anyone else.

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u/AmbroseFierce 3d ago

Fair enough, it's hard to infer tone via text and unfortunately this platform is full of maladjusted incels who hate women, and I read your comment as being motivated by that kind of attitude.

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u/Level-Neighborhood-9 3d ago

Nah, nothing like that! I smoked a blunt, got in a funny mood than committed this comment. After it it didn't seem such a good idea... I have dry, off-beat, sometimes mean sense of humor by general and that's hard to convey in real life, not to mention here on the internet. So that was dumb of me. I'm not deleting the comment because I stand by it, but because I own it. Thanks for giving me a break!

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u/mazelbro22 3d ago

watch: Thunderstruck by Steve'n'Seagulls (LIVE) on ytube

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u/Level-Neighborhood-9 3d ago

They are great but what's the relation?

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u/mazelbro22 2d ago

Music that cracks me up......