Wino Wednesday: Saint Vitus, “Patra (Petra)” Live in Italy, 2013
Saint Vitus originally released V on Hellhound Records in 1990. For the subsequent 22 years until the release of 2012’s Lillie: F-65, it served as the doom legends’ final album with Scott “Wino” Weinrich on vocals. He was replaced by Christian “Chritus” Linderson (now of Goatess and Lord Vicar) for 1992’s C.O.D. and original singer Scott Reagers would make a return on 1995’s Die Healing. Meanwhile, Wino himself went on to reform The Obsessed and release Lunar Womb and The Church Within in 1991 and 1994.
A Southern Lord reissue in 2004 — when the label was arguably at its most doomed with releases relatively concurrent by Goatsnake, SunnO))), Sourvein, Earthride and Place of Skulls, among others — helped bring V to the attention of a generation of heads who comprised a post-internet market not previously exposed to it. The next year’s revisit to 1990’s Live would only further the band’s resurgent reach. As such, when at the start of the 2013 clip of “Patra (Petra),” Wino says Saint Vitus have had a lot of requests for it, it’s not such a surprise. True, it’s not a standout cut like “Ice Monkey” or “I Bleed Black,” but with V winding up as a landmark in the band’s catalog, it makes sense that a track like “Patra (Petra)” would find an audience 23 years down the line.
This footage was shot in Bologna, Italy, on March 23 at the Zona Riveri. Saint Vitus is Wino on vocals, Dave Chandler on guitar, Mark Adams on bass and Henry Vasquez on drums, and the band was touring with Mos Generator at the time in support of Lillie: F-65.
Please enjoy “Patra (Petra)” and have a great Wino Wednesday as we continue to the countdown to the 100th edition.
