This film needs to be archived at the Library of Congress as an important historical document of the punk/hardcore era. There’s so much here that should be preserved. I can’t help but wonder what happened to all those young people, many who are undoubtedly grandparents today. This is a beautiful time capsule.
I'm 60 now and still rockin. My first CBs show was 1985 I think, but by 85 the Brains were playing bigger places like Irving Plaza and The Ritz. I saw Scream, 7 Seconds and DOA (on seperate nights) at CBs
@Sam-rf8yh I'm alive and well and recently had published on an audiophile site an article on The 15 Best Punk Albums (Yes the BB's debut is one of them) and 4 articles on Starting A Jamaican Music Collection
I saw "Bad Brains" playing live in a warehouse in Pensacola, Florida 1988. I had a bi-hawk and I was in the pit in a very hot summer room getting very sweaty. After the "Bad Brains" set I went into the bathroom to drink water from the sink in my bare hands. What I didn't realize was my hands were coated with hair spray from my bi-hawk so I drank hair spray. A few minutes later I got sick to my stomach and I ran outside where all the punks were to cool off and I projectile vomited to the applause of all the punks. Later I was still puking next to "Bad Brains" tour bus when HR tossed me some Wrigley's spiriment gum to get the bad taste out of my mouth! Local Pensacola punk band "Maggot Sandwich" opened.
Maggot sandwich were a great band " "get off the stage asshole" that's cool to know M.S. opened for bad brains that would have been an honor I'm sure... I sent away for their DEAD TO MY WORLD ep in 11th grade and was more that satisfied customer even better KML records never gave up on me and just kept sending me updated catalogs and new releases notifications and I just couldn't help buying more music from the wish I had had more spending $$$ back then there's a lot I wish I had got but didn't
It's crazy when you realize everyone in that young crowd is in their 50s or 60s right now. Mind-blowing to see footage like this and then think about how long ago it really was.
It’s true that getting old sucks, but since that was going to happen anyway, I’m happy I spent my youth in the late 20th century, as opposed to being young now
Was at this show,can't believe I found this..just turned 60 NYC was a trash pit in 70,s early 80,s...wonder why my body hurts..so many shows n broken bones...ouch...but it sure was fun...
December 24th, 1982, my very first x-mas eve, nearly 5,000 miles away in Sao Paulo, 2 hours ahead on a Friday night, swaddled and dawdled for sure. Grace Kelly had died only 10 days prior, RIP. Awesome video, thank you for sharing.
Caught up with Dead Kennedys, Ramones, Stranglers and somehow never heard of this band. Only discovered them a few years ago, what a bloody tragedy, they are something else
Better late than never, fellow DK fan. Alternative Tentacles’ short lived UK division put out some rare EPs of the Brains in Europe. Jello was certainly a fan himself.
In 1981 a compilation came out called let them eat jelly beans..it featured dead Kennedys, DOA, Bad Brains, Circle Jerks , Black Flag among others.... It really let everyone know there was something going on...
Nope, NOT at all. U obviously know NOTHING about them bc it's completely opposite. (examples..They grew up in affluent Black suburb of Maryland, outside D.C. Member's parents worked high positions in Pentagon, gov't, and medical field. Some siblings attended ivy-league colleges. Music was encouraged and supported by families. Even certain parents would carpool band to gigs in early days, etc)
Bro. I’m 55. In 7th grade I bought *Bad Brains - Rock for Light.* I wore it out. Top 20 Punk Albums of ALL time. It was also the first time I heard real reggae.
Trying to educate myself on punk and metal roots and Bad Brains stands out so far and above as the sickest fucking band from this time. Insane energy, face fucking bass and drums, and the reggae cuts are next level in their own right. So sick
that one second shot of that fan at 3:37 is amazing, he's so hyped and so alive in that single shot, I can only imagine how amazing it would have been to see Bad Brains at any of these CBGB shows
This was the first black punk band I had ever heard of back in the mid 80's when I was an early teen skateboarding around the time of the Powell Peralta team... I was listening to DK, TSOL, Black Flag, Circle Jerks and LA's Wasted Youth in LA to name a few.
Seconded! Death is the band name, For The Whole World To See is the album name for what you need to hear first. Incredible and ahead of their time with no exaggeration!
My introduction to the bad brains was in 1981 in New York City at the playroom. On 6th avenue in SoHo. They played a two-hour set with both hardcore and reggae. The aesthetics opened the show. Four months later I got to see them at A7. The New York hardcore scene from 1980 to 1985 was truly a magical place. Probably much like San Francisco 1965-1970
I remember a report from their concert un Paris ate the end of they eighties, the audience was ambivalent (but not disrespectful) because they played reggae half their set and they were in for their hardcore stuff…
Hardcore like this will never ever be repeated this is absolutely the most Raw Punk you can get , sadly these dudes were so overlooked But at least the Big Punk bands idolized these dudes...The Ramones, Dead Kennedys , Agnostic Front etc...
It's not a competition my friend and there have been many other bands that had the same impact. Within the punk scene, Bad Brains were definitely something special but they were not alone.
Good Times... last time I saw them was in Atlanta at the Roxy, the whole crowd was moving as one, never felt anything like it, So Rad. Remember it like it was yesterday.
Yeehaa I've got that POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE (most of the time) Fucking love this band and HR you magnificent mad bastard just amazing THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC it's hard to imagine not having them in the sound track of my life
I've seen Bad Brains over 10 times in concert( twice at CBGB's). Never did I see a band with sooooo much fire 🔥 and energy!!! Best live band by in large!!!! 🎵🎶. One of my favorite all time bands!!! So positive and kick ass at once? A true American original! Inspired generations after them. Love 💕 them. Keep on rockin!!!
For a long time I only knew Bad Brains for their pure hardcore stuff. This is my first time hearing "I and I Rasta". Wow, I had no idea what a beautiful singing voice he had. Powerful and soulful, my favourite dynamic in a singer. I need more of this, love it ❤️
Kia ora hello from Aotearoa new zealand hay please you guys check out from 1983s ROCK FOR LIGHT to this day my favourite reggae song ever i and I survive and P.M.A the song that sent me into an uncontrollable tail spin to the land of punkrock
@@rutherfordBHAZED i can't imagine what direction my life would have taken if i hadn't heard PMA ON STUDENT RADIO IN LATE 1984 14 year's old here in Aotearoa new zealand but to this day i remember doing the dishes after dinner and P.M.A came on 1984 Aotearoa new zealand bottom of the Pacific Ocean and hearing THAT song STUNNED ME GRABBED ME BY THE NECK AND MARCHED ME OFF DOWN THE ROAD OF PUNKROCK AND REGGAE THAT I'M STILL STUMBLING AND WOBBLING ALONG NOW
The thrashiest band around at the time but never seem to be given the credit for their influence on what was soon to evolve into thrash metal. Seminal and legendary outfit and love their Jah music reggae workouts too.
@aofmualA lot of people cited Discharge's debut album to be the inspiration for thrash. Hardcore punk definitely one of the most important influence for thrash. Dave Lombardo is a fan of bands like DRI, Minor Threat and Black Flag.
@@westbayk2156 what exactly do you mean? I think some punk bands stayed true to form and also how the straight edge movement was actually I think hypocrisy itself and represents the opposite of what punk rock was intended to be. Minor Threat wasn't even racist they got branded by skinhead/neonazi facist a**holes...
Saw them that fall in Burlington, VT. On the same night The Clash played up the street at the university gym, and they were in the audience for the Bad Brains late show.
Bro. I’m 55. In 7th grade I bought *Bad Brains - Rock for Light.* I wore it out. Top 20 Punk Albums of ALL time. It was also the first time I heard real reggae like *Rally Round Jah Throne* and *I and I Survive*
HR is a force of nature, crazy, unique, powerhouse of a singer and frontman. I literally wore their self-titled and Rock for Light cassettes out in my Walman in jr high in the late 80s. I would completely tune out school and crank them up to 10 blowing my ears out with this insane music. I regret nothing.
Amazing footage. I cannot understand how can one band keep up this incredible energy for 50 minutes. And there's almost no room on that cramped up podium, nevertheless H.R. jumping and giving all he's got, people stage diving and all. No violence and no one gets hurt. Wish i was there!
Yeah people definitely got hurt, but it wasn't this crowd killing, flailing, solitary kung-fu spin kicking horseshit like you see today. Not to say there was no violence, there absolutely was, but it wasn't so jocular and spastic and gay.
@@blackbrigades3869 I mean it makes sense, right? I would like to think I'm a fairly road worn musician (see-talentless mimic-😂) and even I was running out of energy by the end of the 2nd song. It's the best way to do it, guerilla war shit. Come, slay, leave.
I first heard them in 85. I was 10. I think it was Banned in D.C. and I was hooked. Still to this day my top 3 bands. Got to see them a total of 8 times. So influential ✌️✌️✌️🤘🤘🤘🤘
Holy crap! Exactly the same for me. Born in '75 and heard these guys at summer camp in Maryland. The kid that was playing them was from DC, but probably only 14, and was the most punk thing in the world to me at 10. Bad Brains and Minor Threat was all we wanted to listen to all summer, but the counselors were 90% Deadheads and shut us down almost every time.
So sick this popped up, my team manager played this after a long skate & tattoo session. That was like 12 years ago and the last time i saw it.. Still so effin sick!!!
This band influenced so many different genres. Your seeing the first stage dives and slam dancing then grooving to reggae then back to hardcore... ❤❤ Bad Brains need yo be in the HOF
Kia ora hello from Aotearoa new zealand BAD BRAINS CHANGED MY LIFE DIRECTION PERMANENTLY IN 1984 14 year's old and i heard P.M.A on student radio and that was that almost 53 years old now still got a Mohawk (green) and P.M.A was my religious moment PUNKROCKER TILL THEY NAIL THE LAST NAIL INTO MY COFFIN AND BURY ME 12 FEET UNDERGROUND BECAUSE DEEP DOWN I'M NOT THAT BAD LOUD OR SMELLY. I'm very lucky to have seen them here in Aotearoa new zealand at the power station with my favourite New Zealand band STICKY FILTH
We got that PMA.... This might be 84'- 85' ? anyone....Might have been in the pit, I was the kid with curly hair and white Marley Tshirt and we skated Brooklyn Banks in 84-85 ... never miss HR and Band and yes they did change our lives. The Exploited were around then, Dead Kennedy's toured, SNFU, violent fems and GBH outta uk... Bad Brains @CBGB was Historic, same place David Burns started Talking Heads, Ramones started at cbgb's the list goes on. I think it finally closed.... But this was also NYC Crack epidemic in full swing right outside the venue on Bowery st. OTC🤯😎
@@chard404 14 year's old 1984 here in Aotearoa new zealand i heard P.M.A on student radio and that took any choice i had away for the direction my life has been on since that Monday night in mid 1984 now about to hit 53 years old and still have a Mohawk (green) at the moment PUNKROCKER TILL THEY NAIL THE LAST NAIL INTO MY COFFIN AND BURY ME 12 FEET UNDERGROUND BECAUSE DEEP DOWN I'M NOT THAT BAD SMELLY OR LOUD 🤘✌️🤘😜
Esto es un gran documento de Bad Brains, en el año 82, joder yo tenía 15 años por entonces y ya los escuchaba junto a Dead Kennedys. Magnífico directo. Una pena que no los pude ver en directo; al menos en el norte de España, aunque si creo estuvieron en Madrid, Barcelona y otras...Quien dijo que el punk había muerto???✊️✊️💣💣☠️☠️
🧠Bad Brains GOATS🧠...... My roommate at ISU turned me on too BB... At the time when Hip Hop was my life Blood '95 ish, changed my outlook on hardcore, respect✌🏽
I'm glad to say that I seen bad brains 3 times but I wish I could've seen them back in 82 but I was only 5 years old so that wouldn't have worked for me . But I did see them in 92 and they killed it and seen them at later dates but every time they kicked ass
@@slackingstacker yeah he would crouch a little and spin through the pit like a slow tornado and mow down everybody in his path..good times. Pronounced more like Bubby not booby. Wonder where he is today
Mark Ratner takes the plunge at 10:24. Unfortunately, the seas parted at a very inopportune time and he suffered a severe concussion, which prematurely ended the night's festivities.
"Without Bad Brains, there would be no Beatles." -- John Lennon
"Ringo isn't even the best drummer in the Bad Brains"
What makes you say that is that a cliche?
the original lyrics of the hit song by john lennon 'imagine there's no bad brains...'
😂
Promise? 😂
This film needs to be archived at the Library of Congress as an important historical document of the punk/hardcore era. There’s so much here that should be preserved. I can’t help but wonder what happened to all those young people, many who are undoubtedly grandparents today. This is a beautiful time capsule.
YOU TRULY GET IT
they all became doctors............
I'm 60 now and still rockin. My first CBs show was 1985 I think, but by 85 the Brains were playing bigger places like Irving Plaza and The Ritz. I saw Scream, 7 Seconds and DOA (on seperate nights) at CBs
yes my favorite band.
@Sam-rf8yh I'm alive and well and recently had published on an audiophile site an article on The 15 Best Punk Albums (Yes the BB's debut is one of them) and 4 articles on Starting A Jamaican Music Collection
I saw "Bad Brains" playing live in a warehouse in Pensacola, Florida 1988. I had a bi-hawk and I was in the pit in a very hot summer room getting very sweaty. After the "Bad Brains" set I went into the bathroom to drink water from the sink in my bare hands. What I didn't realize was my hands were coated with hair spray from my bi-hawk so I drank hair spray. A few minutes later I got sick to my stomach and I ran outside where all the punks were to cool off and I projectile vomited to the applause of all the punks. Later I was still puking next to "Bad Brains" tour bus when HR tossed me some Wrigley's spiriment gum to get the bad taste out of my mouth! Local Pensacola punk band "Maggot Sandwich" opened.
That's a classic punk story right here😂. H.R. is such a good guy!
Maggot sandwich were a great band " "get off the stage asshole" that's cool to know M.S. opened for bad brains that would have been an honor I'm sure... I sent away for their DEAD TO MY WORLD ep in 11th grade and was more that satisfied customer even better KML records never gave up on me and just kept sending me updated catalogs and new releases notifications and I just couldn't help buying more music from the wish I had had more spending $$$ back then there's a lot I wish I had got but didn't
Nice! HR to the rescue
I really fuckin hope that wasn't the highlight of your life
Top shelf
How Bad Brains is not in the rock n' roll hall of fame is beyond me
It’s a crime
they're putting dolly parton in there this weekend
Goddamn right!
Real talk💪
cuz the rock n roll hof straight up sucks.
My mom used to sing these songs to me at bedtime when I was little.
That’s a good mom
I'm sure you are still sleep deprived.
@@WilliamSchmidt-w2ylmao I was gonna say probs didn’t sleep much hey? Lol
Mom just screaming at lil dude in bed for a hour 😅
Best mom ever
Your mom is a good frontmom then.
It's crazy when you realize everyone in that young crowd is in their 50s or 60s right now. Mind-blowing to see footage like this and then think about how long ago it really was.
Yeh that’s so true, my dad was 20 at the time which is trippy af
Lolol I'm one of them.
Half of them are probably dead by now.
@@rvz77 Yeah but "dead-dead" beats "living-dead" every day of the week.
It’s true that getting old sucks, but since that was going to happen anyway, I’m happy I spent my youth in the late 20th century, as opposed to being young now
Was at this show,can't believe I found this..just turned 60 NYC was a trash pit in 70,s early 80,s...wonder why my body hurts..so many shows n broken bones...ouch...but it sure was fun...
Wow....that's awesome....glad I was able to reconnect you with it. Can you find yourself in the footage?
December 24th, 1982, my very first x-mas eve, nearly 5,000 miles away in Sao Paulo, 2 hours ahead on a Friday night, swaddled and dawdled for sure. Grace Kelly had died only 10 days prior, RIP. Awesome video, thank you for sharing.
I love how the woman in the red plaid flannel is just soaking it all
in and singing the whole time.
Hell yes, she understood the assignment
That's Courtney
Caught up with Dead Kennedys, Ramones, Stranglers and somehow never heard of this band. Only discovered them a few years ago, what a bloody tragedy, they are something else
Better late than never, fellow DK fan. Alternative Tentacles’ short lived UK division put out some rare EPs of the Brains in Europe. Jello was certainly a fan himself.
ramones is not punk
@@spiderboy7091 Since when Ramones has not been punk?
@@spiderboy7091 must be twelve.
In 1981 a compilation came out called let them eat jelly beans..it featured dead Kennedys, DOA, Bad Brains, Circle Jerks , Black Flag among others.... It really let everyone know there was something going on...
They understood what anger, frustration and being an outsider felt like; they lived it!🖤🤘🏼🖤🤘🏼
That's a pretty bold assumption considering you don't know them personally lol...
@@LeadMe2TheBliss…Being Blk makes you an outcast in America esp. You ever heard of a band called, “DEATH”? Detroit.
@@LeadMe2TheBlissthey project their insecurities onto their idols.
Nope, NOT at all. U obviously know NOTHING about them bc it's completely opposite. (examples..They grew up in affluent Black suburb of Maryland, outside D.C. Member's parents worked high positions in Pentagon, gov't, and medical field. Some siblings attended ivy-league colleges. Music was encouraged and supported by families. Even certain parents would carpool band to gigs in early days, etc)
That's lame.
I know nothing about hardcore/punk. I try to rap and sing... a little. This video showed up somehow. This is AMAZING. I think I'm crying
Bro. I’m 55. In 7th grade I bought *Bad Brains - Rock for Light.* I wore it out. Top 20 Punk Albums of ALL time. It was also the first time I heard real reggae.
Welcome to the club my fiend. Enjoy your stay and indulge yourself in some of the best hardcore music ever!
@@OtherMike5000Real reggae huh?
Trying to educate myself on punk and metal roots and Bad Brains stands out so far and above as the sickest fucking band from this time. Insane energy, face fucking bass and drums, and the reggae cuts are next level in their own right. So sick
This should be archived in the Library of Congress
It is
One of the greatest bands EVER to come out of Washington DC
One of the greatest bands ever period!
@@javichulo9911 Yup
Who wins the best band from DC award?
Minor threat is up there too for DC
One of the greatest BAND'S to come out of the UNIVERSE!!! IS CLOSER TO THE MARK
that one second shot of that fan at 3:37 is amazing, he's so hyped and so alive in that single shot, I can only imagine how amazing it would have been to see Bad Brains at any of these CBGB shows
How
The
Eff
You
Caught
That !?
like a ghost 👻 lol
That night burns brighter in his mind than any amount of photos on a phone would have today.
dude, see that vocalist ? That is Punk personified. Thanks for your time .
yeah
No that's charisma
H a r d c o r e
thats what real frontman should be 🤪
That's HR
This was the first black punk band I had ever heard of back in the mid 80's when I was an early teen skateboarding around the time of the Powell Peralta team... I was listening to DK, TSOL, Black Flag, Circle Jerks and LA's Wasted Youth in LA to name a few.
Then check out Death! Never mentioned, but were great fkn band. And black.
Seconded! Death is the band name, For The Whole World To See is the album name for what you need to hear first. Incredible and ahead of their time with no exaggeration!
My introduction to the bad brains was in 1981 in New York City at the playroom. On 6th avenue in SoHo. They played a two-hour set with both hardcore and reggae. The aesthetics opened the show. Four months later I got to see them at A7. The New York hardcore scene from 1980 to 1985 was truly a magical place. Probably much like San Francisco 1965-1970
I remember a report from their concert un Paris ate the end of they eighties, the audience was ambivalent (but not disrespectful) because they played reggae half their set and they were in for their hardcore stuff…
Cept this sucks musically, real bad
Hardcore like this will never ever be repeated this is absolutely the most Raw Punk you can get , sadly these dudes were so overlooked But at least the Big Punk bands idolized these dudes...The Ramones, Dead Kennedys , Agnostic Front etc...
Ramones punk??? settle yer shit goober
Still till this day
Not one band has ever
Come close to the impact and pure energy that bad brains had
No other band can even compare
1. Beastie Boys
2. Metallica
3. Mayhem
4. N.W.A.
5. Run DMC
6. Lynyrd Skynyd
7. Black Sabbath
8. Motley Crue
9. Geto Boys
10. Nashville Pussy
11. Megadeth
12. Eazy-E
13. Burzum
14. D.R.I.
15. *DAVID ALLAN COE*
Black Flag
It's not a competition my friend and there have been many other bands that had the same impact. Within the punk scene, Bad Brains were definitely something special but they were not alone.
The Who
Saw Bad Brains at Fenders Ballroom in Long Beach Ca. In 1985 . ANZA PUNX forever !! One of the best shows of my lifetime .
What a time capsule. ALOT of members of NYC HC bands visible in audience
@@keeganhill6140 beastie boys, luscious Jackson, Cro Mags, Agnostic front, Murphy's law
@@keeganhill6140 you asked whose in the video and I told you
No worries. Bad Brains are awesome and the scene around it was awesome. And i am almost positive Ian said he attended that show.
@@stewartwilbanks4294 No Reagan Youth, Gorilla Biscuits, Warzone?!
@@eamonwright7488 I didn't see any Reagan Youth guys. Gorilla Biscuits and Warzone came a little after me
Good Times... last time I saw them was in Atlanta at the Roxy, the whole crowd was moving as one, never felt anything like it, So Rad. Remember it like it was yesterday.
I booked them at The metroplex in
Atlanta 81 and 82
Good times indeed...
Such great band !!! Had the privilege to see them play a couple of times 🤘🤘🤘
This band changed my life!! I got that PMA!!!!!
Yeehaa I've got that POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE (most of the time) Fucking love this band and HR you magnificent mad bastard just amazing THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC it's hard to imagine not having them in the sound track of my life
PMA
@@kryptichands968 YIP 👍✌️
you left a cotton field and went to school?
I've seen Bad Brains over 10 times in concert( twice at CBGB's). Never did I see a band with sooooo much fire 🔥 and energy!!! Best live band by in large!!!! 🎵🎶. One of my favorite all time bands!!! So positive and kick ass at once? A true American original! Inspired generations after them. Love 💕 them. Keep on rockin!!!
@@FantasyandScienceFiction I am 52 years old
One of my all-time favorite live performances. F***in insane.
These guys were the epitome of English pub meets Kingston, Jamaica . Raw energy, great guitar , sensational drumming!❤❤❤❤❤❤
For a long time I only knew Bad Brains for their pure hardcore stuff. This is my first time hearing "I and I Rasta". Wow, I had no idea what a beautiful singing voice he had. Powerful and soulful, my favourite dynamic in a singer. I need more of this, love it ❤️
I’ve only seen him once in the 90’s.
They started the set with two fast songs.
Then HR sat on the stage and sang his heart out.
It was s as amazing.
Kia ora hello from Aotearoa new zealand hay please you guys check out from 1983s ROCK FOR LIGHT to this day my favourite reggae song ever i and I survive and P.M.A the song that sent me into an uncontrollable tail spin to the land of punkrock
agreed!
@@rutherfordBHAZED i can't imagine what direction my life would have taken if i hadn't heard PMA ON STUDENT RADIO IN LATE 1984 14 year's old here in Aotearoa new zealand but to this day i remember doing the dishes after dinner and P.M.A came on 1984 Aotearoa new zealand bottom of the Pacific Ocean and hearing THAT song STUNNED ME GRABBED ME BY THE NECK AND MARCHED ME OFF DOWN THE ROAD OF PUNKROCK AND REGGAE THAT I'M STILL STUMBLING AND WOBBLING ALONG NOW
Yea, "great" vocals
Love how there is no separation between audience and band.. all one love!
Saw them Fenders Grand Ballroom Long Beach Ca. Freaking insanity the second they started...Sweating and exhausted at the end!!! Loved it!!
Me too! Had to be like ‘86 or ‘87
The thrashiest band around at the time but never seem to be given the credit for their influence on what was soon to evolve into thrash metal. Seminal and legendary outfit and love their Jah music reggae workouts too.
@aofmualA lot of people cited Discharge's debut album to be the inspiration for thrash. Hardcore punk definitely one of the most important influence for thrash. Dave Lombardo is a fan of bands like DRI, Minor Threat and Black Flag.
D.r.i.🙏🏃♂️
@@jeppyjepyour discussing the equivalent of junk mail
Well H.R is just clearly the greatest front man of all time. His stage presence and moves are unmatched.
He is great, Chi pig is right there for that mention
HR is up there for sure
I wish only to ever be this free and awesome in my life ever.
I was born in 85 but wish it had been 75. God to be at one of these early live shows. The energy is palpable even through the screen!
You would've been 7, you wouldn't get in
Excellent ! I listened to them first time university of Windsor radio station 1984. 40 years later, still great
Almost destroyed my house watching this! So crazy love it! Bad Brains for Ever!
Thank you for documenting this LEGENDARY performance by the GOAT!
54 and to this day still still listening to Bad Brains the masters of ragege punk rock fuck ya 👍👍✌️✌️🎸
I think I spelled range wrong oh shit 😮
@@PaulStewart-m8zu got a lot wrong, including your "music"
the best bad brains concert...in its history...the best hardcore punk band
Punk is golden and unpretentious...
yess
Was
@@raelockletree3858 was, is, and always will be!
The shit they call punk (especially since the mid 80s) proves that the term should never have existed.
@@westbayk2156 what exactly do you mean? I think some punk bands stayed true to form and also how the straight edge movement was actually I think hypocrisy itself and represents the opposite of what punk rock was intended to be. Minor Threat wasn't even racist they got branded by skinhead/neonazi facist a**holes...
Now that's punk rock. I wonder what ever became of the mohawk dude in yellow.
Prolly od'd in a gutter?
Saw them that fall in Burlington, VT. On the same night The Clash played up the street at the university gym, and they were in the audience for the Bad Brains late show.
My favorite band of all time . Amazing performance . Still unmatched! You got that PMA!
You got that attitude!
I doubt they will ever be another band as high energy or as frenzied as Bad Brains in 1982 @ the CBGBs. very crazy!!
Thanks for sharing. I saw these guys in 82. They took the underground HC scene by storm. Very cool band.
Holy Crap. I was 12.
I did see the Kennedy’s when I was around 15.
Best show ever. Fricking crazy.
I saw HR in the early 90’s.
He blew my mind
Pure Art Energy, the Best! Love seeing this!
Everything real, nothing fake. Sound, people, aggressive, love, music, fear and fun. The Best!
Old school.Punk 🤘 classic live show as well at CBGB
Me and my cousin Darren saw this band back in 1983 I never forget it I was 15 years old then LOL bad brains
Saw Bad Brains in Auckland, New Zealand many years ago, still an awesome band.
Bro. I’m 55. In 7th grade I bought *Bad Brains - Rock for Light.* I wore it out. Top 20 Punk Albums of ALL time. It was also the first time I heard real reggae like *Rally Round Jah Throne* and *I and I Survive*
I love the reggae hats + punk rock combo
Magnificent and so powerful. One of the best hardcore bands ever. Their first album was / is a masterpiece. Thanks, Bad Brains!
Had this on dvd for years. One show I wish I was at!
HR is a force of nature, crazy, unique, powerhouse of a singer and frontman. I literally wore their self-titled and Rock for Light cassettes out in my Walman in jr high in the late 80s. I would completely tune out school and crank them up to 10 blowing my ears out with this insane music. I regret nothing.
Still to this day one of the greatest Bands to ever grace us with their artistry!! And easily master every style they take on.
Pure love and joy!!
The guy on the back of the stage filming with the big smile on his face is priceless
no todos l9s Rastas tocan reggae. geacias por compartir
Amazing footage. I cannot understand how can one band keep up this incredible energy for 50 minutes. And there's almost no room on that cramped up podium, nevertheless H.R. jumping and giving all he's got, people stage diving and all. No violence and no one gets hurt. Wish i was there!
People got hurt.....believe me, people got hurt.
Lol, probably everybody got hurt if they were doing it right. Stage too crowded for H.R. to do backflips tho'
This is 3 different shows. The sets are 20 minutes.
Yeah people definitely got hurt, but it wasn't this crowd killing, flailing, solitary kung-fu spin kicking horseshit like you see today. Not to say there was no violence, there absolutely was, but it wasn't so jocular and spastic and gay.
@@blackbrigades3869 I mean it makes sense, right? I would like to think I'm a fairly road worn musician (see-talentless mimic-😂) and even I was running out of energy by the end of the 2nd song. It's the best way to do it, guerilla war shit. Come, slay, leave.
Incredible footage, must've been a fucking crazy show to be at.
I first heard them in 85. I was 10. I think it was Banned in D.C. and I was hooked. Still to this day my top 3 bands. Got to see them a total of 8 times. So influential ✌️✌️✌️🤘🤘🤘🤘
Holy crap! Exactly the same for me. Born in '75 and heard these guys at summer camp in Maryland. The kid that was playing them was from DC, but probably only 14, and was the most punk thing in the world to me at 10. Bad Brains and Minor Threat was all we wanted to listen to all summer, but the counselors were 90% Deadheads and shut us down almost every time.
I got to hang out with Dr Know one night at our house with only 8 people. A great guy he played guitar for us and even took a request.
It's never been my kind of music, but the energy and commitment are TOTAL and TRUE--by band and audience alike
Bad Brains circa 1982, were more than a band. They were a Force of Nature! 👏
Just awesome
The Bad Brains. Original fast rock and roll. Everything heavy you have now is due to the Bad Brains and Black Sabbath. Cheers.
Yeah not really fuck stick
So sick this popped up, my team manager played this after a long skate & tattoo session. That was like 12 years ago and the last time i saw it.. Still so effin sick!!!
Earl is amazing. The energy.
This concert is quite amazing and gotta give prop to whoever manage to film all of this so vividly with everything that was going on.
Especially back 82 camera probably pretty cumbersome too ⚡️💥🔥
Only one generation ago, what a time to be alive
I love Bad Brains. I wish I was a little older. I would definitely be at that legendary show.
Don't wish you were older ... enjoy being young ... it doesn't last forever. I GET what you mean though.
brought a massive smile to my face
That opening riff...😮every time I hear it. 🤘🤘
No Phones, No Selfies, No Millennial Gimmicks just Raw Dancing and Moshing🤘🏻👌🏻🤘🏻
Pre Hot Topic Generations
LMFAO !
I’m pretty sure selfies existed. Just flip the camera around lol
This band influenced so many different genres. Your seeing the first stage dives and slam dancing then grooving to reggae then back to hardcore... ❤❤ Bad Brains need yo be in the HOF
Kia ora hello from Aotearoa new zealand BAD BRAINS CHANGED MY LIFE DIRECTION PERMANENTLY IN 1984 14 year's old and i heard P.M.A on student radio and that was that almost 53 years old now still got a Mohawk (green) and P.M.A was my religious moment PUNKROCKER TILL THEY NAIL THE LAST NAIL INTO MY COFFIN AND BURY ME 12 FEET UNDERGROUND
BECAUSE DEEP DOWN I'M NOT THAT BAD LOUD OR SMELLY. I'm very lucky to have seen them here in Aotearoa new zealand at the power station with my favourite New Zealand band STICKY FILTH
Seeing a Bad Brains show back then was a life changing experience.
You know it hearing these guys for the first time is a life changing experience well it was for me 38 years ago
We got that PMA.... This might be 84'- 85' ? anyone....Might have been in the pit, I was the kid with curly hair and white Marley Tshirt and we skated Brooklyn Banks in 84-85 ... never miss HR and Band and yes they did change our lives. The Exploited were around then, Dead Kennedy's toured, SNFU, violent fems and GBH outta uk... Bad Brains @CBGB was Historic, same place David Burns started Talking Heads, Ramones started at cbgb's the list goes on. I think it finally closed.... But this was also NYC Crack epidemic in full swing right outside the venue on Bowery st. OTC🤯😎
I was at the December 26th show..just turned 15. Wow 55 now
@@chard404 14 year's old 1984 here in Aotearoa new zealand i heard P.M.A on student radio and that took any choice i had away for the direction my life has been on since that Monday night in mid 1984 now about to hit 53 years old and still have a Mohawk (green) at the moment PUNKROCKER TILL THEY NAIL THE LAST NAIL INTO MY COFFIN AND BURY ME 12 FEET UNDERGROUND BECAUSE DEEP DOWN I'M NOT THAT BAD SMELLY OR LOUD 🤘✌️🤘😜
@@heathcornbeef hey Happy Birthday my bad brains brother from NZ🙂👍
Thanks for posting these amazing performances! ❤🤘
Awesome. Thank u, algorithm. 🔥
Esto es un gran documento de Bad Brains, en el año 82, joder yo tenía 15 años por entonces y ya los escuchaba junto a Dead Kennedys. Magnífico directo. Una pena que no los pude ver en directo; al menos en el norte de España, aunque si creo estuvieron en Madrid, Barcelona y otras...Quien dijo que el punk había muerto???✊️✊️💣💣☠️☠️
🧠Bad Brains GOATS🧠...... My roommate at ISU turned me on too BB... At the time when Hip Hop was my life Blood '95 ish, changed my outlook on hardcore, respect✌🏽
I'm glad to say that I seen bad brains 3 times but I wish I could've seen them back in 82 but I was only 5 years old so that wouldn't have worked for me . But I did see them in 92 and they killed it and seen them at later dates but every time they kicked ass
I have seen them...not I seen.
I saw the brains at CBGB’s in the late 80’s!!!!
One of the crazies concerts I've ever seen😂
We need some Bad Brains in 2023 . Thanks for posting this !
Revolutionary, chaos, energy, beautiful ❤
The people in the audience had no idea how Iconic this would be.
That dude skanking on the stage with the mohawk and plaid shirt is iconic
I want to hang out with that dude so bad
@@Melon_Yellow Yeah I wonder what he's up to nowadays
His name is Bobby(pronounced booby) I think he was Russian
@@chard404 Wow no kidding?
@@slackingstacker yeah he would crouch a little and spin through the pit like a slow tornado and mow down everybody in his path..good times. Pronounced more like Bubby not booby. Wonder where he is today
Excellent quality! and my God this show is insane! The stage diving and the energy!
Damn" Big Takeover"sounds like a airstrike called in on that place KILLER!
Pit started on the 4th drum hit.
Mark Ratner takes the plunge at 10:24. Unfortunately, the seas parted at a very inopportune time and he suffered a severe concussion, which prematurely ended the night's festivities.
Mark Ratner the illustrator?
@@opart Mark Ratner who ended up getting the girl. Rat got Stacy because Rat’s a good guy, and the good guy always gets the girl.
@@Gravy_Master You mean Linda's homegirl Stacy?
@@Gravy_Master Nice guys finish first!!
😂😂
So great to see awesomeness going on the year i was born. Rip cbgb
I and I survive is still my favorite reggae song
Live AF dude thank you, I needed that!
WOW, wow, WOW. This is music. Loads of talent.
Oh sh*t - I needed that.