Going home soaked in sweat, beer and God(Or Jah) knows what else. Ringing in your ears, and excited to tell your friends about this great new band you saw, cos there's no internet. Priceless.
It’s crazy I’m 48 years old and even though I never got to see Bad Braisns It warms my heart when a good pit is going on someone falls and everyone always would rush to pick anyone up but this day and age people don’t care they will stomp on your face. SMFH
I miss the energy of shows. The feeling of being at the back of the crowd when a band starts, the electro-magnetic pull of the sound; sucking you in like blackhole. Leaving the club in the early hours of the morning, feeling better than therapy could ever make you feel.
@Goods5119 Yeah completely agree and listening back to their debut album now is like listening to Bonham in ‘69. It changed punk music and punk musicians started to get better to the point now where you have the quality of Josh Freese and Brooks Wackerman playing on punk albums which would never have happened If Topper Headen hasn’t come along in the UK and Earl Hudson in the US.
I'm amazed you don't see any blood on this video. Hell, you scrape yourself up on the floor at CBGBs and you're getting an instant staph infection. Lol, guitar player is absolutely killing it.
In an interview Henry Rollins said he went to a bad brains concert, and that HR jumped into the crowd right on top of Henry Rollins. I’d like to believe that it was in this video.
Best band EVER!!!!!! Saw them in the 80's in SF CA. I AM reffing to. Bad BRAINS. They were just as good in the late 90's. Girls thrashed too.....and lyrics matter. PEACE!!! The world needs us Now more than ever. Love!!!!!!
I remember being at this festival( forget which night) thinking 'this is rock and roll right now' no past golden age. This was it and I still have never seen any music that intense or soulful or melodic or...
I am watching this to save my boring day at my office, omg i would like that be there right now... I am thinking with myself... What i am doing with my life? I am a little lost.
Thanks for posting this, seriously. This is the only live footage I’ve ever found that has the drum lead in, which is my favorite part of this song. I think it’s in “American Hardcore” where one of the founding members of Agnostic Front talks about why Big Takeover is the best song of the entire era. The way it slowly builds to this massive explosion of energy is flawless.
Had tix to what would have been my first Bad Brains show some time in the early 90s was soooo pumped -but HR apparently hit someone w his mic stand and got arrested the night before. Aaarrrrggggh! Jist rediscovering the pure raw energy of their music again. We are so blessed to have them in our lives
So much mayhem...and in the middle of it, you can't help but notice how good Dr. Know is. A lot---maybe most---of HC was musically crap, but not these guys. This still holds up today.
Dude in the plaid shirt gets thrown on the floor and is seen rubbing his head throughout the rest of the video! What a badge of honor!...the legendary Bad Brains!
This is why (if your over 50) we have so much pain walking. The scene wrecked us. Would I do it again? HELL YES !!!! The scary ( or funny) thing is we either became a criminal defence lawyer to get our punk rock friends out of prison or the cool Social Studies Teacher that really didn’t give a fuck what the principal told you to do and made fun of them in front of the class. We became part of the system to run it and tell it to FUCK OFF.
Are there any modern bands out there anyone knows of with as much energy as H.R I’d really like to know I’ve seen bands today kinda like this but not really close
@kyfaydfsoab I've been listening to Banned in DC on repeat today so this is wild. There's an energy i probably won't ever get to experience but it's beautiful. The dressing. The sense of community. Idk man. Beautiful
I'm still there!! My ex played in one of the backup bands before them and I had never heard them before. He told me to go out there cuz he knew I would love it and I've never seen anything this good again! Also, he told me to stand against the wall and I was standing to the left of the guitarist. It was my first mosh pit!❤
@@tinatammaro1694 this is so beautiful!! I can only hope life has been good to you. You giving the energy of someone with amazing stories to tell!!! Sick to connect ❤❤❤
This song will make you move in a way you never have before. HR will not & can never be copied. This shit was magical & violently soulful. We had one of the best harDCore scenes. DMV!
Depends on where you are. But dont limit yourself to “genres”. You gotta dig, go to some crappy bars, and listen to some crappy bands. And remember, few people outside of the East Coast even heard about Bad Brains during this time. But when you find it, it’s worth it.
One of my favourite live clips ever, i was only 2 yrs old and in England when this gig happened but if could get access to a time machine one of the first things i would do is travel to an hour before this gig, do drugs and go and rock out to this show. The crowd seem fuckin nuts, i miss gigs with no barriers and no security, im going to see Cannibal Corpse in a couple of months and i think that will be a barrier and security free gig.
🎼...🔥HR & THE BAD BRAINS🔥... Nothin’ like ‘em, not ever...& no yo’, those kids from Boston were NOT at these shows... ... ...& if they ever came, maybe once or twice, we made sure that they weren’t welcome...A bunch of us tried gigging in Boston at that time, mostly Reggae, Ska & then some serious Hardcore...most of us couldn’t wait to leave... ... ...not too many fights or riots, but the feelings were mutual, we didn’t like them either...But did that EVER stop us ???...nope, if anything, all of their judgy vibe, just AMPED us up for the following days shows, as long as it wasn’t THERE...😂😂😂...Anyway, The Bad Brains were SO much fun, straight up LIT, much love, health & strength...forward peoples, Fox🎶🔥🕶
LAST OF THREE SONGS BY BAD BRAINS FROM THEIR EPOCHAL SHOWS AT CBGB'S IN DECEMBER 1982. Big Takeover is one of their most famous songs. Punks have almost had orgasms when those opening notes fill the air. The anticipation is mighty, my friend. No one dared to show for that shower When nobody turned out to be clean Was not even touched by the water Just another Nazi scheme Yeah, The Big Takeover yeah-ah- My, big Takeover yeahh, yeahhh Walking around in total damnation Prepare yourself for the final quest This world is doomed with a Jew segregation Still another Nazi threat! You've gotta be right, you better take it If you don't act right, you'll never... make it! So understand me when I say There's no love for this USA This world is doomed with its own segregation Just another Nazi test
