Circle Jerks - Live at the Peppermint Lounge (June 27th, 1981) 

That's what I always say. Sure you can lump them in with hardcore or whatever but to me they have more in common with early Who or Kinks than Minor Threat or whoever. And Keith Morris is one of the best frontmen ever.

I agree with Brandon, but aside from live and Group Sex , they were never close to being a top 10 after the rhythm section changed. After Golden Shower they were spotty. They were armed with one of the best drummers to pick up a pair of sticks. Lehrer was a machine. When I got into them, I swore it was sped up tape...but just watch him. I honestly think VI and the 90's album were better than Wonderful and Streets. Had a dream I saw them, but never did. If you watch Lucky during Red Tape it might be faster than the record. There are Midwestern bands like Zero Boys early Huskers, Die Kreuzen, Really Red who were more prolific and certainly more overlooked than the Jerks. They were on top here, though. This is better footage than Decline. Lucky is better than Moon...Moon didn't keep time or use a snare. Check out Betzger from Jerry's Kids. Unreal drummer and a really underrated album/band. Is This My World is a top 10 us hardcore punk lp...I discovered it in my 40s...too bad they only thought to bring one mic. Or Hetson is way to loud. Or Keith is too fucked up to sing. He's trying. Guess the sound person blew it. Too bad, this is great. This looks and sounds great for 1981.

@@brandonhendrix7223 they werent hardcore, neither were Adolescents, Angry Samoans, Really Red...even early DK's (they werent good at hardcore...boring, but totally unique and great before they followed the heard,) same with Misfits midwestern bands like Zero Boys, Toxic Reasons--skate punk bands like JFA, Faction, Big Boys, blah blah blah

@@DaveAnchovies indeed. In fact, in hindsight, the Adolescents come off closer to a less pop Buzzcocks (an admitted influence), the Samoans (a personal favorite) have always maintained they're basically an updated 60s garage rock band (I'd say that applies to the early CJs too). Most of these bands were lumped into hardcore simply because of the era they belonged to.

@@brandonhendrix7223 yeah. The Adolescents seemed to hit the spot (like the Samoans or Zero Boys) where it was not quite violent or macho, it had hooks but not necessarily "nice"

Thanks x1000 sir

Yeah, Lucky was banging the hell out of those drums! And with precision!

Dude had jazz training and you can certainly tell!

Need for speed

so did george Hurley of Minutemen. and Betzger of Jerrys Kids, even Bill V. from Samoans. People go gah gah over Biscuits, Grohl (yuck)...but these guys stand up to any "rock" drummer, usually making more out of crappier and smaller kits, playing live without monitors. Lucky is insane to watch. Theres a weird-punk from Detroit these days, best drummer Ive ever seen live. cool fuckin band too. Before, they were a more modernized Dead Boys-y Clone Defects. not weird, but when you thought punk was dead in the late 90s early 00s, they were playing clubs while being ignored.

@@DaveAnchoviesyou lost all credibility talking shit about biscuits and grohl

I was at the front,it was superb!.

I'd give almost anything to be able to go back in time and see one of those shows when both Chuck and Earl were in the lineup

Roger’s dead?

@@susragejr477 Yeah he died a long time ago. In the mid-90s I believe.

@@paulosicne8498 I have not seen any sources about that do you have any?

NY East Coast audience. Slamming was West Coast

@@meeces13 we started slamming a few months later. Ny was definitely late to the party

@@deragon59 but NY and Boston ended becoming the hardest slammers, west coast began to decline '83 onwards.

Coming!

@@hausofwheat pls let us know !

@@hausofwheat I watch this vid everyday we need higher quality

just do it...if they want it down, youll know

@@DaveAnchovies I have been in contact with the band and management. I hopeful that we can release the full concert by middle or end of 2022?

No, it had a DOA show (posted) and Even Worse

The file details mention that the sound is out of phase, try with a true stereo system or headphones

Other gig ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BmvbiLutjck.html

100% lucky. 100%. Charlie did irving.

@@johnnymup Keith should know...no?

If you're doubting whether thats lucky in the above video, it is him.

Don't listen with mono. For some reason the left and right cancel out the vocals

Try listening on a laptop or desktop. I've noticed the vocals somehow cancel out on mobile

Use headphones