I hope ya'll are really proud of this record! It is such a huge influence to countless people from every generation of punk since this was filmed. I'm sure you know. Truly amazing stuff
Timestamps if anyone wants 'em: 0:00 Effort to Waste (fades in) 2:23 Community Lie 3:54 Sunk 5:47 I Have... 7:55 YHWH on Acid 10:28 We Don't Need Freedom 12:11 Mad at the Co. 12:43 Success & Failure 15:31 Craving the Center 16:58 Hearts & Barbarians (fast version)
I really hated this new technology. Fk, I still have my old vinyl. But then I started to come across video from bands I used to go see in the 70-90's. Thank you very much for uploading this. Finally, some live Saccharine Trust footage. Two things come to mind. The first is that I never saw the video cameras during these concerts, and back then they were too large to be hidden. Probably all the Md 20/20 I was drinking. I'm glad someone took the time to film these shows. These bands sold so few records, the musicians literally starved, going from show to show on tour making just enough $$ to pay for gasoline & tolls. Possibly some spaghetti & tomato sauce if they were lucky. The second thing is how disappointing that the only Saccharine Trust footage I can find has the entire show, but they didn't play my favorite song, A Human Certainty. I think it's the only one in their repertoire that they didn't play this show. What are the odds ??
God damn this shit never gets old !!!! You guys are top 5 on my list and have been for bout 40 years. Your lyrics have stuck in my head. Thanks for your real shit.
This legit had me wondering if it was their studio record dubbed over live video footage. Amazing quality. Would love to see more footage from around the same time of whoever else played there back then.
Songs: Effort to Waste, Community Lie, Sunk, I Have...,YHWH on Acid, We Don't Need Freedom, Mad at the Company, Success and Failure, Craving the Center, Hearts and Barbarians
It's called evolution. I can appreciate them here as young musicians playing loud and fast. I can also appreciate them as Joe Baiza became one of the most unique, visionary guitarists on the planet.
One of the best sounding live recordings from an early 80's punk show that I've ever heard, and what a peroformance. Thank you very much for uploading this.
All of the Peppermint Lounge sets you’ve uploaded are killer! I was only in 6th grade in 1981-82, so I missed all of these bands in their prime. Amazing quality. I’m glad these are being archived and shared, so future generations get to realize how lame they are.
Civilization thanks you for this precious document. Holy Fucking Orpheus. Whoever threw it in the trash, belongs in the trash ("the scoops are coming..." ). This is sublimity defined.
This is genuinely incredible stuff. Thank you so much for uploading! I don't suppose the original tape still exists? If so, I might be able to put you in touch with someone who would definitely love a chance to re-digitize this and the DOA set in HD at 60fps and clean up the video (though admittedly it hardly needs it).
OK, was the tape found in a dumpster and then used to record this (what my reading suggests) or was the already-recorded performance found in a dumpster (what everyone else here seems to assume)?
This was the first of our two tours opening for black flag with the pagan icons line up. December of ‘81 and then again in the summer of ‘82, a 2 month tour.
@skinhead5 except I was a Skin in a real serious place where Skins weren't popular, likely about the time you were getting juice boxes in your lunch for school. Son.
@skinhead5 yeah, if it makes you feel better. But I know I was a Hammer, that Sharps aren't skins at all, but queens that like the look, and am well over fifty years old. What's really in doubt here is your ability to be a man.
Saccharine Trust would have been much, MUCH more well known had they kept on making great music like this from their Pagan Icons album. But instead chose to play forgettable crap jazz fusion shit from their 2nd album: Surviving You , Always on down. Sometimes, like in this case, a band members think they're being progressive, but end up shooting themselves in the foot. This is the only album of their's worth listening to. Great album by the way.
