Rikk Agnew is a very under-talked about guitarist. He played with Adolescents, he wrote all the music for the best death rock album ever made: Only Theatre or Pain, and was on the only D.I. albums that I ever liked: Team Goon, Horse Bites, Dog Cries, and Ancient Artifacts. The dude knew how to compose timeless songs.
Classic D.I is some of the best American punk out there still. Same with Adolescents, blue album. Aggnews solo stuff is fucking solid aswell. Such a talent and a punk,musical visionary. Legend if you will. For a live set the quality is good, still got that rawness that makes it gritty n punk rock.Poor fella still struggling with alcoholism. Same as myself, so I understand. But yeah as you say,his talent def underrated. Kids of the black hole still my fave Adolescents tune,always will be. Would of loved to of been at this gig. 80s punk gigs ,well what else can you say??
@@colddaze6680 I agree man. I'm an older coot of 52 years old. I did get to see some crazy shows in the 80s. I did see Adolescents open for FEAR and Toy Dolls in Hollywood somewhere in 1991 or 1992 (I know it was the very early 90s). Yeah years ago I discovered his solo album All By Myself. Damn it's killer. I didn't realize he pre-released O.C. Life and Falling Out, prior to being in D.I. I know Agnew really abused alcohol, which is why he became heavy-set physique-wise. But I thought he stopped because he was having health issues. Yeah bro, addiction is an ugly thing. At 52 years old, I hop back and forth with beer, and smoking. I'll quit for periods, but then binge. Addiction is no joke. Well hang in there bro with any addictions you're struggling with. When I'm able to stay clean, it's usually when I occupy myself with a project. Take care of yourself.
Almost? apparently it`s exist and i`m sure there is more and more the propper comment of yours should be hey where is the rest ? cause there is but it`s own by some selfish bastard who dont know what "SHARING" means and special at this era where digital helps archive analog , tapes wont last forever! - The same year , other place guess what`s happening: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5NAPYIMMbWQ.html
It was awesome growing up near Fullerton back in the late 70's early 80's some great house parties with bands like The Adolescents, Agent Orange and Social Distortion.
For some reason, seeing a bunch of angry teenagers simply upset at rejection and being outcasted is better than watching any popular music video these days
This is real therefore it reaches into the unreal experience level , shit nowadays is lost, tryingn to be what's not real, therefore the reality becomes banality
@@reidellis1988 I'm with you, I was 13 during this era. In Milwaukee, we had all ages shows on the weekends at Yano's and Cafe Voltaire (which became the Odd Rock) along with various VFW Post type places. This footage is prime example of how dangerous hardcore/punk was. Nothing like LA with their gang stabbings and shit, but I saw my fair share of heads getting kicked in. Also, the pit wasn't as fucking sterile as it is today, I see shit from today, everyone is just running in circles, faux punching the air. Can't tell you how many black eyes, bloody cuts and other shit I got, and I was a big dude (still am). As corny as Mike Ness sounds nowadays when he gives his "back when punk was dangerous" speech at shows, he is right. I cant stand watching "mosh pits" from contemporary bands. Pu$$ies.
RIP Steve Soto, last time I saw them was with Dr. Know and Gang Green in 1986 @ the Hung Jury Pub in D.C. Checking them out on Sat at the No Values Fest. Cant fucking wait!
Steve Soto (RIP, olde boy) was wonderful, and I will never forget our conversations outside Linda's Doll Hut. Tony was crazy, and I enjoyed the crazy moments we had and which I doubt he, too can recall. Rikk! Axes, speed, warehouses, Fullerton, the duplex off Commonwealth, El Duce and too much more.
No Way (0:00) Word Attack (2:29) Yur 2 Late (4:20) [Rikk Agnew song, appeared on his solo album "All By Myself"] Who is Who? (8:17) Kids Of The Black Hole (10:03) (15:50) Things Start Moving (18:44) Curtis "Sparky" McCracken- Vocals Rikk Agnew- Lead Guitar Frank Agnew- Guitar Steve Soto- Bass Casey Royer- Drums
@@christophervaldez8746 Wow, no shit? I had no idea they even played any gigs in '82 (with or without Tony). I always thought they broke up at the end of '81 and didn't do anything (as Adolescents) until they reformed that line-up in '86. First I've ever heard of this 'Sparky' guy. Was this just a one-off gig? Or did they keep it going for a while in '82?
Steve is actually my cousins moms brother ( so his uncle ) . I’ve remember him briefly at some family parties when I was a little grom but he’s always my favorite and once my mom introduced me to the adolescents I’ve been hooked by the age of 6. A few years ago when I was a teen being at shows and I would make sure he’d spot me from the pit. This video is absolutely legendary Soto forever ❤️
Hay I think I met ur cousin. I was walking back from school and I met her when she was taking her kids out of school. She had an adolescent sweater and said Steve Soto was her uncle.
Its amazing this type of old footage is turning up more and more. I cant believe people have been holding onto this stuff for so long. Glad they are finaly putting it out. Amazing time.
+BeachChrisBoy You're very lucky Beach Chris. What I would give to have seen FEAR, T.S.O.L., Adolescents, Black Flag and Circle Jerks at the Starwood, Godzilla's, or Cuckoo's Nest back in the early 80's. SoCal Hardcore forever!!!
Saw radolescents play on the same tour a few days later in East LA. Played to a crowd of about 15. Easily one of my favorite shows. Saw the adolescents a couple weeks later and they weren’t nearly as good as Rikk’s group
This was around the time Only Theatre of Pain by Christian Death was released. I always thought Rikk was booted out of Adolescents and went to CD at this time. I didn't know he was bouncing back and forth during this time. Interesting footage to see. RIP Steve.
He said that CD supported Adolescents one night and he liked CD's style, so decided to start working with them. He'd already been booted from the Adolescents about 4 times, apparently.
This really is cool stuff. Being a San Francisco punk we had that stupid rivalry with LA. We couldn't match the L.A. scene for.its sheer size. Seemed like there was always a show I wanted to catch in the Southland. We had the DKs and the Avengers to.name a few but the best shows were usually an LA band playing up in the Bay Area. The Adolescents almost never played up in SF. I was always a big fan of them. One of the best shows I ever saw was Black Flag with Henry Rollins and Suicidal Tendencies at Ruthie's Ballroom in Berkeley 1984. The biggest circle pit I'd ever seen. A few times we'd go to the Cuckos Nest and almost always there was a big fight after with the cowboys from Zubies. We had our problems in SF with the black people from The Palladium snd almost always lead to a large scale brawl with lots of cops on Briadway at our punk meca the Mab.
(5:40) Oh, hell yeah. That guy gets up on stage wearing a kilt and does a stage dive. Back in '81 I wore jeans, a kilt, engineer boots, spurs, bandanas everywhere and (sharp!) spiked wristbands purchased from bikers at the San José Flea Market.
Crazy. I've been a huge Adolescents fan since the early 80's and this is the first I've ever heard of this 'Sparky' guy. I always thought they broke up at the end of '81 and that was it until they reformed in '86.
You're right and that fuckin' sucks. He literally "replaced" Tony for like 12 shows at most and this goddamn archival footage includes him. That's shockingly poor luck for Adolescents fans who would have died for the real thing with Tony blowing the crowd away at the front of the stage.
This is great footage for sure, but I'd kill to see an old show with Tony singing. So far I've only seen a few seconds of a show that was featured in American Hardcore, if that whole video would surface that would be exceptional.
Tony makes a comment before "Word Attack" (02:20) about "John Belushi died today." Belushi died on March 5, 1982, so it is likely that this video was shot on that day. (Belushi was known to be a fan of punk. He was responsible for getting L.A. punk band FEAR getting booked on SNL.)
