1:03 Police Truck 3:40 Take This Job and Shove It 5:17 Chemical Warfare 8:38 MTV Get Off the Air 11:19 Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin) 12:07 Nazi Punks Fuck Off 17:30 Moral Majority 20:10 I Fought the Law
In my opinion the Greatest punk Rock Band ever! Best Vocals, great drummer, edgy and smart message! Darby Crash was a bit of a clumsy oaf! Great lyrics, but he couldn't sing them😂
Astrogallotron, thank you for the time stamps!! Dead Kennedys is as impactful in 2024 as they were in 1984.. And as impactful as the book too… Visionary and insightful… Changed my life and forever grateful
I know. I was watching some DK videos with my friend. And we were watching the video of nazi punks in the studio. And we were just talking about how much of a task that must of been to be in there recording these songs over and over again. And not to mention playing shows under hot lights every night. Yet he never misses a beat.
Goddammit. Soooo fucking much energy. DH Peligro is FIRE. Rest in peace, sir. East Bay and Klaus are killing it. Jello is in his finest form, vocal and physical. Fantastic performances all around!
East Bay Ray's guitar tone was great on every Dead Kennedy albums but his riffs on some songs were not as original as you might believe. You can hear guitar riffs from Link Wray songs played a big part on more than a few of East Bay Ray's Dead Kennedys riffs the only difference between the 2 was the guitar tone.
I was 14 when this show happened and nearly went, but my mom would not let me. A couple years ago, I met Jello at a lecture type thing and chatted with him. He said, "Your mom was right. That was a rough show!" Notice how there is not a chasm between the audience and the band. Jello despised rough bouncers who pounded on the kids. The guys are shoving people off the stage, but not that forcefully. Different times, folks.
thanks for mentioning the intent of the security was to keep things rolling with minimal interference, it truly was a different time, I saw the Butthole Surfers, Bad Brains, Scratch Acid in Philly in the 80s, violence was not in the air
Notice how the crowd used to pack in so tightly it became like one big sweaty scrum, how a bouncer or a band member could just throw you off the stage onto that sea of fellow humans, so tightly packed you're held aloft almost effortlessly, and how IF YOU WANT TO CROWD-SURF you really should start at the FRONT of the crowd - preferably with a stage dive of course, but somewhere towards the front - so the rest of us can SEE you coming and can HOLD YOU UP. I've seen too many people try to crowd-surf by diving onto everybody from behind, and instead they just dive through everybody and fall straight to the floor because nobody saw them coming.🤕
Saw the Dk's many times in many venues; east coast, west coast Denver and Boulder Co. Saw many other punk bands from same era. ST's, Bad Brains, Circle jerks, Fear, Agent orange, Black Flag, X, Etc. Dk's were by far the originals, best show, pit, and hard core show ever and this is no disrespect to any of the others. Dk,s were the show we waited for. Jello was and will always be the MAN!!!
Was at that show at 13yrs old. Great memories. Those Olympic auditorium shows were the best. See Greg up there as a bouncer, worked over at middle earth records in downey. Shout out to you.
all this time I had no idea that their version of I Fought the Law was in response to Dan White getting acquitted for killing Harvey Milk. So THAT'S what that twinkie line meant.
I was 14 and wanted desperately to attend this show. My mom would not let me. Seeing it now with my 48-year-old eyes, it's possible she made the right decision.
No way! Haha, you and I are the same age and had the same experience - my mom blocked me from seeing DK, Black Flag and Bad Brains in their last swings through the country in the mid-80s - it killed me. I realized I needed to take matters into my own hands, and at least got to see some great shows like DRI on the Dealing With It tour, Dag Nasty with Dave Smalley singing, several Circle Jerks shows and Descendents on the Enjoy! tour. If I had only been born a few years earlier, mom wouldn't have been a problem. I have some young boys coming up and will make sure they get to see the shows they want (but I'll probably go with them until they are 18).
@@stickymeat88 no and LMP was definitely not lousy back then besides it was most likely FFF or suicidals, suicidals were at the olympic and palladium a lot LMP was mostly at the whiskey
aside from the importance of the DKs ...man, just listen to this band here...tight as hell..East Bay Ray...the riffs...Klaus...Daryl ...next level talent hardcore punk..musicians ..
The masses of bodies move like an ocean of chaos. The live recording sounds move through my ears like a waterfall. The concept and message flows like the blood in my veins.
I'm so glad I saw these guys in there prime. DK will never be DK without Jello. I saw them the first time at the Goleta Community center and it was amazing. I was here too.
I was at Goleta too, my first. I was hooked. Me and my Bros followed them all over Cali including an I'm famous willmington show when riot police locked gym doors and marched in single file. Police cars as far as the eye could see. Black flag opened that one. Saw their last show in TJ. Those were the days. PS Goleta closed for good a month later we someone broke their neck stage diving. Too bad, it was a great venue. Cheers
I was 19 and in the crowd. This gig was during the 1984 Olympics DK's headlined This show had bands from all over the world. The Addicts played that night along with the Toy Dolls.. It was a F$##% crazy night. 5-7 mosh pits going off. I was with about 12 friends... what great memories..
I was there and also 19! So much fun and always a little dangerous. We used to score party supply's in the parking lot under the freeway....I got busy with 2 random punk chicks there too one night. No fucking clue who they were, but damn it was fun!
Yep, I was at those shows... the last time I saw the Toy Dolls? 1992, at the Palladium, they opened for Fear... I just had a baby 9 days before that.. but fuck if I was going to miss the Toy Dolls. I never liked Fear. So we left after the Toy Dolls... Got home to pick up the baby... on TV "Riot of punk rockers outside the Hollywood Palladium" LOL! God those were the fucking days.
@cookie Mobsters, I too, was suppose to be at that show at the Palladium. Then saw the news on TV. Kinda glad I didn’t go. A little too rough for me at 15. No regrets, saw plenty of great bands at great small intimate venues all around LA throughout high school and college.
Jello Biafra alwayGives it his best so intense and so elevated as an ambassador of the original political movements it’s still the world and it’s still happening brothers and sisters of the world is me and the world is you now the second generation of punx are here change is happening in England and the rest of our. Collectively spirit guided soul BE BLESSED BE TRUE AND BE STRONG AND REMEMBER PUNK IS ETERNAL 😊😊😊
I went to that show! It was during the 1984 Olympics and there were other punk rock groups from other countries to celebrate the Olympics! I remember there was a Mexican punk rock band singing in Spanish. Downtown LA was very dangerous after the show!
Olympic auditorium gigs in the early 80s were soooooo great. Unbelievable had to be there !!!! I was at many. Early Bad religion off the hook all the kids on stage
vinney boombotz: It was the international show. Raw power played , Solucion mortal from Mexico, and 2 other bands from other countries. I still remember, I was 13 yrs old. I went with my brother and sister. I still have the flyer somewhere in my house. Olympic Auditorium best shows ever.
I was there. I hung out most of the show with Derf Scratch from Fear and for awhile Peligro from the Dead Kennedys. I was 25 then now almost 65 years old. Time flies....
What a wonderful thing to get to see this,and audio sounds good.Still listening to the punk rock and playing bass just like back then.This concert gives hope for the future.
This is the second awesome DKs upload I've stumbled upon today which has somehow been hiding from me and practically everyone else for over a decade. The algorithm's fucked. Cheers for sharing this though (if you're still out there somewhere) As I said in the comments section of the previous video not a days goes by where I don't thank Mickey Mouse for blessing us with Jello.
Hey! I just found this video! The first punk show I ever went to, as a 16 year old. I totally remember that Carl's Jr. T-shirt Jello was wearing! Cool. Some other good bands that night included Reagan Youth, who started the show with War Pigs, and Solucion Mortal, from Mexico. That was a great night. Thanks for the video!
The Downey Crew was on. It was the Olympic rushing the door because free never felt so good. We were a sick bunch . This was mellow compared to shows before. I was 19 and felt 80 the next day. Frisco had some great bands, FEAR, The Fuck Ups, these were my 3 picks to see when they were in L.A. WHAT BETTER TIME TO WAKE UP AND FIX THIS PLACE. OR GO DIE .IM ANARCHY MAN BEFORE U WERE BORN AND STILL AM FOR ANOTHER ROUND...
I was at this show, there were 3 pits and all of them were way more hardcore than any of this BS today. Any show at The Olympic was truly hardcore back then. A dude climbed up the ampstack and dived off. Totally insane show!
dangerous and beautiful this bull of a girl with pig-tails, tattoos and a wife-beater kicked me in the nuts that night and again the night UK Subs played there! it was great!
Saw em at the Cuban Club in Tampa, Fl with Rat Cafeteria and Roach Motel opening. My first punk show and what a revelation it was. I'm thinking wow you don't have to buy a ticket months in advance. You just show up and hand somebody 8 or 10 bucks and you can actually get close enough to see the band.
Dead Kennedys along with Circle Jerks and Subhumans were my favorite punk bands back in the days. Crass, G.B.H., Discharge and The Exploited weren’t far behind in my teenage heart!
Awesome show. Great lineup that night. Great Venue. Miss all the old spots: Whisky, Roxy, Cathay, Palladium, Starlight Ballroom, Fenders, Santa Monica Civic, Oki Dog, Melrose Avenue.
@@john_from_eastcoast. man the anti club was like a closet but I remember seeing black flag there and only 20 people were there. It was awesome. Also want to shout out to Perkins palace. Saw a lot of great bands there such as Toy dolls and Exploited.
I was at this show, and I got one of the Carlos Jr t-shirts like Jello is wearing and I hung onto that thing for about 10 years until it literally fell apart. LOL. Great show, took place during the 1984 Summer Olympics in L.A.
Ramones used Barre chords, all downstroke. Tougher to play that way than the chart reads. But yeah EBR used a seven string and definitely one of the best punk guitarists.
I went to this.. 1984.. The flyer was a big Funeral coffin I remember all the different punk rock bands from Finland Germany Spain London all those Different bands from Europe in one show
If this was the International Show, I was getting laid in the nosebleed seats while DK played. I was just getting into punk at the time and that show was my first big show. All I could think was, "If this is punk rock, I'm going to be punk for life!"
I never saw them: in Perugia the car I was on board gave a french kiss to a carfriend of her.. In the first of Amsterdam three sold-out nights we had a close encounter of the first kind with the incorruptible Melkweg bouncers; in the second nite we had a close encounter of the second kind.. and so then we decided to spent that third nite at the Bulldog coffeeshop.. I had another chance to see the boys in Rome, two days after Perugia, but this time it was less fun: I also missed that concert because from the hospital I was taken directly to the morgue 'cause, as written on the tag with my family name they tied to my toe and which I believed to be the ticket of the show, I was 'dead' [Nicci] Kennedy
Jello Biafra reading passages from the Bible, screaming 'Bullshit,' then rippling them out. While this was going on, the rest of the band was doing its' best to ignore him (years before, they would've accompanied him with subtle music akin to punk jazz). One could see the band was about to implode, and they did soon after.
Ever see The Jelvins though lol 😂 Jello came dancing 🕺 out as the Melvins went into a punishing version with the Government Flu 🤧 and once before he was coming out; then donned ski masks to symbolize the fact that they’d be playing DK #’s yet incognito 🥸 so to speak 🗣 Clearly pure genius by the boys to come up with this one ☝️ Sincerely yours truly xoxo 💋 DJP ex PostMortem and Kilslug Boston Massachusetts USA Amerikkka of course! 🇨🇳 coming soon enough 🏳️
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1:03 Police Truck
3:40 Take This Job and Shove It
5:17 Chemical Warfare
8:38 MTV Get Off the Air
11:19 Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin)
12:07 Nazi Punks Fuck Off
17:30 Moral Majority
20:10 I Fought the Law
In my opinion the Greatest punk Rock Band ever! Best Vocals, great drummer, edgy and smart message! Darby Crash was a bit of a clumsy oaf! Great lyrics, but he couldn't sing them😂
Astrogallotron, thank you for the time stamps!!
Dead Kennedys is as impactful in 2024 as they were in 1984..
And as impactful as the book too…
Visionary and insightful…
Changed my life and forever grateful
Children , I want you see the the most underrated , hardest working drummer ever DHP
Musicians always rated him...
I been sayin
@@Slammerworm1 Not enough and not enough
I know. I was watching some DK videos with my friend. And we were watching the video of nazi punks in the studio. And we were just talking about how much of a task that must of been to be in there recording these songs over and over again. And not to mention playing shows under hot lights every night. Yet he never misses a beat.
Stop-on-a-dime precision.
I was in the audience at this show. Great to see it again!
+Eric Alan Isaacson me too New Years eve bounced by Suicidal Skins
As was I: the Dead Kennedys were awesome.
good for you sir!
me 2 the olympic was fucking beautiful I broke my hand twice my arm once my leg once , and my head at least 5 times it was perfect!
Same here
Goddammit. Soooo fucking much energy. DH Peligro is FIRE. Rest in peace, sir. East Bay and Klaus are killing it. Jello is in his finest form, vocal and physical. Fantastic performances all around!
Agreed!
I wasn't there.
Doerk S. Me too
I was 2 years old.
I wish
i didnt exist
I wasn't there either.... Best gig I never went to.
East Bay Ray was one of the most original guitarists in punk
Yes but dont under rate Billy Zoom from X.
East Bay Ray's guitar tone was great on every Dead Kennedy albums but his riffs on some songs were not as original as you might believe. You can hear guitar riffs from Link Wray songs played a big part on more than a few of East Bay Ray's Dead Kennedys riffs the only difference between the 2 was the guitar tone.
@@jeffreyedwards5029 That's what's up!
Was he?
Ray is one of the most underrated guitar players in history.
Agreed! he's my favorite punk guitarist, with Steve Jones at a close second
Agreed with what you say about Ray.
How about Ex-Con Ron of MDC?
The Methatones definitley great a strange mix of surfrock psychedellia. Anyway a great original
Really? Don't get me wrong, I love the records, but live he's pretty shit.
Came to the comments to say something similar. I love the tone he achieved with that Tele and the Marshall. Underrated for sure.
I was 14 when this show happened and nearly went, but my mom would not let me. A couple years ago, I met Jello at a lecture type thing and chatted with him. He said, "Your mom was right. That was a rough show!" Notice how there is not a chasm between the audience and the band. Jello despised rough bouncers who pounded on the kids. The guys are shoving people off the stage, but not that forcefully. Different times, folks.
i saw Gwar at 16 and barely survived, i definitely would've got killed at this show too lol
thanks for mentioning the intent of the security was to keep things rolling with minimal interference, it truly was a different time, I saw the Butthole Surfers, Bad Brains, Scratch Acid in Philly in the 80s, violence was not in the air
I was 4 years old when this show happened and my mom didn't let me go either.
Notice how the crowd used to pack in so tightly it became like one big sweaty scrum, how a bouncer or a band member could just throw you off the stage onto that sea of fellow humans, so tightly packed you're held aloft almost effortlessly, and how IF YOU WANT TO CROWD-SURF you really should start at the FRONT of the crowd - preferably with a stage dive of course, but somewhere towards the front - so the rest of us can SEE you coming and can HOLD YOU UP. I've seen too many people try to crowd-surf by diving onto everybody from behind, and instead they just dive through everybody and fall straight to the floor because nobody saw them coming.🤕
Saw the Dk's many times in many venues; east coast, west coast Denver and Boulder Co. Saw many other punk bands from same era. ST's, Bad Brains, Circle jerks, Fear, Agent orange, Black Flag, X, Etc. Dk's were by far the originals, best show, pit, and hard core show ever and this is no disrespect to any of the others. Dk,s were the show we waited for. Jello was and will always be the MAN!!!
Me too I was at this show and a lot of other DK gigs in SF. Saw most of those other bands u mentioned too and agree
DK’s were amazing !
Can’t say, how much I envy you (in good heart). Lucky man.
Was at that show at 13yrs old. Great memories. Those Olympic auditorium shows were the best. See Greg up there as a bouncer, worked over at middle earth records in downey. Shout out to you.
all this time I had no idea that their version of I Fought the Law was in response to Dan White getting acquitted for killing Harvey Milk. So THAT'S what that twinkie line meant.
"MTV get off the air" lol. DK got their wish. Good show. Sounds awesome 30 plus year later. High School revisited. :)
I worked at MTV 89 90 and 91 !!! Lol
I was 14 and wanted desperately to attend this show. My mom would not let me. Seeing it now with my 48-year-old eyes, it's possible she made the right decision.
ONLY POSSERS DIE.
No way... you missed a hell of a show. I think Jello's an asshole now, but there were no better shows really than DK,
No way! Haha, you and I are the same age and had the same experience - my mom blocked me from seeing DK, Black Flag and Bad Brains in their last swings through the country in the mid-80s - it killed me. I realized I needed to take matters into my own hands, and at least got to see some great shows like DRI on the Dealing With It tour, Dag Nasty with Dave Smalley singing, several Circle Jerks shows and Descendents on the Enjoy! tour. If I had only been born a few years earlier, mom wouldn't have been a problem. I have some young boys coming up and will make sure they get to see the shows they want (but I'll probably go with them until they are 18).
@@felipeantoniohernandez6495 psst.. it's Poseurs.
Elmo Blatch your a bore
I was there as well
Some jerk broke into our car and stole my leather jacket...sniff
Probably one of those lousy LMP guys I keep hearing about
....it was ugly anyways
@@stickymeat88 no and LMP was definitely not lousy back then besides it was most likely FFF or suicidals, suicidals were at the olympic and palladium a lot LMP was mostly at the whiskey
aside from the importance of the DKs ...man, just listen to this band here...tight as hell..East Bay Ray...the riffs...Klaus...Daryl ...next level talent hardcore punk..musicians ..
well said
The masses of bodies move like an ocean of chaos.
The live recording sounds move through my ears like a waterfall.
The concept and message flows like the blood in my veins.
Jello's weird pantomine act gets weirder and weirder -- I can never figure out what he is doing half the time.
Dead Kennedy's will always be my favorite Punk band.
I was at this show! The Olympic shows were huge & Totally amazing 🤩
Thank you Jella for a Spectacular 84 games- hope to see you next LA games! Xxs
Jello's voice and crazy stage persona backed by a solid band...the DKs were my favorite punk rock band back then and they still are.
I feel the same...
also:
u.s. maple
suburban lawns
...some of my other favs with great front people
I'm so glad I saw these guys in there prime. DK will never be DK without Jello. I saw them the first time at the Goleta Community center and it was amazing. I was here too.
I was at Goleta too, my first. I was hooked. Me and my Bros followed them all over Cali including an I'm famous willmington show when riot police locked gym doors and marched in single file. Police cars as far as the eye could see. Black flag opened that one. Saw their last show in TJ. Those were the days. PS Goleta closed for good a month later we someone broke their neck stage diving. Too bad, it was a great venue. Cheers
I saw a concert with out jello and in the first song realized this is not DK
@ 9:30 "Don't touch that" Smack! Hahahahaha!
skellywag rock don't forget the smack
I was 16 when I was at this show and I remember it well,spent most of their set in the slam pit....
You don't see Jello kicking any of his fans in the face for running up on stage like Fat Mike. Jello Biafra = true punk.
True that. But he's still not afraid to punch a motherfucker in the face if they're being a dipshit 9:32. Real punk.
R0SC0E You don't see anybody grabbing jello by the neck either. Cause and effect. Startled, you punch.
R0SC0E if you can't handle fans onstage, get out of punk
Spicy Carpets totally justified.
Definitely and not a liberal turd like Billy Joe Armstrong
Awesome beyond belief. If only we could see them again. That would be a dream come true.
I was 19 and in the crowd. This gig was during the 1984 Olympics DK's headlined This show had bands from all over the world. The Addicts played that night along with the Toy Dolls.. It was a F$##% crazy night. 5-7 mosh pits going off. I was with about 12 friends... what great memories..
I was there and also 19! So much fun and always a little dangerous. We used to score party supply's in the parking lot under the freeway....I got busy with 2 random punk chicks there too one night. No fucking clue who they were, but damn it was fun!
Dutch band BGK played there too that night
Yep, I was at those shows... the last time I saw the Toy Dolls? 1992, at the Palladium, they opened for Fear... I just had a baby 9 days before that.. but fuck if I was going to miss the Toy Dolls. I never liked Fear. So we left after the Toy Dolls... Got home to pick up the baby... on TV "Riot of punk rockers outside the Hollywood Palladium" LOL! God those were the fucking days.
Tazman: Taz, it was called the International show, Raw Power, Solucion Mortal, it was bands from all over the world. Good ass show.
@cookie Mobsters, I too, was suppose to be at that show at the Palladium. Then saw the news on TV. Kinda glad I didn’t go. A little too rough for me at 15. No regrets, saw plenty of great bands at great small intimate venues all around LA throughout high school and college.
Jello Biafra alwayGives it his best so intense and so elevated as an ambassador of the original political movements it’s still the world and it’s still happening brothers and sisters of the world is me and the world is you now the second generation of punx are here change is happening in England and the rest of our. Collectively spirit guided soul BE BLESSED BE TRUE AND BE STRONG
AND REMEMBER PUNK IS ETERNAL 😊😊😊
At 11:20, I was at first thinking "they aren't going to a parody of Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin" and then they did, and I was laughing. XD
As a fan of both bands I approve of it.
I went to that show! It was during the 1984 Olympics and there were other punk rock groups from other countries to celebrate the Olympics! I remember there was a Mexican punk rock band singing in Spanish.
Downtown LA was very dangerous after the show!
That was the allure of going to the Olympic. Watching the great shows in a shit hole part of Downtown LA. Loved every minute of it
Olympic auditorium gigs in the early 80s were soooooo great. Unbelievable had to be there !!!! I was at many. Early Bad religion off the hook all the kids on stage
Damn it, I want a damn time machine so I can go back and see the real Dead Kennedys play live.
Couldn't agree with you
I'm sure I was there. Can't remember who played with them or anything..the Olympic had great gigs!
vinney boombotz: It was the international show. Raw power played , Solucion mortal from Mexico, and 2 other bands from other countries. I still remember, I was 13 yrs old. I went with my brother and sister. I still have the flyer somewhere in my house. Olympic Auditorium best shows ever.
I want a time machine so I can go back and be at a DK show again.
Bronx,NewYork here.....I was at this very show in 1984,it was when Olympics were in L.A.
I was Def in the pit..
18:35 - Very interesting to get a fairly accurate history lesson on Dan White, Harvey Milk, and the “Twinkie Defense”.
I was there. I hung out most of the show with Derf Scratch from Fear and for awhile Peligro from the Dead Kennedys. I was 25 then now almost 65 years old. Time flies....
What a wonderful thing to get to see this,and audio sounds good.Still listening to the punk rock and playing bass just like back then.This concert gives hope for the future.
I saw these guys so many times and ever time I saw them play ,it was like the first time ,they rocked ever time they were on a stage!!!!!!!
Saw the dead Kennedys at the paramount theater in 1982 on Staten Island wow to this day hands down the most amazing and wild show
Man how I loved that band! …Still do!
Yes! It is that show! I just saw this, and remember Jello's Carl's Jr. t-shirt! My first punk show!
3:48 Michael Myers next to the drummer...
Either him or Buckethead
His fave song is Dead End. No, Bleed for Me!
@@kwyjibo2112 Fuck Buckethead! Michael BRINGS IT!!
@@donaldmccovid1970 Michael is a fictional character. Buckethead, is not.
OMG Yes!
So Fuckin Rad!! This video should be in the Library of Congress
This is the second awesome DKs upload I've stumbled upon today which has somehow been hiding from me and practically everyone else for over a decade. The algorithm's fucked. Cheers for sharing this though (if you're still out there somewhere) As I said in the comments section of the previous video not a days goes by where I don't thank Mickey Mouse for blessing us with Jello.
Hey! I just found this video! The first punk show I ever went to, as a 16 year old. I totally remember that Carl's Jr. T-shirt Jello was wearing! Cool. Some other good bands that night included Reagan Youth, who started the show with War Pigs, and Solucion Mortal, from Mexico. That was a great night. Thanks for the video!
The Downey Crew was on. It was the Olympic rushing the door because free never felt so good. We were a sick bunch . This was mellow compared to shows before. I was 19 and felt 80 the next day. Frisco had some great bands, FEAR, The Fuck Ups, these were my 3 picks to see when they were in L.A. WHAT BETTER TIME TO WAKE UP AND FIX THIS PLACE. OR GO DIE .IM ANARCHY MAN BEFORE U WERE BORN AND STILL AM FOR ANOTHER ROUND...
great comment, congrulations!
I was at this show, there were 3 pits and all of them were way more hardcore than any of this BS today. Any show at The Olympic was truly hardcore back then. A dude climbed up the ampstack and dived off. Totally insane show!
Yeah, I remember that. Don't know if he jumped or was pushed by a bouncer.
I was there. The most dangerous pit I've ever seen.
back in the 80s...most ferocious scenes were LA, Boston , NYC.. intense.
Try a Dwarves pit sometime.
dangerous and beautiful this bull of a girl with pig-tails, tattoos and a wife-beater kicked me in the nuts that night and again the night UK Subs played there! it was great!
I was there too, and I even have one picture
Boston pits are no fucking joke
A 19 year old me was at this gig. DH was a great drummer. Also the first time I heard "MTV get off the air".
11:20 "Whole Lotta Bucks"!!!
Biafra was such a great performer
East Bay Ray is an awesome guitarist, love it when he used his Echoplex
thanks for this upload ! if you ever get a chance you HAVE to see Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine
Plastic Surgery Disasters/In God We Trust- still my all time fav punk record.
I like Frankenchrist prolly cuz my brother showed me that album first and dropped zome cid
Saw em at the Cuban Club in Tampa, Fl with Rat Cafeteria and Roach Motel opening. My first punk show and what a revelation it was. I'm thinking wow you don't have to buy a ticket months in advance. You just show up and hand somebody 8 or 10 bucks and you can actually get close enough to see the band.
Estamos em 2022 é difícil e raro a plateia alucinada como nesse show antológico do dead Kennedys 🤘🤟🏃🤸🤩😵🇧🇷😎💰
This is so great! Thank you so much!
can anybody let me know what guitar Ray is using at 12:48 ? it looks so cool !!!
That intro to police truck fucking rocks. DH is going ham
Dead Kennedys along with Circle Jerks and Subhumans were my favorite punk bands back in the days.
Crass, G.B.H., Discharge and The Exploited weren’t far behind in my teenage heart!
ahh!, the good old days of punk and hardcore, thanks Garry Tovar and Goldenvoice
Awesome show. Great lineup that night. Great Venue. Miss all the old spots: Whisky, Roxy, Cathay, Palladium, Starlight Ballroom, Fenders, Santa Monica Civic, Oki Dog, Melrose Avenue.
You forgot to mention the Starwood! Another great spot from that era.
Also Anti Club and the Club Lingerie.
@@john_from_eastcoast. man the anti club was like a closet but I remember seeing black flag there and only 20 people were there. It was awesome. Also want to shout out to Perkins palace. Saw a lot of great bands there such as Toy dolls and Exploited.
@@juangato7010 My favorite spot was the Hollywood Paladium. I saw the Ramones and The Clash there
Man what show that one was! Not just another typical Olympic show ether! The joys of growing up in LA during the 80's Punk scene!
wish I was there
Attended - thanks so much for this footage and quality.
I was at this show, and I got one of the Carlos Jr t-shirts like Jello is wearing and I hung onto that thing for about 10 years until it literally fell apart. LOL. Great show, took place during the 1984 Summer Olympics in L.A.
I was there. Wow time flies!!
went down there with John Macias and Circle one Family. RIP John we love you!
That's a name I haven't seen in ages, both Circle One and Macias... Didn't know him personally, but knew of him.
Man, this is so good. I need to listen to this every now and then to bring me back to reality. Love the Kens.
Folk music at its best
at 4:48 - some dude, (second on the left) with a meteors tee... back in 84... DK gig... california venue... that is pretty cool, really
I was there..i was 2 years old
Killer show! Thanks for your love of DK and sharing.
Love the dead Kennedy’s. The guitar isn’t just simple 3 power chords the whole song ( even though I love the Ramones).
East Bay Ray was the shit. Had that surfer sound. Loved his guitar
Ramones used Barre chords, all downstroke. Tougher to play that way than the chart reads.
But yeah EBR used a seven string and definitely one of the best punk guitarists.
I went to this.. 1984.. The flyer was a big Funeral coffin
I remember all the different punk rock bands from Finland Germany Spain London all those Different bands from Europe in one show
We waited for years for the Kennedys to visit Amsterdam again. They only went once, in '82.
Never saw it happen.
Of course, the recent gig without Jello is not counting
Love how Jello goes crazy.
Love it. This is my kind of gig.
rip darren . Olympic Auditorium great place to have a punk gig . DK show what a blast
Wow!!! Thanks for sharing this!
If this was the International Show, I was getting laid in the nosebleed seats while DK played. I was just getting into punk at the time and that show was my first big show. All I could think was, "If this is punk rock, I'm going to be punk for life!"
I was there. The most crazy concert ever.
What great energy
From multiple cameras yes, but i have the complete show from another angle, the quality is not the same... medium grade.
Damn! I would love to be at a DK Show in the 80's. ... in the front row. 😎
RIP Peligro
excellent.....great hardcore punk documentation.
I saw the DK's live right after this in October of 84. I was 14 and got slammed hard in the pit...looking back, they were so ahead of their time.
Quanto mi manca un pogo così!
Does anybody know what that 2nd guitar East Bay Ray plays is (the black & white one)? I want to say Danelectro but can't quite tell
in 84 I was just getting into the D.C. hardcore scene where I live... this is fckn awesome!
Quero uma festa com os kennedys eles é que sabem e que é Hardcore......porrrraaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
0:41 till 0:56 really cracks me up, especially when he's waving hahaha
Hell FrogSixtyNine what was that about?
mind the mutant head tee at 1:40 (in the back of the stage, guy with mustache) this, back in 84, in the states, dk gig: very nice :)
8:47 michael myers behind east bay ray
"And to that I say, Take this job and shove it!" Classic!!!!
El autentico sonido del caos !!!!!!!!
I never saw them: in Perugia the car I was on board gave a french kiss to a carfriend of her..
In the first of Amsterdam three sold-out nights we had a close encounter of the first kind with the incorruptible Melkweg bouncers; in the second nite we had a close encounter of the second kind.. and so then we decided to spent that third nite at the Bulldog coffeeshop..
I had another chance to see the boys in Rome, two days after Perugia, but this time it was less fun: I also missed that concert because from the hospital I was taken directly to the morgue 'cause, as written on the tag with my family name they tied to my toe and which I believed to be the ticket of the show, I was 'dead'
[Nicci] Kennedy
Gigs were great back then, now everybody just stands still holding up their phones
So you'd rather have *less* footage like this?
@@OrangeYTT No, just less footage of fans holding phones, shot on a phone with worse audio quality than this.
I was at this show and it was even more insane than what made it on to video.
Nate Wunderman any anecdotes?
Jello Biafra reading passages from the Bible, screaming 'Bullshit,' then rippling them out. While this was going on, the rest of the band was doing its' best to ignore him (years before, they would've accompanied him with subtle music akin to punk jazz). One could see the band was about to implode, and they did soon after.
I was here this night. Have the flyer.
Ever see The Jelvins though lol 😂 Jello came dancing 🕺 out as the Melvins went into a punishing version with the Government Flu 🤧 and once before he was coming out; then donned ski masks to symbolize the fact that they’d be playing DK #’s yet incognito 🥸 so to speak 🗣 Clearly pure genius by the boys to come up with this one ☝️ Sincerely yours truly xoxo 💋 DJP ex PostMortem and Kilslug Boston Massachusetts USA Amerikkka of course! 🇨🇳 coming soon enough 🏳️