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.
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.
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.
@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 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'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.
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
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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
@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!
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!
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.
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
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.
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
🎼...🔥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🎶🔥🕶
I‘m 51 now but when i listen to Bad brains i still wanna destroy my living room. Epic Show!
Same here
Me too and I'm 56! I saw them in 1984 at the Olympic in downtown LA! Blurred memory but always remembered they were cool AF!
Yes!
i hope to someday be 51 listening to bad brains in a thuroughly destroyed living room
Then DO IT what's stopping you?
This video for me is like an anti depression, so good this energy!
COSA NOSTRA, HELL YES !!! You are correct, sir.
I couldn't agree more !
I am the same, I prefer this to chill my mind. Music that calms most leaves me feeling destructive and vice versa 💞
Agree 100%! 🔥
holy shit i had that exact thought before scrolling down
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.
How do you not like this??!!!!!
This is IMHO one of their best songs. That guy could really dance, too.
He is some kind of a magician.
A Lot of people don’t get it
If this doesn't make your hair stand on end, you have no pulse.
It actually scares some white folk's. Especially maga..
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.
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.
Just watched that exact documentary and was thinking the same thing. 2 living legends
That would have probably been in DC and not NY.
@@sukhbir6246impossible. They are banned in DC
Earl Hudson great drummer with great economy of movement. Possibly the most stylish punk rock drummer.
From the very first time I heard a Bad Brains song, Earl stood out. He's an incredible drummer. Playing that fast, but still that clean, is insane
@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.
1:14 - 1:19. Nice moves dude!!!!
He disappeared for a second wtf
And another guy has been dropped from the ceiling or something in the back
that's ian svenonious
James Steiner you're right! Who else could it be? He could have tagged along to NYC with Minor Threat...
Lucy he makes a try of a weirdo flip or something
HR is the Chris Farley of punk rock. Even when the camera is fixed on someone else, you can't keep your eyes off him
No, Chris Farley was the HR of cinema
Bad Brains came before Farley.
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...
THE BIG TAKE OVER YEEEEAH HEAAAAAA!!!
HR, the James Brown of punk
hugocafasso FAAAAAACTS !!!!
fuck yeah!
FACTS.
Hardest working man in the punk business ! Nothing like him has ever graced our presence . Punk Hall of Fame !
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.
Lol dec 25th Xmas day? what a way to spend it
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
HR got the crowd going in. That looked lit.
so CBGB's is like a high end mens fashion outlet now?
lmfao, irony.
That’s New York now lol
No more country, bluegrass and blues : (
It's a John Varvatos store now. :(
So sad and pathetic....
yeah east village shit... same as coney island high if you were there around st marks it was a thing once... now its... st marks
A scene of total anarchy and chaos
It's beutlyfull 🥲
Most awesome hardcore band ever!
This is the best video on RUclips.
This is the most underrated comment on You Tube.
the best HC band ever! stop.
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.
OMG what a great time that was , gives me goose bumps , bad brains 1982 , one of my favorites ( glad that I was there)
This video can cure depression
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!!!!!!
The Bad Brains at the top of their game, nobody came close.
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.
One of my favorite bands & guitarist ever & there's not many !!!
0:15 the guy with the mostache it's me in the life ***sorry for my english***
FunBoomBoomPeopleKid I think I dude got tossed on top of you hahaha
I am the one with the mustache and the blue Television Studio sweatshirt.
Bad Brains are the Best ...greatz from Old Punk /1978/Hangover
I'll never understand how some people can not think that this the best shit ever.
What a great time for music
This must be one of the best clips I've seen in my life
0:39 Lyrics
Big Takeover
No one dan doe so bi so ah
Was a body. Woulda bu sink
Nevermind...
Holy smokes , never saw this perspective of this concert before
this is the building bricks of nyc hardcore
Exactly. Listen to early Cro-Mags.
You had to be there. You had to be there.
I was there
Now *that* is hardcore.
this is the pure hardcore !!! @São Paulo - Brazil
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.
The guy with the moustache👍
Thanks brother that’s me with the mustache and the blue TV studio sweatshirt
746am listening to this at full blast. Time for work!!!!
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.
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
I was there the following night..just turned 15. There's a compilation of the three shows on DVD
HR was simply the best.
You could power the whole U.S electrical grid with this kind of energy
Bad brains are…just brutal!
And kids…this is what they call punk rock and slam dancing.
Looks like core memory shit. Whoever was there lived life.
@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!
Out of this world!
thats a real moshpit
How am I finding out about this now on my 46 years on earth?
😛 glad you found it
Only 27 years after the birth of rock and roll. I'd say things are proceeding in an orderly fashion.
Brains tear it up !
that looks fuckin nuts
I miss those days.
Dangerous
Watching on repeat .
Ahhhhhhh! Love!!!!!
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!
Damn, there's HR and then there's everybody else who ever picked up a microphone.
Real punk. If anyone knows of a place where they still do it like this, please enlighten me.
Mogura87 No where. This was it. This was the era
Let’s be honest. The Snowflakes ❄️ would melt.
Backyard gigs in East Los Angeles.
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.
L.A Areas, gotta know the right people to show you the underground bands that pop-up at back yards ir venues every weekend
Awesome..., so Hardcore. Todays pop and soft core s*ck!
You don't have to censor the word suck man lol
MERRY CHRISTMAS, NYC.
RIP HILLY.
i would pay so much money to be there
Hahaha HR ripping it up... While wearing a dress shirt, slacks and a BELT
LOL
I Bet Dollars to Donut's the Beastie boys were in the Crowd that Night 😋
That dude in yellow that starts singing with HR I swear is AD Rock.
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
This is tough asf
Bad Brains=love
Great reverse vid!!! lov
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.
Saw CC live in february... they are usimg barriers everytime. Just visit your local HC/ punk scene :)
the pinnacle of punk
Top 3 Hardcore bands ever
This rules so fuckin hard.
Holy fuck
In my old age, I hear this punk rock goodness and must resist slamming around and hurting myself
fuck yes!
Holy shit.
Scheisse... never seen that version of the gig.... awesome and so raw...
This is punk
2:20 RIP lol😂😂😂
I heard that this dude its from beastie boys
I show this video to me kids when they’re complaining how tough the last abc123 „rock“concerts was....😂
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
Oh, man. I did not even realise that this song was against Nazi's, as I could never understand the words. I like it even more.
I miss going to gigs 😪 😷🤬
スゲーサイコーダヨ
ROCKIN!
The most legendary person in punk isn't a frontman or a band, it's the guy at 0:16
Swear to god i see it and i was like the hell why that shit so punk
Thanks brother that’s me that you’re talking about in the video.
🎼...🔥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🎶🔥🕶
0:00 - Life Before
0:29 - Life After
Introducing one of the greatest frontmen that ever lived.
Taylor Swift, watch, listen & learn.
No autotune
No playback
This was part of their 3 night stand, right? I was at one of those shows. It was that good
Good shit
😍
Pure energy..Nice and brutal...los cerebros malos =Bad brains
Merry Xmas LOL!
I love how everyone always gets off the stage when HR starts up....MOVE!!
FUKKKIN CHAOS!!!!!!! Yeah buddy!
😎👍