Bad Brains Banned in DC @ CBGB's 1982

[@tiago4027]

The Banned in DC solo, it's the best solo that i ever heard in my entire life. I can't explain. Thanks for that BB, thanks Dr. Know

[@inalavalamp]

i'm waiting for the day where the guy in the yellow shirt and mohawk comes onto youtube, finds this video and says, "hey that's me!"

[@Mindgamingu]

ELMO {} Seriously?

[@thetrashman1581]

I bet that guy had a cool ass nickname like Spydar or Pigg

[@anthonysbarat]

I'm not sure...but it does look like him...ALOT...and he was a huge hardcore fan... John Belushi. Ad-Rock and MCA from the Beastie Boys are in the crowd, dude from Sonic Youth, a guy from the Clash, Joey Ramone, bunch of notable hardcore and punk people. This show is a legendary night in NYC...the night hardcore came to the city!

[@lldjwhyteell]

inalavalamp dude, they interview him at the very end of the show...look up the full version of this show to see!

[@carthiefd]

Anthony Barat Has anyone been able to catch Adrock or MCA in the clips from this night? That would be great to see.

[@robertswickard9299]

I'm 50 years old now and I was in the movement in the early 80's the violence didn't happen during the show ,that was fun, it happened when the cops would show up and started hitting us with there billy clubs in the face ,I lost 5 front teeth and a broken nose from "one of New York's finest"

[@anthonysbarat]

Nugent's numerous derogatory comments towards the previous Commander in Chief predate Griffin's one stupid and tasteless comment by several years....so honestly we should discuss Shit-Assed Ted's verbal crap first.

[@FabianMacGintyONeill]

You deserve a Punk Purple Heart for your injuries!

[@12wurst34]

Maybe today he thinks: Today i am selling insurances, thinking how stupid i was. ;-)

[@Spleenfome]

bad brains are deffinitly one of thhe most underrated bands of all time

[@jayekaye6641]

How so?

[@sPluss-]

Not at all!

[@Droy5555]

Rich Kids On lSD

[@rahnyc4]

i keep coming back to this song, just to listen to it over and over again, as well as look at it. to me this is pure eye candy, that you cant see in today's music anymore.

[@ACDCisNiCe]

Damn wonderful, been only into metal and searched for big madnesses in gigs, and never found anything like that even in youtube. Everybody does anything they want, sometimes the stage isn't even visible because of these great guys. Sad that today there aren't so much concerts like this. In Lithuania, where I live, it sucks totally, people hate each other and are laced up with chains of arrogance and other shit. Love this music and this kind of people near stage!

[@xisotopex]

they were CRAZIER when they had shorter hair, more energy, maybe les weed smoking but still greatest band ever....

[@Majklfoun]

True bro! Greeting from🇨🇿

[@Donna230]

One of the best bands ever. Thanks.

[@ktco83]

quite possibly the sickest band that ever existed.. in my opinion. H.R. was so raw

[@HermanWaldorf]

best HC for sure.

[@PHALANX100BC]

Dude I'm 39...you're only old when these songs stop giving you a tingle up your spine..........

[@Tiger_Pumper]

You still got the tingle Phalanx?

[@BegetterVIIEVEN]

Are you feeling it now Mr.Krabs?

[@mylefteye]

one of the BEST hardcore bands in history.

[@robynfreaks]

Greatest band live, incredible, full of spirit and able to handle crazed wackos! Love them!

[@qwertyuioppoiuyghgb]

god damn! at 0:49 the crowd goes fucking wild, one of the best live performances caught on tape

[@subsamadhi]

they were raw as hell live too. That's no small task for songs as crazy as theirs.

[@SGED392]

Songs blazes !! And Bob shreds some leads on here that you never thought would or could do ..

[@branevans3705]

I saw them live in NYC several times. They are amazing musicians. Great guys ❤❤

[@GhostofRhurValley]

I love how HR is like half on stage half in the crowd.

[@drzmarvelouspapi]

Best punk band ever. Hands Down.

[@danielorlando8172]

1979- 1985. Pure bliss in the hardcore scene. If you were there, count your blessings, if you wish you were I get you. I came of age after Haight Ashbury, but was at the beginning of NYHC. The lower East side was my back yard. Kudos to Jenny lush, Sergio, Vinny stigma, and the whole crew every Sunday at CBGB'S.

[@Pippy187]

There will never be crowds like this :(

[@mishelle1385]

I still go to punk shows and pay my respects to the bands that got me through my youth and still do. But the energy just isn't the same as it was back then. .. This was a magical time for the music scene.. I miss those days...

[@zac3740]

the golden days of innocent punk music are over sadly :(

[@froyerthedestroyer6756]

In LA it still gets pretty crazy like this. The Backyard punk scene is still going strong. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKPGcnWCotyXf6s This happened this year.

[@kc0mwl]

Try Turnstile !

[@hostiliscivitas]

By pure coincidence I saw them audition at CBGB...every tuesday was audition night and a friend's band was auditioning there too..They were the first all black punk band I ever saw for sure. They rocked!

[@ZenOnU08]

One of the best bands ever....would've loved to have been at this show! BB was so good for the scene and they brought so much influance with them. Yet another blessing to our music scene that is always starving for good music.

[@daviddavis4475]

148 thumbs down ???? WTF this was one if the badest hardcore bands of all time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@icewizard9770]

David Davis Nowadays, musical tastes of people are bullshit. This is too much hardcore for them.

[@ronkopald]

Can't argue with science! Who doesn't love Bad Brains!?

[@freaktemple]

Dude , you have no clue .... I had one of the best concerts of my life with bad brains , what an experience that, was , you probably just listened to one album you don't like , if HR was in good mood , it was a hell of a Liveshow , i am a 100% sure , you would had enjoyed it , at least if you can handle hardcore .........

[@ShelJones]

"Country, Blue Grass, & Blues" Sadly, it closed down a few years ago.

[@freewillie26]

my main area of expertise is hip hop music but i listen to other music too. i dont know much about early punk but i do know that these guys are so great and awesome that even if you take all of the words in the english langauge that are supposed to describe greatness it wouldnt even start to do these guys justice!!!!!

[@Stranglehold432]

Every second of this performance kicks more ass than all those so-called punk bands of the last 10 (or more) years combined.

[@LauraSchooler]

Just for context - in case you weren't sure how mental and genius this was - here's the top 10 songs in 1982: 1. Physical, Olivia Newton-John 2. Eye Of The Tiger, Survivor 3. I Love Rock N' Roll, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts 4. Ebony And Ivory, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder 5. Centerfold, J. Geils Band 6. Don't You Want M, Human League 7. Jack And Diane, John Cougar 8. Hurts So Good, John Cougar 9. Abracadabra, Steve Miller Band 10. Hard To Say I'm Sorry, Chicago

[@kedgwell]

Good reminder. The context of the era.

[@alondathomas293]

I remember listening to all those songs as a kid on the early morning hit countdown before I caught the bus to school, and in the evenings at home, lol.

[@MrXxtoshixx]

One of my favorite hardcore bands!!!!

[@nohope8506]

this video has great audio quality thanks for the upload. The breakdown in this song gets me everytime

[@Kloxbyn]

This is one of my favorite songs by them. Awesome footage.

[@geoffbruiser]

Dr. Know...best hardcore guitarist ever?

[@smashthatcat]

OK, I'll bite. Richard Duguay of Personality Crisis...?

[@jimmiemclovin]

If I remember right, that was one small club. It always looks bigger on film or in pictures somehow. Not a whole lot of room to go crazy, but this crowd is doin' just fine!

[@LadySpace_888]

+jimmiemclovin You remember right.

[@jimmiemclovin]

patheticgirl43 was the girls restroom as fucked up as the guys? lol...

[@KerayZ]

this was my favorite band when I was a teenager, for about a year I didn't even know they were black! lol this brings back good ass memories of me singing this as loud as I could in my mom's car on my way to work.

[@marcoaceves3580]

Best fucking solo ever Gives me the shivers

[@ernestallen5772]

I spent 1985 to 1990 in punk pits from LA to Philadelphia. It was fucking AWESOME except when some asshole skin head brought out the chains or brass knuckles...to be roundly met with a full beer bottle to face. Those were the days.

[@kahvinetic]

I was there! one of the promoters put me on the list at the door... changed my life!! I was like "fuck KISS!"

[@eddythreesix5272]

Legendary

[@Khultan]

I have never heard of this band until in an interview with the late Adam Yauch mentioned them as being inspired. When I had heard the name, I ASSUMED, they were a white group [eyes toward the skies] and I was shocked and stunned to find out the truth. I continue to learn and expose my utter ignorance.

[@dnowitzki]

I love it!! Without a doubt, one of the most hardcore bands to ever walk the Earth.....and it's 4 laid back rasta guys

[@kelsmart]

I love this band!!! Rock For Light is one of the best albums ever! THIS is what punk ought to be; Simple Plan , take fucking notes. lol These guys certainly make my Top Five list. WAY up there , with the Stooges & the Pistols!

[@impalapez]

Aw hell yeah!!! Bad Brains!!!!! You can't beat this stuff!!!

[@xanderlev1]

I used to frequent CB's in the early 90's, about ten years after this was filmed. Even then, remember, the Bowery (where CBGB's was located) was not gentrified, and there wasn't anything like this on TV or MTV. We were just starting to see a big explosion of punk-lite bands on the charts, and then of course Nirvana broke everything with its popularity. Bad Brains and the type of chaos you see here were a unique experience. That stage is TINY, and the space was dark and scary.

[@jamesbarker4054]

Great footage from a great band 🤘🤘🍻🎸🎤🔊

[@VacantMinds]

probly one of the greatest live bands ever

[@profd65]

One reason that it's difficult to see the connection between 80s hardcore and today's metal is that in the 80s there was for a brief time a genre called "crossover"--crossover from hardcore to metal. Bands such as Suicidal Tendencies and Stormtroopers of Death (which became Anthrax) were in this genre. These bands kind of had one foot in the hardcore scene and one foot in the metal scene. I think it's easier for a Metalhead to trace his roots back to Anthrax than to Dead Kennedys.

[@sTmykal42]

This is the way you do it. I saw BB in '90 at The Vic in Chicago. During the first song, a chair was thrown over the upper balcony and the railing along the floor was torn up. Fantastic show!

[@nymetsrock]

that looks like the most amazing show ever

[@jcooper93]

Wow, why did it take me so long to see this. You guys are so lucky to have access to video footage like this, so easily. Back in the day just finding a record store that had a Bad Brains album was like discovering Aztec Gold.

[@giulianobertolucci]

Esta banda é um grande exemplo de como não devemos confiar em estereotipos!

[@stoplying]

Great song Great band Great club (RIP) Great footage

[@riospcdepot]

Amazing! This is one show I wish I could have gone too. These guys were way ahead of their time. Many of my favorite bands that i grew up with in the 80's and 90's were influenced by these guys. I could see why, there passion and energy was unmatched while still being edgy and creative. Best of their time! Hands Down!!

[@epdonohue]

Also, I'm reading the posts below mine, what's with the arguing? Bad Brains started a movement - "NYHC". We use to go to CBGB's all the time in the 80's and this video brings some wonderful memories of the time - for instance I'm friends with a couple of the dudes I see in this video dancing. Celebrate Bad Brains!!!

[@mheastin]

Back in my days punk was doing or being what you wanted to be or do. It was pretty much a bunch of misfits who all fit in with each other regardless of what they were into. Punk was just what brought us all together.

[@helemundo]

This deserves so much more views.

[@22018]

what an energy! Bad Brains are great.

[@GanjaNinjaBoy]

Thumbs up for that back and forth, people seem to not be using the internet for actual communication anymore. it is refreshing to see

[@LO-MENG]

Damn I saw these guys for the first time a couple weeks back and i know they aren't as crazy as they were in the 80's but they still put on a great show. The fans is what made it worth it. Fuckin H.R is a trip now haha.

[@sethwhitaker8089]

My stepdad's band opened for them back in the day

[@David888sanchez]

No puedo escuchar esto sin dejar de moverme como un loco!

[@VioletFemmeFatale]

so amazing!.... where does one go and experience a show like this anymore.....

[@doughboy119]

i feel like i was born at the wrong time, everything back then was so different, i feel like it would have been a simpler time

[@AKBNY]

awesome flick! i started hitting CB's up in 84. Still caught badbrains there many many times. Wish i could go back....

[@pjbrubak]

he has a certain John Belushi-ness to him.

[@erinamores5584]

Bad brains elevated punk rock into real music. There is a reason everyone who was into the scene in the 80s knows this song. Legends.

[@unknownrobot]

it just 2 minutes but that's enough.

[@BlueRosebuds]

+Bruno Marques Serrano That's always been the most Bad Brains ever needed to speak their minds. :-)

[@parthreera]

You suck

[@inbloom77]

don't you like the song?

[@brokenseatbelt]

It's so awesome how people go onstage with them.. I wish I could've went to CBGB's.

[@francofunes2849]

1:20 Dave Insurgent from Reagan Youth?

[@jasontodd5356]

Idk

[@Andrew-mv7ec]

Looks like him for sure

[@cactusescomeinflocks]

they used to do jazz/fusion. they were really talented.

[@skinhead5]

Hey, it's only hardcore. Kids of the 80's style.

[@TravisSelassieSimbawafedha]

+Carl Nieves Bad Brains is RastafarI PunkRock ... Hardcore didn't emerge until a little later in the decade.

[@skinhead5]

***** Shut up fool. I was around in the scene and hardcote punk was the happening thing. You look like a fukin hippie.

[@MyriamLocto]

Best Hardcore Band Ever ! It's so awesome. I'll see them this summer but I already know it won't be like this. :(

[@AlexTimification]

oi!punk by black people. Whoah! That's amazing :D

[@daviddavis4475]

+Alex Timifikator YES! by black people!

[@kellyhendrix7613]

Not oi! Punk. DC Hardcore. They are the fuckin og’s and invented hardcore.

[@machismotv]

best hardcore band ever!!! HR!!!!

[@DexterBanks5555]

Iam certain 90% of the audience are now CEO's and management of some kind .

[@epdonohue]

Watching this brought tears to my eyes. Oh the memories - and the original moshers and slammers!!! CBGB's ruled

[@NothingSubversive]

That big guy with the mohawk is in the background of every recorded bad brains gig from 82

[@VeganJustice219]

a lot of people say the Clash are the only band that matters. those people clearly have never seen The Bad Brains.

[@freedomfromreligion1701]

Whenever I play Bad Brains or Minor Threat my cat goes so crazy and happy wtf me too

[@Demonoftheforrest]

Banned In D.C. The Bad Brains are fucking awesome them along with Minor Threat and Black Flag practically started the hardcore scene, I wish there were more bands like this

[@BegetterVIIEVEN]

0:48 I love this part of the song!

[@jfpal0035]

WOW! I just found this! I used to listen to this when i used to be a sk8t rat. Brings back memories of a good and simpler times.

[@ChristopherWoods]

Best hardcore band vid I've seen this year!

[@zulubeat]

Best Hardcore band of all time. Best Punk band of all time. CBGBs: Best rock club of all time. RIP

[@Cinerary]

This video is a national treasure.

[@wynternight777]

It is so sad to see these videos from back in the day and to see videos from today, and to see how much energy HR had then, compared to how lethargic and wasted he is now.

[@timjonheath]

Bad Brains, just totally awesome even all these years on still a great band :)

[@ArkhamDrifter]

I get goosebumps watching this! The Bad Brains shows I saw in 80's were the best shows I've ever been to...I miss that time. It was fuckin' fun!

[@wide_awake]

They lit the fucking crowd!!

[@RoccoValentino]

I was born in 1982 - i feel like so privileged but also so mad that i MISSED THIS.

[@xanderlev1]

I wonder if kids in NYC can have the same experience I had - no cel phone, no internet, just the Village Voice club listings telling you who is playing at CB's, and news from a punk rock show on a college radio station. I think my generation is the last "analog generation", where we had to work just a little harder to find out about "underground" music like Bad Brains. Meaning: I had to actually GO to a punk record shop to get their cassette tape, or had to actually GO to a show to discover it.

[@ShitboxHeaven]

Bad Brains is the reason California happened. The term even came out of DC in reference to the Bad Brains. Amongst all the 'new wave' repackaging, people looked at the Bad Brains who played punk faster and more in your face, and said "that's hardcore punk. That's what I like, the real thing."

[@mrteargas8692]

I got to see them play when I was 18 yrs old about 93'. Great gig I will always remember!

[@sammencia7945]

0:40 I think the guy in striped yellow and gold sweater (DC football colors) is Skeeter Thompson, an old acquaintence. Bass player in Scream. In fact quite certain that is him.

[@crimsonwhite1]

real bad brains. the icons of hardcore. thx for posting.

[@theman211294]

Just went to a Trash Talk show, I can say there was just as much energy in the crowd and band as there was at an old 80s hardcore show.

[@anthonysbarat]

0:18 seconds... It's John Belushi, isn't it? Looks just like him. He was a huge hardcore fan, notoriously bringing Fear onto SNL.

[@DrummerBoone]

i love how i just now saw this video, and wearing the same t-shirt as earl... haha... even more coincidence is that this is the first band i learned to play the drums to... ah the memories

[@MightyT138]

wow back 7 years ago i never thought i would hear this guys on mtv....

[@5amuu]

Now THAT'S what I call a gig!

[@AignishRiots]

what a great video, it looks incredible

[@fnW6392]

The very bad brains.i see in 1983 in Köllerbach...beim besetzten Fabrik...

[@Jauwp]

Holy shit... this looks insane. I don't know what I wouldn't give to be there.

[@baileybossier8702]

ive seen that dude with the mo hawk and yellow shirt in soo many different videos