Big Audio Dynamite - Live on Meltdown 1987

Full set from Meltdown. Thanks to Marky Dread for this superior quality recording to what was already out there.
C'mon Every Beatbox
V. Thirteen
Limbo the Law
Medicine Show
Sightsee MC
BAD

[@hansschjlberg172]

most people just didnt understand the mix of music back in the days...... this is funky and punky as hell!

[@RobLosRicos]

is there - or has there ever been - anything else like them?

[@anthonyb1339]

@@RobLosRicos NO

[@greybeardgamer2067]

1987 was a great year. It flew by so fast and I still remember 1987 so fondly. Great music, no cell phones, the internet was still for researchers trying to share data...good times. Better times.

[@stevefaure415]

Such an underrated band. I think critics and maybe old Clash fans couldn't quite wrap their head around the idea of Mick Jones fronting a dub/raver band. Plus, I think B.A.D.'s real brilliance didn't translate to the recorded medium. They were a party band.

[@davidsundqvist9511]

Iam the old clash fan i love it

[@vonbek8118]

@@davidsundqvist9511 Anything that carries the sound of the clash to the next level Be it B.A.D. or Joe and the Mescaleros is still some of the best music around.

[@ichbin4122]

this band sent Strummer on a 8 year holiday. Powerful

[@adriantic]

wrong. sure we did

[@IanThal]

Their albums were brilliant. So I am going to disagree with you right there. Jones' lyrics were clever and the band made great use of what could only be accomplished in the recording studio.

[@michaelcurran5245]

That Bond Electraglide that Mick is playing is absolutely gorgeous!

[@dfc70]

I was there - 17 years old and had a riot!!

[@nathanharris7815]

I wish I was old enough and independent enough to have seen them back then. I had been a fan since I was 14 years old.

[@simoncotton9485]

One of my favourite bands mick even smiles when he sings great performance live the bad guys did good 👍🏼

[@nickmoore6298]

Thanks for posting John. Saw BAD in Newcastle in 86 and 88 and, to this day, they were 2 of the best gigs I've ever seen. The atmosphere was joyous - such a party. Even the reformation tour in 2011 was spectacular. As so many people have said - one of the most underrated British bands ever.

[@Heston68]

I was at Newcastle Mayfair and Tiffanys in 1986. Joyous gigs mate

[@petethompson3510]

I agree with the joyous atmosphere. I saw them at the Hacienda in around 87. They played the whole first album and then medicine show a second time at the end

[@steve-bk1qd]

Mick smashed it big time.. very talented guy

[@user-nl8hp7ub1j]

Big Audio Dynamite at their peak

[@michaeltb6276]

The band was on fire and never sounded better. This is truly incredible.

[@skinade69]

great band.....great tunes ...much respect

[@DJMTRAXXX]

One of my all time favorite bands!!! I wish they would of kept going with this lineup. Thanks for sharing the video!!🙏🏼❤️✝️🎶❤️🎶

[@iansimpson2333]

glad to have found this, i was at this show, i had an uncle that worked at thames tv in teddington so i saw every meltdown show, great memories, i always thought that this band were so much better live than on record and still do

[@1994cargo]

Saw them in San Jose Ca………..sick

[@kevinbutler94]

I remember recording this on VHS and watching it back endlessly, why were they never this dangerous on record???

[@paulmcdonald4137]

It was so B.A.D. It was brilliant! 🇬🇧

[@hansschjlberg172]

funny to see ppl doing the punk dances to this! but surely right! this was the punk rock off the later 80s !

[@garybrough3345]

Mick could only pull off the Garcia fishing hat look , magic.

[@SoupA150]

Magic

[@mojohnnysteedland4149]

Face it, that was what the clash We’re going to be. Joe only wrote lyrics. The music was Mick. Very unfairly overlooked band

[@MrBiggie6666]

Loved that show...selling hats!

[@mutantproof]

Brilliant, John! What a show!

[@paulmichaelides7565]

Great music from a very talented creative band .

[@annetta7793]

Marvelous John Heston! It's GOLD.

[@RobLosRicos]

saw these guys twice at the Longhorn Ballroom, in Dallas, Texas. about 6 months apart, in 1986/87 - only a few months apart. what i remember from the 2 BAD shows was that the audience was on their feet dancing the entire time. for the second show, they performed almost an hour of Prince covers. best live shows i've ever experienced. also saw the butthole surfers there, and the ramones. oh - and the two shows cost $7 apiece. mick jones made a point of mentioning that Journey was playing the same night as the first show (in Dallas), with tickets starting at $15.

[@iangrice3604]

Fantastic ☺️

[@Nicolas-bk4cr]

Maybe the best B.A.D. live version

[@theenglishman3368]

I was at this - right at the front - it was film at Teddington Lock Studios

[@michaelchannon2644]

Me too, Don Letts side second row, fabulous evening!

[@stephenbradley5815]

Thanks for posting this,I remember recording this off the tv back in the day

[@bemorecheetah]

Best mix of this done live

[@georgemorrison1522]

I saw them live in Edinburgh it was completely mental. Mad looking people in the crowd. Jumping into each other. 🤪🤪🤪🤪.

[@antodarcy1]

Nice one John. Thanks for sharing.

[@mrsunshine63755]

Nice

[@joeswinford2618]

Cheers, John.

[@jamesjackson-df1hi]

THIS IS A TIME WHEN MUSIC WAS REALLY EXCITING AND DIVERSE, SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, NOT LIKE NOW. GOD, MUSIC IS DEAD.

[@veesonnets9457]

Yes! Thank you for posting!!

[@tanyapolak9094]

Love it...

[@distastefulvideos]

Hells yeah!

[@kennymcevoy8672]

saw em in Leeds happy days

[@graaarm]

Look at the kids going crazy

[@andchat6241]

Seeing comments below , I don't think BAD were underrated - they're obviously not going to compare to the Clash . I'm grateful to have seen Clash / BAD (& Strummer) live & they could all do great gigs (sometimes) ...but there's not much footage of on KZbin of BAD at their best ....E- MC2 from Clapham Common '86 is possibly the best .

[@arthurmcgonnell1179]

nice1 John !BAD smashed it x

[@halenbud]

Does it have to be so tame Do I have to twist and shout Do we have to play this game Or be down and out It don't have to look the same I keep trying to tell 'em It don't have to all sound lame I sing the song you sell 'em If it's hitting make it stick

[@Walter-jg8rz]

Sodom & G let the DJ play , gangs & terroristthreats BAD Were So Ahead of Their Time It's tragic THEY never got recognition Deserved

[@YaoEspirito]

Those baseball caps look doofy a.f. That's what they decided to go with?!