"Big Takeover" (Live) - Bad Brains - New York, CBGB - December 25, 1982

[@torpedomoskau]

I‘m 51 now but when i listen to Bad brains i still wanna destroy my living room. Epic Show!

[@thulsadoom3427]

Same here

[@indiesindie1984]

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!

[@SpiritusBythos]

Yes!

[@Clunkers707]

i hope to someday be 51 listening to bad brains in a thuroughly destroyed living room

[@mikemorrissey5467]

Then DO IT what's stopping you?

[@mrc...86.]

This video for me is like an anti depression, so good this energy!

[@charlestruby5094]

COSA NOSTRA, HELL YES !!! You are correct, sir.

[@vincentrathbone26]

I couldn't agree more !

[@heathernissaragonese9787]

I am the same, I prefer this to chill my mind. Music that calms most leaves me feeling destructive and vice versa 💞

[@Adrian-um8km]

Agree 100%! 🔥

[@Clunkers707]

holy shit i had that exact thought before scrolling down

[@stephenowens3687]

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.

[@chuck7916]

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.

[@misfit2022]

Earl Hudson great drummer with great economy of movement. Possibly the most stylish punk rock drummer.

[@goods5119]

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

[@misfit2022]

@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.

[@blairlohnes8103]

Born in 85, got into punk in 96, sad to say I found Bad Brains in 2016, but it's crazy to see how much they had a second hand influence on my whole life's philosophy. It still blows my mind to see that shows like this were happening before I was ever though of. When I thought of 82, I always thought of Rock and Metal, little did I know, these guys were setting the stage for the next couple of decades.

[@LastBankJob]

How do you not like this??!!!!!

[@coreycox2345]

This is IMHO one of their best songs. That guy could really dance, too.

[@coreycox2345]

He is some kind of a magician.

[@thecitizenjoan]

A Lot of people don’t get it

[@markezov]

If this doesn't make your hair stand on end, you have no pulse.

[@johnnyssik]

It actually scares some white folk's. Especially maga..

[@sukhbir6246]

The Bad Brains at the top of their game, nobody came close.

[@camerongoddard1638]

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.

[@user-uo2ku1gc5q]

Just watched that exact documentary and was thinking the same thing. 2 living legends

[@sukhbir6246]

That would have probably been in DC and not NY.

[@L_87]

@@sukhbir6246impossible. They are banned in DC

[@seanm5258]

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

[@Juliofiasco]

No, Chris Farley was the HR of cinema

[@gabrielmartines3510]

Bad Brains came before Farley.

[@Benji-777]

HR got the crowd going in. That looked lit.

[@dorothystefanski7892]

Most awesome hardcore band ever!

[@doitnowvideosyeah5841]

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...

[@indiosse]

Lol dec 25th Xmas day? what a way to spend it

[@michaelphineas6962]

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.

[@zeef6946]

I'll never understand how some people can not think that this the best shit ever.

[@rachelfriberg2395]

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!!!!!!

[@goochchowder1389]

This is the best video on KZbin.

[@crucialDtale]

This is the most underrated comment on You Tube.

[@WBM_EXITHUNT]

This video can cure depression

[@safakozkan6698]

A scene of total anarchy and chaos

[@Archivista.urbano]

It's beutlyfull 🥲

[@juandiegoroldanlorente7678]

Bah. They all have the same moves

[@lldjwhyteell]

1:14 - 1:19. Nice moves dude!!!!

[@lucysaid3434]

He disappeared for a second wtf

[@lucysaid3434]

And another guy has been dropped from the ceiling or something in the back

[@JS-nw7xf]

that's ian svenonious

[@Sam5LC]

James Steiner you're right! Who else could it be? He could have tagged along to NYC with Minor Threat...

[@basquecheetah5989]

Lucy he makes a try of a weirdo flip or something

[@hugocafasso]

THE BIG TAKE OVER YEEEEAH HEAAAAAA!!! HR, the James Brown of punk

[@nurlowe2651]

hugocafasso FAAAAAACTS !!!!

[@anti-trollsofficial2783]

fuck yeah!

[@ethanhill9460]

FACTS.

[@TheCiaMKultra]

Hardest working man in the punk business ! Nothing like him has ever graced our presence . Punk Hall of Fame !

[@mrc...86.]

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.

[@DavidBrown-zp5br]

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.

[@AQUATRONIXXX]

Bad Brains are the Best ...greatz from Old Punk /1978/Hangover

[@panzerboy74]

I was Ubajara, Brasil when this happened.

[@theatomicclap5328]

I come up in mass usa northshore I graduated in 81 but no air play here no good clubs for it either before most of yous was breathing. Keep the faith and eat the rich!!

[@freaktemple]

OMG what a great time that was , gives me goose bumps , bad brains 1982 , one of my favorites ( glad that I was there)

[@Oiak1086]

This must be one of the best clips I've seen in my life

[@aaronumbowers]

746am listening to this at full blast. Time for work!!!!

[@stefanobochabarbieri]

the best HC band ever! stop.

[@00002129]

I can't believe this video exists. Incredible to see it today.

[@officialreefer5272]

One of my favorite bands & guitarist ever & there's not many !!!

[@briansalk3233]

0:39 Lyrics Big Takeover No one dan doe so bi so ah Was a body. Woulda bu sink Nevermind...

[@hrrsbl]

this is the pure hardcore !!! @São Paulo - Brazil

[@ramario6195]

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

[@awordfword8266]

What a great time for music

[@tony0000]

You had to be there. You had to be there.

[@remypervis]

I was there

[@jermaine3047]

Love how casually HR walks up to the mic at 1:10 before spazzing out again

[@SpiritusBythos]

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

[@mark-o-man6603]

HR was simply the best.

[@chard404]

I was there the following night..just turned 15. There's a compilation of the three shows on DVD

[@patswayze7359]

Punk rock to the fkn fullest

[@Aviewerbychance]

I miss those days.

[@raybeez55]

this is the building bricks of nyc hardcore

[@chrisfrancz]

Exactly. Listen to early Cro-Mags.

[@ryanhavok584]

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!

[@koenmaeyaert6876]

Out of this world!

[@klausrain111]

Only 27 years after the birth of rock and roll. I'd say things are proceeding in an orderly fashion.

[@alexmosberg7833]

Holy smokes , never saw this perspective of this concert before

[@germanmessberg7265]

Los Fabulosos Bad Brains !!!!!! Hardcore puro

[@bryanc.8441]

Watching on repeat .

[@ribonucleic]

Now *that* is hardcore.

[@f.w.2054]

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!

[@jvictortorreblanca]

Bad brains are…just brutal!

[@weinhara]

Great reverse vid!!! lov

[@foofighter7249]

The guy with the moustache👍

[@remypervis]

Thanks brother that’s me with the mustache and the blue TV studio sweatshirt

[@intoodeep7106]

0:00 - Life Before 0:29 - Life After

[@zeealmighty]

thats a real moshpit

[@punkshotgun3421]

You could power the whole U.S electrical grid with this kind of energy

[@Gorky-wd2yc]

Ahhhhhhh! Love!!!!!

[@Govtflu]

In my old age, I hear this punk rock goodness and must resist slamming around and hurting myself

[@ethanhill9460]

MERRY CHRISTMAS, NYC. RIP HILLY.

[@funboomboompeoplekid8454]

0:15 the guy with the mostache it's me in the life ***sorry for my english***

[@nicholaspoe9203]

FunBoomBoomPeopleKid I think I dude got tossed on top of you hahaha

[@remypervis]

I am the one with the mustache and the blue Television Studio sweatshirt.

[@jamesgentner1356]

Brains tear it up !

[@08bourquem]

i would pay so much money to be there

[@connordunnagan9986]

the pinnacle of punk

[@NotThatKindaKaren]

Bad Brains=love

[@Goatchild90]

Top 3 Hardcore bands ever

[@NoName-kh4yq]

2:20 RIP lol😂😂😂

[@pra6169]

I heard that this dude its from beastie boys

[@charlestruby5094]

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.

[@mattpeckham667]

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.

[@lunathikondlo6554]

Looks like core memory shit. Whoever was there lived life.

[@lunathikondlo6554]

@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

[@tinatammaro1694]

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!❤

[@lunathikondlo6554]

@@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 ❤❤❤

[@xdealxrealx]

ROCKIN!

[@ProjectStarLIGHTS]

The most legendary person in punk isn't a frontman or a band, it's the guy at 0:16

[@haitiansouljadex3186]

Swear to god i see it and i was like the hell why that shit so punk

[@remypervis]

Thanks brother that’s me that you’re talking about in the video.

[@C-Stanz]

so CBGB's is like a high end mens fashion outlet now? lmfao, irony.

[@NYisconstipated]

That’s New York now lol

[@milfredcummings717]

No more country, bluegrass and blues : (

[@keith125]

It's a John Varvatos store now. :(

[@NotThatKindaKaren]

So sad and pathetic....

[@aspect57]

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

[@joechill1]

Holy shit.

[@Mogura87]

Real punk. If anyone knows of a place where they still do it like this, please enlighten me.

[@ryanhavok584]

Mogura87 No where. This was it. This was the era

[@charlestruby5094]

Let’s be honest. The Snowflakes ❄️ would melt.

[@peterotta]

Backyard gigs in East Los Angeles.

[@semaera]

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.

[@ignaciovalenzuela310]

L.A Areas, gotta know the right people to show you the underground bands that pop-up at back yards ir venues every weekend

[@bobkim9381]

fuck yes!

[@richmoreno9938]

This rules so fuckin hard.

[@Andy-kw5nw]

How am I finding out about this now on my 46 years on earth?

[@Elotes606]

😛 glad you found it

[@psilohcyben2378]

This is tough asf

[@infectedvoice7293]

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.

[@leonmg2894]

Saw CC live in february... they are usimg barriers everytime. Just visit your local HC/ punk scene :)

[@cr8901]

スゲーサイコーダヨ

[@Detalks]

that looks fuckin nuts

[@PhilosophyINC]

Holy fuck

[@indiesindie1984]

I miss going to gigs 😪 😷🤬

[@thebluesandothercolors6602]

Damn, there's HR and then there's everybody else who ever picked up a microphone.

[@erichusayn]

Good shit

[@davidclark538]

Hahaha HR ripping it up... While wearing a dress shirt, slacks and a BELT LOL

[@godzilla1806]

I show this video to me kids when they’re complaining how tough the last abc123 „rock“concerts was....😂

[@robertcampos1362]

Bad ass.

[@MarkS-nt8de]

Scheisse... never seen that version of the gig.... awesome and so raw...

[@chadischad247]

This is punk

[@danslimsix]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeahh❤

[@jcrush13]

Awesome..., so Hardcore. Todays pop and soft core s*ck!

[@epicvideosSIKE]

You don't have to censor the word suck man lol

[@bozobuckets785]

FUKKKIN CHAOS!!!!!!! Yeah buddy!

[@doitnowvideosyeah5841]

This was part of their 3 night stand, right? I was at one of those shows. It was that good

[@MrBobrovsky]

это просто невероятно.. кайф...

[@marshallodom5821]

That dude in the black leather looks terrified LOL @2:11

[@gasutrias9961]

😍