Junkyard Band: "19th and M", the early days (1985)

[@aimeemoore1094]

Love seeing old footage and seeing how long this band been together. What a blessing.

[@terrywashington8669]

D.C. back in the day. Notice that everybody is hanging with everyone else and having a good time. I love D.C.

[@chrissmith-rv5ro]

You're right. Almost like "bizarro DC"

[@coachrobinson9958]

That's THE CHOCOLATE CITY, I remember! ☺😌😉💝

[@jayjones3276]

Then Regan let that rock hit the city smh

[@darylgolden9528]

This looks like a scene from Wonder Woman 1984 movie. Lol!😂😂 Being that movie had Washington. D.C. as background city, no mention of JYB. They showed a breakdance crew in movie.

[@darylgolden9528]

This was a treat to see JYB having people dancing in the streets. Seeing the buckets and how they first started back in early 1980's, historic.

[@revjaybird2]

Wow. Thanks for posting this. People don't know what a huge "underground" music scheme both DC and Baltimore had in the late 70s through 80s. You could see this show, then go a mile down the street and there'd be a full Cuban band dance happening going on, then somewhere else, some of the best raw Punk ever. Birthplace of US Punk culture. DC used to be such a vibrant place on so many levels. Baltimore was very similar, at the time.

[@justmayo6097]

Man that sounds so great. My city is a quiet one, nobody plays music out here like this. I want to get a small band together and start doing some live stuff down town. It Feels like such a different world though.

[@revjaybird2]

@@justmayo6097 It's an entirely different world now.

[@Lovableandgorgeous]

This is before gentrification and people complaining about the kids banging on drums. This was culture that everyone loved to enjoy. Like watching Chuck Brown EVERYONE LOVED CHUCK

[@Straight0uttaCrofton]

yeah. now they got thirty-year-old white guys with dreads banging on drums - and they're TERRIBLE at it.

[@Ken-iu2zp]

U from D.C momma?

[@Lovableandgorgeous]

@@Ken-iu2zp Born & Raised 😊 Although I rolled out a few years ago

[@Ken-iu2zp]

@@Lovableandgorgeous ok 👌. Have you ever heard of a diner called the Florida Ave grill in D.C.?

[@Lovableandgorgeous]

@@Ken-iu2zp Indeed I used to be the one to pick up my coworkers orders on Sunday Morning back in the day 😂😂

[@3Sevenmedia]

JYB are still Cranking 'till this day. RIP Heavy One!

[@cooyahshakur864]

Whole time! 💯

[@silentbullproductions8108]

Heavy One the reason why I like the drums

[@garkuwan2257]

And pop

[@collinchang8940]

Yes, thanks for this post. I grew up in NYC. The only band I ever heard was Trouble Funk, but was on wax. Until I left for the Navy. I met a guy on the ship, and he introduced me to a variety of live bands on tape, like E.U., Ayre Rade...etc! The weekend our ship was in Annapolis and we made our way to DC. We ended up at a block party around his way, and that's when I first experienced the The Junkyard Band. This is exactly how they were playing in the streets back then, and this blew my mind....AWESOME MOMERIES ❤❤❤❤❤

[@BridgettS]

JYB was the first Go-Go band I ever heard as a kid. Man I miss these days.

[@Mariculous817]

Kingdom Beauty!! To see every1 enjoying themselves the diversity is amazing! 🫶🏽 Grateful just to see the existing 💯 #DcGOGO4Life 🎤

[@jetblackstripes]

AMAZING!

[@shottashabazz6721]

Notice how people from all different ethnicities, backgrounds are here jamming. Good music brings people together.

[@CITYOFSHOOTERS]

They had to go in a white neighborhood the white people wouldn’t come to Barry farms to enjoy this music

[@billmitch920]

(from Bolivia) go-go will never die

[@billmitch920]

(from Bolivia) hahahaha hahahaha SAD but TRUE

[@ancestorseyes2620]

Wow! Taking me back to when they used to play at the "vending mall", with no real instruments, with someone walking around with a bucket collecting donations from the spectators, in front of Hechts between 7th and 9th with the blind man on the corner singing with the cigar box. What y'all know about that? Lol

[@Gsxrbon]

You said “Hechts”. My Grandmother loved that store.

[@vintagevibezmusicGP1]

THE SHOPPS

[@hi8942]

You took it wayyyy back.. i forgot all about Hechts!

[@shannonsunshine3802]

I couldn’t love this anymore! Thank you for posting. I’m so lucky to be from DC and to have known go-go my whole life!

[@raquel40032]

So glad! I'm so happy you enjoyed it so much and it brings back great memories. :)

[@mellotainment]

This was definitely a whole vibe !!!!

[@dbabyjames]

I only recognize Buggs, Moe and Pratt. It’s really amazing how Buggs been holding this band together for 40 plus years and they STILL CRANK TO THIS DAY!!

[@TheBluesmanBlue]

What a beautiful post and showing the beginning of the legendary Washington DC own Go-Go group junkyard band 🤜🏽🎶🤛🏽

[@q.t.gamingfamily]

I REMEMBER this. They played in the alley of 16th and E streets in SE WAAAAYYY back in the day hitting buckets. My 1st of many junkyard Live concerts lol. Wow where did the years go?!

[@AmeliaThatsMe1]

We used to come out of the bars at night and there would be all these kids playing on buckets. They were extremely talented and everybody stopped to watch.

[@q.t.gamingfamily]

@amyaaron7141 Chile, "I wish those days could come back once more. Why did those days ha-ad to go?!" I love DC culture and my family, friends and neighbors were all family. Just once the wht supremacist released guns and Crack into the city, they really chased us out. I HATED leaving dc. I was born there, at GWU. Gave birth at GWU. DCGH was CHOCOLATE CITY'S hospital ran by us for us. I can write a BOOK about how much I love DC present and past. You remember DC scorpio and Red and the boys? The Big chair on Good hope road. How many of us turned on the fire hydrant 😆. Man, I'm getting homesick just at the thought of my DC memories.

[@terencebuie4810]

@@q.t.gamingfamily also ayre Ryde

[@q.t.gamingfamily]

@@terencebuie4810 you're making me homesick and timesick lol. Absolutely

[@terencebuie4810]

@@q.t.gamingfamily don't feel bad homie go go makes us feel old cuz its not youthful but its all good did you see the snoop dog go-go video with essence

[@williamdavis8855]

Legendary footage 📽️.. JYB are legends

[@iAquarius202]

OMG thank you so much for posting this!! I was 3 years old but I still remember these days partying with our local bands just walking down the street!

[@wit2pz]

How cool is THIS!! Awesome, vibrant, harmonious piece of history right here! I LOVE the scenes of people dancing, enjoying, and participating from the various walks of life! Short-shorts and knee-hi socks were cool back then!! lol! Thanks for sharing this!! I'm gonna check out your site as well! Shalom!

[@raquel40032]

Thank you! I appreciate your great feedback and hope you enjoy my other writings and music. :)

[@RT-or7ro]

The good old DC daze JYB played all over the city, still Rollin today 2021 #SE4LIFE

[@jacobsilverman2982]

So cool! Reallt captures the cities and the band's energy!

[@ram55443322]

Loooove it. I grew up a white guy in Barry Farms. This is a little wonderful piece of history that is undiscovered!

[@livishyne]

Yo they was rocking back then. Respect to one of the great gogo bands in the dmv

[@sammencia7945]

2:30 People drinking looked young because in 1985 WDC drinking age was 18. Junkyard played 19th St because of Gooden Triangle critical mass of bars and foot traffic 1125 19th St NW the far left column holding up the building had one 3prong grounded outlet that was at the very front of the building. Unsecured, not locked, on all the time. They plugged in their keyboard there. I worked as a DJ at 1130 19th and saw them set up the first time in 1983. They played directly across the street from me until around 11pm.

[@smoovetop6087]

When I seen this, it brought back so many good times, and brewery farms and watching them play is a little boy took me all the way back to the old Scott house

[@SlowparSheena]

My birthplace... My city... My favorite style of music... #GoGoForeva 💜🖤💜🖤

[@djscott1129]

I remember 19th and M. Right in Front of the Flippers.... We used we walk there from Adams Morgan every weekend to see them.

[@bigrodney0800]

Nobody couldn't say it better thank you for posting this video. it brought back a lot of childhood memories and just to see them here and looking forward now today this is what you call history in the making.

[@terencenicholson1657]

I remember those days. Priceless times

[@maureenmurphy7817]

I worked on Northwest corner of this intersection from 2011 to 2020, and hung out there on and off from 1985 on. I recognize "Guisti's" and "Rumor's" both gone now. There was also a nice "KB" movie theater just west of intersection. What a great little time capsule! Thanks.

[@itzjdub282]

Them horns remind me of that ole Cavalier commercial they did back in the day

[@pianoman22407]

I love this. There's a certain unity present.

[@lxolxo7]

CLASSIC!!!

[@clubcrasher5047]

Back in the 80s in London,i used to listen to an African American go go band called Trouble funk, they had a hit called "drop the bomb"and "pump me up", they had that same kind of go go sound, never heard of the junkyard band though

[@AuntyKinu]

Drop the Bomb was the joint!

[@reginaldblack8326]

Does anyone know where all these kids are today in 2024? This is FANTASTIC!

[@raquel40032]

facebook.com/therealjyb! Check them out on Facebook. They still perform!!

[@raquel40032]

instagram.com/therealjyb/?hl=en and on Instagram

[@kathleenbradford5086]

Wow, this is cool - as a teenaged hippie I hung out on M Street throughout my high school years! Loved the Balloon Man!!

[@vernallen5109]

All I can say is thanks to the Go-Go Godz for this one with all my heart I love y'all junkyard

[@HairWeaveKillerrr]

Beautiful 😩😩😩😩🥰🥰🥰🥰 the little kids singing 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 got me shook up

[@davidwashington1581]

I been living in DC 53 years. I recall when these guys were performing downtown, NW, DC. As you can see this was and is a predominantly White part of the City. But these SE part of the City guys, Junkyard had the white folks attention, that's impressive because DC White aren't absolutely friendly, but that's another issue. They represented and are still around today. Also, the money they collected got them equipment... Awesome 👍

[@wayneerickson6178]

i would watch them when they played in Georgetown in front of the bank building. I got all my white friends from the burbs to come down and see them. They had and still have a huge White following. When music is great and you see it from the beginning, that's all that matters

[@kalmiopsis]

Used to see Gil Scott Heron in the crowd many times

[@Gsxrbon]

I miss living in the DMV.

[@hundredsroadwerewolf]

Incredible - thank you very much for sharing this.

[@Yogaismylife7]

I’m from DC, BORN and RAISED! LUV IT 🥰

[@echolaliamedia]

Man oh man, I wish I could see the whole show

[@KeithBlake-hm3fo]

I miss the go-go days. That's what really go-go back in the day.

[@robertwilliams3887]

best KZbin video I've ever seen

[@MsDorisann]

Yeah come with it, this was back in the day!!!! Love it and miss it!!!!

[@JuanAlmonte-rf7xk]

Absolutely brilliant 🔥🔥

[@aaronmarcel5026]

Went to junior high school with Buggs, when they started... They’ve come a long way... 💯

[@jonbrayton3624]

Pure GREATNESS.

[@thejenksxo]

Absolutely magnificent

[@richardhamilton1567]

My days of living in NVA. During them Moving and Groovin, Stormy Mondays, Feek like a Brand new groove, Money, Sardines, Freak a deek days.

[@dcwashingtonpresident5938]

Thanks for posting this

[@bigben1018]

This bring back memories... Barry Farms

[@derrickjohnson2531]

That Go Go culture is fly and uniquely different. (Excuse the spelling of uniquely) LOL.

[@jessehatcher2767]

Sounds like the beginnings of GO GO music….. Trouble Funk

[@schoc13]

That's amazing I stumbled across this but everyone was jamming to the music no matter what race! these guys were jamming out with just buckets! are you kidding me! :)

[@caenterprisellc6922]

I remember bands using buckets. It was still a party.

[@zerocool4958]

This brings back the best decade of my life...The city & time when color didn't matter because we all were to busy groovin ( . )

[@vjones17]

I remember thinking that Buggs was a younger kid like most of the band back in 85. Turns out that he was 18 or 19 here, a year older than me.

[@allinterhigh3118]

He wasn't that old here. I went to Ballou HS with Buggs in SE DC. He was one class in front of me. He came out in 88, and me in 89. He was 15 at the most here.

[@bycarolbarber]

Awesome! TY for sharing!!!

[@michellebutler3467]

JYB for life!!!!!!! I’m a Junk Yard Junkie, baby!!!!

[@alphaomega8373]

The greatest GoGo band every.

[@manifestingtheseblessing-ig]

This is classic 💯

[@politicalbrownkid191]

Oh, I remember the good old Junkyard band being down G'town...crankin'

[@MartinHThomasSr]

Wow..I'm back in DMV and feeling the history.

[@trecaesar9820]

Damn jyb been together that long 😮

[@Earl_Richter]

Longer than that. I saw them back in 1982. Back then, the drummer didn't even have cymbols and I think his bass drum was a box with a mic inside it. Back then, nobody would dance to them because we were all amazed they could make music with what they had. Everybody would just stand around them and watch.

[@madamekaye256]

When kids wanted to be outside n learn bout making it thru life

[@arrikmagruder8009]

Good work!!! Das wassup! Dat joint is bumpin and kinda thumpin...🎶🎸

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

I remember these days.

[@forgiveandmoveon]

Wow. As a youngster, I always went to 19th and M to see my JYB!

[@StromLxrd6]

0:26 dude got a mad scientist head shape😂

[@Alan_GA]

😂😂😂😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@bmanbusee3812]

SE!!! Yard for life

[@tdoggsmackem7498]

I remember Junk had every ninja on DC bangin on cans and buckets in alleys

[@meastro2112]

Hi hello, neva gets old. My man BU and the original JY. Much love

[@LifeNHonor]

DMV Love💛💛💛💛

[@Tissy94]

I love this 🔥🔥🔥

[@PGMarley]

Iam from PG my folks from southeast Congress park been on gogo since we was youngins love were iam frum slim❤❤💯💯💯💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@kevinpaschal5224]

damn!!!! STRIGHT OFF THE FARM , R.I.P. SHORTY POP, HEAVY ONE !!!!

[@Danyahl]

Yeeeaaahhh!!! Good ol days!

[@Duane-tl2zc]

"The Good Junk" the beginning of new era of Go Go.

[@dcwashingtonpresident5938]

AWESOME.. LONG LIVE GOGO

[@johnsononey]

DC was the greatest city in the 1980s . Melting pot of all cultures and good vibes . Well , there were a few shootings , but for the most part , Awesome!

[@bmanbusee3812]

A few..😅

[@empathymankind6956]

🀄🙏🏽WE WASHINGTON D. C... GO BLESS AMERICA THE NATION'S CAPITOL🇺🇲

[@44mindingmybus]

where it all started🎼🎼🎼🎼🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎤💋💜💜💜

[@barbarawhite3974]

THE BEST JUNYARD BAND! HEY PRATT~

[@Straight0uttaCrofton]

production quality not bad for '85

[@josephhunter1959]

I was there. Georgetown was not used to GOGO back then. Love it

[@wayneerickson6178]

I was there too! Right in front of the Bank building i believe. They had the crowds movin' and grovin' If it wasnt for us White people and our money and support that we gave very generously to them,they would have never made it. THAT'S THE DAMN TRUTH!!

[@raquel40032]

So cool!!

[@Curtoonstv]

RIP Shorty Pop, I think he was still heavy in the streets even while in the band back in 1985 signed to Def Jam

[@brogaming950]

And the crazy part he was a stone cold killer at that young age.

[@dopemandreams]

@@brogaming950 and he had kid at that time to just was living too fast

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

Pops was always into street stuff because of his uncle who was in the game. By around 1987 I think Pops had already caught his first body. When you say RIP I'm not so sure. Shorty Pop caught numerous bodies, one apparently being Lil Derek of the JYB. Pop killed him out of jealousy, apparently

[@denzel7822]

Wich one is he??

[@bernicesipes3257]

He had to be 11 years old in this video cuz in a up to date video saying he killed somebody in 1989 and he was 15

[@genog5791]

The crank continues....I need that Kids World video from the Monument.

[@elizabethjohnson53]

Looks so fun,carefree and happy

[@tone5037]

My high school soundtrack, DC Go-Go.

[@SR-cm3fm]

Wow I remember those days!!!!

[@rickygee9094]

Went through in 90. I was fighting. And they got me too!!!!!

[@walternix116]

That’s the DC I KNOW!!!!

[@phyllismorgan6597]

BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH EAST D.C

[@21salutes63]

Oh wow!!

[@LindaWilliams-rt2jv]

GOD IS AWESOME EVERYDAY ❤

[@richardbrown2332]

Go-go and punk rock use to be together

[@marvinhagler4721]

TRUTH..I remember that well

[@mentalandfloss2550]

Nice one! 🎶

[@dmncnlou]

❤❤❤