The the city is so gentrified now, but The 86's are still making music today in the classic 70's NY punk style. A few members of the band are from the old scene and Detroit at the time. ua-cam.com/video/qsjnrzy2Frk/v-deo.html
TheBigMclargehuge Gentrification is a double edged sword and there is always two sides to it. While there are some good things that can come out of it, if not done right it can completely ruin a neighborhoods character.
@@TheBigMclargehuge You forgot the sarcasm font. For a second I actually thought that you favored gentrification and its soul-sucking evil. The Bowery has never been the same since the money moved in. Sure, it's cleaner and safer, but it's unrelatable and shallow, essentially like any old dormitory suburb. NYC deserves better. Every since Robert Moses, Manhattan has failed to preserve its essential values that made it interesting to begin with.
@@NYC_Metal_Scene That's great, and as Johnny Thunders famously sang in the late 70s, "you can't put your arms around memories." As if to say, we need to live in the moment rather than sulk that the past has indeed passed. But this period at CBGB's was my sweet spot of late teens, early twenties. The difference compared to the punk that lingers today is that it was happening for the first time in the late 60s and through the 70s. It was new and radically different, and many of the bands at that time were still somewhat melodic with poignant lyrics compared to the banal hardcore screaming punk that followed from the 90s and onwards. Bands, writers and visual artists doing the same thing now are purely 100% derivative. Only those who experience an original period understand the additional power of radical change. I agree, there are far more options today, but they're tangents rather than replacements.
@morbidmanmusic that may be, but when you don't give f"#k about being popular and just perform your heart out every time you hit that stage, that's how you create something as timeless as this.. . You obviously don't get it, but like you mentioned most people don't... Btw, punk is a state of mind, not a fashion statement.. .
Saw the original lineup of the Dead Boys at the Whiskey-A-Go Go in LA in the spring of 1980. We took Stiv after the show down to 7-11 as he could buy beer and gave him money to buy us a 12-pack and we sat in the parking lot drinking beers with him. I was 15 and having the time of my life. Saw him a few years later at Perkins Palace with Lords of The New Church, which I had to admit was even better. R.I.P. Punk Rock Legend
YOU MET STIV BATORS?!?! THAT’S AMAZING!! I love Lords of the New Church especially. Stiv Bators was a one of a kind vocalist. I salute you. Also, you went to the Whiskey-A-Go-Go?!?! All three of the things you just said I am jealous of. I would do ANYTHING to travel back in time to the 80’s and see Cocteau Twins, Motley Crue, Lords of the New Church, the Dead Boys, and so much more!! Unfortunately I was too young but here’s to hoping there’s time machines some day!
Great memory!...saw many a band at Whiskey A Go-Go, unfortunately not Dead Boys...did however see The Lords in Phoenix...had a best friend in LA that rubbed elbows with a lot of people, including Stiv...band life back then, had many rewards...what an amazing time...
Saw The Lords at a dive bar in Santa Fe (oxymoron!) one of the best shows I ever saw. Went backstage and my husband,(then boyfriend) gave Stiv the studded belt he had on, which he had made. You can see it in a couple of later videos. RIP.
I feel bad for anyone who didn't live through this era. I was 21 in 1977 and had just finished college. I came back to NYC (I'm from the Bronx) and everywhere you went there were incredible experiences. In that one year I saw Patti Smith, Television, Pere Ubu, The Ramones, Elvis Costello, Rockpile, Eric Emerson and the Magic Tramps, The Dolls and way too many more band to list. It was an incredible time to be young and free and living in NYC.
I was 13 and saw them at CB's this vinatge. Also at Max's, Club 57 among other long gone NYC venues. I miss the New York of this time, going to punk shows when you're 13-14 years old? Where else could you do that!
***** My band The Idle Rich played all around Boston/Prov. in the mid eighties...opened for all of the SST bands and even for The Bad Brains when they did their reunion...those were the days.
I remember hearing those words “and then I’ll be 10 feet tall and you’ll be nothing at all” For the first time as a gawky gangly 14 year old pushover So many years ago feeling like I could take down the whole football team with my own bare hands. Of course I couldn’t, but punk rock made me not afraid of my bullies anymore.
the first time I heard it, it was a Pearl Jam bootleg, and for awhile we thought it was their song, a B-side or something. lol. Same with how killer that line is.
EXACTLY ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS ABOUT PUNK AND METAL THAT STUCK TO MY HEART AND SOUL WHEN I WAS ABOUT 13/ 14 AND STILL KEEPS ME GOING MOST DAYS STILL AT age 46!
I have "Sonic Reducer" tattooed around my wrist. I'll be a pharoh soon, rule from some golden tomb. Things will be different then. The sun will rise from here.
emma duncan Aah, the old go back in time and kill Hitler plan. Would you kill him as a baby or young boy? That would be difficult and a Sin. Kill him as an Adult then? Good Luck getting close with him being surrounded by SS Men! Ah, the best laid plans of Mice and Men! Not as easy as it sounds.
Ill never forget the time Cheetah Chrome and his gal at the time gave me a ride from NYC to Connecticut when i was a teen. It was ridiculously fun wacky times. Forever one of the best bands, which changed the world. chEErs 93
A girl I was dating back in 1978 took my to see the Dead Boys at the Rat in Boston. It was my first punk rock concert. I was mainly a fan of British progressive rock and American classic rock. I was certain that I was not going to like them at all. How wrong I was. I was absolutely blown away by these guys. I will always remember that show.
I was also a fan of prog rock (King Crimson, Yes, etc) and I was also probably at the same Dead Boys show at the Rat as you were. They blew me away as well.
glad to have been a kid who grew up on this music. thanks to my curiousity and rummaging through my uncle's old stuff. his walkman and cassette collection and comic book collection was a highlight of living at my grandma's where there was nothing else to do lol. now i'm 20 and still rocking out to these guys.
No comparisons. When you read the liner notes for Night of the Living Dead Boys - when Johnny Blitz threw a snare drum at Stiv on stage, knocked him out and he got up while they played on. Too bad he died so young. LOTNC were not some flash. It would be nice to see where things would have gone.
This is the first time I've ever heard these guys, and I would've thought they were a British punk band if I hadn't heard their introduction at the beginning. They look like a British punk band! As far as the Sex Pistols are concerned, I know more about Sid Vicious's personal life than I know about his personal musical history. From what I always heard, he was hired by the Sex Pistols not because of any inherent musical talent, but because of his "punk" attitude and image. He was hired into the band, then told to learn how to play an instrument! In other words, their band creation dynamic worked out in the opposite way that its _supposed to_ .... I grew up in the 80s, so I was a big metal fan. When I hear people mention the Sex Pistols, then say that 80s metal was just an offshoot and a natural progression of 70s punk, I'll usually say something like, "ok, but if that's true, then metal is basically like the Sex Pistols, but with talent and songwriting skill"! That usually doesn't go over well.
I remember the first time I went to CBGbs it was Richard hell, the talking heads and the dead boys on the same bill it was an incredible night… We got a table right at the front and I remember Hillel’s dog took a shit right by our table and the concert then began it was truly punk rock in every fucking conceivable way!
The Dead Boys were a great live band. Manic energy, back when punk felt dangerous and unpredictable - as if anything could happen. I saw them in 1977 at the Starwood in Hollywood. I always liked Stiv, but you can really see the Iggy influence. Saw the Stooges in 1973 and many other times, you can see where Stiv got a lot of his attitude and moves (like the backbend) - the Dead Boys do a great cover of the Stooges' search and destroy here.
I saw the Dead Boys more times than I can count at CBGB's in the late 70's and early 80's. At the time didn't realize how powerful it was; when I look back realize how lucky I was...the time, the era, the anger. The Bowery was grungy and dangerous back then...fitting for the music scene at CBGB's. Today it's like Disneyland...sad in its own way.
+Patrick Portland I could never get people to go to CBGB's with me, lol - they were always too scared...the first time I went, we had to leave early because one of the guys with us had to be back at Riker's in time (they had let him out on a pass, lol)
+hamstergirl4444 That's funny. Me and my buddy met these 2 girls at CBGB's. I can't remember much of what happened over the next 3 or 4 weeks except that I got into a shitload of trouble. But she did leave me her probation book as a parting gift.
+Cartel1982 Wow...didn't know...used to frequent those divey NY Lower East side bars and Mars Bar was one of them. Relocated to Portland, OR 6 years ago. Miss NYC but it's not the same city I grew up in as a kid in Brooklyn...thanks for the update!
Thank you for this classic concert of Dead Boys, they were a great band I really enjoy their songs. Johnny Blitz is also a kick ass drummer. It's a shame they didn't record more music back in the day.
@@matthewjames206 And if The Damned, The Sex Pistols, and the Heartbreakers are any indication--a drummer with blonde, spiky hair doesn't hurt, either!
PaulLonden would u say Ron Asheton is underrated? Honestly I think he’s revered as one of the greatest of all time but not everyone knows his name. But Williamson was and is filthy. All those Raw Power songs were from riffs Williamson came up with. He directly inspired Johnny Ramone for his loud extremely aggressive in your face playing. He didn’t play around he just brought it. He is such a timid and anxious guy. He probably got all of his anger and frustration out jamming.
Stiv had a great face for a front man. He may have been skinny and wirey but he was frightening too. He was scrappy and had bizarre moves. You couldn't take your eyes off of him. He was there to entertain.
the dude was gross . some sick shit. i dont think it was just for shock value. the music is great , i especially liked Lords of the New Church, but dont care to watch stiv..
WOW! Amazing performance, one of the best live music videos I've ever seen! Even though audience participation hadn't quite evolved in line with the energy of the stage & music, this is still one of the greatest live concerts of this time period to exist on video! Enjoy it! And appreciate it's importance...I hope you can. Dead Boys. WOW.
Never really cared for this but can''t deny the energy and emotion and sometimes that's all you need, punk still has and deserves a place in influencing the good rock n roll/metal music today...that can be found if you look hard enough
I was one of a handful who saw the band in Cleveland before their move to NYC. We thought they were the best of the Rocket From The Tombs spinoffs. This video was the closest to the way I remember them. We miss you Stiv.
The day the music died was not when Valens, Holly and the Big Bopper died. Nor was it the day Lennon was shot. Likewise with Cobain. The day the music died was when STIV left this mortal coil. RIP STIV.
such an amazing fucking band, this sound quality is surprisingly good for it's time, young loud and snotty is clearly one of the very best 1st wave punk rock albums, every bit as good as ramones and nevermind the bollocks etc....
@@chicago_rocker23 Man who gives a fuck what you think? The consensus is that this era was in fact the first wave of punk, a decade before there was not punk, the closest thing ypu got were garage rock bands, even the so called "proto punk" bands only came out between like 69 and 73, not a decade before like you said, So jsut quit being a condescending wannabe know-it-all prick. The guy was right about what he said
I think this band is the most under-rated punk band ever. You hear about them in the rise of this movement, but never as much as you hear about many other bands. Their music has way more dynamics than the typical punk band of the day. No wonder Crystal put money into this band. They really could have gone far.
Hi Kevin you are right. I saw the dead boys November 1977 in London at the roundhouse. They were ' special guests' while the Damned were the main act. But after the Dead Boys rocked the stage, the Damned Show was kind of boring in my opinion. 1 or 2 weeks later the Ramones rocked the roundhouse too, but I got no more money for a second London trip, sad but true. Bernhard from Germany
When the Dead Boys were still Frankenstein and rehearsing in the same building as a band I worked with, Stiv could come over and borrow a Marshall head to use a PA amp. He was always very soft spoken and polite. I was at their first gig when they opened for Pere Ubu. It was a very interesting evening.
Stiv was great too in LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH, in the 80s. What an honour it was to be support band to them on 3 gigs back then here in England, around the time of release of their first album.
We should all be so lucky to have such an awesome bearded hype man!♡ The first chords to sonic reducer listen close, same intro as Open letter to NYC by Beastie Boys, so classic, both great bands too!!♡
Like a time machine trip back to ‘77… It’s weird and somehow fitting to think that fear of Son of Sam was the lurking, pervasive backdrop to that dark, hot summer in NYC…
Cheetah Chrome played around the city and made a home at a bar called, "continental". That bar rocked many for years! That whole neighborhood is now Million dollar condos!
I want to bring this sort of music back.. punk isn't dead.... it just changed into poppy crap.... this sort of punk needs to return; fun shitty guitars, vocals, and drums. purely punk *_*
agree! However, there's a wide majority of sticklers and tightwads who are looking for technique or some form of discipline in the shows they're going to. I'm hearing it all the time lately in crowds, self-imposed critiques. Even the local punk/HC bands in town seem afraid to lash out and not give a damn
It's still out there. Past dozen or shows I've seen, it was all old school/hardcore/oi type stuff and nobody was trying to sound like blink 182 anymore.
Glad this recording exists. Wish their Frankenstein shows were recorded, when they played Bride of Frankenstein on a projector, then ripped through the screen to blow up the place.
saw Richie Stotts of the Plasmatics play there he blew the roof off that place,then when I went to the men's room Richie walked in and I told him the show was amazing he said thanks,cool dude
Stotts and the Plasmatics....EPIC MOST CLASSIC PUNK. Ihad a chunk of radio smack my face after Wendy blew the charge...kept it for 30 years....lost it in a flood a few years back. PLASMAMTICS AND WENDY O. FUCKING WILLIAMS FOREVER.
Wendy, Jean Beauvior, Richie Stotts, and a Camaro she blew up in my face as well, front row center. Chainsawing flowerpots, tv's , and who can remember anything else...... a mastrabatory GENIUS. She killed herself not 20 miles from my home.....if only we knew.....
Amanda Maluk the jacket Stiv had on(for 2 mins)was the same one Johnny Thunders wore on the lp Too Much Too Soon by the Dolls. John traded it to Stiv for a pair of cowboy boots. Johnny was famous for trading clothes.
God fucking dammit there will never be another band like the dead boys. Thank you for this, from a kid that wasn't even a sperm yet when these guys rocked the world.
In the early 1970s, I was friends with both CHEETAH CHROME and STIV BATORS before they even knew each other. CHEETAH CHROME played guitar on three songs on my INTO THE VISION album in 1984.
Being someone that was around in 1977 I would say so! But fun is subjective as well. My take is that people were really connected with each other on a deeper and more human level than I see today . Thevsocial media and smartphone bullshit has made more peoples relationships disconnected , artificial and dehumanized in my humble opinion.
was 15yrs old at this shoe,great to see myself w hair again....this shit ruled in the day n wasn't sold out n they just did the bar band stomp...alot good bands hopped over to NYC in the 70,s...then HC hit...the early village days Harley Flannigan n his lil gang of hoods...pool ball in a sock n hop the train....loved to tell about it ...rip the many who fell n didn't get up....2019 here we come...
+Lars Rye Jeppesen I'm glad I did - it broke my heart when I read that it had finally closed down :( Places like that should be declared historical landmarks...was heartbroken when Max's Kansas City closed it's doors, too....
+hamstergirl4444 I went there about a month ago, it's called the Electric something or other now. I paid $10 to see some live music downstairs. I heard 3 songs by a Greatful Dead type band, then the whole place filled up with college age kids and switched over to rave mode and I got kicked out.
NELSON X Oh dear....I'm going to pretend I didn't read any of that - I think it's made me break out in hives...Grateful Dead and rave mode at CBGB's? * sigh*...that just sucks, lol. I love the Dead - my old man played with Weir, and they've been a part of my life for decades...but I was a punk before I was a Deadhead, and I miss my old haunts. Max's Kansas City was my favorite club - I wonder what's there now? That's another part of getting old that I hate - all those kick ass clubs, just gone. CBGB's should have been made a city landmark or something, lol, just like the Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco should have too.
This worked because of the genuine nature of the Dead Boys plus the world wasn't ready for this...scan the TV and music section of this exact date and be amazed. This was truly underground culture and was as dangerous as Elvis Cash Berry the 20 years prior.
A band cursed, A fiery gem of a revolution to Nowhere. As we can miraculously hereby witness , the stage was their sanctuary. But you can't really put your arms around a memory. Flabbergasting stage delivery. The Pistols looked and sounded humourous like the cockneys they were - The Dead Boys just sounded ...dangerous and dangerously off rails.
If a record could ever change a life, Young Loud & Snotty changed mine. I was gonna make adult contemporary music which was the pop music of 1977 but After I discovered the Dead Boys, I became a punk. Still loud & snotty but older.
thank you greatly for uploading this - its almost like being there ? this is a rare film survival - a cine transfer to VHS ? thence to you tube - they seem to be recording this gig with multiple film cameras ? pretty rare - hopefully more period gems will emerge like this in the coming years …
"Top darts", on primarily, two counts: 1. The phenomenal performance of a band whom history seems to have overlooked (versus in the US; Ramones, New York Dolls, Blondie, Dead Kennedys). 2 Fantastic colour footage, quite exceptional given the era and the circumstances.
Yeah people credit The Damned or The Germs for creating hardcore punk but I think it was the Dead Boys. Bad Brains always say they were a huge influence too.
I don't think "hardcore punk" means what you think it means, but whatever ... It's obvious that Malcolm McLaren completely copied the Dead Boys look for the Pistols
Spiggy Topes He copied Richard Hell He was wearing safety pins, torn t-shirts and short spiked hair first, while Malcom was managing the New York Doll for there last 6 months me saw him with Television and copied the style.
I LOVE your undying support for our beloved Dead Boys. I saw/experienced the Dead Kennedys and Johnny Thunders waaaaaaaay fucking back in the day. EPIC, EPIC shows. Don't try to compare/contrast any of them. Just APPRECIATE each of them on their own merits. All will be revealed....as each has and IS their own genius
@@gogoyubari366 weird response but ok. They’re legends in the punk world but even then they don’t always seem to get the acclaim they deserve. Snotty is rightfully hailed as a classic album but you don’t see people talk about them that much. They’ve also been touring lately and not that many people seemed to go to those shows. They get mentioned in classic punk band discussions but I don’t see dead boys merch/stickers/patches that often. They were also just a great rock band generally and great performers.
Absolutely. Malcom returned to the UK from NY and created an English version of the Dead Boys. If I remember correctly he was managing The New York Dolls in NY. The Sex Pistols album is great and one of the most important albums in Punk but they didn't create anything like many believe.
A Band Called Death were four people creating punk in someone's basement in 1974. Where did they get it? The chicken following the egg or vice versa. An awakening phenomenon that did, in fact, change the way true rock sounds.
The Dead Boys, hailing from Cleveland, OH, stand as an unparalleled force in the annals of music history, securing their place as the greatest and most influential band of their time. Their legendary performance at the iconic CBGB in New York City serves as a testament to their explosive energy and raw talent that left an indelible mark on the punk rock scene. As they took the stage at CBGB, The Dead Boys unleashed a sonic onslaught that transcended conventional boundaries. Their music, characterized by a visceral intensity and rebellious spirit, became a defining sound of the punk movement. The intensity of their performance at CBGB encapsulated the essence of an era marked by defiance and a rejection of societal norms. Tragically, the untimely passing of frontman Stiv Bators left an irreplaceable void in the music world. Bators, with his charismatic stage presence and distinctive vocals, became the face of The Dead Boys and an emblematic figure in punk culture. His legacy endures, as his influence continues to resonate through the rebellious spirit of countless artists who followed in his footsteps. In commemorating The Dead Boys, we not only celebrate a band that reshaped the musical landscape but also pay homage to the enduring impact of Stiv Bators and his comrades. Their contributions remain etched in the fabric of punk rock, immortalizing The Dead Boys as pioneers who ignited a musical revolution that reverberates to this day.
The bathroom at CBGBs and the one at 9:30 basement were mid Century temples to club excess and squalor. No walls no stall no door. Commode on an 8 inch raised concrete pedestal. 80 year old buildings so they had to add in modern plumbing thus the platform. Graffiti amd band stickers and tags covered every square inch. So if you really REALLY had to go it was there.
The the city is so gentrified now, but The 86's are still making music today in the classic 70's NY punk style. A few members of the band are from the old scene and Detroit at the time. ua-cam.com/video/qsjnrzy2Frk/v-deo.html
Real shame about turning a shitty neighborhood into a nice one, gentrification is so evil.
It is but there is still somewhat of a punk scene there. At least there was when I was last there in November.
TheBigMclargehuge Gentrification is a double edged sword and there is always two sides to it. While there are some good things that can come out of it, if not done right it can completely ruin a neighborhoods character.
@@TheBigMclargehuge You forgot the sarcasm font.
For a second I actually thought that you favored gentrification and its soul-sucking evil. The Bowery has never been the same since the money moved in. Sure, it's cleaner and safer, but it's unrelatable and shallow, essentially like any old dormitory suburb. NYC deserves better.
Every since Robert Moses, Manhattan has failed to preserve its essential values that made it interesting to begin with.
@@NYC_Metal_Scene That's great, and as Johnny Thunders famously sang in the late 70s, "you can't put your arms around memories." As if to say, we need to live in the moment rather than sulk that the past has indeed passed. But this period at CBGB's was my sweet spot of late teens, early twenties. The difference compared to the punk that lingers today is that it was happening for the first time in the late 60s and through the 70s. It was new and radically different, and many of the bands at that time were still somewhat melodic with poignant lyrics compared to the banal hardcore screaming punk that followed from the 90s and onwards.
Bands, writers and visual artists doing the same thing now are purely 100% derivative. Only those who experience an original period understand the additional power of radical change. I agree, there are far more options today, but they're tangents rather than replacements.
I can't believe this was in 1977. Man their sound and these songs were ahead of their time.
They were "right on time". To combat disco.
@@Craig-c6f that didn't work out to well, as dance and drum oriented music is the most "popular" and punk, not so much.
@morbidmanmusic that may be, but when you don't give f"#k about being popular and just perform your heart out every time you hit that stage, that's how you create something as timeless as this.. .
You obviously don't get it, but like you mentioned most people don't...
Btw, punk is a state of mind, not a fashion statement.. .
Fk that intro is sick
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You expressed my thoughts very well, based off my original comment. Thank you.
This footage is an unbelievable historical document.
Je le pense aussi.
Incredibly high quality for 1977....like having a time machine
skids marquee i got my time machine got my electronic dream
skids marquee was thinking the same thing!! How come they weren’t filming everything, shit?!?!
Believe it or not, they did have high quality movie cameras back then. Have you ever seen an old black and white movie on the big screen?
Give me your real name, you bastard! Who are you to judge?
@@paulsavage5057 what?
First PuNk rock LP I ever bought. Loud Young and Snotty. And I never looked back. At 64 I'm still listening to this music. Former co-founder of VILE.
Saw the original lineup of the Dead Boys at the Whiskey-A-Go Go in LA in the spring of 1980. We took Stiv after the show down to 7-11 as he could buy beer and gave him money to buy us a 12-pack and we sat in the parking lot drinking beers with him. I was 15 and having the time of my life. Saw him a few years later at Perkins Palace with Lords of The New Church, which I had to admit was even better. R.I.P. Punk Rock Legend
YOU MET STIV BATORS?!?! THAT’S AMAZING!! I love Lords of the New Church especially. Stiv Bators was a one of a kind vocalist. I salute you. Also, you went to the Whiskey-A-Go-Go?!?! All three of the things you just said I am jealous of. I would do ANYTHING to travel back in time to the 80’s and see Cocteau Twins, Motley Crue, Lords of the New Church, the Dead Boys, and so much more!! Unfortunately I was too young but here’s to hoping there’s time machines some day!
Great memory!...saw many a band at Whiskey A Go-Go, unfortunately not Dead Boys...did however see The Lords in Phoenix...had a best friend in LA that rubbed elbows with a lot of people, including Stiv...band life back then, had many rewards...what an amazing time...
Saw The Lords at a dive bar in Santa Fe (oxymoron!) one of the best shows I ever saw. Went backstage and my husband,(then boyfriend) gave Stiv the studded belt he had on, which he had made. You can see it in a couple of later videos. RIP.
I feel bad for anyone who didn't live through this era. I was 21 in 1977 and had just finished college. I came back to NYC (I'm from the Bronx) and everywhere you went there were incredible experiences. In that one year I saw Patti Smith, Television, Pere Ubu, The Ramones, Elvis Costello, Rockpile, Eric Emerson and the Magic Tramps, The Dolls and way too many more band to list. It was an incredible time to be young and free and living in NYC.
I was there '75-'76 and OH YEAH!
Wouldn't you have seen The Heartbreakers? The Dolls were long gone by '77.
Lucky as hell. I love punk
I was 13 and saw them at CB's this vinatge. Also at Max's, Club 57 among other long gone NYC venues. I miss the New York of this time, going to punk shows when you're 13-14 years old? Where else could you do that!
***** My band The Idle Rich played all around Boston/Prov. in the mid eighties...opened for all of the SST bands and even for The Bad Brains when they did their reunion...those were the days.
I remember hearing those words “and then I’ll be 10 feet tall and you’ll be nothing at all” For the first time as a gawky gangly 14 year old pushover So many years ago feeling like I could take down the whole football team with my own bare hands. Of course I couldn’t, but punk rock made me not afraid of my bullies anymore.
the first time I heard it, it was a Pearl Jam bootleg, and for awhile we thought it was their song, a B-side or something. lol. Same with how killer that line is.
EXACTLY ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS ABOUT PUNK AND METAL THAT STUCK TO MY HEART AND SOUL WHEN I WAS ABOUT 13/ 14 AND STILL KEEPS ME GOING MOST DAYS STILL AT age 46!
"Rock out, let it crush your fear." - Motorhead
I have "Sonic Reducer" tattooed around my wrist.
I'll be a pharoh soon, rule from some golden tomb. Things will be different then. The sun will rise from here.
Stiv Bators...one of the most amazing intense epic legendary front-man to ever live...RIP dude...
The first few seconds into Sonic Reducer confirms that and he doesn't even say a word.....star quality
The man loved his cold cuts
Along with iggy,Wendy and gg
I saw him perform with "The Lord's of the New Church". Unfortunately never saw him with the Dead Boys...
And HR @@XGRIMYONEX
blessed to see them and Ramones on same bill for 3$ ,for real!
William A. Broderick as an 18 year old kid growing up on this music, I wish I could have been around during cbgbs prime
I would LITERALLY kill to have seen that!
emma duncan
Aah, the old go back in time and kill Hitler plan. Would you kill him as a baby or young boy? That would be difficult and a Sin. Kill him as an Adult then? Good Luck getting close with him being surrounded by SS Men!
Ah, the best laid plans of Mice and Men! Not as easy as it sounds.
@@natelucas3510 What if I have murdered you first? You would've missed seeing Lady Gaga.
I used to live across the street from there in the 90s at the New York hotel ... $10 a day rent........... good times
Ill never forget the time Cheetah Chrome and his gal at the time gave me a ride from NYC to Connecticut when i was a teen. It was ridiculously fun wacky times.
Forever one of the best bands, which changed the world.
chEErs
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The Dead Boys are Cleveland's greatest gift to the world. Fuck the Rock & Roll Hall of Shame.
Amen
A girl I was dating back in 1978 took my to see the Dead Boys at the Rat in Boston. It was my first punk rock concert. I was mainly a fan of British progressive rock and American classic rock. I was certain that I was not going to like them at all. How wrong I was. I was absolutely blown away by these guys. I will always remember that show.
I was also a fan of prog rock (King Crimson, Yes, etc) and I was also probably at the same Dead Boys show at the Rat as you were. They blew me away as well.
Did you tear up your Pink Floyd posters after the show? Great story. Did you see any other bands around that time?
You were a MOST FORTUNATE citzen.
Yes, OUZO!!!
Prog is the most boring and onanist form of rock that ever existed: Long Live Punk!
glad to have been a kid who grew up on this music. thanks to my curiousity and rummaging through my uncle's old stuff. his walkman and cassette collection and comic book collection was a highlight of living at my grandma's where there was nothing else to do lol. now i'm 20 and still rocking out to these guys.
Jesus said, "I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life, No man comes to the Father except through Me"
This is one of the coolest things ever captured on film.
A treasure!
0:11 - 0:46 Ronald Binder - Introduction
0:47 - 3:32 Sonic Reducer
3:37 - 6:21 All This And More
6:24 - 9:40 Not Anymore
9:44 - 12:23 Revenge (I Won’t Look Back)
12:25 - 14:55 Flame Thrower Love
14:58 - 18:26 I Need Lunch
18:38 - 21:06 Ain’t Nothin’ To Do
21:15 - 23:14 What Love Is
23:17 - 25:20 High Tension Wire
25:21 - 28:45 Search And Destroy
Hey thanks for this!
Viel vielen Dank
20:19 Stiv eating chewing gum off the stage
DANKE für diese phänomenale Aufnahme...und was n' Sound..😮
Dead Boy forever 😎🖕
Someday Punk Rock is gonna comeback and save Rock And Roll one more time
Punk rock never left you just have to know where to look in the industry.
Diego Martin Pintos Urzagaste everything in rock nowadays is influenced by or derived from punk.
Diego Martin Pintos Urzagaste and the genre has evolved.. there is now Ska Punk, Folk Punk, and more.. in addition to trad punk
Diego Martin Pintos Urzagaste Ah ! sounds like necrophilia to me, man...
Diego Martin Pintos Urzagaste lEts hOPe so.
This is a gem of a historic footage. Thank you and God bless you a million times for this.
You're not alone dude we're all listening in 2023
@@jimbohi3648 I’m watching right now . Brings me back to high school. This was such a great time to be in the mix.
One of the great classic punk bands. Stiv Bators -- legendary.
Stiv was one of my BEST friends...RIP bro! I'll never forget ya.
so you were a fucking drug heroin addict too? so cool dude, its sucks
@@HERMANOSMONTENEGRO STFU . Did he even say anything about drugs ?
him and Michael Monroe seemed close.
How'd his relationship with Blythe Danner go?
@@Oi325 lol Stiv..never dated her..it was Bebe Beaull Liv.Tylers mother
The mother in meet the Flockers is Blyth..
That's funny
Wiped the floor with the Sex Pistols. One of the best Punk bands that ever existed.
R.I.P Stiv
Stiv bators Rest in peace!
Cleveland rocks!!
No comparisons. When you read the liner notes for Night of the Living Dead Boys - when Johnny Blitz threw a snare drum at Stiv on stage, knocked him out and he got up while they played on. Too bad he died so young. LOTNC were not some flash. It would be nice to see where things would have gone.
This is the first time I've ever heard these guys, and I would've thought they were a British punk band if I hadn't heard their introduction at the beginning. They look like a British punk band!
As far as the Sex Pistols are concerned, I know more about Sid Vicious's personal life than I know about his personal musical history. From what I always heard, he was hired by the Sex Pistols not because of any inherent musical talent, but because of his "punk" attitude and image. He was hired into the band, then told to learn how to play an instrument! In other words, their band creation dynamic worked out in the opposite way that its _supposed to_ ....
I grew up in the 80s, so I was a big metal fan. When I hear people mention the Sex Pistols, then say that 80s metal was just an offshoot and a natural progression of 70s punk, I'll usually say something like, "ok, but if that's true, then metal is basically like the Sex Pistols, but with talent and songwriting skill"! That usually doesn't go over well.
That's what I thought
I remember the first time I went to CBGbs it was Richard hell, the talking heads and the dead boys on the same bill it was an incredible night… We got a table right at the front and I remember Hillel’s dog took a shit right by our table and the concert then began it was truly punk rock in every fucking conceivable way!
The Dead Boys were a great live band. Manic energy, back when punk felt dangerous and unpredictable - as if anything could happen. I saw them in 1977 at the Starwood in Hollywood. I always liked Stiv, but you can really see the Iggy influence. Saw the Stooges in 1973 and many other times, you can see where Stiv got a lot of his attitude and moves (like the backbend) - the Dead Boys do a great cover of the Stooges' search and destroy here.
I saw the Dead Boys more times than I can count at CBGB's in the late 70's and early 80's. At the time didn't realize how powerful it was; when I look back realize how lucky I was...the time, the era, the anger. The Bowery was grungy and dangerous back then...fitting for the music scene at CBGB's. Today it's like Disneyland...sad in its own way.
+Patrick Portland I could never get people to go to CBGB's with me, lol - they were always too scared...the first time I went, we had to leave early because one of the guys with us had to be back at Riker's in time (they had let him out on a pass, lol)
+Patrick Portland so sad when Mars Bar closed a few years ago, the last holdout of that world.
+hamstergirl4444
That's funny. Me and my buddy met these 2 girls at CBGB's. I can't remember much of what happened over the next 3 or 4 weeks except that I got into a shitload of trouble. But she did leave me her probation book as a parting gift.
+Cartel1982 Wow...didn't know...used to frequent those divey NY Lower East side bars and Mars Bar was one of them. Relocated to Portland, OR 6 years ago. Miss NYC but it's not the same city I grew up in as a kid in Brooklyn...thanks for the update!
The BlackPit Probation book, eh? Lololol - as long as that's all you got, consider yourself lucky ;)
The World needs more Bands with Style & Aggression like this.RIP Stiv.
Nerds from Cleveland can be amazing. Love these boys.
En la adolescencia con mi causitasoliamos escuchar a los miticos dead boy tiempos k nunca volveran ..saludos de ayacucho_ peru.
This is fucking PRICELESS.
I hope everyone appreciates this
Probably one of the best things to come outta Cleveland!!
Thank you for this classic concert of Dead Boys, they were a great band I really enjoy their songs. Johnny Blitz is also a kick ass drummer. It's a shame they didn't record more music back in the day.
One of the great things about the Dead Boys is they had a very solid, excellent drummer in Johnny Blitz.. He is intense!.
Damn right, he's intense--he's hitting everything that isn't nailed down! He's pure chaos!
Agreed. A band is only as good as its drummer.
@@matthewjames206 And if The Damned, The Sex Pistols, and the Heartbreakers are any indication--a drummer with blonde, spiky hair doesn't hurt, either!
Hell yes, Blitz kicked ass.
@@matthewjames206 true!..What happens if the drummer doesn’t show?The gig is CANCELED!
Absolutely phenomenal, from first note to last.
Even before the first note there's a phenomenal introduction
Cheetah Chrome is one of the most underrated rock n roll guitarists of all time.
Totally true.
*Paul Snider*____
He's no match though for the most "most underrated rock'n roll guitarist of all time" : James Williamson.....
Dead Boys in Cleveland tonight. Now That's Class, Detroit Ave. R and R HOF 4NOV2017 West Coast Oct.
PaulLonden would u say Ron Asheton is underrated? Honestly I think he’s revered as one of the greatest of all time but not everyone knows his name. But Williamson was and is filthy. All those Raw Power songs were from riffs Williamson came up with. He directly inspired Johnny Ramone for his loud extremely aggressive in your face playing. He didn’t play around he just brought it. He is such a timid and anxious guy. He probably got all of his anger and frustration out jamming.
Stan lee as well
Stiv had a great face for a front man. He may have been skinny and wirey but he was frightening too. He was scrappy and had bizarre moves. You couldn't take your eyes off of him. He was there to entertain.
the dude was gross . some sick shit. i dont think it was just for shock value. the music is great , i especially liked Lords of the New Church, but dont care to watch stiv..
He makes the start of Sonic Reducer
Apparently he was dating Gwyneth Paltrows mom.
He was a little Weasle
@@rogerbelger2014 ditto a Weasel or ferret come to life
'77 Oh boy, that was a year...So much awsome music came crawling out of the gutter.
And all straight forward Rock 'n Roll. Great...
I can see why thrashers OVERKILL love these guys ,they are amazing
WOW! Amazing performance, one of the best live music videos I've ever seen! Even though audience participation hadn't quite evolved in line with the energy of the stage & music, this is still one of the greatest live concerts of this time period to exist on video! Enjoy it! And appreciate it's importance...I hope you can. Dead Boys. WOW.
Stiv's backward lean at 7:40-7:53 is bloody amazing to see again... Thanks 4 posting this f'ing great live show, blueheadflame
Not surprising that the Lords of the New Church broke up in 89 after Stiv hurt his back.
One of the greatest Punk Rock groups to ever do it.
There can never be another CBGBs. The mens room alone was well worth the trip down the stairs in between bands on stage rocking it out.
Whay
The Dead Boys kept me alive.
Never really cared for this but can''t deny the energy and emotion and sometimes that's all you need, punk still has and deserves a place in influencing the good rock n roll/metal music today...that can be found if you look hard enough
Thanks for the Headache.
I prefer punk to metal
I was one of a handful who saw the band in Cleveland before their move to NYC. We thought they were the best of the Rocket From The Tombs spinoffs. This video was the closest to the way I remember them. We miss you Stiv.
I was a FM radio DJ when this came out…worked “Sonic Reducer” like mad!
Damn. This is exactly what it was like in 77. Nice to see it all over again. :o)
The day the music died was not when Valens, Holly and the Big Bopper died. Nor was it the day Lennon was shot. Likewise with Cobain. The day the music died was when STIV left this mortal coil. RIP STIV.
No conocia a ésta genial Banda (Dead boys) y creo qUe ahora son mis favoritos de acá de Fin del mUndo.... Chile Lázaro
Man their drummer's good isn't he? Poor Stiv, he should still be making records.
Cymbals way too high..wasted energy…
@@Formula-602 🤓
My favorite group of all the times
Love punk, never really looked into this band before but gotta say...
Love the singers facial expressions
Never got into them back in the day. Wish I did. It sounds pretty good to me now.
Maybe it's for the best that we didn't get into them back in the day.
We'd be very different people if we had. We also might be very, very dead.
2000toddowen lol so true.
such an amazing fucking band, this sound quality is surprisingly good for it's time, young loud and snotty is clearly one of the very best 1st wave punk rock albums, every bit as good as ramones and nevermind the bollocks etc....
I'd classify this as 2nd wave. The first wave took place a decade before
@@chicago_rocker23 Man who gives a fuck what you think? The consensus is that this era was in fact the first wave of punk, a decade before there was not punk, the closest thing ypu got were garage rock bands, even the so called "proto punk" bands only came out between like 69 and 73, not a decade before like you said, So jsut quit being a condescending wannabe know-it-all prick. The guy was right about what he said
I think this band is the most under-rated punk band ever. You hear about them in the rise of this movement, but never as much as you hear about many other bands. Their music has way more dynamics than the typical punk band of the day. No wonder Crystal put money into this band. They really could have gone far.
Hi Kevin
you are right. I saw the dead boys November 1977 in London at the roundhouse. They were ' special guests' while the Damned were the main act. But after the Dead Boys rocked the stage, the Damned Show was kind of boring in my opinion.
1 or 2 weeks later the Ramones rocked the roundhouse too, but I got no more money for a second London trip, sad but true.
Bernhard from Germany
Yes indeed too bad they were so f’d up LOL.
Its Kristal, not Chrystal.
They were way to drugged out & wild to have taken it very far. If they woulda had money they'd all be dead.
When the Dead Boys were still Frankenstein and rehearsing in the same building as a band I worked with, Stiv could come over and borrow a Marshall head to use a PA amp. He was always very soft spoken and polite. I was at their first gig when they opened for Pere Ubu. It was a very interesting evening.
that's dope
tell us more!
Stiv was great too in LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH, in the 80s.
What an honour it was to be support band to them on 3 gigs back then here in England, around the time of release of their first album.
I liked him better when he was solo with his own band from back in 1979 and 1980. Aside from Dead Boys, of course.
I remember his voice in Lords. Thanks for clarifying
Saw these guys back in the day at the ShowPlace in Dover NJ. Stiv hung upside down from the rafters and puked! Needless to say it was FN AWESOME!
We should all be so lucky to have such an awesome bearded hype man!♡
The first chords to sonic reducer listen close, same intro as Open letter to NYC by Beastie Boys, so classic, both great bands too!!♡
Man do I wish I could travel back to this world in 1977.
Like a time machine trip back to ‘77… It’s weird and somehow fitting to think that fear of Son of Sam was the lurking, pervasive backdrop to that dark, hot summer in NYC…
Saw them a couple of times . .. Always a great show. Bought their record(s) too back in the day.
Oh yeah, I saw Stiv perform live with his other band Lords of the New Church. People say I became a different person after that show.
Cheetah Chrome played around the city and made a home at a bar called, "continental". That bar rocked many for years! That whole neighborhood is now Million dollar condos!
I want to bring this sort of music back.. punk isn't dead.... it just changed into poppy crap.... this sort of punk needs to return; fun shitty guitars, vocals, and drums. purely punk *_*
agree! However, there's a wide majority of sticklers and tightwads who are looking for technique or some form of discipline in the shows they're going to. I'm hearing it all the time lately in crowds, self-imposed critiques. Even the local punk/HC bands in town seem afraid to lash out and not give a damn
I agree!
It's still around. You just have to find it. Luckily in LA it's easier to access due to the influx of bands in this city.
@@chicanochrist maybe but they only play in their mean time and not full time also they lack any passion in their souls
It's still out there. Past dozen or shows I've seen, it was all old school/hardcore/oi type stuff and nobody was trying to sound like blink 182 anymore.
Glad this recording exists. Wish their Frankenstein shows were recorded, when they played Bride of Frankenstein on a projector, then ripped through the screen to blow up the place.
Traditional punk is the real sound of punk rock!!! 😈🤘
I completely agree!
In a perfect world the Dead Boys would be getting the Kennedy Center Award.
They aren't fake enough. Or rich enough unfortunately.. Besides they don't need anyone's crappy award.
Now THAT is the very definition of stage presence!
Had the 8 track and the attitude to go with it.
Dead Boys rock!
I was at CBGB 1984 for the Replacements. Fun times & my kids will NEVER know the freedoms & safety of living back then.
saw Richie Stotts of the Plasmatics play there he blew the roof off that place,then when I went to the men's room Richie walked in and I told him the show was amazing he said thanks,cool dude
Stotts and the Plasmatics....EPIC MOST CLASSIC PUNK. Ihad a chunk of radio smack my face after Wendy blew the charge...kept it for 30 years....lost it in a flood a few years back. PLASMAMTICS AND WENDY O. FUCKING WILLIAMS FOREVER.
Wendy, Jean Beauvior, Richie Stotts, and a Camaro she blew up in my face as well, front row center. Chainsawing flowerpots, tv's , and who can remember anything else...... a mastrabatory GENIUS. She killed herself not 20 miles from my home.....if only we knew.....
crazy, insane band! thanks for CBGB
LOVE THE JACKET HE HAS ON FOR AT ABOUT 2MIN . OH STIV I JUST LOVE YOU!!
Amanda Maluk the jacket Stiv had on(for 2 mins)was the same one Johnny Thunders wore on the lp Too Much Too Soon by the Dolls. John traded it to Stiv for a pair of cowboy boots. Johnny was famous for trading clothes.
My mother & Stiv sent love letters to each other back in the day
did he snot on her snatch before he ate it?
Liar
Shared my rum and coke with Stiv back in 86 or 87. He liked it and asked me to fetch him one from the bar all while singing. Great show 😀
Jimmy from Temecula?
@@kbar3612 yes, who is this?
God fucking dammit there will never be another band like the dead boys.
Thank you for this, from a kid that wasn't even a sperm yet when these guys rocked the world.
this is so good. What energy and power.
I love the guitar player's face. He looks possessed the whole time!
Cheetah Chrome
Todd S Earning him the nickname ''The Mongoloid''.
Who knew Ron Weasely could play so good??
hes an American treasure
This is gold! I would trade this for anything produced after the year 2000!
In the early 1970s, I was friends with both CHEETAH CHROME and STIV BATORS before they even knew each other. CHEETAH CHROME played guitar on three songs on my INTO THE VISION album in 1984.
Truth!!! :)
Could it be that people in 1977 had more fun than today´s people ?
Erwin Klawuttke Yes, we definitely did. The world was a whole different place. Not yet tame or completely dumbed down & mind-controlled to death.
In hindsight.......
Being someone that was around in 1977 I would say so! But fun is subjective as well. My take is that people were really connected with each other on a deeper and more human level than I see today . Thevsocial media and smartphone bullshit has made more peoples relationships disconnected , artificial and dehumanized in my humble opinion.
I was an 80s punk / metal lad, it was way more fun
Even the barely existent scene from the 90's was more fun than what goes on today..
What a great band and great video. Thank you for sharing brought back memories of over playing young loud and snotty
was 15yrs old at this shoe,great to see myself w hair again....this shit ruled in the day n wasn't sold out n they just did the bar band stomp...alot good bands hopped over to NYC in the 70,s...then HC hit...the early village days Harley Flannigan n his lil gang of hoods...pool ball in a sock n hop the train....loved to tell about it ...rip the many who fell n didn't get up....2019 here we come...
N01 gig ever…….Damned/Dead Boys at Clouds Edinburgh 1977
Man I would have loved to experience CBGB's... sadly I'm too young (46) ... lots of history written there.. I envy the people who had the chance
+rob bennett And it was my idea of one great fucking night out - I loved CBGB's ;)
+Lars Rye Jeppesen I'm glad I did - it broke my heart when I read that it had finally closed down :( Places like that should be declared historical landmarks...was heartbroken when Max's Kansas City closed it's doors, too....
+rob bennett Yeah, and wasn't it great?
+hamstergirl4444 I went there about a month ago, it's called the Electric something or other now. I paid $10 to see some live music downstairs. I heard 3 songs by a Greatful Dead type band, then the whole place filled up with college age kids and switched over to rave mode and I got kicked out.
NELSON X
Oh dear....I'm going to pretend I didn't read any of that - I think it's made me break out in hives...Grateful Dead and rave mode at CBGB's? * sigh*...that just sucks, lol. I love the Dead - my old man played with Weir, and they've been a part of my life for decades...but I was a punk before I was a Deadhead, and I miss my old haunts. Max's Kansas City was my favorite club - I wonder what's there now? That's another part of getting old that I hate - all those kick ass clubs, just gone. CBGB's should have been made a city landmark or something, lol, just like the Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco should have too.
Stiv was also the lead singer for The Lord's Of The New Church, A great British/American group.
R.I.P Stiv Bators 🎸🎤🧷
I bought that cd a few months back
I remember the 1st time i heard this. It was in a compilation my friend made me turning me onto punk rock. Ive been a punk ever since. 🖤
This worked because of the genuine nature of the Dead Boys plus the world wasn't ready for this...scan the TV and music section of this exact date and be amazed. This was truly underground culture and was as dangerous as Elvis Cash Berry the 20 years prior.
A band cursed, A fiery gem of a revolution to Nowhere. As we can miraculously hereby witness , the stage was their sanctuary. But you can't really put your arms around a memory. Flabbergasting stage delivery. The Pistols looked and sounded humourous like the cockneys they were - The Dead Boys just sounded ...dangerous and dangerously off rails.
Looks like a Sex Pistols copycats but without not so good songs
@@TheReverb1 What if it were the other way around?
@@karllux-d6g I do not think so due to Sex Pistols started previously
@@TheReverb1 No they didn't. Check your facts.
twenty years ago stiv left the stage. miss him always
Dude knows how to introduce a band...
lol he was hype
I thought that was Randy Savage.
If a record could ever change a life, Young Loud & Snotty changed mine. I was gonna make adult contemporary music which was the pop music of 1977 but After I discovered the Dead Boys, I became a punk. Still loud & snotty but older.
Wow, what a historic punk rock show! Wish I'd been old enough to see it!
thank you greatly for uploading this - its almost like being there ? this is a rare film survival - a cine transfer to VHS ? thence to you tube - they seem to be recording this gig with multiple film cameras ? pretty rare - hopefully more period gems will emerge like this in the coming years …
"Top darts", on primarily, two counts:
1. The phenomenal performance of a band whom history seems to have overlooked (versus in the US; Ramones, New York Dolls, Blondie, Dead Kennedys).
2 Fantastic colour footage, quite exceptional given the era and the circumstances.
Yeah people credit The Damned or The Germs for creating hardcore punk but I think it was the Dead Boys. Bad Brains always say they were a huge influence too.
I don't think "hardcore punk" means what you think it means,
but whatever ...
It's obvious that Malcolm McLaren completely copied the Dead Boys look for the Pistols
Spiggy Topes
He copied Richard Hell
He was wearing safety pins, torn t-shirts and short spiked hair first, while Malcom was managing the New York Doll for there last 6 months me saw him with Television and copied the style.
Hell's style was definitely one of the things Malcolm ripped off... but there were many more.
I LOVE your undying support for our beloved Dead Boys. I saw/experienced the Dead Kennedys and Johnny Thunders waaaaaaaay fucking back in the day. EPIC, EPIC shows. Don't try to compare/contrast any of them. Just APPRECIATE each of them on their own merits. All will be revealed....as each has and IS their own genius
We need bands like these today!
minus beards
There are plenty of old school 70s/80s style punk bands in most every town, playing the local dive bars to a small turnout, dont really need any more
I think that what defines this music is the ability to feel the world with all of it's ups and downs and the ability to recreate it.
Such an underrated band
What makes you believe they're underrated? Did you travel the globe taking a survey from every citizen of the world? Please explain.
@@gogoyubari366 weird response but ok. They’re legends in the punk world but even then they don’t always seem to get the acclaim they deserve. Snotty is rightfully hailed as a classic album but you don’t see people talk about them that much. They’ve also been touring lately and not that many people seemed to go to those shows. They get mentioned in classic punk band discussions but I don’t see dead boys merch/stickers/patches that often. They were also just a great rock band generally and great performers.
@@anthonysclafani3963 touring without Stiv
Not underrated in the least . They are considered "Sex Pistols Lite" , LOL. well SORTA ? You know what I mean.
@@LannieLord
Sex Pistols are one of the most overrated prefab bands in history.
Marky Ramone said the Pistols copied these guys. I’m starting to see that.
Markey makes a valid point. Marky also said rotten took his image from Richard hell. The pistols were the first biters of the punk scene.
NO ONE WOULD BE WITH OUT MC5
Absolutely. Malcom returned to the UK from NY and created an English version of the Dead Boys. If I remember correctly he was managing The New York Dolls in NY. The Sex Pistols album is great and one of the most important albums in Punk but they didn't create anything like many believe.
Rumor has it. Punk kinda originated in the States -- or co-originated -- with Britain. Beautiful time.
A Band Called Death were four people creating punk in someone's basement in 1974. Where did they get it? The chicken following the egg or vice versa. An awakening phenomenon that did, in fact, change the way true rock sounds.
Sonic Reducer always blows me away: they were nasty Boys.
The Dead Boys, hailing from Cleveland, OH, stand as an unparalleled force in the annals of music history, securing their place as the greatest and most influential band of their time. Their legendary performance at the iconic CBGB in New York City serves as a testament to their explosive energy and raw talent that left an indelible mark on the punk rock scene.
As they took the stage at CBGB, The Dead Boys unleashed a sonic onslaught that transcended conventional boundaries. Their music, characterized by a visceral intensity and rebellious spirit, became a defining sound of the punk movement. The intensity of their performance at CBGB encapsulated the essence of an era marked by defiance and a rejection of societal norms.
Tragically, the untimely passing of frontman Stiv Bators left an irreplaceable void in the music world. Bators, with his charismatic stage presence and distinctive vocals, became the face of The Dead Boys and an emblematic figure in punk culture. His legacy endures, as his influence continues to resonate through the rebellious spirit of countless artists who followed in his footsteps.
In commemorating The Dead Boys, we not only celebrate a band that reshaped the musical landscape but also pay homage to the enduring impact of Stiv Bators and his comrades. Their contributions remain etched in the fabric of punk rock, immortalizing The Dead Boys as pioneers who ignited a musical revolution that reverberates to this day.
The bathroom at CBGBs and the one at 9:30 basement were mid Century temples to club excess and squalor.
No walls no stall no door.
Commode on an 8 inch raised concrete pedestal.
80 year old buildings so they had to add in modern plumbing thus the platform.
Graffiti amd band stickers and tags covered every square inch.
So if you really REALLY had to go it was there.