Author: Clint Weiler
Published: July 18, 2006
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MVD Visual is pleased to announce the home viewing release of Bad Brains � Live CBGB 1982 for worldwide distribution on DVD.
This breathtaking performance displays why Bad Brains became one of the most important bands in the history of American Hardcore. On Christmas Eve 1982, Bad Brains began their three-day stint at a Hardcore Festival hosted by legendary CBGB. This DVD represents the very best of these shows, culled from over 4 hours of footage. Their live performances were legendary, their visual recordings were impossible to find. Now, for the first time on DVD, that powerful performance is revisited in extraordinary fashion.
�The legend was real. The 1979-1983 Bad Brains were the hottest rock �n� roll band ever, and those of us who saw them 80 or 90 times (there were several dozen of us in New York and their former base, D.C.), thought we were seeing a semi-monthly miracle. I still remember singer H.R. starting sets by declaring, deadpan �If you came to rock �n� roll, you came to the right place��the understatement of the century. 24 years later watching this video footage of a merely typical CBGB weekend, one is tempted to say, �See???!!!! That�s what we were talking about!� �
- Jack Rabid, Publisher of BIG TAKEOVER MAGAZINE
(w/ additional liner notes in final copy)
Tracklist:
Big Take Over
Attitude
I
Supertouch/ sh**fit
King of Glory
Right Brigade
F.V.K.
Banned in DC
How Low Can a Punk Get
The Meek
Riot Squad
We Will Not
Coptic Times
At the Movies
Rally Round Jah Throne
Redbone in the City
Pay to Cum
Bonus materials include: Interviews from 1982
Hi Res Cover Art: http://209.152.161.158/images/300dpi/dr-4497.jpg
Selection #: DR-4497
UPC: 022891452997
Street Date: 9/19/06
Prebook: 8/15/06
Retail: 16.95
Run Time: TBD
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