Thread of great live vids you keep coming back to, post yer favorites!
I'll start with this one, a personal favorite (lethal guitar tone, bailey's anti-showmanship, audience seemingly stupefied)
Live performances
Lux in top form
Butthole Surfers, NORML rally, National Mall (Washington DC). July 4, 1989
not quite on the level of international acclaim of Butthole Surfers, Cramps, and The Saints but just watched this live set from Donkey Bugs yesterday. I loved this record when it came out but had no idea they ever played live. Quite a spectacle
Randall effects pedal waistband, that's a new one!
Vinnie Vacuum yeah I liked that touch as well. The large audience was way more on board for this set than I expected.
Al Dorado i recall watching THE infamous danceteria show as referenced in "our band could be your life" not that long ago pretty sure it's still up there
Saw this one recently for the first time and can't stop coming back to it. (Most of) Gun Club backing him up. Hopefully the documentary about him actually comes out.
The No-Talents on French TV, 1997
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Al Dorado man, they were so cool
peeblood Horriblefest is already quite the spectacle, throwing this wildness on top of it?!?!? Would have loved to have seen it. I've watched a few videos on youtube now. When this record came out I listened to it a lot. It managed to be weird and arty but also absurd and hilarious. Plus the Hammer Jammer chorus lived in my head. I think a Puppet Wipes Donkey Bugs convo would make the Diceman blush
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This is the best Redd Kross performance that I’ve seen on YouTube. Love everything after 45 minutes the most but it’s all fun
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Future Trash Yeah I ran across that a few months ago. I worked with the girl who "Love is You" was written for (in 1989) - I swear he says "Love is Boobs" when introducing in that vid and she was somewhat breasty.
This sound quality isn't so hot on this one and The Olympic Auditorium was a shit venue but I saw them the night before this show at Fenders Ballroom, usually a shit venue because of all the violent skinheads et. al. but the lineup was:
White Flag
Redd Kross
Blue Cheer
For the longest time, I thought the show was on July 4 until the Internet informed me otherwise. Anyhow, no assholes and just a bunch of goofy folk into seeing that lineup making it a fun intimate time and of course Redd Kross destroyed it with this same set.
I ended up seeing this great gig also - Sky Saxon with the McDonald Brothers. Although I knew of the Seeds through "Pushin Too Hard" cover by The Klan, and of course Redd Kross, it was probably my gf at the time who found out about this show. She was way into '60s stuff but a bit crazy - she claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of Gene Clark (Byrds).
I think I watch this one once a month. Ends with a cover of "Search and Destroy"
Sukebe_GG thanks for sharing! I’ve been wanting to check out Purple Electricity since reading about em in the Now You’re One of Us book.
Future Trash following with the stuff I looked up after reading the redd kross book is the tater Totez destroying the minds of Beatles fans with Yoko covers.
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Clif meant to post this when i saw all the redd kross stuff...glad someone did
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sometime the classics are classics for a reason. that guitar tone, fuck!