Bands Before They Were Famous

[Mileslong 4,728]

I always marvel at the videos of huge bands before they made it big and the tiny venues they played. Hey always look like children and it’s usually somewhere hardly bigger than a dive bar...

 

 

Depeche Mode on some insane German TV show complete with robot

 

 

U2 in 1978

 

 

My favorite U2 song of all time in 1980

 

 

The Cure - A Forest in 1979

 

 

B-52's Rock Lobster in 1980

 

 

[dcbc 14,492]

Talking Heads (1976).  I love this because you can almost see it in his eyes during the more complicated bits that he knows how many more layers this song will have some day.

 

Edited June 22, 2018 by dcbc

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[4th&Five 41,565]

Always amazing how good they sounded a week after they started playing together. 

Edited August 16, 2018 by 4th&Five

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[CooterBrown 18,015]

I always thought it was great that Mumford & Sons' first US gig was in Austin at the Red House Pizzeria.

 

 

[smuggs 9,353]

The Depeche Mode vid is fantastic.

NIN on Dance Party USA:

 

 

 

Edited August 17, 2018 by smuggs

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[honolulu horn 6,164]

This is my favorite early Metallica clip. They are playing Master and the power goes out. They regroup but the power goes out again. Regroup, power goes out a third time but this time the crowd doesn't care -- they takeover the song. You can see James Hetfield at around 4:15 realizing "holy shit, we are going to be fucking huge."

 

[jimmyjazz 45,985]

1 hour ago, Mole said:

 

Tommy looks suitably young there -- like the 13-YO he was.

My all-time favorite band.  Love this clip.  Thanks.

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[Mole 4,333]

Since that Replacements clip had an ode to Husker Du, hear's a young Bob Mould.