DEAD BOYS - Live at CBGB's 1977

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Summary: Like a breath of fresh Punk air
Review: So, Punk is as mainstream as it can be these days, with the MTV approved band-of-the-week sneering through a glossy image in a high-budget music video.

DEAD BOYS - Live at CBGB's 1977 is when Punk was dangerous and considered to be the enemy by mainstream music types. It's the real thing before the MTV got their hands on it and turned it into 'product'. You only think you know what Punk is if you were not around in 1977, especially after the Boys kick into Sonic Reducer after their intro and Stiv Bators attacks the microphone stand.

The footage here looks and sound great considering what we're used to from this era. The set is 29 minutes long and the bonus features are...

1977 interviews with the band
1977 promo (commercial)
New interviews with Cheetah Crome & Billy Kristal
1977 clip of show openers Steel Tips
Altenate angle for one song from behind the drums

Great stuff.

Rating:
Summary: Dead Boys Look Alive
Review: This was filmed by CBS for 60 minuetes in 1977. This is a Kool surprise for anyone that is into the New York scene of the 70,s. If nothing else this is great footage of the old pre-spray painted CBGBs. The Dead Boys though are great! They're playing is fast and loud. Stiv may be the ugliest human ever but he does a better Iggy than Iggy. This will make you miss rock n roll.

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Summary: pseudo punks should watch this till they get it.
Review: Unfortunately I was too young to be a part of this when it was hapenning. I had to live through my older friends that went to the clubs in Cleveland and Younstown too see these guys. I am a huge fan of all genres of rock and roll but this in my opinion is the ultimate in what Punk rock is all about. Todays weak (explitive deleted) bands need to take a lesson from Stiv , Cheetah, and the boys. The quality is poor and I don't think that the Dead Boys would have wanted it any other way. I long for the days when you had to dig through your parents clothes going to goodwill and then with a good pair of scissors and a magic marker make your look just right. Not go to a store in the mall and feed money to a bunch of whiney posers that put out a clothing lable to make yourself look like everyother cookie cutter wannabe in the mall. it wasn't aboput how many peircings you had or how green your hair was. it was about being a snotty jerk and not caring what anyone else thought. Not some marketers idea of what is cool this week. Thank Hilly Kristal that the Dead Boys existed, and thank the creator that someone captured this on tape. if you care for rock and roll at all and are not some image concious jerk then buy this and worship it like any other cherished relic in your collection.