D.O.A. - May 23, 1985

Punks then and today are largely left wing in their attitudes sans the statist parochialism. Toleration, anti racist attitudes permeated the culture up and down, so there would not have been any peace for a band called "Beat Nigs" under the obvious interpretation of the name.  That said, the Beat Nigs were a San Fransisco experimental hardcore band of African Americans, riffing on the name Beatniks. Aware of the problematic nature, they made their name one word sometime after all this.

TSOL - January 18, 1986

First of many shows from down south. I like TSOL and all, but I was much more into 45 Grave and their cover of School's Out. This was the only version I knew of until stumbling across Alice Cooper's later.