Adolescents - May 30, 1986

Dice, rats, pistols, bubbles, no kitchen sink. That's May ...

Venom - March 28, 1986

Venom - wow. They, more than anyone, pushed me toward preferring more metal than a punker was allowed to peaceably enjoy at the time. Boundaries were clearly delimited and there was quite a light-hearted rivalry between the punks and the "rockers". Anyone in a Maiden muscle-t was beggin' for a haranguing.
What subversive lyrical content too - a totally different form of "dangerous", anti-social content than the political commentary from the likes of say DK or MDC. and they made Tipper Gore's list of the "Filthy Fifteen" for their brand of black metal occultism. Sadly, the mice got to this one and ate off a corner.

The Dickies - March 13, 1987

First here for favorites Bad Religion and Verbal Abuse

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.