Richard Hell and the Voidoids were regular headliners at CBGB during the punk movement in New York City in the late 70’s and 80’s. Here’s “Blank Generation” shot with a single nuvicon b/w camera and a portapak. This live version is a bit on the rough side but an interesting piece of punk history.
Watch “Blank Generation” here:
http://www.kinodv.net/movies/moviepages/KinoMonthlyFeature.html
Across the Atlantic, one of the more prominent 70’s 2 Tone ska revival bands, Madness boards the “Night Boat to Cairo.” This is a dance crazed live performance filmed in London 1980.
Check out Madness “Night Boat to Cairo”:
http://www.kinodv.net/movies/archive/Madness-N_B_C.html
Visit the Archive Portal at KINODV and see more live video performances:
Filmed in Boston:
The Neighborhoods
Nervous Eaters
The Cure
Unnatural Axe
La Peste
Lyres
Thrills
Fabulous Billygoons
Buzzcocks
Mission of Burma
Pastiche
Human Sexual Response
Lou Miami and the Kozmetiks
The King Bees
Robin Lane and the Chartbusters
Ground Zero
Iron Liver Project
Peter Dayton Band
Additional live performance videos of bands from around the globe in the 80’s … can be found in the Archive Portal as well:
The Jam
Dead Kennedys
Gang of Four
The Clash
Stiff Little Fingers
The Specials
The Stranglers
Siouxsie & the Banshees
XTC
Ian Drury and the Block Heads
The Dead Boys
Sham 69
The Ramones
Wire
The Damned
The Beat
Art of Noise
The Cramps
New Order
Violent Femmes
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Madness