Adrenalin O.D.- Bowery Electric, New York NY 11/4/22 4K UHD Multicam with Matrix Audio AOD A.O.D.

Happy Friday! It’s turning out to be a good day. Here’s the first night of the 2 day “tour” to promote the release of the great book “if it’s tuesday, this must be Walla Walla- the wacky history of Adrenalin O.D.”
We held off on doing this one because of the audio- I don’t know what the deal was, but there is no guitar anywhere in the club or soundboard mix. It gets better about midway through when Keith Hartel hits the stage and Jack moves from bass to guitar. Also, I thought I found a good place for the drum gopro, and a cymbal cut the view of Dave’s head off. Some people might say that’s a good thing, but we left it out of the video edit. So, 4 camera with suspect audio. Best we could do.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Video Equipment used: Canon HF G60, HF G50, 2 gopro hero 7’s.
Audio Equipment used: Sony PCM-M10 through soundboard, Rode Videomic Pro on the G50, DPA4061 and Church Audio Preamp into Sony PCM-A10
Matrix by Jim McLain
Edit by Tromster
I think I rebalanced this one in Izotope Rx8 in a deperate attempt to find guitar in the mix

Live Concert Video

Adrenalin OD- The Anthrax, Norwalk Ct 6/3/88 xfer from 1st gen VHS tape AOD A.O.D. NYHC Hardcore

Even though this is off a 1st gen VHS tape from the band’s archives, the quality is not great. Very shaky camerawork and the video is pretty dark. Good enough for an On This Date in History post. It could use a full deshake and brightening/denoise. Maybe some day.

Speaking of AOD, it looks like they are finally going to get over to England to play some shows in a couple months. I had grand plans to see them a bunch of times over there in 2020, but we all know what happened in 2020. The “legion of boom” fest at Boom Leeds never refunded my money despite multiple emails. Gotta love punk rock. On the other hand, Rebellion fest were more than accommodating- they were really great dealing with the cancellation. I hope to get over there someday.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Probably the JVC HR-S9800 and Canopus ADVC300

Live Concert Video

Adrenalin O.D. – City Gardens, Trenton NJ 11/30/86 xfer f/low gen audio cassette AOD A.O.D. Hardcore

Let’s take another swing at the On This Date in History post for today! I am pretty confident that this one isn’t out there- I am almost certain that George Norton taped this one and I got it from him. It took a lot of tweaking to make it this listenable. Well, I think it’s listenable- you can judge for yourself, haha.
AOD was opening for 7 Seconds on this night. Here is an excerpt from the No Stage Diving, Slam Dancing, Spikes book from DiWulf Publishing:

“Bruce George Wingate (Adrenalin OD): I remember this show clearly because it was the largest crowd of people I ever puked in front of. We had played in Philly the night before and had to be in Trenton by noon, since it was an all-ages matinee. We had been up all night drinking beer with our buddies in Flag of Democracy. Right before we left Philly, I bought a forty-ouncer for the ride, on the theory that maintaining my buzz would keep a hangover at bay. When we got to City Gardens, I kept up a slow and steady intake all afternoon until it was our turn to play. The place was packed with kids, we went over well, and I still felt okay. The last song of our set was a cover of “Down in Flames” by the Dead Boys. It was my job to scream the three lines right before the song ended. As soon as I did, I felt all the color leave my face and my vision started flickering like a strobe light. I hit the last chord, took off my guitar, leaned over my amp, and puked my guts out. Then I managed to compose myself enough to walk across the stage, where I leaned over the side and promptly puked on a drum set belonging to our friends in the band Dirge.

Recorded by: George Norton (I think)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ’d (hard) in Sony Sound Forge 10
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocals +3, Drums +2, Guitar +2

Audio Live Concert