My wife & I went on another date night to the Verbal Abuse & MDC show. Jesse Davis was there with a few of his cameras so I took the night off. I contributed the soundboard audio to the mix. Here’s 2 songs from that show.
Recorded by: Jesse Davis (+ 1 other camera guy)
Equipment used: 4 camera edit. Sound Matrix is 2 sony mics, 1 realistic, a zoom h4n, and stereo soundboard by shayne stacy.
Edit by: Jesse Davis
I was digging through boxes of tapes that a friend sent over to me and this one jumped out as one that needed to be digitized. I was shocked that Verbal Abuse- the drunkest band in the bay area at the time, were playing at (no drugs, no alcohol) Gilman. After digging into the history a bit, it looks like they were a (very) last minute replacement for Negazione– if you look at the flyers from this date, there is no mention of VA and Negazione is shown. Scotty even pokes fun at the situation, pretending to be the band from Italy.
Sex pistols cover at 8:00. This set kicks ass and is a must listen for the stage banter alone. Verbal Abuse and Gilman go together like oil and water. haha!
The mix was a bit light on guitar and bass, so I popped it into Izotope and boosted guitar and bass a lot, and drums a little.
From Barry Ward’s collection
Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 Card
Rebalance in Izotope (bass and guitar +5, drums +2)
I did what I could with this video, but it was SUPER dark to begin with. We were so spolied in northern california- in the late 80’s, Verbal Abuse would open up SO MANY clear and distinct shows and they were constantly playing SF… it got to the point where we took them for granted since they played so much. Along with that, I was a bigger fan of the early hardcore version of the band at the time. Now that the original lineup is back together, I wish I could see the Scotty fronted version again!
From Gary Shurtleff’s VHS archive (youtube channel fromthenosebleeds)
Recorded by: The drummer from M.A.R. I think
Equipment used: JVC HRS8900U and canopus ADVC300
Enhanced (brightness/contrast/exposure/noise reduction) via adobe premiere and neat video
It’s mediocre Monday again– and I am definitely mediocre today. I went to sleep at about 12:15am (my usual time)… and woke up at 4:15am and could not go back to sleep. So, I am running on fumes today.
This is another classic set from Verbal Abuse- they opened for The Descendents and it sounds like the crowd wanted them off the stage so they could see the headliner… so VA played FOREVER. Gotta love ’em. This one sounds pretty decent for a 1980s punk audience recording.Thanks Wayne!
Bonus interview with (I think) Fred Cotton at the beginning about Harald O… and Scotty’s intro to the crowd kinda foreshadows how this night is gonna go. Haha.
Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Mediocre Monday! Today is also high stress Monday, to the point where it is getting kinda silly. Oh well.
After a week off, here is another on from Wayne Vanderkuil’s treasure trove. Great stuff, albeit a bit distorted due to the volume. Tomorrow’s post will be another Wayne tape that sounds really nice!
I love that at the end of the tape, Wayne tells friends that they should bail from this show and head over to New Method to see Attitude Adjustment play. I don’t know who else played this show, but bailing to see AA is always a good call. It sounds like Scotty may have had a couple of pre-show beverages on this one. (btw, opinion expressed in these posts may not represent mine.. and may not even represent opinions of the people who said them, 35 years later…)
Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
and here is Verbal Abuse’s set since it was on the same tape as Possessed. Thanks Mark Martin for being the one of the original Sacramento tapers
Recorded by: Mark Martin
Equipment used: Consumer panasonic recorder
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