Punk rock and heavy metal have been two genres that advanced over the ‘70s, however appeared to run parallel to every other, regardless of sharing common fashion, sounds, and attitudes. However then there are moments in history, the place eachphysique performs together in the identical sandfield. For examinationple, the above remastered audio, which captures the Australian band AC/DC on their first American tour, playing New York’s CBGB, synonymous now with punk and new wave music.
The date is August 24, 1977, and AC/DC have been on a cross-counstrive journey that had taken in each membership dates and arenas, the place they supported—sure, onerous to imagine, I do know—REO Velocitywagon. Their album Let There Be Rock had simply dropped in June. The band can be within the States till the winter.
This CBGB gig finds them on the identical invoice as Discussing Heads and the Useless Boys, according to a poster from the time. And whereas there’s no video for this present, you will discover just a few photos that document the concert right here. You’ll be able to really feel the muggy New York summer in these photos, but in addition the excitement of an unforgetdesk gig.
At 15 minutes, the set is brief, however nonetheless three minutes longer than the Ramones’ first set on the identical membership three years earlier. That’s pretty metal, man.
Be aware: An earlier version of this put up appeared on our web site in 2016.
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Ted Mills is a freelance author on the humanities.
