The year was 1980; Soul Train had just ended and I decided to check out American Bandstand, which I always on the fence about. Dick Clark introduced a young man named PRINCE, whose performance changed the way I listen to music. Deeper than that, watching him I realized I could do what ever the fuck I wanted to do, and I’m sure he influenced other people worldwide to feel the same way. I would spend hours blasting his albums over and over. By the time Controversy came out, I was like, damn, this dude is so talented! When his tour for that album hit L.A., I begged my mom to let me got to the show by myself at the Santa Monica Civic; I was 12 years old. I have never been the same since, and a year later I was back at the Civic watching Black Flag destroy everything around them. Was PRINCE Punk?…Not in the normal sense of the word, but in his own way he was. Anyway, check out this killer full set of PRINCE performing in 1982!
Justin Waites
November 20, 2014 at 1:00 am
GA Brown
Audra Philbin
November 19, 2014 at 10:05 pm
James Brown the best!!!! Thanks so much!!! Xoxo
James Brown
November 19, 2014 at 4:13 pm
Audra Philbin
Regina Ortz
November 19, 2014 at 12:02 pm
Mason Guerrero
Hess Howes
November 19, 2014 at 10:08 am
Yup
Neil Bailey
November 19, 2014 at 10:02 am
Hess Howes
Daniel Godoy Vargas
November 19, 2014 at 8:58 am
Prince yea :3
Jennie Huggins
November 19, 2014 at 8:01 am
Johnny Frak!!
Lorri Jaye
November 19, 2014 at 7:06 am
AAAH! Thanks Will :3
Will Swindells
November 19, 2014 at 6:39 am
Lorri Jaye
Dustin Belval
November 19, 2014 at 6:38 am
Von Burgundy
Anna Marta Biniakowska
November 19, 2014 at 4:17 am
Vito Andreoni
Lila La
November 19, 2014 at 4:05 am
So awesome!
Dan Cassell
November 19, 2014 at 3:58 am
Alex Ross Shaw
Steven Veselenak
November 19, 2014 at 3:33 am
Jesse Jacobi