The Damned & Madness CND Rally Brockwell Park 1983 - video

[editor]

Cracking bit of nostalgia!

 

[Ground Elder]

I think I was there - seemed to be in London every other week for some or other march with music at the end, or a GLC do.

 

[TopCat]

I think I was there - seemed to be in London every other week for some or other march with music at the end, or a GLC do.

Billy Bragg cropping up, the Frank Chickens, Three John's .

 

[maomao]

I was probably there aged nine selling Socialist Worker lol. I remember never being allowed to go see the bands at the front at those things.

 

[planetgeli]

I was there.

Why does it say video unavailable when I click it?

 

[Throbbing Angel]

I’m getting the same - must’ve been taken down?

 

[fishfinger]

It's still playing for me.

 

[maomao]

I was there.

Why does it say video unavailable when I click it?

Using a VPN?

 

[mx wcfc]

That's when I was living in Brixton - we waved at the march from our flat on Brixton Road. Can't remember why I didn't join in on the march or go to the gig. I may have been a bit snobby about the likes of Madness a in those days, but a couple of mates from Reading crashed over at my place afterwards iirc.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

I was there.

Why does it say video unavailable when I click it?

I copied the link and it played in a new tab

 

[planetgeli]

Using a VPN?

Nope. Wouldn't work on IPad.

Works on PC though.

 

[kalidarkone]

That is where I learnt about the danger of the mosh pit and nearly got trampled on when I slipped into some mud whilst moshing to the dammed. I was 14 and sporting an orange mohican. ...or that may have been later. From the film above I recognised one face but did not meet her till a couple of years later.
As well as the Dammed Iremember seeing New Model Army and punk poet Jules and the Men they couldn't hang and the Pogues. However my memory may be merging two events the other being the GLC festival.

London was amazing for free events in the 80's. Fucking great time to be a teenager

 

[Ground Elder]

Most of the GLC festivals are documented here

 

[mx wcfc]

Most of the GLC festivals are documented here

Thanks for that link,

I was at the 1984 GLC gig (Redskins) that the fascists attacked ( and which saw one of my finest moments ) so the archive is excellent but doesn't address the whole thing (though thank you for that link - not having a go at you.)

Those events were pretty important at the time.

 

[newbie]

That is where I learnt about the danger of the mosh pit and nearly got trampled on

I was part of the stage crew tasked with protecting it from the likes of you and punks you see at the start, which was immense fun. The energy was phenomenal, particularly some guys from Glasgow who were keen on headbutting inanimate metal objects.

 

[Ground Elder]

the archive is excellent but doesn't address the whole thing (though thank you for that link - not having a go at you.)

The archive is made up of personal recollections, so if you want to give your take I'm sure it would be appreciated.