Dead Kennedys in the mid 80s in Chicago was one of the best concerts I've ever seen. Enjoyed it more than Genesis (my first concert ever in the late 70s), Yes on their 90125 tour, or King Crimson on the 3 of a Perfect Pair tour. Saw those concerts at the height of my personal prog mania and enjoyed all three, but the DKs were just phenomenal. Anyone who thinks they didn't possess great talent or musicianship is woefully mistaken. Saw Black Flag as well in Chicago (Rollins actually had really long hair then). They were good. A lot of the punk shows I saw ended amongst my favorite concert memories, rivaled only by a few Buddy Guy shows in the late 80s / early-mid 90s (when he and his band of the time scorched and had real energy), and some Hammill (esp Cleveland '90) and VdGG (RFH London & Glasgow '05; Milwaukee '09) concerts, but then VdGG always had as much in common with the punk ethos as they did the prog...
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