Avengers-We Are The One-Live at The Masque, L.A.-01/07/78

[xophertm]

Astonishingly clear footage. Nice.

[mediattackrecords]

Wow, now this is the Avengers! What the fuck are the doing now?

[Thirdpres]

@mediattackrecords Google: "the avengers penelope houston" & you'll find their official myspace page and penelope's site to find out what they're doing. No offical concerts dates at the moment from what I've read. Penelope has a new album on the way, by the way.

[theefishlippedone]

great!thanx for sharing.up the punx!

[23kberry]

a great band at the greatest club in the world

[gorcanto]

yeah. those were great days. what the fuck happened? you can't go out and see an exciting band anymore. i saw so many great bands between 78 and 81. did pay-tp-play just ruin everything? what?

[westonvideo]

one my ole pals found me dancing in this video...if you were there and knew me from that la punk scene in the late 70's please get in touch with me on fb....

algirdas j nakas

i was known as al or al pal or motoman.

those were really great days...

[externalmenace]

Wow...truly amazing :)

[exeuroweenie]

Haha I used to get mistaken for Houston ages ago.I'm a guy(?!) and really never saw the resemblance.The Gun Club were astounding live.Saw them open for Siouxsie in '84,before The Banshees started sounding like an S.A.D, addled Enya.Saw Jeffrey Lee Pierce live 8 years later and he was a barely coherent train wreck.They ripped through"She's Like Heroin To Me",but it was still depressing.

[mondocaneman]

Thanks for this posting AWESOME!! I was just 12 when I lived in Hollywood when this came out, my family didnt let me see none of this punk music.

[SensitiveTurtle]

can someone upload "the Good, the Bad, the Kowalskis", that is an awesome song from them

[jahluva79]

I WENT DOWN TO THE MASQUE LAST MONTH

[thenuge81]

On the bass that's Jimmy Wilsey (ex-Chris Isaak guitarist of "Wicked Game" fame). Great clip.

[SouthPhillyHooligan]

Penelope is fuckin hot in this video

[dealt]

man, all the cool shit happened 30 years ago. i'm just glad that there are people who are still around to tell the tales and share their memories.

[skandal1966]

fabulous, thanks

[isabeats]

I saw the Avengers every show they ever played in San Franciso. My favorite punk band then and now. Those were the best and wildest days of my life and I will miss them forever. Everyone now is so jaded and self-conscious and trendy.

[theonlytruepunk]

I am not jaded or trendy, and I still go to gigs!!! How about you??

[isabeats]

Yeah, I shouldn't generalize. But I do think things are at their best when it's new and fun, before it gets popular and the more unoriginal people start thinking it's 'cool' and ruin it. I've seen that happen with all kinds of things. Popularity is the kiss of death.

[theonlytruepunk]

Yes, true...but there are still great bands out there making.

[theonlytruepunk]

making original and creative music...they are just far and few between.

[chainrelease]

Hi, I´m 42 and still playing in a Punk band and going to gigs. Nothing has changed for me since the days of seeing Jeffrey Lee Pierce or the Ramones. It can work, you know? Chhers, Gerd from THE VOODOO GODZ

[theonlytruepunk]

We will never go away. Die Toten Hosen are great!!! Since I was living in Los Angeles in the late '70's, early 80's, I saw many, many great bands. Saw Gun Club a lot and the Ramones, too.

[theonlytruepunk]

Thanks...

[RonnyRipper]

Amazing footage!!

[jpoubaez]

Awesome footage of one of the most prominent and influential bands of Californian punk-rock.

The Avengers still rules! We need more Avengers material.