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Geez I miss those rooms upstairs. DC Space = Legendary!

icyuod44 7 months ago

Favorite punk band. I would kill someone to see these guys at this time in the video.

abstractthreat 1 year ago

kinda looks like food for thought under staircase-

theothor 2 years ago

i went to wwhs with a couple of these guys....brings back good memories!

Thanks for post.

hgordonf 2 years ago

Does someone got the flyer of this Show?

Thunderjohnny 2 years ago

I dont remember DC space being that fancy. it was a shit hole in the early 80's. Is it still there?

croakerlips 2 years ago

It's still there at 7th & E but it's now a Starbucks.

Metacosmesis 2 years ago

Starbucks sucks ass

croakerlips 2 years ago

stop calling gray matter emo. theyre not fucking emo. its just some pissed off confused youth music. leave it at that. they fucking rock.

scubaduba23 3 years ago 6

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=.= Wikipedia says they are emo.. And I got here by a link of a emo-music tread :P

LeiranNZ 2 years ago

fuck, this makes me sick

Freemann1974 2 years ago

you do realize anyone can add to wikipedia

theyre just pissed off punk kids

improvmastah 2 years ago

None of the first wave emo bands (or a t least very few) considered themselves 'Emotional Hardcore'.

Deep Purple don't consider themselves classic rock or heavy metal, and Bauhaus hates the term 'goth', though.

AlbertMondback 2 years ago

@AlbertMondback Sorry, not true. I have an album from an early DC Emo band, Foundation (1985), that clearly has "Genre: Emo-Core" on the album sleeve. Many of these bands considered themselves Emo.

unlvrebelx 1 year ago

@unlvrebelx That's interesting to know.

AlbertMondback 1 year ago

@scubaduba23 well, because I was around then and ordered every Dischord album from #4 on, when they came out; let me be the first to educate you. They did consider themselves emo. That name was popularized around 84-86 in the DC area by bands like Gray Matter. I remember it vividly and could probably easily show you evidence with any Maximum R&R from around that time....also have an old emo album from 1985 that the band even put "Genre: Emo-Core" on the album. It was emo, and is true emo!

unlvrebelx 1 year ago

@unlvrebelx Regardless of what even they said about it, it's not emo. Listen to it.

scubaduba23 1 year ago

MadSick!

1039centi 3 years ago

Gray Matter was so ahead of their time it makes me fucking sick. Food for thought/take it back and Thog are two of my favorite albums of all time. Don't know why people make such a big deal over Rites Of Spring when this band really captured the music and times.

bldsucker 3 years ago 5

the best ever!!!! i think the difference between what i call original emo and new age emo......is the old emo had punk roots that comes out in the music, new emo doesnt have those roots. i compare it to vanilla ice tryin to be a hard-core rapper.

marcusguernsey 3 years ago

wuay¡

noelfonseca 3 years ago

Best song ever

pocaroba 3 years ago

Indira, totally, I was 16 at this show... I agree that Darker Days was great, I still have the $5 cassette... Nation of Ulysses, that State of the Union compilation, still in heavy rotation.

JC - Bass - Open Defiance -DC

jcity2277 3 years ago

the album thog is totally fucking amazing as well!

saladxdays 4 years ago

always had this EP as one of my top 5 punk albums of all time...nothing else they did compared....I liked swan street from 3, but this EP flat out rocks...IMO, they influenced as much as shudder to think and other dischord bands...just never get the credit

unlvrebelx 4 years ago

I agree. The 3 album is really great, too, but the Take It Back ep was just amazing.

garrettisarmstrong 4 years ago

fuck yeah.... chills! those were the days..

rubbrhose 4 years ago

steve niles is in this band, if u read comics (30 days of night) u would know who he is. His movie is coming out this week

zmbidawn6 4 years ago

Chutes and Ladders is the track title. Fucking great song off a fuckin' great album. This must've beeb one of their last shows being 1989. Yes, Senator Flux, great band but I feel lacked the same energy Gray Matter had.

bts2free 4 years ago

Jeff Turner is almost my hero! I prefer Senator Flux over this though.

holybear 4 years ago

I don't recall if I was at this show, as I drank a bit back in the late 80s... and those days are a blur now. At 40, I love seeing these shows appearing on the internet. They let me pine for my youth without trying to re-live it as that awkward guy showing up to see kids. Space was the Place!

Schirf 4 years ago

I think I was at this show. I really miss DC Space...WTF happened to DC?

indirajane 4 years ago

yesss

leathinjectch 4 years ago

Sooooo good. One of the best old punk rock bands ever!

chrisnm203 4 years ago

i was at this show. i was so bummed that it wasnt just like take it back come to life. but now i love watching this over and over again.

easysubculture 4 years ago

Wow, I can't believe there is a Grey Matter video on youtube. Thanks for putting this up.

abstractthreat 4 years ago

Wow this is an amazing video. Thanks for sharing!

Hey--you should add to the tag,"STEVE NILES", he's now an amazing writer. (You probably know, but Niles is the bassist of Gray Matter.)

kudgoddess 5 years ago

wow fuck this is an amazing find. i have a cover of this song on a record by by the grace of god. gotta get this gray matter album, this is so good.

afurnishedsoul 5 years ago

I like this band. It's so stange how D.C. has changed and moved on. DC Space is now a Starbucks.

bunnykin 5 years ago

When I saw that it broke my heart. My youth was dead and the corpse had been defiled

ginsueye 5 years ago

suicidalmaniacs..the song is called "chutes and ladders"

1039centi 5 years ago

I was supposed to be at this show, but my ride flaked.

unkienips 5 years ago

haha man i this band is awsome, ohh and this i dilon cardenas HAHAAHAH BRANDON AND KRIS SUCK

LatinosFORLIFE 5 years ago

Why is embedding disabled!!! i need this in my profile... well anyways, gray matter kicks ass, my favorite band off dischord. They, and i dont know why, remind me so much of minor threat... strange.

Icheadle90 5 years ago