Go-Go's - We Got The Beat '80 (from Urgh! A Music War)

[stargazerr2012]

GOD i miss those days, you never realize what you have until it's gone...bummer

[occupynow]

wow dotti danger looks amazing. to bad they were not more true to their punk roots after this.

[TheDavidsentz]

i never got in to them but the drummer liveed next store to me when i was about 15yr,s old

[ParagramTree]

They used to be a punk rock band when they started out. It is a shame that they stopped playing punk music and became a commercial pop group. Otherwise they could have become a female version of the Ramones.

[BingsTV]

@ParagramTree: The Gos Go's would have never become a "female Ramones", Punk was old news by the time the Go Go's went New Wave. Before 1980 was over the Ramones would record with Phil Spector. The Clash would release London Calling, The Pistols were gone. The Masque was gone. Darby was dead. Times were changing. The Go Go's did what was right for THEM.

[ParagramTree]

@BingsTV Rubbish, punk was not over by 1980s. I didn't get into punk until late 1984 when I was 18 and the punk scene was still thriving then with new bands like The Exploited, GBH, Discharge, Conflict, Disorder, Mau Maus, Chaos UK, etc from the UK and Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys, The Vandals, Minor Threat, Black Flag etc from the USA. Check out video documentary on here called "American hardcore" it looks at the American punk scene from 1980 to 1986. It is a total myth that punk ever died out.

[BingsTV]

@ParagramTree: Rubbish? You were a little kid in 1976 when Punk took off. I was at Ground Zero in Hollywood. I worked for the label that recorded Dead Kennedys, The Weirdos, Dead Boys...hell, I even jammed one night with ultimate LA punks, Fear, I knew many of the bands you listened to. No big deal - it was a very closeknit scene and everybody knew everybody. The Punks, New Wavers, Rockabillies - all hung out at the same places. Doesn't make me "more right" - but, I am speaking from experience.

[BingsTV]

I was speaking about Hollywood, which afterall is where the Go Go's were based - and I didn't say Punk was "over", nor that it "died out". I said Punk was "OLD NEWS" - and it was. The initial excitement had long subsided by the time the Go Go's went "pop". There's no way to compare the Hollywood Punk scene of 1976-78 to "1984". The original Punk explosion was incredible. Check out the book, "Bomp! Savng The World One Record At A Time". It'll help you get a feel for the era.

[ParagramTree]

@BingsTV I first became aware of punk in the summer of 1977. I didn't follow the scene until late 1984. But where I lived in north Staffordshire in England there was a lively local punk scene around that time. Some of the bands from that area were world famous like Discharge and The Skeptix from Stoke on Trent. What really caused the punk scene to shrink was the punk/metal crossover craze of 1985/86/87 when loads of punk bands turned metal.

[1PlanetClaire]

WOW, I was at THIS show AND backstage--thanks for posting!! (31 years ago and how great they're still playing together).