The riot

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december 29, 1990 - my brother, brian, just phoned- "get your ass down here and film! nofx & pennywise are opening for bad religion! eric (of nofx) says it's cool." my friend, louis elovitz, & i arrive at the el portal theater in n. hollywood a little before 5:00 p.m. no hassles from security - they've been expecting us the theater is relatively empty... expect for the members of bad religion. they see us, we all nod our heads, "what's up?" they're ready for their sound check; louis & i start taping. we're the only camera guy's in the house - that's how i became the only cameraman to film the bad religion riot of 1990 from first beer bottle thrown to the last...
the fire marshall's decision to cancel the gig incited an over-capacity crowd of 1000 bad religion fans into an angry mob. rocks & beer bottles went flying causing an estimated § 25'000 in damages. paramedics rescued the injured, firemen hosed the masses, and police "escorted" the diehards.
you've seen "the riot" footage when kabc-tv aired it internationally on abc world news tonight and when pennywise used it in their 1995 epitaph release "pennywise: Home movies." now you can see it live and uncut in its entirety. "bad religion: the riot" - a piece of punk rock history.

1. we're only gonna die (part 3 & part 2)
2. damned to be free
3. how much is enough?
4. doin' time
5. you are the government
6. yesterday
7. land of cometition
8. bad religion
9. politics
10. fuck armageddon...
11. voice of god is government
12. frogger
13. drastic action
14. when
15. 21st century digital boy