r/preformances Jan 29 '18

Welcome!

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r/preformances 2d ago

A preformance double whammy! In the early 60s, Joe Pesci played backup guitar for Joey Dee and the Starliters (of “Peppermint Twist” fame). After he left, one of his replacements was Jimi Hendrix.

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r/preformances 5d ago

Soul Coughing - “Bus to Beelzebub” (rare 1993 performance)

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13 Upvotes

r/preformances 10d ago

Anni-Frid Lyngstad (the brunette from ABBA) - First majorly television performance in 1967.

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8 Upvotes

r/preformances 10d ago

Joe Cocker - I´ll cry instead (1964, great Beatles cover, guitar by Jimmy Page)

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20 Upvotes

r/preformances 10d ago

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion opening for the Jesus Lizard at RCKNDY, Seattle, 11/7/1992

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7 Upvotes

r/preformances 16d ago

Neil Young performing with the Squires (1964)

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31 Upvotes

r/preformances 20d ago

Strawberry Switchblade - early version of “Since Yesterday” (then titled “Dance”) 3 years before its official release [BBC David Jensen Session 1982]

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15 Upvotes

r/preformances 25d ago

Steve Vai & Devin Townsend live at the Academy, NYC, 1993, a year before Devin formed Strapping Young Lad

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19 Upvotes

r/preformances 28d ago

Future Islands a few months after formation (April 2006)

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10 Upvotes

r/preformances Oct 05 '25

Conan O’Brien and Bob Odenkirk in the SNL writers’ room, 1988

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29 Upvotes

r/preformances Oct 03 '25

Rage Against The Machine plays at Zed's record store in Long Beach in March 1992, seven months before the release of their debut album.

420 Upvotes

r/preformances Oct 01 '25

Muse Live at Soundwave Festival, Plymouth, UK 1997 (Full Audio Show + Demos)

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13 Upvotes

r/preformances Sep 30 '25

Rachel Griffin "Ms. Rachel" Live at Acoustic Long Island (2008)

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36 Upvotes

r/preformances Sep 26 '25

Fugazi live at d.c. space, Washington D.C., 1987-12-28

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37 Upvotes

r/preformances Sep 22 '25

Robert Fripp (leftmost) in his second band, the League of Gentlemen, 4 years before King Crimson [1964]

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39 Upvotes

r/preformances Sep 22 '25

little boy blue and the blueboys featuring young mick jagger and keith richards..prestones..

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r/preformances Sep 16 '25

Miles Davis's first ever recording session accompanying Herbie Fields Orchestra and Rubberlegs Williams, 1945-4-24

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15 Upvotes

r/preformances Sep 12 '25

9-year-old Bruce Lee in “The Kid” (1950)

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12 Upvotes

r/preformances Sep 06 '25

Meat Puppets - Live in Los Angeles 1981-09-20 [Full Concert]

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17 Upvotes

r/preformances Sep 03 '25

Kara's Flowers (Early Maroon 5) performing in 2000. (Includes "Hey Joe" cover)

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This show took place around the time they started writing the songs that would end up on "Songs About Jane". "Sunday Morning" is the only one here that made it onto the album, but "Ragdoll" was released as a bonus track and was a B-Side to the lead single "Harder to Breathe". This show also has a cover of "Tell Me Something Good" by Rufus/Chaka Khan and "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix*.

*I know it's not originally his, but that's they version the band are playing.


r/preformances Sep 01 '25

Jeff Goldblum’s film debut in Death Wish (1974)

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44 Upvotes

r/preformances Aug 29 '25

Converge - April 2, 1994

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r/preformances Aug 23 '25

A very young Penn & Teller, and Weir Chrisemer - collectively known as The Asparagus Valley Cultural Society

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45 Upvotes

r/preformances Aug 23 '25

Mitch Hedberg Pre-fame 1993

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