The Mad were one of the more interesting New York shock bands during the transition between “punk rock” and what would become known as “New York Hardcore.” The band put out two incredibly awesome seven-inchers, the “Eyeball”/“I Hate Music” single and the “Fried Egg” EP—originals of each go for major bucks on the collector’s market.

The band was, perhaps, best known for their two tracks (“I Hate Music” and “The Hell”) which appeared on the widely-distributed New York Thrash cassette released in 1982 by the ROIR label.

Their theatrical lead singer, Screaming Mad George, went on to fame as a special makeup effects artist, working on films like Big Trouble in Little China, Predator, and a couple of the A Nightmare on Elm Street sequels.

The video below comes to us from Paul Tschinkel, who recorded it for his punk and new wave cable TV show, Inner-Tube, which ran for ten years on Manhattan Cable. We’ve written about Tschinkel and Inner-Tube here before.

In the video, which was recorded at the infamous Max’s Kansas City, we are treated to a wild performance by Screaming Mad George and The Mad—with surprisingly good audio and sound for the time. One wishes that the video lasted for more than one song, but the song is great—sounding a bit like a slowed-down Bad Brains of the same era (1979)—speaking of which, Schinkel also recorded some amazing songs from the Bad Brains for Inner-Tube the following year, which you can watch HERE.

We wonder if there is more footage of The Mad in the Inner-Tube vaults. If so, we’d love to see it!