Awesome. Just Awesome. I (Dr.) know this will be good

The compelation 'Banned in DC' even has a live video from Providence RI's legendary club The Living Room (RIP). It is crazy for me to see that place as packed as it was for that show.

The version of 'Big Take Over' on 'The Youth are Getting Restless' has one of the best bass lines towards the end. I dont know if anyone has the CD or knows what I'm talking about but check it out. Wicked awesome stuff. Pure energy.

I'll have to check them out. I always thought that part of the draw for Sevendust was that you don't often hear a "black" voice singing rock.

Well, that and the guy sings really well too.

Billy McGoodGuy: Bad Brains are teh suxors. Should be named Old Brains.

ZING!

I never knew they were black, I've always liked their music. Why does it matter if they're black or not? Oh, right....African-American.

/stupid
//They're music is good, who gives a shiat what color they are

Nothing like a hardcore band made up of Rastafarian homophobes.

Billy McGoodGuy: Bad Brains are teh suxors. Should be named Old Brains.

obvious troll is obvious
/"pay to cum" and "sailin' on" were the baddest songs I'd ever hear when "Bad Brains" came out in '82

What part of the band is from Africa, and which part is from America?

Or are they just black?

/hates PC terms

What's was fun about Bad Brains, is that they started out with jazz, and worked their way into hardcore. Unlike a lot of folks who got onto the scene, these guys knew how to play, and that was a revelation to the scene.

I fully credit Bad Brains for lighting the way for Fishbone, Living Color, and Follow for Now--and even odd ducks like Heavy Metal Horns.

In the 'family of man' sense, Bad Brains being black is immaterial, but as far as (DC) punk rock in the 80s-90s, it was huge. It would be no less strange if they had been from mars. Actually, HR probably IS from mars, or at least mentally ill.

I know they can be hit or miss these days, but the last concert I saw (3 or so years ago) they were awesome. HR came out and did a backflip into the crowd, despite looking like Grady from 'Sanford & Son'.

Budd Tugly: Actually, HR probably IS from mars, or at least mentally ill.

Or a crack head. Wasn't he in a jail cell the day 'I Against I' was released. Sad thing is that HR just cant really sing anymore.

Bob Ondeeznuts: I never knew they were black, I've always liked their music. Why does it matter if they're black or not? Oh, right....African-American.

/stupid
//They're music is good, who gives a shiat what color they are

My dad told me a story about going shopping with my grandma and she wanted to buy a new record. This was in the late 60s. He asked her what she wanted and she said, "Find me that new guy I like Charley Pride." He went and found the newest Pride record and brought it to her and she said,"Uhhh this can't be right. Are there 2 Charley Prides?"

Do What Now Question Mark: What part of the band is from Africa, and which part is from America?

Or are they just black?

/hates PC terms

So you're an American then? Cool which part Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia? Oh you meant you were from the United States..

/you're a Wentz

Budd Tugly: Actually, HR probably IS from mars, or at least mentally ill.

If you need proof, listen to the answering machine message he left on Dillinger Four's live album.
/"See ya laaaater!"

NuttierThanEver: Do What Now Question Mark: What part of the band is from Africa, and which part is from America?

Or are they just black?

/hates PC terms

So you're an American then? Cool which part Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia? Oh you meant you were from the United States..

/you're a Wentz

NuttierThanEver: Do What Now Question Mark: What part of the band is from Africa, and which part is from America?

Or are they just black?

/hates PC terms

So you're an American then? Cool which part Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia? Oh you meant you were from the United States..

/you're a Wentz

i love you

Bob Ondeeznuts: I never knew they were black, I've always liked their music. Why does it matter if they're black or not? Oh, right....African-American.

/stupid
//They're music is good, who gives a shiat what color they are

It is relevant. Hardcore music is so overwhemingly white, yet here is probably the most influential hardcore band of all and it's a bunch of rastafarians.

downtownkid: It is relevant. Hardcore music is so overwhemingly white, yet here is probably the most influential hardcore band of all and it's a bunch of rastafarians.

Yea Exactly. Plus they have a big reggae influence which other hardcore bands dont have and would be totally lame if white guys did it.

Subby: Trailer for Bad Brains documentary, the best African-American hardcore band that ever lived.

Fixed!

old Bad Brains records: intensity and awesomess


that's all you need to know

I expected an MST3k thread.
Sigh.

Billy McGoodGuy: Bad Brains are teh suxors. Should be named Old Brains.

O RLY? You fail at music unless I am missing the irony...

Bad Brains farking rules.

HappyHarryHardOn: old Bad Brains records: intensity and awesomess


that's all you need to know

uPTheme: Subby: Trailer for Bad Brains documentary, the best African-American hardcore band that ever lived.

Fixed!

What they said

they have alot of great recordings and even more terrible ones. its hard going thu all the different versions.

/guess the 15 mins of BB in the documentary American Hardcore wasn't enough for some people.

I love the Roir Sessions, good stuff.

I've been fortunate to see them play twice...and both shows were awesome. I can't wait for this documentary.

carmody: Nothing like a hardcore band made up of Rastafarian homophobes.

They've apologized for being homophobic, which is quite noteworthy, considering how homophobic a lot of rastas are. Bad Brains rule.

I watched a dvd of random Jamiacan TV with HR a few weeks back. He lives in a buddy's warehouse in Bmore. Odd dude.

HR I mean. My buddy too, actually.

Mr. Chainsaw: Budd Tugly: Actually, HR probably IS from mars, or at least mentally ill.

If you need proof, listen to the answering machine message he left on Dillinger Four's live album.
/"See ya laaaater!"

Hallelujah!

Got to see D4 and Bad Brains on the same day at Riot Fest in 07.

/I may not be anybody
/but at least I'm not blind

Let me just note that I got the Bad Brains CD at the library today before I saw the link. I hope it's not so good that I regret passing them over 25 years ago, like with the Undertones and Stiff Little Fingers.

I saw them in New York in '86. Not a big fan, but man what a show. Glad I wasn't on the floor.

The only hardcore band worth a shiat ever.

(OK, maybe The Effigies were good too.)

Funny I heard the BB last night on Sirius and thought, "If these guys had chosen to play Maiden style metal they would have sold 50 million albums and we'd be putting them in the RNR HOF."

Bad Brains = Unadulterated Awesomeness

"Big Takeover" is one of those songs that makes you go absolutely nuts on the the lead in to where it gets heavy.

Gunny Highway: Budd Tugly: Actually, HR probably IS from mars, or at least mentally ill.

Or a crack head. Wasn't he in a jail cell the day 'I Against I' was released. Sad thing is that HR just cant really sing anymore.

He recorded Sacred Love over the phone from jail. They are awesome! That is all.

The Dynamite Monkey: Funny I heard the BB last night on Sirius and thought, "If these guys had chosen to play Maiden style metal they would have sold 50 million albums and we'd be putting them in the RNR HOF."

very possible but I like the juxtaposition of impossibly fast thrash to whip the crowd into a frenzy then beautiful reggae every few songs to keep the roof from blowing off during their shows

Henry Rollins: "If not the best band I've ever seen, As good as any band I've ever seen"
BUT HE'S A LIAR!!!!

(Not in this case, I s'pose. Just had to be said.)

Gunny Highway: The compelation 'Banned in DC' even has a live video from Providence RI's legendary club The Living Room (RIP). It is crazy for me to see that place as packed as it was for that show.

The version of 'Big Take Over' on 'The Youth are Getting Restless' has one of the best bass lines towards the end. I dont know if anyone has the CD or knows what I'm talking about but check it out. Wicked awesome stuff. Pure energy.

I think I was at that show, was it in 1985 in the summer and it was hot as fark in there. After 4 or 5 songs we were begging for a reggae song. The crush of the crowd was so strong I thought I was going to pass out.

Gunny Highway: Budd Tugly: Actually, HR probably IS from mars, or at least mentally ill.

Or a crack head. Wasn't he in a jail cell the day 'I Against I' was released. Sad thing is that HR just cant really sing anymore.

He recorded a song on that album from jail over the phone.

If you aren't down with this, shoot yourself in the head, you've got no soul.

Hoping for BB covers at the Cro Mags set at United Blood '09.

I saw a HR solo gig a few years ago in Spokane. I thought his voice held up pretty well (FTR, "Sacred Love" was the only BB song they did AFAIK). He was obviously crazy as fark though. He signed a CD for me. For all his peace/love/rasta rhetoric, dude seemed ready to snap....