So, where should I go? What should I do? Stick w/ the speed-for-speed's-sake stuff, or get them on the flip side with the ganja & the natty dread?
― David Raposa, Monday, 7 January 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
― Andy, Monday, 7 January 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
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― fields of salmon, Wednesday, 9 January 2002 01:00 (11 years ago) Permalink
Bad Brains sound better then ever today!
I haven't listened to them at all in probably more than 10 years. I recently found an old copy of I Against I with Jane's Addiction's s/t on the other side (that's pretty good too) and I can't stop playing it. I had to go and buy used copies today of I against I and Quickness. I couldn't find Rock For Light.
I have been missing out all these years.
― Lemonade Salesman (Eleventy-Twelve), Monday, 18 April 2005 01:53 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Lemonade Salesman (Eleventy-Twelve), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:31 (8 years ago) Permalink
― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:38 (8 years ago) Permalink
― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:39 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Ian John50n (orion), Monday, 18 April 2005 04:56 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Lemonade Salesman (Eleventy-Twelve), Monday, 18 April 2005 05:20 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Soukesian, Monday, 18 April 2005 06:55 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Rocker For Light (on a Bad Brains kick) (Eleventy-Twelve), Monday, 18 April 2005 14:00 (8 years ago) Permalink
A lot of us limeys heard essential early US HC/Punk through the ROIR tape label releases, because these escaped the punishing import taxes which could triple the cost of an import LP at that time.
― Soukesian, Monday, 18 April 2005 14:05 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Rocker For Light (on a Bad Brains kick) (Eleventy-Twelve), Monday, 18 April 2005 14:08 (8 years ago) Permalink
― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Monday, 18 April 2005 14:09 (8 years ago) Permalink
― jared, Monday, 18 April 2005 14:40 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Rocker For Light (on a Bad Brains kick) (Eleventy-Twelve), Monday, 18 April 2005 15:28 (8 years ago) Permalink
― strng hlkngtn, Monday, 18 April 2005 15:33 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Schwip Schwap (schwip schwap), Monday, 18 April 2005 15:37 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 18 April 2005 15:39 (8 years ago) Permalink
The first "full-length" (we're talkin' hardcore here, people) Bad Brains recording is "the yellow tape," issued on ROIR in 1981 or 1982. It's now available on CD with its original cover art of a lightning bold striking the US Capitol dome. (I used to have a denim jacket with that painted on the back in high school. Moving on...) These same songs were also available on CD for awhile in the late 80s under the title Attitude: The ROIR Sessions. The second full-length Bad Brains disc is Rock For Light which contains re-recorded versions of some "yellow tape" songs and a bunch of other stuff, including the best reggae songs they ever did, "Rally Round Jah Throne" and "I And I Survive" and "The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth." The original mix, as released on PVC Records, was available for awhile on CD, so scour those used bins, because, as has been mentioned, the late-90s Caroline reissue sucks sucks SUCKS.
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Monday, 18 April 2005 15:41 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Schwip Schwap (schwip schwap), Monday, 18 April 2005 15:44 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Rocker For Light (on a Bad Brains kick) (Eleventy-Twelve), Monday, 18 April 2005 15:52 (8 years ago) Permalink
ok, i finally undertand. i love black dots, so i picked up rock for light because it was supposed to be their best. and of course i was bewildered that anyone could like such a shitty sounding record. but as i type this i'm ripping the tracks, and i'm going to pitch shift them down a half step like that amazon review suggests.
― Matt B. (Matt B.), Monday, 18 April 2005 16:04 (8 years ago) Permalink
― hstencll, Monday, 18 April 2005 16:07 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Rocker For Light (on a Bad Brains kick) (Eleventy-Twelve), Monday, 18 April 2005 16:24 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Rocker For Light (on a Bad Brains kick) (Eleventy-Twelve), Monday, 18 April 2005 16:29 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Matt B. (Matt B.), Monday, 18 April 2005 17:01 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Rocker For Light (on a Bad Brains kick) (Eleventy-Twelve), Monday, 18 April 2005 17:23 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 11 May 2007 00:08 (6 years ago) Permalink
― am0n, Friday, 11 May 2007 00:46 (6 years ago) Permalink
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― Colonel Poo, Friday, 11 May 2007 14:20 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 11 May 2007 15:09 (6 years ago) Permalink
― unperson, Friday, 11 May 2007 20:13 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 11 May 2007 21:35 (6 years ago) Permalink
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 11 May 2007 21:40 (6 years ago) Permalink
― chaki, Saturday, 12 May 2007 01:19 (6 years ago) Permalink
No, man. But uhm got the orig "Rock for Light" today and it's so great I just gotta revive
― President Evil, Thursday, 31 May 2007 11:07 (6 years ago) Permalink
In fact when this version of "Right Brogade" kicked in I actually yelled "OH YEAH!!!!". I am on my own. I'm putting off going out for this rec. No higher praise can actually be afforded a rock record. Give me a week and I may have to change my position pretty squarely.
― President Evil, Thursday, 31 May 2007 11:09 (6 years ago) Permalink
roffle @ people criticizing production jobs on late 70s/early 80s hardcore records.
black dots is pretty tight, I thought it was just some cash-in shit but I love the raw, upfront sound. 4 guys in a room kicking ass.
― Edward III, Thursday, 31 May 2007 13:58 (6 years ago) Permalink
the black dots version of "pay to cum" is my favorite version of that song
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 03:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
Slightly Stoopid b/w Bad Brains and the Dum Dum Girls.
― dolphins cavorting in a cathedral (staggerlee), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 02:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
Jay Reatard was originally supposed to headline...
Mary Stein (daughter of Sire Records Seymour Stein and murdered NY realtor/former Ramonees manager Linda Stein) just premiered a Bad Brains documentary at SXSW. Has anyone seen it yet?
There are also 2 DC filmmakers working on 80s DC HarDCore punk docs now
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
!!! wanna see that
― tempestuous alaskan nites! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 22 March 2012 15:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Banned in Dc: Bad Brains Greatest Riffswas the compilation I mentioned last year. Think it has been mastered at the right speed and so it seems Caroline have attempted to at least partially right their earlier wrong.http://www.amazon.com/Banned-Dc-Brains-Greatest-Riffs/product-reviews/B00008V5TK/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_4?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addFourStar
― Stevolende, Thursday, 22 March 2012 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Dr. Know is running for president.
http://www.libertystickers.com/product/Ron-Paul-DrKnow/
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ha ha.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/42901/i-against-i-thirty-years-after-the-golden-age-of/
Long Washington City Paper cover story suggests HR may be battling with schitzophrenia
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 June 2012 16:13 (11 months ago) Permalink
plus a review of the movie
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/film/2012/06/21/a-close-viewing-of-bad-brains-a-band-in-dc/
Both are written by Mark Andersen, who co-wrote the Dance of Days book with Mark Jenkins about the DC hardcore punk scene
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 June 2012 16:16 (11 months ago) Permalink
The first piece is spot-on in recounting the bullshit that is a Bad Brains show in 2012. So sad.
― InternationalWaters, Sunday, 24 June 2012 14:28 (11 months ago) Permalink
Saw the movie doc "Bad Brains: A Band from DC" last night. Well-made movie with awesome footage of early years Bad Brains and coverage of the sadness that is HR circa 2012, struggling with mental health issues. HR (wearing a woman's wig) showed up for both of the 2 showings of the movie. Saturday night, Mark Anderson asked HR in the q and a portion afterwards about his health, and he insisted he was fine.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:17 (11 months ago) Permalink
http://dcist.com/2012/06/the_seven_best_moments_of_last_nigh.php
These 7 items and more
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 June 2012 16:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2012-06-21/bad-brains-band-dc/transcript
Some of HR's answers on this radio interview are o0.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
Is HR's mental state really a fresh debate in 2012? I thought he's been nuts for years. Decades?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:03 (11 months ago) Permalink
Like, I last saw the band in ... 1999? HR was there, but he just stood there, grinning between songs (which were otherwise solid).
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
Here's a bit from what I wrote about that show:
An eerily docile H.R. received a hero's welcome when he waltzed on stage, an unsettling grin giving way to his effective if somewhat distracted recital of the band's "Attitude." Dr. Know's blazing leads flew in and around the rhythmic knots tied by Hudson and Jenifer, while H.R. mainly stood still behind the microphone, his hands clasped in front of him as if in meditation. Hey, if that's what it takes to keep him from throwing himself at the crowd, so be it.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
If you think the Beatles were something, if you think the Jam Band was something or the Police or even the latest overnight sensation with, you know, the Jackson Five and Mariah Carey, well let me tell you, Beyonce, she has something to listen to finally.
wise words there
― jacob von logflume (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:17 (11 months ago) Permalink
TS: being in a band with HR vs being in a band with Mark E Smith
― jacob von logflume (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, June 24, 2012
It's just that the movie doc has just been recently released. When I saw them in their 79 to early '80s heyday HR was not like this onstage
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 24 June 2012 17:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
Plus, isn't there current tour their first in a couple of years
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 June 2012 13:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
their
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 June 2012 13:40 (11 months ago) Permalink
I dunno. Looks like the band has played at least a few shows every year. I guess my point was that coming aboard maybe around the "I Against I" era, even then I knew H.R. was nuts. I'd heard all the stories.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 June 2012 14:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
why isn't this 50 year old guy doing backflips, i want a refund
― am0n, Monday, 25 June 2012 18:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
Exactly. That is EXACTLY the nature of the complaints here. You imbecile.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 25 June 2012 18:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
If you get a chance to see the movie doc, you should-- no matter when you learned about HR's mental state. As I noted upthread, there's great archival footage and there's also interesting interviews. I think the directors only have music clearances right now to show it at film festivals.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 25 June 2012 19:35 (11 months ago) Permalink
So that it's entirely clear that this isn't about back flips:
― Three Word Username, Monday, 25 June 2012 20:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
Anyone who dons an outfit like that knows just what he's doing.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 June 2012 20:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
That's what the Brains think, which is why he's been kicked out of the band so often. I am less sure.
― Three Word Username, Monday, 25 June 2012 20:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
are you mark andersen or just his knight in shining armor
― am0n, Monday, 25 June 2012 21:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
the band might wanna turn his amp off next time
― am0n, Monday, 25 June 2012 21:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
"Anyone who dons an outfit like that knows just what he's doing."
http://networkawesome.com/show/live-music-show-the-great-daryl-nathan-entertainment-show/
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 07:48 (11 months ago) Permalink
lol @ H.R. in the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2209817/Brooke-Shields-denies-woman-puffing-marijuana-pipe-leaked-Twitter-picture.html?ITO=1490
kinda less fun now the website is just an endless celebrity content farm but still
― Did communist FB take down the awesome bacon quran picture? (DJ Mencap), Friday, 28 September 2012 16:27 (8 months ago) Permalink
still awesome
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 September 2012 16:28 (8 months ago) Permalink
Since this was revived, I will mention that I tried listening to Black Dots, as recommended on one of the 80s rocking music poll threads, but I am just not into their songs or the vocals. I'm pretty sure I must have tried some of their other albums before. It just doesn't seem worth the effort for me.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 28 September 2012 16:47 (8 months ago) Permalink
Are there hardcore punk bands from the early 80s that you like?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 September 2012 17:27 (8 months ago) Permalink
A few. It's not like something I really listen to much any more, it just came up because of the 80s poll.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 28 September 2012 17:36 (8 months ago) Permalink
'i againsts i' could really use a remastering
― am0n, Friday, 7 December 2012 16:27 (6 months ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=r326c3DewuE
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 December 2012 16:34 (6 months ago) Permalink
the mix of the drums is lol on headphones, its like they hard-panned a thin crash cymbal to each ear
― am0n, Friday, 7 December 2012 16:36 (6 months ago) Permalink
http://citypaper.com/news/baltimore-8217-s-baddest-brain-1.1409063
― am0n, Friday, 7 December 2012 16:39 (6 months ago) Permalink
great read, hope the album's half as good as sold
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Friday, 7 December 2012 17:01 (6 months ago) Permalink
― am0n, Friday, 7 December 2012 17:05 (6 months ago) Permalink
Looks like a menu from an ital retro diner.
― endless budgie (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 8 December 2012 04:50 (6 months ago) Permalink
― endless budgie (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, December 7, 2012 11:50 PM
http://badbrains.com/merch/fire-burn-babylon/
lol
― ♨ (am0n), Thursday, 3 January 2013 20:27 (5 months ago) Permalink
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 11 February 2013 21:50 (4 months ago) Permalink
adeline otm
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 February 2013 21:54 (4 months ago) Permalink
Oh my god, that's the cutest thing since the little girl singing along with Magma.
― Uncle Sam is... ...No Daddy! (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 05:11 (4 months ago) Permalink
I still act like that when the Bad Brains come on.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 10:57 (4 months ago) Permalink
The Big Exercise Takeover
http://twitter.com/Chris__Richards/status/326677103347105795/photo/1
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 13:21 (1 month ago) Permalink
I own this shirt.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 13:32 (1 month ago) Permalink