Man as a young white punk back in the day, we had more black punks than most towns- that being said, there were only maybe a dozen or so. Always thought punk should have attracted more black brothers. I know hip hop was a reflection of similar feelings, always thought they were more similar than people would acknowledge.
I'm the same as you Bro!!! Sk8 Punker from the 90's and I paid my dues back then and earned my stripes! It was crazy, it was tough, but to change a thing would mean to be a different me. Peace and Much Love Brothers!!!
I was a 17 year old punk kid who went to a Black Flag show and these guys opened up for them and literally blew my friggin mind. A crew of cool as hell black dudes with dreadlocks mashing out some of the fastest hardcore I'd ever heard, and following it up with a reggae song. These guys solidified the lesson of not judging a book by its cover.
A pretty good thrash/punk band heavily inspired by BB was Scaterd Few in the early 90s, BB fans might really dig their Sin Disease album th-cam.com/video/yaUJ8n_ZEl8/w-d-xo.html
@Andro mache probably because we are one of the first generations to express our emotions and not bottle them up our whole lives? A lot of punk rock and hardcore is an expression of the artists anxieties and frustrations with modern culture...handed to them by the previous generations.
BAD BRAINS was a freight train of sound. They were one of them most powerful bands live, and if you were lucky enough to see them you got to see pure energy. One of my all time favorite bands.
One of the pioneers if not thee pioneers of thrash punk. I am from the UK, but even among the punks and rockheads back in the day knew of these. Never had a chance to see them.
@@twatinahatsmith7428 In the U.S. it wasn't chopped up quite that much until long after the fact. I mean, you might've had someone refer to them as punk and someone chiming in to correct them and say it was hardcore, or thrash, whatever, but they were all playing the same gigs, with the same people in the pit, the exact same scene, etc. In my hometown, any given show was usually a 50/50 split between metal bands and punk, and half of that punk would've been considered thrash or hardcore. And I didn't know anybody in that scene that didn't LOVE Bad Brains and generally acknowledge them as the band with their act more together musically than anyone else.
Check out the entire “banned in DC” album by Bad Brains. It’s an absolute classic from start to finish. One of my all time favorites... and probably my absolute favorite punk record.
I have to say, as a 50-something dude who listened to Bad Brains in high-school, watching you hear "I Against I" for the first time brought tears to my eyes. Yes. The power of music. Yes, yes, yes. A million times, yes.
Scott Blackwell same here. Bad brains seduced me right into the underground punk scene as a youngster. No other generation has ever produced punk music like the late70’s& 80’s. ✌️&🤍
I remember when that record came out. I thought it was too glossy at the time. What's with these fully written songs that are more than 1 minute and 30 seconds and well recorded? Blasphemy! I would love to hear Rock for light remastered this way.
Their song "Sacred Love" will blow your mind. The singer H.R. was in jail at the time the band was recording the album so they recorded him singing the vocals of the song over the phone. It really is one of the most unique songs you'll ever hear. Also, the video may have been uploaded 9 years ago but the album was actually released in 1986.
To add to that story, HR carried a Bible all the time and he would break up his weed on it. He had that Bible in jail and scraped off the residue, rolled a j, and smoked it before doing the phone recording.
"who's gonna tell the youth the truth about the drugs, mugs, bugs and the police thugs? about the rotten, stinkin' rackets and the fantasy around the nation? " Glad to see this dude so happy. Everyone should know about the spirit and sweat of the Bad Brains
I grew up in NYC, and hung out on the Lower East Side when the Bad Brains arrived in NYC. They were THE band. Many guys idolized them, but most never wanted to open for them because they were just too damn good. But they were all about positive mental attitude, and they were mentors, teachers to the bands coming up. Many of the bands even started emulated them by adding elements of reggae music into their sets. They were the Godfathers of the DC Punk scene, before being banned from almost every venue. Fans Ian Makaye and Minor Threat being heavily influenced by them. Also, John Bloodclot(future Cro Mags singer) tells of Bad Brains offering him a job when he was a homeless, teenage punk, with the stipulation he gets healthy and promoted vegetarianism. They influenced everyone in the NYHC scene, from Beastie Boys, Murphy's Law, Cro Mags, and on and on. HR(Human Rights - their singer, WAS The Bad Brains, and one of, if not the best hardcore punk singers.Sadly, mental illness plagued him and kept the band from blowing up and attaining the bigger audiences, who never got to hear them. They are living legends. Highly recommend the documentary about HR and the Bad Brains titled: "Finding Joseph". Amazingly sad, funny, dramatic, uplighting story of the rise, fall and rise again of the greatest band that should be a household name.
Yup I saw HR at a 12 Tribe of Israel meeting back in 95'. Notice I didn't say meet bc dude was clearly not there to socialize. Came alone didn't say a word and left quietly
So glad you've discovered Bad Brains... before Fishbone and Living Colour... there was Bad Brains originally out of D.C. H.R. : Voice - Dr. Know : Guitar - Daryl Jennifer : Bass : Earl - Drums.
I saw Bad Brains open for Living Colour. Bad Brains should have been the headliner . Living Colour were just babies and HR is a rock n roll punk rastaman holy man.
Growing up in Washington DC hardcore punk rock scene, Bad Brains along with Minor Threat, Fugazi and many other DC bands was on constant rotation at all my hangout spots. Bad Brains was way ahead of their time. They could jam out some intense hard core and then slow it down with some awesome melodic reggae jams.
Was so lucky to 15yo in 1980 in DC when I started my hardcore journey. Nothing will ever match old 930 and the hundreds of great bands I saw there, including brains 2x
When I was younger there was a notrious show in Lawrence Kansas HR cracked a young skinhead's head open with a mic stand and kids were bustin' out windows in front of cops so they could go to Douglas County jail and meet HR from the Bad Brains. Great band.
I saw them on the I Against I record tour in Omaha Nebraska in a bingo hall. When they played the first notes of the first song the crowd pushed the free standing stage across the floor and a stage light fell against Dr Know "Gary Miller's " head. They stopped playing and retreated to the green room.. Then after 45 minutes they climb back on the short stage and played my all time favorite punk rock show and I have seen and played well over 400 shows in my lifetime. Bad Brains is one of the most original and creative bands of all time. And HR is a killer front man too. I remember this vividly 35 years later ...
You can go to virtually any Bad Brains song or video on TH-cam and see comments from peoole whose lives were changed in a big way by the Bad Brains. I was born a little too late, and by the time I was able to see them, HR was a shell of his former self, his mind and expressiveness neutered by severe mental illness. But I still remember hearing "Sailin' On" for the first time as a punk-curious 12-year-old - who'd been cutting his teeth on the then-huge Bad Religion and Offspring - and having my brain torn open by the Bad Brains' power and fury. That song, along with "Jealous Again" and "I Love Livin' in the City", made an impression on me of an intensity that nothing else besides heroin has ever been able to replicate. Thankfully, I've put the latter indulgence behind me, but will always continue to relive the excitement that HR and his brothers stirred within me as a kid.
You will NEVER get over the first time you hear that intro............ Oh & then HR hits with that first verse, then you realise that you are listening to distilled genius. My kid brother owned this album at 14 (I was 17/18) & regularly borrowed it. This & Atomiser by Big Black! It will still have that effect in 100, 1000 or 100,000 years time. Without these guys, you would never have had Faith No More, Red Hot Chili's or Rage ATM.... One of the greatest bands to have ever existed, just ever, period.............
Fun fact (as I've heard anyway): these guys began as a jazz fusion band, the guitarist was the bass player and the bass player was the guitarist, and when they discovered punk rock they switched instruments around. Their original name was Mind Power, which they changed to Bad Brains to reflect the change in musical direction. Around the same time, they discovered reggae and became Rastafarians, and it all just got mashed together into one pot with an amazing and unique end result. We don't get stuff like this anymore, because everything is all pre-packaged and separated and no cross pollination happens because of it. This is why Japan is outdoing the USA in that field, because they're willing to mess around with the established paradigms and get fresh new ideas and sounds--how do you think we got Babymetal? Kei "Kobametal" Kobayashi is a genius, that's why.
This song is one of the great achievements of hardcore. This band inspired the Beasties more than anything else in this world. Bad Brains and Minor Threat INVENTED hardcore.
They helped increase its prominence. But arguably the first band to release a recording in the hardcore style was Middle Class from Santa Ana, CA, in very late 1978 / early 79.
The sound quality is kind of bad, but you have to watch Bad Brains performing 'Banned in DC' or ' The Big Takeover' at CBGB's in New York from the early 80's. One of the best hardcore performances caught on film.
I reccomend Death, an all black 70's protopunk band that were so ahead of their time! Also, if you've never heard Funkadelic, you should check out Super Stupid and Hit it and Quit it. Absolutely mind blowing psychedelic rock.
I just want to say I think it’s awesome that you’re not only just doing a reaction video , But you care and show genuine interest in the music. I think that’s what makes this channel special
I've been to a lot of shows. I seen Bad Brains once in Seattle, I've never experienced anything like that ever. I had goosebumps the entire set, I'm not lying.
It makes my heart glad to see the younger generation learning about, liking and paying homage to those who laid it down as black men and women. We can do and are all things. Bad Brains are the greatest punk/hardcore band ever.
I love when they tell the story about taping H.R. to a chair because he had a hernia surgery and wasnt supposed to jump around and the chair kept falling over lol
I was 6, but my older brother was into Metal and Punk scene here in NYC. CBGB and LAMOURS were mainstays. My brother passed a few years ago, but I'm still friends with people we knew back then. Some are still doing OY shows.
Same here. Elementary/ Junior high, mom's listening to Neil Diamond and Michael Jackson. I'm smashing through tapes of DRI, Accused, Gorilla Biscuits and any SoCal punk rock my friends can find!
Perfect reaction! I have loved the Bad Brains since the 80s. Seeing them live back then was always mind-blowing. HR the singer, would do a back flip and land just at time to the microphone to deliver his searing vocals. The Positive Mental Attitude filling up the space so even if the lyrics were hard to hear, you still felt them. Great choice!
Fav hardcore band ever. Check out Sailin' On, Attitude. They get fast and loud and its amazing. Also, punk rock has been woke before it was hip to be woke. The music originated from people that felt that they didn't have a voice and were tired of being taken advantage of by our governments. Thank you Jamel!
@Jeremy Backman So going back to what punk was rebelling against is the new rebellion? Punk rockers didn't have the internet and they created something new. You have the internet and want to go back to thinking like your grandparents. Have fun with that outlaw.
Agent Orange - Bloodstains, To Young To Die, Last Goodbye, Everything Turns Grey... Fugazi - Waiting Room...Dead Kennedys - Police Truck... Guttermouth - End of 9, Lucky The Donkey, Lipstick.
@@KristinKanan I liked Fishbone too. Although the only recordings that I could connect with were Truth And Soul and The Reality Of My Surroundings. I love out music: Ornette Coleman, etc. James Blood Ulmer. But Fishbone got out there.
he was no prophet, he was however a simple and down to earth guy, easily approached by ANYONE. HR was awesome, George Clinton was alot like that as well actually, I smoked with him at the DC smoke-in in 1986, spent hours smoking pot with him (george clinton).
I love reactions from people who are usually all hip hop when they listen to good rock, punk, or metal tunes. So great to see people discover new music they never thought they’d like.
This is the first song I ever heard from Bad Brains when I popped the cassette tape in my car player. It snapped my neck. I saw them on this tour at the Living Room in Providence, RI. This song still gives me goosebumps and makes me want to enjoy the pit all these years later.
@@jefferyhoelscher no wayman ! the version off black dots is the ONLY way to go. in fact you could do a reaction to the whole record in the time of a regular reaction vid. its a great story about the recording too, u hear the neighbor kid in between tracks,, cuz h.r. is doing the vocals out on the lawn!! black dots kicked my 13 yr old ask into oblivion
When this 7" single came out in June 1980 it blew thousands of punk minds all over America. Suddenly it was a whole new ballgame. There had been fast hardcore songs before this, but nothing like the obliterating power unleashed here. My friends and I played the song over and over 'till the grooves were worn out. And with every listen we were in awe. Many times I tried to sing along with the words but always wound up failing and crumpled up in a heap on the floor laughing my brains out. This must have been in 1981, the year the single was reissued. The original pressing is extremely rare and is one of the most sought after punk records, fetching thousands of dollars when it comes up at auction. I believe the original tapes have been lost and the version you're hearing now on another youtube post) is from a cd compilation of their greatest hits. But the transfer (probably from a clean 45) has been beautifully done and even though you're going through digital and youtube the sound is still close to the original, and gives you a good idea of the song's incredible power. Bad Brains started out in Washington D.C. as a jazz-fusion band in 1977. But after hearing punk they saw the light. (God bless punk music.) This is what they had to say about their influences in an early magazine interview. "Jah. A big influence was Bob Marley and Stevie Wonder and a group called the Dickies...Bob Marley and Stevie Wonder on the spiritual end and the Dickies more on the musical end. Because when I heard their music I said, 'Gee, it's so fast, this is really bad!' That's what made me really start liking fast rock 'n' roll, which eventually led into hardcore, which is what we're into now. Another big influence was just wanting to change from being a robot in the system. That was the biggest stimulant for me, cuz it was like my back was against the wall, and I couldn't cope with the system."
I was watching at the beginning and thinking, “Jamal doesn’t know what’s about to hit him...”. A solid jam of an album and a cornerstone of the “Crossover” era. I saw Bad Brains on this tour and we tore apart the Vic Theater in Chicago. One the best American bands, period. Check out Banned In DC and Black Dots for sure, With The Quickness takes this record and goes in a more metal direction. Great video.
"I against I" came out in Oct 1986 when they were at their absolute zenith as a band and wow what a record! I was 16 and got it the day it came out and was lucky enough to see them about 2-3 weeks later. Live they were they were w/o a doubt the best punk/ hardcore I have ever seen, hands down. And I've pretty much seen all of them, there were a few bands in the league but, live. These guys were the best
The BEST live show ever! Witnessed Bad Brains on the I Against I tour in Tijuana and yes it was fucking insane. I was 16, 17 or 18. If you remember the 80's punk scene you weren't there. They played the Iguanas club. HR jumped off the stage into the crowed doing an air Christ. I had a boot leg 7'' from that show with HR doing that exact same stage dive. Lost the vinyl in the punk rock rubble of the time.
Yeah, you dudes who saw them live back when know!!! I saw them about 2003'ish at the 9:30 club in DC with my wife who is a good decade younger than me so she never got to see them live in their prime, along with what seemed about 90% of the crowd and they didn't realize just how un-HR HR was, he was awful. The band was so tight and so hard but, HR was sadly just a ghost of his former self. He was just standing there, with his hands in his pockets half the time, just speaking the lyrics like he was reciting poetry. Being DC (harDCore) old school I had heard stories HR was not himself in recent years and if I had known just how bat-shit insane (that's I believe the correct medical term... I think) he had become I probably wouldn't have done what I'm about to talk about. Or even gone to the show... but, hindsight and all. So here HR is just sucking and here I am drunk, bored and pissed off I just spent like $100 on this. So I belly up to the stage right in front of Dr Know and as a song ends and it gets sorta quiet I yell, "C'mon sing it like you mean it!!" Which clearly heard by most people in the room resulted in: Me simultaneously getting booed from the kiddies in the crowd that don't know how cheated they're getting. And I see Dr. Know shoot an "I am so mad at you right now" look at HR then look at me and short of shrug his shoulders and give me an I'm sorry look. Now I know HR was older so I didn't expect to see the 1982 at CBGBs Bad Brains. like i said I didnt know HR was (so sadly and i sincerely mean it) schizophrenic at the time and if I did I wouldn't have shouted him down but, because we were having to watch a man with his hands in his pockets talking when just 15 yrs prior I was treated to: The nasty, snarling HR barking the lyrics like an angry dog while bounding around the stage like a gymnast on crack with his foot long plus dreads thick as beer cans all over the place... it was just too disappointing to not to say something
@@rudypericolo Thanks for the mental visual. Sad but true. I'm grateful I didn't witness the later version of HR live. But! Holy fuck'in shit was Bad Brains in TJ a spectacle Of chaos. Wish we could sit and discuss live shows over tea, coffee or booze. Cool chat from the West Coast.
Great choice, great reaction, I can't like this enough. One of the greatest bands ever and a personal favourite song; just incredible. The video might have been uploaded 9 years ago but the song is from 86. They go from hardcore/punk/metal to reggae and dub and that stuff still great too.
Discovering bad brains for the first time is a life changing experience! Nothing compares to them! No other band has rocked as hard as they had in my opinion
This was the true defining of my music taste when a friend of mine played me the album Rock For Light when I was 17yo. Everything changed that day. I still listen to this album daily. Thank you Dave Castle.
I had a similar moment with my friend Sam, except it was the Jealous Again EP. Only had to hear the title track one time and I suddenly had a new favorite record (and genre). I was maybe 10 or 11 years old at the time and that moment shaped my interest in music for the rest of my life.
There was never a band like bad brains. They predate primus by about 20 years.. Good luck on your journey through the bad brains archive..but to have seen a show pre 2000 was a mystical transcendence of the gods ..i tear up thinking how many won't get to see the essence of great punk music..while ya stretching throughout the old black rock collection check "24/7 spyz" gumball millennium..
The song "Sacred Love" off this same album is BANGNG. And the singer sang the song from a payphone from jail. It sounds absolutely haunting as a result. Sad that the singer HR's mental health cut short this band's future growth. But this album will remain a testiment to their power and potential.
Lyric isn't "understand a single thing I say" it's "overstand a single word I say". Which is part of H.R.'s delivery - he creates a new word, which I love. See, a lot of BB's thrust was PMA - positive mental attitude - and through that, and H.R. being legitimately insane, you get this crazy creativity that is really energizing and beautiful. Probably difficult to be in a band with, but it's little nuggets like "overstand" that add to how special Bad Brains' music is.
Glad to see some more punk on your channel! Would love to hear you talk about others from the era. Bad Religion, Rancid, Operation Ivy, etc. If you want to see where punk is nowadays, check out Bad Cop/Bad Cop, The Interrupters, or Against Me!
This band was simply “Way Ahead Of Their Time”. From the early 80’s to mid 90’s there wasn’t a front man alive that could command a stage like HR! No other rhythm section was as tight as them and the guitar riffs are legitimately AMAZING! I could be wrong about this fact, ( I’m wrong, heard this almost 30years ago) but I heard Living Color was formed because BadBrains refused to sign a contract with Island records? HR didn’t sign the contract because the record company had previously ripped off Bob Marley, and wanted them to open up for U2’s summer tour. How punk is that! Side note: I was lucky enough to see Living Color open for Primus at the 9:30 in DC years ago.. They did a very respectful “Sailing On” by none other than the Greatest Hardcore band EVER!
I've seen LC do 'Sailin On' a couple of times. Always a welcome nod. Interesting tale too. The history of BB is quite fascinating....and HR was indeed, while his reign lasted, the best frontman on the planet, hands down.
They aren't gone. Nobody buys albums anymore besides collectors. The vinyl market has exploded in the past 5-10 years and most of those albums have the lyrics printed somewhere in them.
@purple beard: for those who appreciate the physical object - perhaps as a tangible aspect of the music itself, or just as an additional piece of art - in addition to the music, vinyl records are sort of the ultimate manifestation (so far). Large artwork on the jacket, lyrics and/or liner notes, printed record sleeves, colored/customized vinyl, etc. CDs may have some of those attributes, but always in a smaller, less engaging format, IMO.
Respect for Bredrens H.R, Dr. Know, Daryl Jenifer, & Earl Hudson from Jah Almighty Bad Brains. Rastafarian My Bredrens 🇨🇬 🙏🏼. Happy Early Birthday my Bredren H.R On February 11th 2020 🙏🏼❤. God Bless Your Souls. The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth & Bless 🇨🇬🙏🏼❤. Live On Bad Brains.........
I met and hung out with the Bad Brains after a show I'm Milwaukee, nice guys. I just watched a documentary about HR he seems to be doing better now. Much love to you HR you rocked the world! God bless.
When I against I album was released, I saw them Debut it live at Roseland NYC. We were front row center in the Balcony seats. It was a very incredible powerful show!!! They started with the title song.
Suicidal tendencies trip in the brain, send me some money, you can’t bring me down, hearing voices, how will I laugh tomorrow, Rocky black guy bad ass guitar player
You gotta do maggot brain by funkadelic. Probably one of the best guitar plays of all time. George Clinton told Eddie Hazel to play like theres no tomorrow and he blew everyone away.
The impact of bad brains on music in general but more specifically the hardcore scene is immeasurable. HR & Dr Know are household names in the subculture of punk and hardcore music. I really hope you dig into the videos I have sent to your IG
They got their new album dropping in March, Carnivore! Their last two have been some of their best work. But yeah, good suggestions from their catalog.
I used to listen punk rock in the 80s bad brains is one of the few bands from those times I still love to listen to....HR way of singing is so expressive you can really feel the energy....love from Italy 🇮🇹
@@tobinbh3940 umm, no.. rap and metal hybrids go back even before that.. slayer with public enemy in 1988, Anthrax with I'm the man in 1987.. there were others back then as well, but these were probably the best known in those days, i was there, i remember.
Thank you so much for your reaction on one of the most significant punk bands ever. You captured the essence of this song when you locked into the I against I delivery with his voice!!! How significant and influential are bad brains, well just look at all the comments made on your reaction to Bad Brains.
That is correct, and At the Drive In named themselves after the Bad Brains song At the Movies. Pretty cool to pay homage like that. It’s been going on forever, the Stones with Muddy and so on.
You've arrived, my brother. Within the hardcore community there is no band that is more respected or revered than the Brains. This is no hyperbole, this is the truth. Go ask Henry Rollins. In the pantheon of black or black-led rock acts, these guys are up there with Love and Hendrix. And in retrospect, they've been as innovative as Death within the punk genre. A word about this song. In Rastafarian belief, "I and I" refers to the unity of God and Man. To "go against I" means being forced away not just from the love of God (Jah), but also against the natural order found in the unity of God and man. Like someone in this thread said, welcome to the Brains. Your life will never be the same again.
WOW.. I suggested thid song and I'm a white guy from Australia. I never knew what that meant. Thankyou for teaching me. I just thought it was a cool jam :) Peace from Australia.
@@mikeyb8040 Nah brother, I'm no teacher. I'm just happy someone from the other side (and given the way things are going in here, the right side) of the world loves the Brains.
I was the only person of color into punk in my town in the 80’s and when I heard the Bad Brains , i knew everything was gonna be ok!
Man as a young white punk back in the day, we had more black punks than most towns- that being said, there were only maybe a dozen or so. Always thought punk should have attracted more black brothers. I know hip hop was a reflection of similar feelings, always thought they were more similar than people would acknowledge.
I'm the same as you Bro!!! Sk8 Punker from the 90's and I paid my dues back then and earned my stripes! It was crazy, it was tough, but to change a thing would mean to be a different me. Peace and Much Love Brothers!!!
Have you ever heard of a band called Death? early 70s maybe late 60s, arguably the very first punk band ever! 3 Black guys and fucking sick bro!
@@salchamp714 dreamt documentary about them. I wouldn’t call them the first, but they were very early.
@@salchamp714 Yup, they were really trying to sound like a heavy rock band. They kinda stumbled upon the sound but the heart was there none the less!
I was a 17 year old punk kid who went to a Black Flag show and these guys opened up for them and literally blew my friggin mind. A crew of cool as hell black dudes with dreadlocks mashing out some of the fastest hardcore I'd ever heard, and following it up with a reggae song. These guys solidified the lesson of not judging a book by its cover.
A pretty good thrash/punk band heavily inspired by BB was Scaterd Few in the early 90s, BB fans might really dig their Sin Disease album th-cam.com/video/yaUJ8n_ZEl8/w-d-xo.html
@Andro mache nobody cares. Bitch elsewhere
@Andro mache probably because we are one of the first generations to express our emotions and not bottle them up our whole lives? A lot of punk rock and hardcore is an expression of the artists anxieties and frustrations with modern culture...handed to them by the previous generations.
@Andro mache stfu
Yes, and good music appeals to people without any problems, right? Wrong.
You can’t just stop Bad Brains in the middle of the chorus like that man! Sacrilege!
blackestjake I cringed hard
agreed
Facts man.
Lol...meeee tooooo! But I'm happy to see this man's life get changed by one song! He will begin to comprehend overstand.......! Greatest band EVER!!
Radkey . TH-cam that shit . 3 brothers from st joe Missouri. Fucking rippers ... radkey... start freaking out .
Fun fact, the Beastie Boys were HUGE Bad Brains fans and they wanted to have a double B name just like them so they came up with Beastie Boys.
Yeah; I saw “American Hardcore” too
BAD BRAINS was a freight train of sound. They were one of them most powerful bands live, and if you were lucky enough to see them you got to see pure energy. One of my all time favorite bands.
It’s hard to explain the impact of the Bad Brains. The history of this band and HR is wild.
dem just a kind of fondation ...
HR???
HR di singer's name
Dennis Leavitt lead vocal Paul Hudson aka HR (human rights). The documentary on him really broke me up.
Dennis Leavitt watch documentary film ‘Finding Joseph I’ Netflix. God watch over HR please.
I remember Henry Rollins sayin that nobody was more hardcore than Bad Brains...I reckon he might know.
add Minor Threat and he'd be right
One of the pioneers if not thee pioneers of thrash punk. I am from the UK, but even among the punks and rockheads back in the day knew of these. Never had a chance to see them.
@@twatinahatsmith7428 In the U.S. it wasn't chopped up quite that much until long after the fact. I mean, you might've had someone refer to them as punk and someone chiming in to correct them and say it was hardcore, or thrash, whatever, but they were all playing the same gigs, with the same people in the pit, the exact same scene, etc. In my hometown, any given show was usually a 50/50 split between metal bands and punk, and half of that punk would've been considered thrash or hardcore. And I didn't know anybody in that scene that didn't LOVE Bad Brains and generally acknowledge them as the band with their act more together musically than anyone else.
add the cro mags too.
same with the beasties
Check out the entire “banned in DC” album by Bad Brains. It’s an absolute classic from start to finish. One of my all time favorites... and probably my absolute favorite punk record.
Bradley Swanson 👍🏾 Badass album!
Just a complete jack hammer of an album.......I completely concurr
Yes. A classic
That's one of about four records I've bought twice. Excellent, excellent, excellent album.
This and "Rock for Light"
I have to say, as a 50-something dude who listened to Bad Brains in high-school, watching you hear "I Against I" for the first time brought tears to my eyes. Yes. The power of music. Yes, yes, yes. A million times, yes.
Scott Blackwell same here. Bad brains seduced me right into the underground punk scene as a youngster. No other generation has ever produced punk music like the late70’s& 80’s. ✌️&🤍
I remember when that record came out. I thought it was too glossy at the time. What's with these fully written songs that are more than 1 minute and 30 seconds and well recorded? Blasphemy! I would love to hear Rock for light remastered this way.
When did we get so old?🤓
@@Tara1978Tara Right?!?
My salty discharge to the reaction was real. Insanely good. Live shows? Forget about it! The best.
We got to play with them a bunch in DC. The best musicians I have ever played with. Giants
I turned 18 summer 85.NOVA...could drink in DC...I did...saw 100s o bands
holy shit - you the Mad Society singer? 🤘🤘🤘
The greatest hardcore punk band ever. Black or white
james garner Wundt go day far. They’re ded great
Whose the greatest then?
David Heller Stooges
MY FAVORITE BAND!!! That is my Classic Rock!!! I'm 55
Code of Honor. Fang. MDC. Minor Threat....I could go on but...
Their song "Sacred Love" will blow your mind. The singer H.R. was in jail at the time the band was recording the album so they recorded him singing the vocals of the song over the phone. It really is one of the most unique songs you'll ever hear. Also, the video may have been uploaded 9 years ago but the album was actually released in 1986.
YES!
To add to that story, HR carried a Bible all the time and he would break up his weed on it. He had that Bible in jail and scraped off the residue, rolled a j, and smoked it before doing the phone recording.
There is a Foo Fighters song were a female sings harmonies over the phone….I am sure Dave got the idea from this song.
"who's gonna tell the youth the truth about the drugs, mugs, bugs and the police thugs? about the rotten, stinkin' rackets and the fantasy around the nation? "
Glad to see this dude so happy. Everyone should know about the spirit and sweat of the Bad Brains
I grew up in NYC, and hung out on the Lower East Side when the Bad Brains arrived in NYC. They were THE band. Many guys idolized them, but most never wanted to open for them because they were just too damn good. But they were all about positive mental attitude, and they were mentors, teachers to the bands coming up. Many of the bands even started emulated them by adding elements of reggae music into their sets. They were the Godfathers of the DC Punk scene, before being banned from almost every venue. Fans Ian Makaye and Minor Threat being heavily influenced by them. Also, John Bloodclot(future Cro Mags singer) tells of Bad Brains offering him a job when he was a homeless, teenage punk, with the stipulation he gets healthy and promoted vegetarianism. They influenced everyone in the NYHC scene, from Beastie Boys, Murphy's Law, Cro Mags, and on and on. HR(Human Rights - their singer, WAS The Bad Brains, and one of, if not the best hardcore punk singers.Sadly, mental illness plagued him and kept the band from blowing up and attaining the bigger audiences, who never got to hear them. They are living legends. Highly recommend the documentary about HR and the Bad Brains titled: "Finding Joseph". Amazingly sad, funny, dramatic, uplighting story of the rise, fall and rise again of the greatest band that should be a household name.
HR in his prime was one of the most amazing vocalists ever. And Dr. Know is just a badass.
BTW, it's "Overstand". Bad Brains are Rastas.
Early 80’s HR!!! Dude was running on overdrive
Yup I saw HR at a 12 Tribe of Israel meeting back in 95'. Notice I didn't say meet bc dude was clearly not there to socialize. Came alone didn't say a word and left quietly
He actually broke his neck diving into the crowd at one show. He was never really the same after that.
I will never get tired of watching people react to this song (or any Bad Brains track). PMA!
PMA all the way!
So glad you've discovered Bad Brains... before Fishbone and Living Colour... there was Bad Brains originally out of D.C. H.R. : Voice - Dr. Know : Guitar - Daryl Jennifer : Bass : Earl - Drums.
and before Bad Brains, there was a band called Death... (not to be confused with the metal band)
One of the best EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bad Brains!!!!!!
@@marc3dartist601 from Detroit I believe still need to see the entire documentary on them.
I saw Bad Brains open for Living Colour. Bad Brains should have been the headliner . Living Colour were just babies and HR is a rock n roll punk rastaman holy man.
@@marc3dartist601 I wanted to comment but I saw this, he should,.Punk before punk started, they where really good
Growing up in Washington DC hardcore punk rock scene, Bad Brains along with Minor Threat, Fugazi and many other DC bands was on constant rotation at all my hangout spots. Bad Brains was way ahead of their time. They could jam out some intense hard core and then slow it down with some awesome melodic reggae jams.
Ever see Trusty? I think they were around there by the late 80's.
And the late, great, short-lived Lucy Brown.
Don't forget Scream, S.O.A., Void, The Teen Idles, The Faith and so many other great bands from DC. That HxC scene was ground zero.
Was so lucky to 15yo in 1980 in DC when I started my hardcore journey. Nothing will ever match old 930 and the hundreds of great bands I saw there, including brains 2x
@@monabonejakon2797 Gene died far too young. They were about to hit big.
When I was younger there was a notrious show in Lawrence Kansas HR cracked a young skinhead's head open with a mic stand and kids were bustin' out windows in front of cops so they could go to Douglas County jail and meet HR from the Bad Brains. Great band.
Robert Stevens I’m from KC and BB is one of my favorite bands. That’s nuts! My pops put me on when I was in like middle school
That Bonehead spit on H.R.
I saw them on the I Against I record tour in Omaha Nebraska in a bingo hall. When they played the first notes of the first song the crowd pushed the free standing stage across the floor and a stage light fell against Dr Know "Gary Miller's " head. They stopped playing and retreated to the green room.. Then after 45 minutes they climb back on the short stage and played my all time favorite punk rock show and I have seen and played well over 400 shows in my lifetime. Bad Brains is one of the most original and creative bands of all time. And HR is a killer front man too. I remember this vividly 35 years later ...
You can go to virtually any Bad Brains song or video on TH-cam and see comments from peoole whose lives were changed in a big way by the Bad Brains. I was born a little too late, and by the time I was able to see them, HR was a shell of his former self, his mind and expressiveness neutered by severe mental illness. But I still remember hearing "Sailin' On" for the first time as a punk-curious 12-year-old - who'd been cutting his teeth on the then-huge Bad Religion and Offspring - and having my brain torn open by the Bad Brains' power and fury. That song, along with "Jealous Again" and "I Love Livin' in the City", made an impression on me of an intensity that nothing else besides heroin has ever been able to replicate. Thankfully, I've put the latter indulgence behind me, but will always continue to relive the excitement that HR and his brothers stirred within me as a kid.
I recommend listening to Death, an all-black Detroit protopunk band formed in 1974 (not to be confused with the metal band also named Death)
Finally!! Someone who knows Death other than the metal band. The original Death was shelved for YEARS.
DEATH would of changed music history!!
I recommend both Deaths.
Listen to Death.
Then listen to Death.
Death for days.
Politicians in my eye
Have you seen the documentary about them?? If you haven't check it out, it was on Netflix
You will NEVER get over the first time you hear that intro............
Oh & then HR hits with that first verse, then you realise that you are listening to distilled genius.
My kid brother owned this album at 14 (I was 17/18) & regularly borrowed it. This & Atomiser by Big Black!
It will still have that effect in 100, 1000 or 100,000 years time.
Without these guys, you would never have had Faith No More, Red Hot Chili's or Rage ATM....
One of the greatest bands to have ever existed, just ever, period.............
^ THIS ^
Concur!
🤘🏾✊🏾🖕🏾✊🏾🤘🏾
Welcome to the Brains, brother. You're gonna LOVE 'em.
Fun fact (as I've heard anyway): these guys began as a jazz fusion band, the guitarist was the bass player and the bass player was the guitarist, and when they discovered punk rock they switched instruments around. Their original name was Mind Power, which they changed to Bad Brains to reflect the change in musical direction. Around the same time, they discovered reggae and became Rastafarians, and it all just got mashed together into one pot with an amazing and unique end result. We don't get stuff like this anymore, because everything is all pre-packaged and separated and no cross pollination happens because of it. This is why Japan is outdoing the USA in that field, because they're willing to mess around with the established paradigms and get fresh new ideas and sounds--how do you think we got Babymetal? Kei "Kobametal" Kobayashi is a genius, that's why.
true story - Rat Cage 4 ever!
My daughter didn't believe me when I told her that Bad Brains was a jazz band. Edit - she loves BabyMetal. Can't make this shit up!
Man said babymetal is outdoing other bands as if Japan doesn't have better bands just by itself. Fucksakes.
I got into Bad Brains about 10 years ago and discovered Band-Maid during lock down. Both are so unique and versatile.
This song is one of the great achievements of hardcore. This band inspired the Beasties more than anything else in this world. Bad Brains and Minor Threat INVENTED hardcore.
Bad Brains Waaaay preceded Minor Threat. Ian was in the audience.
@@justaskstu So did DOA and Black Flag. No idea why Minor Threat would be considered a founder of Hardcore
They helped increase its prominence. But arguably the first band to release a recording in the hardcore style was Middle Class from Santa Ana, CA, in very late 1978 / early 79.
I wouldn’t call this song hardcore. Much closer to hard rock
@@Peter-gf4qdthis is real hardcore not the new age shit.
The sound quality is kind of bad, but you have to watch Bad Brains performing 'Banned in DC' or ' The Big Takeover' at CBGB's in New York from the early 80's. One of the best hardcore performances caught on film.
Agreed, that is the best footage and sound of BB, in the best time period.
In their youth before HR totally lost his mind.
Agreed! 🤘 PMA
YES YES! LEGENDARY GIGS!
I use to have banned in D.C. on cassette tape hahahahaha
Sideways Marshall cabinet on the stage to fit.
I reccomend Death, an all black 70's protopunk band that were so ahead of their time! Also, if you've never heard Funkadelic, you should check out Super Stupid and Hit it and Quit it. Absolutely mind blowing psychedelic rock.
I listen to Death and keep thinking what could have happened if they just had a little more momentum. But I am still glad I know about them.
Maggot Brain!
Yeah, they were incredible and miles ahead of their time.
Both bands named "Death" are killer. Very similar mindsets as well, believe it or not.
Politicians in my eyes. Incredible track.
I just want to say I think it’s awesome that you’re not only just doing a reaction video , But you care and show genuine interest in the music. I think that’s what makes this channel special
I've been to a lot of shows. I seen Bad Brains once in Seattle, I've never experienced anything like that ever. I had goosebumps the entire set, I'm not lying.
It makes my heart glad to see the younger generation learning about, liking and paying homage to those who laid it down as black men and women. We can do and are all things. Bad Brains are the greatest punk/hardcore band ever.
HR is a damned national treasure.
Lee Mullen fucking eh right!!!
Yeah, man. You gotta look into HR. Fascinating man, brilliant performer. A complete one-off.
I approve this statement
One of my moms friends actually preforms with HR and you best believe I’m gonna try my hardest to meet that man
I love when they tell the story about taping H.R. to a chair because he had a hernia surgery and wasnt supposed to jump around and the chair kept falling over lol
Usually I rarely comment but bad brains .... one of my favorite bands from my teenage years. Thank you so much for playing this
Bad Brains are legendary and shamefully underappreciated despite their immense influence on the genre. Great reaction 👍
Underappreciated? They are widely regarded as the grandfathers of hardcore. Ian McKay and Minor Threat were literally their proteges.
Bad Brains started in the late 70's when CBGBs was the spot. What a band.
Also, bad brains are the greatest band to walk this earth.
Truth
Probably the best musicians, technically speaking, in 80s hardcore
Not even close. Start loooking on bandcamp and you will a trove of bands more technical.
Jeremy Grimes thanks for the tip
No probably about it! 100%!!
@@jerg6195 technical 80's hardcore bands on bandcamp? FOH 😂
Dead Kennedy’s are up there
This came out back in 1986, man. I just got started as a punk/metal head at 12 yrs old. Good times then. Great times now.
Me too....exact same ages! I got into Suicidal first. I was a West coast boy
I was 6, but my older brother was into Metal and Punk scene here in NYC. CBGB and LAMOURS were mainstays. My brother passed a few years ago, but I'm still friends with people we knew back then. Some are still doing OY shows.
Same here. Elementary/ Junior high, mom's listening to Neil Diamond and Michael Jackson. I'm smashing through tapes of DRI, Accused, Gorilla Biscuits and any SoCal punk rock my friends can find!
Perfect reaction! I have loved the Bad Brains since the 80s. Seeing them live back then was always mind-blowing. HR the singer, would do a back flip and land just at time to the microphone to deliver his searing vocals. The Positive Mental Attitude filling up the space so even if the lyrics were hard to hear, you still felt them. Great choice!
I've been a fan of this song since the mid-90s. Is so good to see someone discover it for the first time. Great video!
Bad brains is one of the best bands! Started listening to them back in 87-88, and still do. HR is badass! ❤️💛💚
Fav hardcore band ever. Check out Sailin' On, Attitude. They get fast and loud and its amazing. Also, punk rock has been woke before it was hip to be woke. The music originated from people that felt that they didn't have a voice and were tired of being taken advantage of by our governments. Thank you Jamel!
@Jeremy Backman i agree with you man
@Jeremy Backman So worshiping a millionaire feels like 'rebellion' to you? Hahahaha, ya'll are a fuckin' trip.
@Jeremy Backman You are a complete moron. Also; fuck your free speech.
@Jeremy Backman youre the kind of dude who thinks theyre an authority on punk just because you listened to sex pistols when you were 13
@Jeremy Backman
So going back to what punk was rebelling against is the new rebellion? Punk rockers didn't have the internet and they created something new. You have the internet and want to go back to thinking like your grandparents. Have fun with that outlaw.
Agent Orange - Bloodstains, To Young To Die, Last Goodbye, Everything Turns Grey... Fugazi - Waiting Room...Dead Kennedys - Police Truck... Guttermouth - End of 9, Lucky The Donkey, Lipstick.
Dammit Bobby fuck yes to all of them 🤘
Dude, all of living in darkness is fucking great
Can’t believe you left out the best of all, Cro-Mags
Guttermouth's Baker's Dozen is a personal favorite
Sailin' On is another amazing song. Documentary about HR is really interesting.
Sailin' On is one of the best songs of ALLTIME.
He needs to check out Fishbone if he hasn't already.
Ooohhh. Fishbone, I forgot about them but totally agree.
Remember their Christmas EP? That was fucking priceless!
Yes Sir. Also Defunkt.
I love Fishbone! I saw them many times in LA.
@@KristinKanan I liked Fishbone too. Although the only recordings that I could connect with were Truth And Soul and The Reality Of My Surroundings. I love out music: Ornette Coleman, etc. James Blood Ulmer. But Fishbone got out there.
H.R. was a prophet, man - yes we were hearing his lyrics, and not simply moshing.
he was no prophet, he was however a simple and down to earth guy, easily approached by ANYONE. HR was awesome, George Clinton was alot like that as well actually, I smoked with him at the DC smoke-in in 1986, spent hours smoking pot with him (george clinton).
He almost seemed to have magical powers, Jimisin73. He could be standing, do a backflip and land in precisely the same spot looking casual.
I shook his hand in a bathroom in March. He's so dope, JAH RASTAFARI
@@MisterSingh. Last March? I am glad to hear he was out and about.
Bother H.R was Interesting to meet and Daryl was really cool. I was so baked(they were impossible to contend with...) I can say I wasn't cool.
Holy hell I'm first!!!!! Bro, you've started going down the hardcore rabbit hole!!! I'm so damn proud!!! Big love from Mississippi
Alan Solano Good to see another Mississippian here!
@hekuboshi hell yes sir. Gotta show the world we're not all mouth breathing hicks, contrary to popular opinion lolol
Mississippi here too.
Mississippi here too...
Mississippi here too. Been involved in Hardcore music here since the 90s. Peace
I love reactions from people who are usually all hip hop when they listen to good rock, punk, or metal tunes. So great to see people discover new music they never thought they’d like.
This is the first song I ever heard from Bad Brains when I popped the cassette tape in my car player. It snapped my neck. I saw them on this tour at the Living Room in Providence, RI. This song still gives me goosebumps and makes me want to enjoy the pit all these years later.
I'm pretty sure there's a tape of that gig floating around, if it was shortly after the record came out, circa '86 or '87.
Bad Brains “Pay to Cum” is an absolute banger.
@@jefferyhoelscher no wayman ! the version off black dots is the ONLY way to go. in fact you could do a reaction to the whole record in the time of a regular reaction vid. its a great story about the recording too, u hear the neighbor kid in between tracks,, cuz h.r. is doing the vocals out on the lawn!! black dots kicked my 13 yr old ask into oblivion
BIG TAKEOVER YEAH YEAHEAHHHHHHHH
Sailin on is my favorite
Yes! Black dots is sooo legit!
When this 7" single came out in June 1980 it blew thousands of punk minds all over America. Suddenly it was a whole new ballgame. There had been fast hardcore songs before this, but nothing like the obliterating power unleashed here. My friends and I played the song over and over 'till the grooves were worn out. And with every listen we were in awe. Many times I tried to sing along with the words but always wound up failing and crumpled up in a heap on the floor laughing my brains out. This must have been in 1981, the year the single was reissued. The original pressing is extremely rare and is one of the most sought after punk records, fetching thousands of dollars when it comes up at auction. I believe the original tapes have been lost and the version you're hearing now on another youtube post) is from a cd compilation of their greatest hits. But the transfer (probably from a clean 45) has been beautifully done and even though you're going through digital and youtube the sound is still close to the original, and gives you a good idea of the song's incredible power. Bad Brains started out in Washington D.C. as a jazz-fusion band in 1977. But after hearing punk they saw the light. (God bless punk music.) This is what they had to say about their influences in an early magazine interview. "Jah. A big influence was Bob Marley and Stevie Wonder and a group called the Dickies...Bob Marley and Stevie Wonder on the spiritual end and the Dickies more on the musical end. Because when I heard their music I said, 'Gee, it's so fast, this is really bad!' That's what made me really start liking fast rock 'n' roll, which eventually led into hardcore, which is what we're into now. Another big influence was just wanting to change from being a robot in the system. That was the biggest stimulant for me, cuz it was like my back was against the wall, and I couldn't cope with the system."
There are enough great riffs in this one song to make 3 really good songs.
Some other good 80s Hardcore bands:
Black Flag
Minor Threat
Dead Kennedys
Agnostic Front
Misfits
D.O.A.
Minor Threat!!!
Hell Yeah!!!
And what about The Cramps!? Lol
Might as well supplement with Pennywise and Bad Religion.
@@mistressadina98 I was talking about Hardcore. The Cramps are a whole different story. But, fuck yes The Cramps!
RIP Lux. Rock on Ivy.
I loved watching this...I saw them play live in 1987, 1989, 1990...always so IMMENSE. I've felt what you felt for the last 30 years.
I was watching at the beginning and thinking, “Jamal doesn’t know what’s about to hit him...”. A solid jam of an album and a cornerstone of the “Crossover” era. I saw Bad Brains on this tour and we tore apart the Vic Theater in Chicago. One the best American bands, period. Check out Banned In DC and Black Dots for sure, With The Quickness takes this record and goes in a more metal direction. Great video.
poor guy was just pinned to the wall and needed to catch his breath
"I against I" came out in Oct 1986 when they were at their absolute zenith as a band and wow what a record! I was 16 and got it the day it came out and was lucky enough to see them about 2-3 weeks later.
Live they were they were w/o a doubt the best punk/ hardcore I have ever seen, hands down. And I've pretty much seen all of them, there were a few bands in the league but, live. These guys were the best
They were hands down the best musicians in the hardcore scene.
The BEST live show ever! Witnessed Bad Brains on the I Against I tour in Tijuana and yes it was fucking insane. I was 16, 17 or 18. If you remember the 80's punk scene you weren't there. They played the Iguanas club. HR jumped off the stage into the crowed doing an air Christ. I had a boot leg 7'' from that show with HR doing that exact same stage dive. Lost the vinyl in the punk rock rubble of the time.
Yeah, you dudes who saw them live back when know!!! I saw them about 2003'ish at the 9:30 club in DC with my wife who is a good decade younger than me so she never got to see them live in their prime, along with what seemed about 90% of the crowd and they didn't realize just how un-HR HR was, he was awful. The band was so tight and so hard but, HR was sadly just a ghost of his former self. He was just standing there, with his hands in his pockets half the time, just speaking the lyrics like he was reciting poetry.
Being DC (harDCore) old school I had heard stories HR was not himself in recent years and if I had known just how bat-shit insane (that's I believe the correct medical term... I think) he had become I probably wouldn't have done what I'm about to talk about. Or even gone to the show... but, hindsight and all.
So here HR is just sucking and here I am drunk, bored and pissed off I just spent like $100 on this. So I belly up to the stage right in front of Dr Know and as a song ends and it gets sorta quiet I yell, "C'mon sing it like you mean it!!" Which clearly heard by most people in the room resulted in:
Me simultaneously getting booed from the kiddies in the crowd that don't know how cheated they're getting. And I see Dr. Know shoot an "I am so mad at you right now" look at HR then look at me and short of shrug his shoulders and give me an I'm sorry look.
Now I know HR was older so I didn't expect to see the 1982 at CBGBs Bad Brains. like i said I didnt know HR was (so sadly and i sincerely mean it) schizophrenic at the time and if I did I wouldn't have shouted him down but, because we were having to watch a man with his hands in his pockets talking when just 15 yrs prior I was treated to:
The nasty, snarling HR barking the lyrics like an angry dog while bounding around the stage like a gymnast on crack with his foot long plus dreads thick as beer cans all over the place... it was just too disappointing to not to say something
@@rudypericolo Thanks for the mental visual. Sad but true. I'm grateful I didn't witness the later version of HR live. But! Holy fuck'in shit was Bad Brains in TJ a spectacle Of chaos. Wish we could sit and discuss live shows over tea, coffee or booze. Cool chat from the West Coast.
One of my top 5 live shows was bad brains. Makes you want to jump, scream along and dance until you're drenched in sweat
Great choice, great reaction, I can't like this enough. One of the greatest bands ever and a personal favourite song; just incredible. The video might have been uploaded 9 years ago but the song is from 86. They go from hardcore/punk/metal to reggae and dub and that stuff still great too.
My favorite is a more recent song "Give Thanks and Praises."
Discovering bad brains for the first time is a life changing experience! Nothing compares to them! No other band has rocked as hard as they had in my opinion
I was a white skateboarder in southern california in the 90's. We embraced everyone back then. Bad Brains was was gas!!!
This was the true defining of my music taste when a friend of mine played me the album Rock For Light when I was 17yo. Everything changed that day. I still listen to this album daily. Thank you Dave Castle.
I had a similar moment with my friend Sam, except it was the Jealous Again EP. Only had to hear the title track one time and I suddenly had a new favorite record (and genre). I was maybe 10 or 11 years old at the time and that moment shaped my interest in music for the rest of my life.
The Specials... "Message to You..." Or their new stuff "Vote for Me"
Two tone was the stuff. Madness, The Specials, The Beat (The English Beat), The Selecter...such a great scene.
Both of those songs are amazing.
But (in my humble opinion) ghost town is the best song the specials ever released.
There was never a band like bad brains. They predate primus by about 20 years.. Good luck on your journey through the bad brains archive..but to have seen a show pre 2000 was a mystical transcendence of the gods ..i tear up thinking how many won't get to see the essence of great punk music..while ya stretching throughout the old black rock collection check "24/7 spyz" gumball millennium..
Spyz is dope y'all!
Rahmel Rasjacobi Richardson primus fucking sucks
Great band. I've been listening to bad brains since 1984 when I heard fearless vampire killers. Greatest band ever
One of the greatest bands ever. So glad I saw them In their golden years.
Kudos for doing this song. Bad Brains is one of the seminal ragga punk bands of my life. Straight DC dope
The song "Sacred Love" off this same album is BANGNG. And the singer sang the song from a payphone from jail. It sounds absolutely haunting as a result.
Sad that the singer HR's mental health cut short this band's future growth. But this album will remain a testiment to their power and potential.
seen these guys live, it was the last time i stage dived off a stack of marshalls, great times
Bullshit!!! You never jumped at a punk show
@@bigpoppa5732 i beg your pardon? yes I did, often, I was rather known for it with my 2 foot green mohawk and big tits, i was never dropped either!
Glad you found this. This band changed my life. About 37 years ago! Jah bless the Bad Brains!!
Lyric isn't "understand a single thing I say" it's "overstand a single word I say". Which is part of H.R.'s delivery - he creates a new word, which I love. See, a lot of BB's thrust was PMA - positive mental attitude - and through that, and H.R. being legitimately insane, you get this crazy creativity that is really energizing and beautiful. Probably difficult to be in a band with, but it's little nuggets like "overstand" that add to how special Bad Brains' music is.
Glad to see some more punk on your channel!
Would love to hear you talk about others from the era. Bad Religion, Rancid, Operation Ivy, etc.
If you want to see where punk is nowadays, check out Bad Cop/Bad Cop, The Interrupters, or Against Me!
“I didn’t check out on hard core, hard core checked out on me”Ian
This band was simply “Way Ahead Of Their Time”. From the early 80’s to mid 90’s there wasn’t a front man alive that could command a stage like HR! No other rhythm section was as tight as them and the guitar riffs are legitimately AMAZING! I could be wrong about this fact, ( I’m wrong, heard this almost 30years ago) but I heard Living Color was formed because BadBrains refused to sign a contract with Island records? HR didn’t sign the contract because the record company had previously ripped off Bob Marley, and wanted them to open up for U2’s summer tour. How punk is that!
Side note: I was lucky enough to see Living Color open for Primus at the 9:30 in DC years ago.. They did a very respectful “Sailing On” by none other than the Greatest Hardcore band EVER!
I've seen LC do 'Sailin On' a couple of times. Always a welcome nod. Interesting tale too. The history of BB is quite fascinating....and HR was indeed, while his reign lasted, the best frontman on the planet, hands down.
Thank you for your acknowledgement of this band. The Bad Brains ......How can one explain? They were brilliant in so many ways.
Gone are the days of buying a physical cassette or CD and opening the sleeve and having all the lyrics right there in front of you.
Or staring mesmerized at the album art as you listen to the record..
They aren't gone. Nobody buys albums anymore besides collectors. The vinyl market has exploded in the past 5-10 years and most of those albums have the lyrics printed somewhere in them.
@@mortmortmort8908 I'm still trying to figure out why vinyl, of all the formats, is the one making a comeback.
@@purplebeard1526 I'm the one guy who still uses CDs more than MP3
@purple beard: for those who appreciate the physical object - perhaps as a tangible aspect of the music itself, or just as an additional piece of art - in addition to the music, vinyl records are sort of the ultimate manifestation (so far). Large artwork on the jacket, lyrics and/or liner notes, printed record sleeves, colored/customized vinyl, etc. CDs may have some of those attributes, but always in a smaller, less engaging format, IMO.
Bad Brains - Fearless Vampire Killers, Re-ignition, Pay To Cum, Riot Squad, Right Brigade
Re Ignition was definitely the inspiration for In Bloom by Nirvana
ALL OF THE ABOVE
‘Politician’s in my eyes’ by “death” the world needs to hear this hidden gem and so do you🔥 you won’t regret listening to it or sharing it!
Martin Romero saw Death in 2009 Chicago at Empty Bottle.
Such a great show and was great to see footage from that night in the documentary.
Was just going to leave a comment about Death. Politicians in my Eyes is the best. That whole album is so fuckin tight!
Bad Brains is every hardcore bands favorite band
If there is Punk Rock Hall of Fame, I would put HR as one of the best vocals in Punk Rock along with Milo, Poly Styrene, Johny Rotten, Joe Strummer.
I have been listening to the bad brains since the 80s, HR the singer is amazing. Also fun fact they were banned at one point from playing in DC.
They wrote a song about it. I think everyone knows.
like them... they had a reunion 2 years ago at citi field nyc . at the foo fighters show
Respect for Bredrens H.R, Dr. Know, Daryl Jenifer, & Earl Hudson from Jah Almighty Bad Brains. Rastafarian My Bredrens 🇨🇬 🙏🏼. Happy Early Birthday my Bredren H.R On February 11th 2020 🙏🏼❤. God Bless Your Souls. The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth & Bless 🇨🇬🙏🏼❤. Live On Bad Brains.........
I met and hung out with the Bad Brains after a show I'm Milwaukee, nice guys. I just watched a documentary about HR he seems to be doing better now. Much love to you HR you rocked the world! God bless.
When I against I album was released, I saw them Debut it live at Roseland NYC. We were front row center in the Balcony seats. It was a very incredible powerful show!!! They started with the title song.
OMG I WAS AT THAT SHOW!!! I still have the t-shirt, they opened, then Bush Tetras, then Gang of Four.
This made my day Dude 👌. I had the same reaction the first time I heard Bad Brains, when I was 12 years old in 1986.
Same but 2004 for ne
Suicidal tendencies trip in the brain, send me some money, you can’t bring me down, hearing voices, how will I laugh tomorrow, Rocky black guy bad ass guitar player
You gotta do maggot brain by funkadelic. Probably one of the best guitar plays of all time. George Clinton told Eddie Hazel to play like theres no tomorrow and he blew everyone away.
Oh you can't leave out Michael Hampton. I love Maggot Brain
A tear for Eddie is a song by WEEN ...GREAT SONG
Hell yeah!! Maggot Brain!!!!
Love love love it
I saw Fishbone open for George Clinton. It was a beautiful thing.
Middle-aged white lady here, saw them in Houston in the late 80s, effing amazing!
I know I was there... I fist bumped all of them . Had a great conversation with Earl and HR. Ahh such an awesome time in my youth
Doesn’t matter how many times I hear it bad brains always gives me goosebumps. They are truly the greatest of all time.
BAD BRAINS! Good for you Jamel!
The impact of bad brains on music in general but more specifically the hardcore scene is immeasurable.
HR & Dr Know are household names in the subculture of punk and hardcore music. I really hope you dig into the videos I have sent to your IG
Body Count There Goes the Neighborhood
^ This and The Winner Loses!
They got their new album dropping in March, Carnivore! Their last two have been some of their best work. But yeah, good suggestions from their catalog.
Oh, man! Or the live version of 'Body Coun't in the house'
Rodney Prill I’ll always have respect for Ice Tea thanks to Bodycount and his love for metal
"Cop Killer" is also great.
I used to listen punk rock in the 80s bad brains is one of the few bands from those times I still love to listen to....HR way of singing is so expressive you can really feel the energy....love from Italy 🇮🇹
He saw the storm approaching and before he could act was swept out to sea - love it - God bless the Bad Brains
I've loved this song for 25 years, and I've never checked out the lyrics
'The Quickness' 'Soul Craft' 'Rise,' etc. Do some more of them if you haven't.
quickness is pretty much the first rap metal song...
@@tobinbh3940 umm, no.. rap and metal hybrids go back even before that.. slayer with public enemy in 1988, Anthrax with I'm the man in 1987.. there were others back then as well, but these were probably the best known in those days, i was there, i remember.
Welcome to the brains :)
People really don't understand how deep the DC scene was in the 80's and early 90's. Slim, we had that HEAT, for real!
Thank you so much for your reaction on one of the most significant punk bands ever. You captured the essence of this song when you locked into the I against I delivery with his voice!!! How significant and influential are bad brains, well just look at all the comments made on your reaction to Bad Brains.
Unless I’m mistaken, they named their band after the Ramones song “Bad Brain”.
Correct
Damn. Never knew that, and I've loved both since the 70s (Ramones) and (80s Brains)
They also got into Reggae by listening to The Clash
You are correct and of course Beastie Boys get their name from Bad Brains 👍
That is correct, and At the Drive In named themselves after the Bad Brains song At the Movies. Pretty cool to pay homage like that. It’s been going on forever, the Stones with Muddy and so on.
You've arrived, my brother. Within the hardcore community there is no band that is more respected or revered than the Brains. This is no hyperbole, this is the truth. Go ask Henry Rollins. In the pantheon of black or black-led rock acts, these guys are up there with Love and Hendrix. And in retrospect, they've been as innovative as Death within the punk genre. A word about this song. In Rastafarian belief, "I and I" refers to the unity of God and Man. To "go against I" means being forced away not just from the love of God (Jah), but also against the natural order found in the unity of God and man. Like someone in this thread said, welcome to the Brains. Your life will never be the same again.
WOW.. I suggested thid song and I'm a white guy from Australia. I never knew what that meant. Thankyou for teaching me. I just thought it was a cool jam :) Peace from Australia.
@@mikeyb8040 Nah brother, I'm no teacher. I'm just happy someone from the other side (and given the way things are going in here, the right side) of the world loves the Brains.
this
Minor Threat is revered as much
@@willieluncheonette5843 I wouldn't argue hard against that, but who would MacKaye revere?