I love watching someone that is actually willing to listen to the music, going in with an open mind.wish I could go back and hear bad brains again for the first time!
They had a different vocalist on this record. H.R. left, and, was replaced by Israel Joseph in '90. They had also replaced their original drummer, Earl Hudson, with Mackie Jayson.
H.R. was originally replaced by Chuck Mosely, the original Faith No More vocalist. That didn't last long. Israel Joseph I joined in '92. I have been fortunate enough to see all the incarnations.
I got really into this album for having a different guy because at the time I was starting to get into them I heard about HR's homophobic past and I was kind of pissed off back then about his hypocrisy making all these uplifting songs and preaching positivity and Im like oh you mean everyone but me ok. Im over it by now.
Cool fact about Bad Brains - H.R., the lead singer, was so accurate with that mic on a cord. If someone was in "The PIT" hurting folk intentionally H.R. would start swinging the mic by the cord and whip it into the face of said "Pit Dick"! Then the crowd would usually follow suit with a little bash of their own. :} Ahhh memories! They are one of the all time best, more other bands give props to Bad Brains on their disc than any other punk band, and would probably be top 10 "Thanked" bands ever!
YES PLEASE! Suicidal Tendencies - "How will I laugh", "ST Army", "Nobody Hears", and MOST IMPORTANT "You Can't Bring Me Down"!!! Love the way you enjoy music, love that you post multiples... hate that I wanna get to the next vid so fast I sometimes forget to like. But just know YOU ROCK!
I was a suicidal tendencies jihadiest from 1985 till 2012 I've seen them four times and infectious grooves three times and after meeting mike muir after the 2012 show i will never listen to that lying douchebag corporate whore ever again he's not punk he's a money hungry narcissist a complete fraud i wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire
I would like to guide you to the high tones, low tones, mid-range, dbx-range, suckitomi-range Busting out raw-lack sushi We're about to clear out all that nasty, sticky, funky, junkie-wax out your ears with some infecto-groovalistical high-bred, high-octane, non-corporate jams past, present and a taste of the future These jams are hot, hot like Sarsippius' "Can't take them no-not" Funkystein, 'cause it's all about "Comeda-de-nana" So let's bow, funky junkies:
@@jimmyjames8611 How could you sir? :D For me, that album was their peak. Still incredible today (I wish it would get remastered). I wonder how Rise would have sounded with an on-form HR.
Seriously they are the whole package. Incredible musicians and artists, their whole vibe made people want to learn more and do better, you know? Idk how to describe it but they inspired some amazing bands. This is my teen years
I saw this Bad Brains. HR is (like all of us) a flawed individual, but it's exactly those flaws that made him indispensable to the Brains. This is not a dis to Mr. Joseph, whom I actually like, simply an observation that without either HR or Dr. Know, there is no Bad Brains.
How can you not love bad brains. Even with this line up, still dope. Really wish they would collaborate with Israel at least one more time. Killer riff.
Love this song. First time I heard it and saw this video. They just killed it with that one. You cut it right before the badass guitar solo. Thanks for backing it up so you didn't miss it. 🙂 Also, he said "you'll search for love, but you'll have none". I kinda knew what that was like. I think this album was from the mid to late 90s. I liked that entire Bad Brains album, but no other song really jumped off the record for me the way this one did. The album was kind of schizophrenic, I remember that about it. They'd have one blazing heavy metal slam rock song like Rise, then the next would be this slow, super laid back Jamaican reggae song that talked about getting high smoking blunts and everything like that, then they'd blast another stomping metal song, followed by another super laid back low key reggae song. I wasn't a big fan of the laid back reggae songs. So usually I just skipped those and went straight to the metal songs. It was interesting because their lead singer's name was Israel Joseph I. And the drummer on this album was a full blood Native American, Mackie Jayson. So while the rest of the band were thanking Hailee Selassie, and all of their Rastafarian ancestors, Mackie was thanking the Great Spirit. Everything from the other three band members was all about I and I, the Rastafarian religion, and culture, and he was all about Native American stuff. But they came together as a band at least for this album and just killed it. I like the singer's voice on this song a lot. I'm not sure he's still with them, but for that album, he just really killed it. Great reaction. Great song.
Had the absolute pleasure of seeing BBs in SF back in the day. The show was amazing. The crowd cracked me up. When BBs played their punk songs a lot of the crowd did the stereotypical mosh pit and stage dives. Then... BBs switch to Reggae and the same people are all Jah love and swaying. Then! Back to punker songs and someone even torn down the curtain behind the band. One anomaly - a guy slept aka was passed out through the entire show in the back of the venue (Elite Club aka Fillmore, now). Epic.
You know what I love about this reaction? It's totally pure- NO punk politics, just reacting to the words and the music. I've loved the Brains since I first heard them in the 80s, and I love this song, too. Jamal, whether it matters or not, this is a tune from very late in their career, and is unpopular with old school fans, because the Hudson brothers- HR (throat) and Earl Hudson (drums) weren't on this album. HR is the most iconic American punk frontman that ever did it, hands down. Impossible to replace, really, like Elvis or Lennon in the punk world. I think Israel Joseph I does a great job on this record, as did Mackie of NYC hardcore band the Cro-Mags on drums.. Bad Brains does beautiful dub and reggae too, believe it or not. Check out 'Leaving Babylon', or 'Jah Children'. Thank you!
'Rise' stems from their 1993 album of the same name. Bad Brains have been together, in various lineups, since the late 1970's. And the reason you, and most people, have never heard of Bad Brains, Fishbone, Living Colour, and a lot of other bands I can think of is because they were part of the underground Punk Rock scene that thrived to a certain degree, but never completely took over the mainstream music scene. Sadly, a lot of Black people wrote off these bands as sellouts because they thought Rock music was only for Whites, in spite of the fact that blacks invented Rock N' Roll music, and would only listen to R&B, Funk, and Hip Hop music. I'm glad you're far more open-minded than a lot of Black people I know.
I told you!!!! Hahahahaha! Brings me right back to 8th grade... Had this record, living coloür, all that underground hardcore blaring in my ears all day long.
This song is from 1993. During this time there was a temporary change in lineup with a different drummer and singer. It's really only half of the real Bad Brains, partly due to interpersonal problems with lead singer HR, who is schizophrenic and thus sometimes, uh, difficult to work with, and drummer Earl Hudson took HR's side in the rift because they're brothers. If you're really interested in them there's a documentary about them called A Band In DC, which you can watch on Hulu.
Jamal I'm saddened that I'm 58 years old and I am just now hearing bad brains for the first time as a black man there are few and far between black rock bands Had Brains,Fishbone,Living Colour,Xavion and at least two from the UK please continue to reach to this important music from our culture! As a former DJ your channel is teaching me about many artists I have never heard! Thank you!
HR is so young here. You know freaking genius when you see it, way ahead of his time. This could be the anthem of today, they should blast this in the streets of Portland.
Check out “Soul Craft” by the “real Bad Brains” (all original members). Not to dis Israel (good singer in his own right) but this is from their weakest album (IMHO) where even the production sounds totally unlike any Bad Brains album before it. The production on this is more in line with the “Hair Metal” bands of that time- soft edges, radio-ready sound, etc.
I dig this song, but the album overall is tepid. Israel does kick ass though! The production though, I don't think it was that different from 'Quickness or 'God Of Love'. Seemed like a natural part of their progression sound-wise.
So. As the band grew and Dr. Know and Darryl we’re enjoying things like Quickness with it’s heavier groove and metal push with just the one reggae song at the end, HR and Earl, who are brothers, wanted to do some more spiritual music with reggae as the foundation. But they didn’t totally diverge. Just a little adventure. But apparently Dr. Know and Darryl had some licks they needed to get out, some funk to lay down, some punk to rage about, and some dub type reggae to zen out to. So in come Israel Joseph I and Mackie. Mackie was pretty legendary by that time, and played the part with aplomb. Never found out about Israel Jospeh I ‘s story before or after RIse. Badass album though. Check out the cover of “Hair” ,for some heavy super-funk! Bad Brains. I all but followed them around the south east coast on that tour. Awesome. Then came Madonna’s support with Maverick Records and God of Love. The resurgence .
Have you seen the documentary “A Band Called Death”? They were an all black punk band from Detroit that pre-dated the Bad Brains. There’s also a documentary about HR called “Finding Joseph I”.
Bad Brains w/o H.R. is like ... I dunno: rain without wet. It's not that this is "BAD" ...but it, just, isn't right. 🤷♂️🤘🤘 [If we're going to do "2nd era" Bad Brains "Soulcraft" (from The: Quickness album) is the place to head. Outright. 🤘🔥🤘]
When I first heard Bad Brains 38 years ago my first thought was 'I HAVE to hear everything they have done IMMEDIATELY'. So influential yet so little heard by the the current generation. They should be up there with James Brown, George Clinton (Funkadelic), Sly Stone ( and the family Stone), Jimi Hendrix as genre defining artists of punk/hardcore. AND their reggae is damn fine too.
I liked that the lyrics came through a lot more clearly in this than in I Against I. I also like the ending which was a nice meld of reggae/ska with hard rock. Jamal don't forget to check out Body Count's No Lives Matter, Black Hoodie, or This Is Why We Ride. I think once you hear these songs you're going to add Body Count to the list of bands you can't believe you've never heard or heard of.
Bad Brains is such an amazing band. That they came out of the same CBGBs scene as the Cramps and the Dead Boys and were drinking from that well is so sick.
A few other bands to take a listen to: Kings X, Screaming Headless Torsos, 24/7 Spyz, Follow For Now, Meshell Ndegeocello - depending on the album, all in similar vein as Living Colour.
You have to check out the original singer HR's reggae project called Human Rights band that he had when this guy was singing for the band. They only have one music video titles "HR (of Bad Brains) - Just Because I'm Poor (Remastered)" on youtube
Hey, man. Looking forward to your reaction to "War" by Brutus. It would definitely brighten my day for you to see it. Just make sure it is the Rain City version. All the best to you and your family during these trying times.
Hey Jamal, I really appreciate your videos. I just got put onto a few days ago and have flown through your content library! I was actually turned onto you because of your openness to listening to "underground" bands like Bad Brains (how good are they?!). I grew up in the 90's/2000's in that scene - "hardcore/punk", and trust me when I say that you're not alone in having never been exposed to a lot of this music. Did you know that the band you cite as your fave so far, Rage Against the Machine, has its roots in hardcore? Zach came up in Southern Cal singing for a band called Inside Out (look up Inside Out - No Spiritual Surrender and listen to the whole album). Progressive change, being "woke", community, etc have all been longstanding values of that scene, and I would highly recommend you looking into some more of those bands. I know they may not get as much views as other videos, but they really encompass ideals that it seems like you share, and it is truly a wild style that you won't get anywhere else. In addition to Inside Out, I would like to put in a formal request that you do a reaction to band called Have Heart from Boston. They broke up several years ago, but their reunion last year in LA drew more than 10,000 people. They are pretty far musically from Bad Brains, but you get that same feeling of energy and angst from them (and if you asked Pat, the singer, he would likely say that Bad Brains are a massive influence). Two songs you should check out: The Machinist (deals with socialism/working class/"the man"): th-cam.com/video/X1yZaeHKKFY/w-d-xo.html Watch Me Rise (deals with staying positive in the fight against depression): th-cam.com/video/nUiInhwNq6o/w-d-xo.html As a bonus, watch their live version of "Watch Me Rise" from one of their recent reunion shows to get a feeling for hardcore. One love!
I might have already said in one of your fishbone reactions, but check out 'Sacred Love', 'Build a Nation', 'I Love I Jah', 'God of Love' and 'Soul Craft' along with all the other songs mentioned in other comments.
Now on another spectrum of Black rock... You have to review Ice-T's metal band "Body Count". YES... ICE "MOTHA F'N" T... He has a metal band. The band started off all black, but now the rhythm guitarist is Cuban. They blew up in the early '90s with their controversial song "Cop Killer". They are on their 7th studio album now. The song "Black Hoodie" was up for a Grammy back 2017 for Best Metal Performance. Ice-T may be old, but he holds his own in the rock/metal genre and the past 3 albums are fire. If you want to do a comparison video, go Slayers "Raining Blood" vs Body Count's cover "Reigning Blood".
Alright Homie, I've been with you for years, and I've never steered you in the wrong direction. I now suggests Bad Brains - I And I Survive Live 1987. Peace Bro!
Reignition is my jam, though. Probably their best song, but everything off of I Against I and Rock For Light is great. I'd be really interested for your take on about anything off of Rock For Light, because the style changed immensely after that. To really get a good picture it'd be best to do a song from each side of the band, even if it would be a longer video; I and I Survive and Attitude would give a good idea of what the different strains that combined in the later sound were like before they melded. Also my two favorites from that record.
@@konradgannon550 HR is much older now and he put everything into his performances when he was young which Im sure had effect on his body. You cant expect it to be the same. Although strangely his solo work seems a lot more energetic than what he chose to do with the reformed bad brains.
Hey man, you do the best reaction vids on TH-cam. It's obvious you just love music. I stumbled on a Living Color reaction and immediately thought "Dude needs to hear some Bad Brains" and lo and behold. There aren't a lot of metal/hard rock bands with black members, but there are some more you should check out: King's X - Out of the Silent Planet Skunk Anansi - Selling Jesus Death - Politicians in My Eyes (They started as a funk band, but switched to rock after seeing Alice Cooper in concert... There's a fantastic doc about them called A Band Called Death) Thin Lizzy, fronted by the legendary Phil Lynott - Whiskey in the Jar I hope you check them out!
Also, you obviously really love Faith No More, so check out their song We Care A Lot, with their original singer, Chuck Mosley, who also fronted Bad Brains for a while in the early 90's. That whole rap bit in Epic is there because the song was written while Mosley was still in the band and that was his style.
One thing I have notice is that it seem other people are doing reactions to the same videos as you are doing. Trying to get the same or more views but they are not even coming close and that is why I watch you. You are the best at doing what you do and we all love you for that. I dont see the other people with as many subscribers as you. Thank you my brother. Can you please check out... Weird Al" Yankovic - Another One Rides the Bus.. I think that might of been one of his 1st songs.
Old Hippies are always going on about how they had the best music, but I'm really glad I grew up with American Hardcore.
Yes late 80s punk and hardcore some of the best music made.
i’m glad i’m growing up in a time where i have access to all of it and learn all the history of 80’s hardcore, it really was something else
NYHC
@@marcoborda3641 If you're not familiar with Minor Threat I would highly recommend listening to Complete Discography.
Still another kind of hippie culture ;) 'Rise Up'
rock for light, rock for light, rock for light
Mona Bone Jakon personally i like their self titled better. The only thing bad abt it is the quality of the sound but its def their best
@@thesilverhawaiian5024 also BLACK DOTS great punk on that disc too.
Banned in D.C.
These guys never got the credit way back for their innovation of sounds...pioneers in hardcore punk, crossover masters
I love watching someone that is actually willing to listen to the music, going in with an open mind.wish I could go back and hear bad brains again for the first time!
They had a different vocalist on this record. H.R. left, and, was replaced by Israel Joseph in '90. They had also replaced their original drummer, Earl Hudson, with Mackie Jayson.
By the way, welcome to the BEST hardcore punk band that ever was! You should check out the song "Rock For Light" from their album of the same name.
yes! the album was produced by ric ocasek. rip
Mackie from Cro-Mags!
H.R. was originally replaced by Chuck Mosely, the original Faith No More vocalist. That didn't last long. Israel Joseph I joined in '92. I have been fortunate enough to see all the incarnations.
I got really into this album for having a different guy because at the time I was starting to get into them I heard about HR's homophobic past and I was kind of pissed off back then about his hypocrisy making all these uplifting songs and preaching positivity and Im like oh you mean everyone but me ok. Im over it by now.
Cool fact about Bad Brains - H.R., the lead singer, was so accurate with that mic on a cord. If someone was in "The PIT" hurting folk intentionally H.R. would start swinging the mic by the cord and whip it into the face of said "Pit Dick"! Then the crowd would usually follow suit with a little bash of their own. :} Ahhh memories! They are one of the all time best, more other bands give props to Bad Brains on their disc than any other punk band, and would probably be top 10 "Thanked" bands ever!
I've been rocking the Quickness album a lot, lately, in the last year or so. Lots of great songs on there. It has held up really well IMO.
YES PLEASE! Suicidal Tendencies - "How will I laugh", "ST Army", "Nobody Hears", and MOST IMPORTANT "You Can't Bring Me Down"!!! Love the way you enjoy music, love that you post multiples... hate that I wanna get to the next vid so fast I sometimes forget to like. But just know YOU ROCK!
🤘
"Nobody Hears" is a gem
I was a suicidal tendencies jihadiest from 1985 till 2012 I've seen them four times and infectious grooves three times and after meeting mike muir after the 2012 show i will never listen to that lying douchebag corporate whore ever again he's not punk he's a money hungry narcissist a complete fraud i wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire
Suicidal Tendencies- "How can I laugh tomorrow, when I can't even smile today" Enjoy!!
GREAT ALBUM...beginning to end!
Suicidal for Life
🤘or You cant bring me down🤘
Infectious grooves is more organised band super underrated also rob trurio
I would like to guide you to the high tones, low tones, mid-range, dbx-range, suckitomi-range
Busting out raw-lack sushi
We're about to clear out all that nasty, sticky, funky, junkie-wax out your ears with some infecto-groovalistical high-bred, high-octane, non-corporate jams past, present and a taste of the future
These jams are hot, hot like Sarsippius' "Can't take them no-not" Funkystein, 'cause it's all about "Comeda-de-nana"
So let's bow, funky junkies:
you should check also from them Bad Brains - Soulcraft!!
Jesus Humberto Gonzalez soul craft is amazing. Totally forgot about that
@@jimmyjames8611 How could you sir? :D For me, that album was their peak. Still incredible today (I wish it would get remastered). I wonder how Rise would have sounded with an on-form HR.
Seriously they are the whole package. Incredible musicians and artists, their whole vibe made people want to learn more and do better, you know? Idk how to describe it but they inspired some amazing bands. This is my teen years
I saw this Bad Brains. HR is (like all of us) a flawed individual, but it's exactly those flaws that made him indispensable to the Brains. This is not a dis to Mr. Joseph, whom I actually like, simply an observation that without either HR or Dr. Know, there is no Bad Brains.
Dr. Know's guitar was one of the biggest inspirations for Vernon Reid of Living Colour.
When I said to listen to some bad brains I was thinkin some older stuff like banned in D.C. or right brigade or even I againt I.
He reacted to "I Against I" two months before this song.
Reignition, Secret 77
Out of the last 5 you’ve done, this was my favorite by far! I’ve never heard this one.
I can't love this channel enough
How can you not love bad brains. Even with this line up, still dope.
Really wish they would collaborate with Israel at least one more time. Killer riff.
Love this song.
First time I heard it and saw this video.
They just killed it with that one.
You cut it right before the badass guitar solo.
Thanks for backing it up so you didn't miss it. 🙂
Also, he said "you'll search for love, but you'll have none".
I kinda knew what that was like.
I think this album was from the mid to late 90s.
I liked that entire Bad Brains album, but no other song really jumped off the record for me the way this one did.
The album was kind of schizophrenic, I remember that about it.
They'd have one blazing heavy metal slam rock song like Rise, then the next would be this slow, super laid back Jamaican reggae song that talked about getting high smoking blunts and everything like that, then they'd blast another stomping metal song, followed by another super laid back low key reggae song.
I wasn't a big fan of the laid back reggae songs.
So usually I just skipped those and went straight to the metal songs.
It was interesting because their lead singer's name was Israel Joseph I.
And the drummer on this album was a full blood Native American, Mackie Jayson.
So while the rest of the band were thanking Hailee Selassie, and all of their Rastafarian ancestors, Mackie was thanking the Great Spirit.
Everything from the other three band members was all about I and I, the Rastafarian religion, and culture, and he was all about Native American stuff.
But they came together as a band at least for this album and just killed it.
I like the singer's voice on this song a lot.
I'm not sure he's still with them, but for that album, he just really killed it.
Great reaction.
Great song.
Had the absolute pleasure of seeing BBs in SF back in the day. The show was amazing. The crowd cracked me up. When BBs played their punk songs a lot of the crowd did the stereotypical mosh pit and stage dives. Then... BBs switch to Reggae and the same people are all Jah love and swaying. Then! Back to punker songs and someone even torn down the curtain behind the band. One anomaly - a guy slept aka was passed out through the entire show in the back of the venue (Elite Club aka Fillmore, now). Epic.
Finally...you are listening to one of the best punk bands of the 80s...if you ever get to their early stuff
Seriously, one of the best bands EVER. This song is in my top 50 of fav songs of all time.
You know what I love about this reaction? It's totally pure- NO punk politics, just reacting to the words and the music. I've loved the Brains since I first heard them in the 80s, and I love this song, too. Jamal, whether it matters or not, this is a tune from very late in their career, and is unpopular with old school fans, because the Hudson brothers- HR (throat) and Earl Hudson (drums) weren't on this album. HR is the most iconic American punk frontman that ever did it, hands down. Impossible to replace, really, like Elvis or Lennon in the punk world. I think Israel Joseph I does a great job on this record, as did Mackie of NYC hardcore band the Cro-Mags on drums.. Bad Brains does beautiful dub and reggae too, believe it or not. Check out 'Leaving Babylon', or 'Jah Children'. Thank you!
forgot all about these guys!! you better believe my head is noddin' hard to the beat!!!!
One of my all time favorite bands! Brings back memories
They were a staple of DC punk. Saw them many times. Late 80s early 90s DC rocked
'Rise' stems from their 1993 album of the same name. Bad Brains have been together, in various lineups, since the late 1970's. And the reason you, and most people, have never heard of Bad Brains, Fishbone, Living Colour, and a lot of other bands I can think of is because they were part of the underground Punk Rock scene that thrived to a certain degree, but never completely took over the mainstream music scene. Sadly, a lot of Black people wrote off these bands as sellouts because they thought Rock music was only for Whites, in spite of the fact that blacks invented Rock N' Roll music, and would only listen to R&B, Funk, and Hip Hop music. I'm glad you're far more open-minded than a lot of Black people I know.
I told you!!!! Hahahahaha! Brings me right back to 8th grade... Had this record, living coloür, all that underground hardcore blaring in my ears all day long.
one of the best and most influential bands ever
Jamel if you wanna get into punk at all check out “how low can a punk get” by bad brains 🤘
Listen to the "Black Dots" album version... Fastest Punk singer EVER! - H.R. is Legend!
Send Me No Flowers and Just Another Damn Song
Hell yeah some Bad Brains!
Growing up in Alexandria, VA (DC metro area) in the 80's, Bad Brains was on constant rotation in the skate scene. Love DCHC
One of D.C.'s best ...Growing up I was always drawn to the hardcore/punk music that came out of that region.
This song is from 1993. During this time there was a temporary change in lineup with a different drummer and singer. It's really only half of the real Bad Brains, partly due to interpersonal problems with lead singer HR, who is schizophrenic and thus sometimes, uh, difficult to work with, and drummer Earl Hudson took HR's side in the rift because they're brothers. If you're really interested in them there's a documentary about them called A Band In DC, which you can watch on Hulu.
Two Bad Brains suggestions... The Big Take Over or I Luv I Jah. Two very different songs from the same four guys. One very punk rock, one very Dub!
Great suggestions!
I and I smash that like
Please react to Bad Brains "Sailin' On" :)
Jamal I'm saddened that I'm 58 years old and I am just now hearing bad brains for the first time as a black man there are few and far between black rock bands Had Brains,Fishbone,Living Colour,Xavion and at least two from the UK please continue to reach to this important music from our culture! As a former DJ your channel is teaching me about many artists I have never heard! Thank you!
Sevendust! Try The Urge, too!
This is the perfect BB song for hip hop oriented reactors. That groove, that chorus...it's just a relatable vibe.
Cranking this shit in the nineties was awesome.. Great Hardcore Kings ❤❤❤
The most underrated Bad Brains album. Saw them a bunch on this tour and they were great!!
HR is so young here. You know freaking genius when you see it, way ahead of his time. This could be the anthem of today, they should blast this in the streets of Portland.
This is Israel Joseph, not HR
@@justindevoe9556 Sorry brotha. You right. I didn't have my glasses on. Lol.
Check out “Soul Craft” by the “real Bad Brains” (all original members). Not to dis Israel (good singer in his own right) but this is from their weakest album (IMHO) where even the production sounds totally unlike any Bad Brains album before it. The production on this is more in line with the “Hair Metal” bands of that time- soft edges, radio-ready sound, etc.
I dig this song, but the album overall is tepid. Israel does kick ass though! The production though, I don't think it was that different from 'Quickness or 'God Of Love'. Seemed like a natural part of their progression sound-wise.
The world needs more Bad Brains!
Another great band!!!
So. As the band grew and Dr. Know and Darryl we’re enjoying things like Quickness with it’s heavier groove and metal push with just the one reggae song at the end, HR and Earl, who are brothers, wanted to do some more spiritual music with reggae as the foundation. But they didn’t totally diverge. Just a little adventure. But apparently Dr. Know and Darryl had some licks they needed to get out, some funk to lay down, some punk to rage about, and some dub type reggae to zen out to. So in come Israel Joseph I and Mackie. Mackie was pretty legendary by that time, and played the part with aplomb. Never found out about Israel Jospeh I ‘s story before or after RIse. Badass album though. Check out the cover of “Hair” ,for some heavy super-funk! Bad Brains. I all but followed them around the south east coast on that tour. Awesome. Then came Madonna’s support with Maverick Records and God of Love. The resurgence .
Have you seen the documentary “A Band Called Death”? They were an all black punk band from Detroit that pre-dated the Bad Brains. There’s also a documentary about HR called “Finding Joseph I”.
Beautiful, you rock Jamel
Bad Brains is so good. One of the best US-american punk/hardcore/rockbands!
There are greats of all genres. Bad Brains are GOAT.
Bad brains… this takes me back ❤️ 🤘
Other than Kings X, BB has to be the most under-rated bands of all time!
Bad Brains w/o H.R. is like ... I dunno: rain without wet.
It's not that this is "BAD" ...but it, just, isn't right. 🤷♂️🤘🤘
[If we're going to do "2nd era" Bad Brains "Soulcraft" (from The: Quickness album) is the place to head. Outright. 🤘🔥🤘]
Classic Bad Brains jams:
"Pay To Cum"; [for me: THE classic!!!!! 🤘🔥🤘]
"Sailin' On";
"Supertouch/Shitfit";
"How Low Can A Punk Get?";
"Attitude";
"Re-Ignition";
"Don't Bother Me";
"Soulcraft"
...maybe...
"Rally Round Jah Throne";
"Don't Need It";
"I"
YESSS!! GREAT AMERICAN ROCK AND ROLL !!
Leaving Babylon next Pls
Swear to god it’s going to blow your mind!
Bad Brains Sail On. Please. Please.
Bad Brains have been one of my favourite bands since I first heard their first album. It tore me apart.
When I first heard Bad Brains 38 years ago my first thought was 'I HAVE to hear everything they have done IMMEDIATELY'. So influential yet so little heard by the the current generation. They should be up there with James Brown, George Clinton (Funkadelic), Sly Stone ( and the family Stone), Jimi Hendrix as genre defining artists of punk/hardcore. AND their reggae is damn fine too.
You should listen to Acid Bath - Bleed Me an Ocean
I liked that the lyrics came through a lot more clearly in this than in I Against I. I also like the ending which was a nice meld of reggae/ska with hard rock. Jamal don't forget to check out Body Count's No Lives Matter, Black Hoodie, or This Is Why We Ride. I think once you hear these songs you're going to add Body Count to the list of bands you can't believe you've never heard or heard of.
Thanks for all of your videos.
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Bad Brains is such an amazing band. That they came out of the same CBGBs scene as the Cramps and the Dead Boys and were drinking from that well is so sick.
One of my top 10 favorite bands ever. Anything off I against I
The lead singer, Israel, is my younger brother. Thanks for diggin' this!
A few other bands to take a listen to: Kings X, Screaming Headless Torsos, 24/7 Spyz, Follow For Now, Meshell Ndegeocello - depending on the album, all in similar vein as Living Colour.
Also check out Death. They are from the 70's. There is a another band called Death but check out Politicians in my Eyes.
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I saw them on this tour. I believe it was in 1993. Great show in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Same year i saw them in Aotearoa New Zealand with my favorite new Zealand band opening for them STICKY FILTH 3 PIECE 1985-20??
You have to check out the original singer HR's reggae project called Human Rights band that he had when this guy was singing for the band. They only have one music video titles "HR (of Bad Brains) - Just Because I'm Poor (Remastered)" on youtube
Hey, man. Looking forward to your reaction to "War" by Brutus. It would definitely brighten my day for you to see it. Just make sure it is the Rain City version. All the best to you and your family during these trying times.
Been scrolling thru your videos, waiting for you to get to Bad Brains haha
BAD BRAINS! Nothing left to say. What a fuckin band!
Oh snap! Now you're gettin into the nitty GRITTY
Hey Jamal, I really appreciate your videos. I just got put onto a few days ago and have flown through your content library! I was actually turned onto you because of your openness to listening to "underground" bands like Bad Brains (how good are they?!). I grew up in the 90's/2000's in that scene - "hardcore/punk", and trust me when I say that you're not alone in having never been exposed to a lot of this music. Did you know that the band you cite as your fave so far, Rage Against the Machine, has its roots in hardcore? Zach came up in Southern Cal singing for a band called Inside Out (look up Inside Out - No Spiritual Surrender and listen to the whole album).
Progressive change, being "woke", community, etc have all been longstanding values of that scene, and I would highly recommend you looking into some more of those bands. I know they may not get as much views as other videos, but they really encompass ideals that it seems like you share, and it is truly a wild style that you won't get anywhere else. In addition to Inside Out, I would like to put in a formal request that you do a reaction to band called Have Heart from Boston. They broke up several years ago, but their reunion last year in LA drew more than 10,000 people. They are pretty far musically from Bad Brains, but you get that same feeling of energy and angst from them (and if you asked Pat, the singer, he would likely say that Bad Brains are a massive influence). Two songs you should check out:
The Machinist (deals with socialism/working class/"the man"): th-cam.com/video/X1yZaeHKKFY/w-d-xo.html
Watch Me Rise (deals with staying positive in the fight against depression): th-cam.com/video/nUiInhwNq6o/w-d-xo.html
As a bonus, watch their live version of "Watch Me Rise" from one of their recent reunion shows to get a feeling for hardcore. One love!
Would love to see some Distillers reactions - female led punk band!!
Luv The Distillers, Brody's voice is amazing.👊
Shawn Horror I just saw them live, she sounds just as bad ass live as she does recorded!
@@frankiesayspanic sweet!! You're lucky, I would luv to seem them, & that's kool she sounds like she does on a album🤘
Shawn Horror if you ever get the chance don’t pass it up, they kicked ass!!
Dang I've never heard this side of Bad Brains. Thanks man.
Great band in any incarnation.
I might have already said in one of your fishbone reactions, but check out 'Sacred Love', 'Build a Nation', 'I Love I Jah', 'God of Love' and 'Soul Craft' along with all the other songs mentioned in other comments.
Told you! Bad Brains Rock!!!
Now on another spectrum of Black rock... You have to review Ice-T's metal band "Body Count". YES... ICE "MOTHA F'N" T... He has a metal band. The band started off all black, but now the rhythm guitarist is Cuban. They blew up in the early '90s with their controversial song "Cop Killer". They are on their 7th studio album now. The song "Black Hoodie" was up for a Grammy back 2017 for Best Metal Performance. Ice-T may be old, but he holds his own in the rock/metal genre and the past 3 albums are fire.
If you want to do a comparison video, go Slayers "Raining Blood" vs Body Count's cover "Reigning Blood".
Check out their live cover of Day Tripper / She's a Rainbow on The Youth Are Getting Restless..
Great song, great reaction!
One of the original CBGB bands. They go way back!
Underrated album. People dismiss it because HR isn’t on it but Israel Joseph had the chops.
Alright Homie, I've been with you for years, and I've never steered you in the wrong direction. I now suggests Bad Brains - I And I Survive Live 1987. Peace Bro!
I low-key love this album.
Reignition is my jam, though. Probably their best song, but everything off of I Against I and Rock For Light is great.
I'd be really interested for your take on about anything off of Rock For Light, because the style changed immensely after that. To really get a good picture it'd be best to do a song from each side of the band, even if it would be a longer video; I and I Survive and Attitude would give a good idea of what the different strains that combined in the later sound were like before they melded. Also my two favorites from that record.
Gotta hit rewind on Bad Brains and check some "Big Takeover"!
Dr.knows guitar solo........wickedness
Should have reacted to songs off the yellow album... not this one with a replacement singer.
In light of HR's decline maybe they should of stuck with this singer. I saw several shows with HR that were a complete waste of time.
Rock For Light produced by Rick Ocasek from The Cars?
yes
@@konradgannon550 HR is much older now and he put everything into his performances when he was young which Im sure had effect on his body. You cant expect it to be the same. Although strangely his solo work seems a lot more energetic than what he chose to do with the reformed bad brains.
@@A2Z83 Not to mention the guy has schizophrenia and also suffers from SUNCT-syndrome. Performing live must be really difficult for him.
POD “without jah, nothin” featuring HR from bad brains.
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Hey man, you do the best reaction vids on TH-cam. It's obvious you just love music. I stumbled on a Living Color reaction and immediately thought "Dude needs to hear some Bad Brains" and lo and behold. There aren't a lot of metal/hard rock bands with black members, but there are some more you should check out:
King's X - Out of the Silent Planet
Skunk Anansi - Selling Jesus
Death - Politicians in My Eyes (They started as a funk band, but switched to rock after seeing Alice Cooper in concert... There's a fantastic doc about them called A Band Called Death)
Thin Lizzy, fronted by the legendary Phil Lynott - Whiskey in the Jar
I hope you check them out!
Also, you obviously really love Faith No More, so check out their song We Care A Lot, with their original singer, Chuck Mosley, who also fronted Bad Brains for a while in the early 90's. That whole rap bit in Epic is there because the song was written while Mosley was still in the band and that was his style.
You should check out some of their earlier stuff, like "The Big Takeover", "Sailin On" or "Banned in DC".
Finally! The gods of true hardcore.
Jamel my man, if you liked Jinjer, you'll love Spiritbox. Please do a reaction to their song "Blessed Be"!
One thing I have notice is that it seem other people are doing reactions to the same videos as you are doing. Trying to get the same or more views but they are not even coming close and that is why I watch you. You are the best at doing what you do and we all love you for that. I dont see the other people with as many subscribers as you. Thank you my brother. Can you please check out... Weird Al" Yankovic - Another One Rides the Bus.. I think that might of been one of his 1st songs.
Re-ignition is another bad brains fav of mine