Okay so check it out, I am the nephew of Moe's sussman who was the manager for the bad brains. I was going to college in American University and taking classes at Omega studios where they recorded the Omega sessions. That was actually my exam for college. A lot of the stuff you're talking about dude is not true. I used to go out drinking with Earl all the time. Darryl was my roommate. We lived in the basement at my Uncle Moe's house right across the street from Bishop oconto high School. There's all kinds of things that I know about the bad brains that probably nobody knows. A lot of the things you're talking about in this video just are not true, I don't know where you got your information from but you need to do a few fact checks. Get in touch with me and I'll let you know about all kinds of bad brain facts. Like one time I was hanging out with Darryl up in Woodstock, New York and he got a phone call while Dave Matthews band was recording their first album and the bass players aunt blew up. So we had to drive an ampeg base amp to bearsville recording studio. I got all kinds of crazy stories. I was actually the bad brains first guitar tech for Dr no, and I also was an audio guy for the bad brains doing shows at CBGB's, the peppermint lounge and all kinds of venues up and down the East Coast and the West Coast.
Hey bro I like ur stuff. You should do one on The Screamers. “122 hours of fear” is such a brilliant song and they never came out with an “album”. I’ll be delighted to see if u do but idk much concrete info regarding the band. One of them is the brother of black flags bassist Kira, but it’d be a good one. Or “The Rocket from The tombs”, that’d be cool too.
By “Shout”, they lost their satirical edge. They were no longer the court jester. Keyboard technology also caught up with them. Sample based keyboards are not the same as analog voltage controlled synthesizers. Samples are based on sounds that are more gentle, whereas voltage controlled oscillators are harsh. That harsh, cutting sound matched the edgy satirical concept of Devo. Add that to their theatrical visual concepts and Devo had something unique and entertaining, something that was at the right time and place.
Would you consider doing a video on GG allin? know it’s been discussed to death, but I think your style of video could provide a fresh take/unique perspective.
Guy Picciotto had recorded and toured with Vic Chesnutt from 1997 (or even before) all the way until his passing in December 2009. I saw him live playing with Vic Chesnutt at The Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte NC and 9:30 in Washington DC when they where supporting About to Choke.
Sacrifice (or, in the US, Dawn) was the turning point. Gemma convinced him to get out in his home studio and make music for him...with no thought of commercial success or even release. It brought us to where we are now. And check out "Pure" It's glorious....
Steady Diet of Nothing is pure chaos, and I mean that in the best possible way. Though it may not be their “best” record, it continues to be my favorite. LOVE THIS BAND, MINOR THREAT (my first punk obsession), and IAN! Thank you for this doc!!!
Older dude here who never liked punk as a teenager, I was more metal/goth. With iTunes I could explore around and out of curiosity checked out some old punk that acquaintances used to listen to. Fugazi blew me away and I regret not being cool enough to have checked them out back in the 90’s. Great video!
Find Derf Backderf's excellent and thorough graphic journalism book about the Kent State shootings, and how the people responsible for it never faced any consequences.
The disappointment of the breakup of Kim and Thurston really hit. I first bought ‘Bad Moon Rising’ on tape in 91. It changed everything I thought about music. I still love all of their music. Thanks for this history! Looking forward to further videos
First time viewer, and I sadly never got to see Bad Brains live. But when I was about 17 tears old, ans being a street kid in Santa Monica, i saw a rare sighting of the elusive Henry Rollins while I was shoplifting from Tower Records. I, being the Midwest boy, and raised to be respectful, begged henry to pardon my intrusion, but would he recommend any bands not getting the deserved respect . He looked at my mohawk and my 2nd hand wardrobe, and told me to respect the stooges, bad brains, minor threat, black flag, and if I liked that I might like to hear rollins band. That list is the litmus test i hold people to when getting to know them.. that list has never been wrong as of yet. Thanks for letting me share, and for covering great bands.
It's so funny that Good Charlotte, while not technically punk in the traditional sense, ended up introducing me to a lot of punk I ended up liking..even stuff that was well before their time. Same kinda happened with Nu-metal bands because funnily enough, some of them cited old 80's new wave groups as part of their influence. I've also had my screen name as Evapunk since like the 2000's because of the band Orgy (who has a song called Eva) and because I ended up liking a lot of punk rock music. All music is wonderful because how it makes you feel...that should really be all that matters...
You'd make as much difference to the world, by writing a disco song about falling in love. It's all a myth. As soon as you give it a name, like 'Punk' ; it's over. It's established and it can go nowhere. Label your hands: 'Left' and 'Right', then throttle yourself. As soon as you start analysing a 'movement' (stupid phrase), you are nothing but the same as a mainstream DJ, exercising your jaw. I don't go to Punk gigs in England anymore because it's just people selling badges or wearing badges, directing you into what is acceptable to debate, and what is taboo. I can't waste my life watching Henry Rollins go on and on about working for an ice cream compant 'get in the van' and all that, listen to the audience applaud him whilst he verbally fellates Iggy Pop. It's as if you don't know how to be free. You have to categorise everything;: Straight Edge Hardcore etc etc, because you can't handle individuality. Listening to Jello Biafra talking about how he'd prefer Jerry Brown
wonderful resume, i really enjoyed. Minor Threat remains to be one of my favorite bands. I'll never forget the day in which I found a CD that said "Complete discography" and thought after playing it for like 40 minutes until the end I thought it was a mistake. I then looked inside of the booklet to realize that was actually it because all the songs were less than 2 minutes. Was a a wonderful introduction to fast paced energic punk. The SxE mentality and lyrics just added so much more rawness and authenticity to the whole thing, I was instantly hooked. I just want to add a tiny parenthesis around minute 11:57 you mentioned that yes the message was more positive in comparison to the Nihilistic and anarchic approach or direction. I want to say though, Anarchy is very positive! And many Anarchopunk bands were actually pro vegan and if not SxE the maybe were sober (with exception of weed hippies xD) , Anarchist philosophy is advanced, it's actually positive and almost spiritual...and overall antiestablishment and anticapitalism.. something that Minor Threat actually didn't touch upon, you can still find many pictures of Ian Mackaye drinking Coca-Colas- well that wouldn't happen with anarchopunk bands...It's interesting that still Minor Threat reacted being authentic and going against social trends. Cool video mate but just wanted to shed some light as to not misinterpret the anarchist ideology..
