Bad Brains. Guys who came from jazz backgrounds who embraced punk, and were crucial to the creation and rise of hardcore music. Amazing band--technically way more talented than virtually all of their peers.
their whole postive message changed the tone of the hardcore scene as well. Sending a positive vibe through an extreme form of music in a volatile scene with a potential for violence.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU IT'S CRIMINAL THAT THEY'RE NOT IN THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME THEY'RE GAME CHANGERS AND MUSIC IS IN A FAR BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF THEIR INFLUENCE ACROSS THE BOARD
Still one of my favorites bands after 38 + years. I remember hearing them as a young punk in the early 80's and I still listen to them in my 50's. There influence on numerous genres music and can not be over stated.
@@dustinwroten353 I'm 52 i first heard these guys when I was 14 year's old and they are still in my most played list of band's i saw them here in Aotearoa new zealand many many years ago DON'T LET AGE GET IN THE WAY OF WICKEDLY AWESOME MUSIC AGE DON'T MATTER POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE DOES. I've got THAT P.M.A
@@dustinwroten353 Bro I'm 52 years old been listening to PUNKROCK since I was a kid and apart from SKA AND REGGAE IT'S ALL I LISTEN TOO YOU DON'T GROW UP AND OUT OF STEP WITH GREAT MUSIC
Randy 38 year's ago i was 14 year's old and every Monday night at 730 on student radio it was the RESURRECTION PUNK SHOW I'd be doing the dishes after dinner with my shitty little mono tape deck next to me I'd record every song if i liked it keep if not rewind and wait for the next song ONE MONDAY NIGHT IN 1984 A SONG CAME ON WHEN IT FINISHED I PUSHED REWIND AND LISTENED TO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN IT WAS ONE OF THOSE LEFT TURN RIGHT TURN MOMENT'S IN LIFE..... THE SONG WAS ATTITUDE Got that P.M.A I'M LUCKY TO HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING THEM 30ish years ago
This godamn record changed the whole game. They bridged the gap between punk, hardcore and metal. No one could touch them in that era. They inspired everybody, and everybody is still trying to catch up with them.
Whoa, Fugazi and Bad Brains! Reacting to actual punk! Bad Brains were the "house band" for the legendary CBGB's venue. The video of their 1982 concert there is like getting punk injected through your eyes. A reaction to the first 10 minutes of that would be awesome, since the songs are way too short for a normal reaction.
I literally just found out about this band bc of the STEVE-O podcast on YT. He has the legendary comedic actor Fred Armisen (SNL, Eurotrip, Portlandia) on and they got into a top-5 punk albums and on FREDS list he mentioned BRAD BRAINS - I AGAINST I and Steve-O yelled outloud that it was in his list too! Fred went on to say that they might be the best punk band EVER and after listening to the whole I Against I album that was release in 86' - I AGREE. THEY ARE THE SOUND that ALL PUNK imo should be molded. Rolling stone on their WIKI page said that BAD BRAINS is the mother of black hard rock bands. I believe it. They are truly a hardcore punk, alternative metal, Punk rock group fully by African Americans and FUCKING ROCK harder than anyone before them to my knowledge. The Wiki page also said that the Beastie Boys, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Guns N' Roses, Soundgarden, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Deftones, Clutch, Green Day, the Offspring ALL WERE HUGELY INPSIRED BY BAD BRAINS. Without Bad Brains SO MANY LEGENDARY BANDS to come in the 90's would not be the same. Now put Bad Brains, Scorpions, and Foreigner in the R&R HOF finally! Its a crime these men arent inducted!
Their early albums were special in the way that they were a mix of pure (hardcore) punk songs and quite a few pure reggae songs. My favorite of those is "I And I Survive".
Bad Brains formed in the late 70s and were a ferocious Hardcore punk band until the mid 80s, when they incorporated a more "Metal" sound into their music. All of the band became Rastafarians in the early 80s and they would usually play a few reggae songs during their live sets. I saw them play live in 1982 and they were absolutely phenomenal, one of the best live acts I've ever seen. If you want to react to one of their earlier songs, I'd suggest "The big takeover" or "Banned in DC".
Totally agree! Saw them too, but already a bit later, early 90's, incredibly loud & a bit too much Reggae for me, but still absolutely brilliant! As I wrote above, can't understand how the two can sit so still listening to "I against I"...I wish they would react to some Nomeansno, Wrong is such a great album, maybe "Oh no Bruno!" or "the End of all things"....
@@marcharley6465 It's Hardcore Man, They Adapt The Sound Of Fellow Hardcore American Punk Band -- Million Of A Dead Cops. Oh Yeah, It's Sound Metal But Bad Brains Were Not A Metal Band.
I literally just found out about this band bc of the STEVE-O podcast on YT. He has the legendary comedic actor Fred Armisen (SNL, Eurotrip, Portlandia) on and they got into a top-5 punk albums and on FREDS list he mentioned BRAD BRAINS - I AGAINST I and Steve-O yelled outloud that it was in his list too! Fred went on to say that they might be the best punk band EVER and after listening to the whole I Against I album that was release in 86' - I AGREE. THEY ARE THE SOUND that ALL PUNK imo should be molded. Rolling stone on their WIKI page said that BAD BRAINS is the mother of black hard rock bands. I believe it. They are truly a hardcore punk, alternative metal, Punk rock group fully by African Americans and FUCKING ROCK harder than anyone before them to my knowledge. The Wiki page also said that the Beastie Boys, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Guns N' Roses, Soundgarden, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Deftones, Clutch, Green Day, the Offspring ALL WERE HUGELY INPSIRED BY BAD BRAINS. Without Bad Brains SO MANY LEGENDARY BANDS to come in the 90's would not be the same. Now put Bad Brains, Scorpions, and Foreigner in the R&R HOF finally! Its a crime these men arent inducted!
Great Band and great song. Ironically Brad and Lex usually do lyric videos, maybe this one would have been a good candidate. Lex your analogies are always amusing. See lyrics below. In the quest for the test to fulfill an achievement Everybody's only in it for themselves When the fact of the matter Is they just don't care To extend a helping hand to anyone else So tell me why, did you have to lie And try to make me all confused about the U.S.A. When the fact of the matter is you just don't care To comprehend or understand a single word I say I don't want to have I go against I I don't want to have I go against I Oh let me tell you The same old story, no factual glory I against I against I against I And I say I don't like it, And I know I don't want it I against I against I against I Almighty watching, almighty watching I against I against I against I And I say I don't like it, And I know I don't want it I against I against I against I I said who's gonna tell the youth about the drugs About the drugs, mugs, bugs, and the police thugs About the rotten stinkin' rackets and the fantasies Around the nation, around the nations Oh baby what you gonna do I tell you the truth is looking straight at you I got a brass continental with a 300 Z, Two color t.v.s, now a video too I got a rest home in Jamaica for my fantasty, For my family Around the nations What you gonna do...
Their second album, Sailin' On is badass too, but with better production. Funny enough, Ric Ocasek from The Cars produced it. Apparently he was a big fan.
One of my all time favorite bands. I started listening to them back in the 80s. So much raw energy in one song and then the earthy sounds of reggae in the next. BAD BRAINS
Used to be my favorite band before I got into bandmaid. They are so versatile and the drummer is insanely good. Give thanks and praises is another gem.
Not the song I probably would have started with (especially for reactions), but glad you have dipped your toes into the Bad Brains waters. They are as punk as anything, as pioneering as anybody, and as influential as The Beatles. So many artists...from Ian Mackaye to Henry Rollins....From Beastie Boys to Dave Grohl.....were influenced by Bad Brains. Check out other songs by them! I suggest Supertouch/Shitfit (my favorite), Pay To Cum, Attitude, Sail On, or FVK (Fearless Vampire Killers). That whole ROIR Sessions album is OUTSTANDING. That said, any Bad Brains song with HR singing is great by me....even if the reggae stuff is a little wonky at times.
UM, if they had issues with the Hardcore-ish I against I they certainly won't get into those amazing Albums but all of the other songs on I against I always seem to draw attention with questions like "who is this?" and might be Brads speed, she on the other hand might like their more metal stuff when Madonna's label was involved. I saw them many times, the more weed the more Reggae I was told but probably more HR needing meds. That said they had a few killer reggae songs, the live daytripper/shes a rainbow, hell even when BB did MTV Springbreak with a live performance of I and I survive I think.
Wow, you found them!! Fishbone's gotta be next. Jamal ain't done none of these bands. You guys Rock! These were some best times. I had my Afro Mohawk working in a all night Burger shop! Rocking to this all night on the Grill.
lol bit of a weird song indeed. I love the part that starts at 2:31--his voice is so good there and the back up bits are on point. What a fucking band. The absolute punkest.
Ottawa Canada Nov 25th 1982 Klondike Room.....I walked in...thought I'd check them out and the band eventually took the stage And proceeded to: Blow...my.... fucking mind!! I called it the " big takeover"
Bad Brains couldn't get any legit bookings so they went to the low scale venues where punk bands played and they found a new audience. Back in the day there wouldn't be just one band on the ticket; there would be three or four and Bad Brains would sometimes be placed in the middle of hardcore thrash bands. The crowds loved them.
In 1977, two years before Ian McKaye’s first band Teen Idles, the Bad Brains kick off DC hardcore, (check out the DC Hardcore documentary, Salad Days, streaming on Tubi and available on Amazon Prime.) Though they, and perhaps specifically the singer, are a bit problematic, they are still one of the essential hardcore bands of the era. Remember, that same year Rod Stewart tops the Billboard 100, and he is in the company of Barbara Streisand, Andy Gibb, Eagles, and Abba.
There's a song on the album that the singer sang in JAIL on a fuckin pay phone with a napkin over the Mic, and he also smoked a joint from his cell that was smuggled in...
A SUPER important band, whose influence is present in many, many, many popular and successful acts that followed. These guys defined American Hardcore Punk music in a large way in their era, and were godfather figures to multiple important scenes in American underground punk and hardcore music. I would have suggested starting with a different song, from their first record. Their live performance of "Big Takeover" at CBGB in 1982 is one of the most insane performances I've ever watched, and really better captures their sound (or at least the one sound of their many sounds that they are probably best remembered for).
I haven’t listened to BAD BRAINS since the late 80’s. First discovered them on 120 Minutes on MTV. You two never cease to amaze me with how many memories you bring back for me. Thanks !! ✌️
Lexie asked...what is this? It is kick ass, in your face ,nasty , balls out Hardcore. Love Bad Brains ! His vocal attack is insane ! Possibly the best Punk/Hardcore song ever !
I saw them a few times 81-82ish, really blew me away live. Was kind of like a tornado hit the stage and then they throw a reggae song in to let you catch your breath. Amazing one of a kind band.
Seeing the Bad Brains for the 1st time over 30 plis years ago was the most magical experience ever! From the moment they stepped onstage till the end of the show was such an insanely incredible experience.Their energy and talent was mind blowing.True legends!
You need to check out the Dead Kennedy's, Black Flag and Minor Threat as these are all fromthe same genere of Hardcore Punk as the Bad Brains. Such a great band with a great message. Maybe also check out the Misfits!
I love this album so much. Dr. Know on the geetar. My friend showed me this circa 1997 specifically because we liked Beastie Boys and Deftones. Thank you two.
First saw them in '82, only the second punk show I'd ever gone to and they sold me on it. If Metallica's Kill 'Em All and Slayers Show No Mercy hadn't come out the next year I likely would have forgotten all about metal.
I discovered them when Quickness came out in 89. I was a thrash metal kid and that all changed in an instant - I become a lover of Hardcore Punk all my thrash metal albums went out the window and in came punk and Hardcore music. Yes, possibly one of the greatest / most important bands of all time. Had the honour to meet HR in London a few years back - he is such a lovely gentle shy soul. Lovely channel btw.
You should check out DEATH, an all-black punk band that is seen as the first punk band ever. They formed in 1964. THEN you should listen to Rough Francis, the nephews of Death! Rough Francis is Burlington, VT royalty but also a bunch of cool dudes.
Bad brains is considered one of the greatest Punk bands ever. They put on an awesome live show. They chill the crowd out by playing really good reggae after a few hardcore punk songs. Later they did a thrash album called “quickness” which is one of the main reasons grunge even exists
They were a major part of the 80's thrash and crossover sound (metal and punk) bands! Along with bands like Living Color, Fishbone, 24/7 spies. Corrosion of Conformity cover this.
The intro is voyage to infinity…. I hope they know that. It was put there by the video company called rage, it’s not part of the song. It’s just part of the video that they were watching, and read to put that intro on there
Lol your expessions listenin to them.. Im 60 years old n a first generation punk... :) I have been on the recieving end of those expressions ( n a lot more ) for years. Love you guys Mom too! All the best-☆
Most hardcore is, longer to the intro, longer to the outro, cut the bridge in half, and get on with it. Bad Brains played around that idea, but they were more complex.
This was the best record I ever heard back in 1986 and It still is by music and Lyrics wise. Brilliant Musically constructed starts slowly like unfolding beast before get to incredibly rhythmical and dynamic speed, the band throw few cool bad brains guitar and rhythm riffs before they change to higher gear. This two kids have no idea they are listening the masterpiece of the history ...
I saw Bad Brains at the On Broadway in San Francisco way back in 1983. I against I is more metal freak out than their earlier stuff. You should check out their live show at CBGB's in NYC. Bad Brains were super influential on Hardcore punk rock. Minor Threat is very much influenced by Bad Brains.
