Bad Brains BAD BRAINS

BAD BRAINS was originally released on cassette. It was issued on CD for the first time in 1996.Bad Brains: H.R. (vocals); Dr. Know (guitar, background vocals); Darryl Jennifer (bass, background vocals); Earl Hudson (drums, background vocals).Recorded at 171-A Studios, New York, New York between May and October 1981. Includes liner notes by Ira Kaplan.The Bad Brains were one of the most important voices of the East Coast hardcore scene during its halcyon days of the '80s. What they brought to the scene was nothing short of revolutionary--infusing the form's rage with the spiritual conviction of the Rasta tradition and the instrumental prowess of seasoned jazz players, they breathed new life into a genre in danger of stagnation, or worse, homogenization. Their album on the initially cassette-only ROIR label arrived like a new day, brimming with positivity and spirituality, as well as an unarguable mastery of the musical form of hardcore.From the album's opening strains on "Sailin' On," t