Into the Future

Personnel: Dr. Know (guitar); Earl Hudson (drums).Audio Mixers: Chris Bittner; Michael Birnbaum.Recording information: Applehead Recording & Production, Woodstock, NY; Dreamland Recording Studios.Photographers: Jason Gould; Atiba Jefferson.D.C. punkers Bad Brains have achieved a well-deserved legendary status, built not just on their essential albums like Rock for Light and I Against I paving the way for years of hardcore to come, but also for being one of the first all-black groups in the predominantly white early punk scene. In the 30 years passing between Bad Brains' 1982 debut cassette and this album, multiple breakups, solo excursions, and reunions have ensued, and the 2000s and 2010s have been spotty times for this always tumultuous unit. Into the Future follows 2002's I & I Survived, an album based primarily on dub instrumentals and absent original Bad Brains screamer H.R., as well as the raw bombast of 2007's Adam Yauch-produced Build a Nation. That album attempted a re