Bad Brains - Powerhouse Punk Pioneers

By merging punk with reggae and jazz, Bad Brains became one of the definitive American hardcore punk of the early '80s. Although the group released only a handful of records during its peak, they developed their following, and continued to capture and tour with various groups, led by guitarist Dr. Know into the late 90s, has never succeeded yet from their cult status.

Dr. Know (real name Gary Miller) formed Bad Brains (named after the Ramones song "Bad Brain") in1979, Marley inspired by both the amateurish rage of the Sex Pistols and the political reggae of Bob. Recognizing that the boundaries between punk and reggae already blurred in the UK, with the likes of The Clash, The Pit and The Specials morphing the two genres, he left for Germany to replicate the situation. Recruit new musicians who share - singer Paul D Hudson (goes by the pseudonym HR, seemed to stand for human rights), his drummerBrother, Earl Hudson and bassist Darryl Aaron Jenifer, Dr. Know put to prove his point.

This diversity in their influences in combination with a strong musical Bad Brains one of the most popular punk bands on the east coast, which was respected among his peers, and their live performances in small clubs in their hometown of Washington DC in early legend partly due to the relative novelty of a wholly African-American punk band is playingRock, but also because of their high energy performance. emphasis Bad Brains' to extreme speed - particularly evident in the guitar playing machine gun and HR Dr. Know brutal vocal delivery - is regarded as establishing the model for the hard-core punk single.

AR was muscular and unpredictable stage performer with a wide vocal range, often jumped into the audience or amplifier. In 1979, Bad Brains found themselves the subject of an unofficial ban among the various local clubsand hotels in Washington DC, after almost a riot broke out during a performance. Bad Brains recorded in response to tongue-in-cheek "Banned in DC" and it looked bigger and better performance. The band moved to New York City, where the Ramones, Television and Patti Smith have been set up after the flag-like punk.

In 2006, Bad Brains for some shows at the legendary CBGB club in New York, reunited after the place was threatened with closure. This shows fastsold out. With a return to interest in the band in early 2007, the original line-up in the studio for the first time in over a decade. Under the supervision of longtime producer and Bad Brains fan Adam Yauch aka MCA of the Beastie Boys (Beastie Boys have elected the right to a name with the initials BB as a tribute to Bad Brains have), the band recorded and released "build a nation "is inspired by an attempt to return to the roots of the hardcore band.