Bad Brains

Bad Brains - Black Dots 1979/1996
Bad Brains - Pay To Cum 7'' 1980
Bad Brains - Attitude (The R.O.I.R. Sessions) 1981/1989
Bad Brains - Attitude (The R.O.I.R. Sessions) 1981/1989
Bad Brains - Live At Cbgb 1982 1982
Bad Brains - Rock For Light 1983
Bad Brains - Rock For Light 1983
Bad Brains - Rock For Light 1991 Remix 1983/1991
Bad Beains - I Against I 1986
Bad Brains - I Against I 1986
Bad Brains - The Youth Are Getting Restless-Live 1987/1990
Bad Brains - The Youth Are Getting Restless-Live 1987/1990
Bad Brains - Live 1988
Bad Brains - Live 1988
H.R. - Tapes '84-'86 1988
Bad Brains - Live At Iguanas 7'' 1989
Bad Brains - Live On Dutch T.V. 1989
Bad Brains - Live Quickness Tour 1989
Bad Brains - Quickness 1989
Bad Brains - Quickness 1989
Bad Brains - Live At The Marquee 1991 1991
Bad Brains - Spirit Electricity 10'' Live 1991
Bad Brains - Spirit Electricity-Live 1991
Bad Brains - Rise 1993
Bad Brains - God Of Love 1995
Bad Brains - Live 1995 1995
Stealth - Zero To Mach 7 1998
Bad Brains - Never Give In-A Tribute To Bad Brains 1999
Bad Brains - Live At Maritime Hall (Soul Brains) 2001
Bad Brains - Build A Nation 2007
Bad Brains - Into The Future 2012
01. Bad Brains – Black Dots, 1979/1996 LP
     Caroline Records – CAR 7534
     The Zientara Sessions: recorded in 1979, mixed & released in 1996
02. Bad Brains – Pay To Cum 7”, 1980 7”
     Bad Brain Records – BB001
03. Bad Brains – Attitude (The R.O.I.R. Sessions), 1981/1989 CD
     We Bite Records – WB 056 CD
     1989 reissue
04. Bad Brains – Attitude (The R.O.I.R. Sessions), 1981/1989 LP
     We Bite Records – WB 056
     1989 reissue
05. Bad Brains – Live At Cbgb 1982, 1982 CD
     MVD Audio – MVD0505CD
06. Bad Brains – Rock For Light, 1983 LP
     Line Records – LILP 4.00113 J
07. Bad Brains – Rock For Light, 1983 CD
     Line Records – LICD 9.00113
08. Bad Brains – Rock For Light 1991 Remix, 1983/1991 CD
     Caroline Records – CARCD 12
     Too much reverb, tape acceleration, awful remix
09. Bad Beains – I Against I, 1986 LP
     SST Records – SST 065
10. Bad Brains – I Against I, 1986 CD
     SST Records – SST CD 065
11. Bad Brains – The Youth Are Getting Restless-Live, 1987/1990 CD
     Caroline Records – CARCD 8
12. Bad Brains – The Youth Are Getting Restless-Live, 1987/1990 LP
     Caroline Records – CARLP8
13. Bad Brains – Live, 1988 LP
     SST Records – SST 160
14. Bad Brains – Live, 1988 CD
     SST Records – SST CD 160
15. H.R. – Tapes ’84-’86, 1988 CD
     SST Records – SST CD 171, Compilation
     It’s About Luv / Keep Out Of Reach
16. Bad Brains – Live At Iguanas 7”, 1989 7”
     bootleg
17. Bad Brains – Live On Dutch T.V., 1989 VHS
     bootleg
18. Bad Brains – Live Quickness Tour, 1989 VHS
     bootleg
19. Bad Brains – Quickness, 1989 CD
     Caroline Records – CARCD 4
20. Bad Brains – Quickness, 1989 LP
     Caroline Records – CARLP 4
21. Bad Brains – Live At The Marquee 1991, 1991 LP
     bootleg
     with Chuck Mosley (vocals, Faith No More) & Mackie Jayson (drums, Cro-Mags)
22. Bad Brains – Spirit Electricity 10” Live, 1991 10”
     SST Records – SST 228
23. Bad Brains – Spirit Electricity-Live, 1991 CD
     SST Records – SST CD 228
24. Bad Brains – Rise, 1993 CD
     Epic – EK 53951
25. Bad Brains – God Of Love, 1995 CD
     Maverick – 9362-45882-2
26. Bad Brains – Live 1995, 1995 VHS
     bootleg
27. Stealth – Zero To Mach 7, 1998 CD
     2112 – B00008G2ZB
28. Bad Brains – Never Give In-A Tribute To Bad Brains, 1999 CD
     Century Media – 77277-2, Compilation
     16 songs from: Moby – Ignite – Skinlab – Vision Of Disorder – Snapcase – Entombed – 16 – Sepultura – Adamantium – Downset Supertouch – Haste – Will Haven – Turmoil – Boy Sets Fire – Shai Hulud – Cave In
29. Bad Brains – Live At Maritime Hall (Soul Brains), 2001 CD
     2b1 Multimedia Inc. – MHP 2025
30. Bad Brains – Build A Nation, 2007 CD
     Megaforce Records – MEGA1048
31. Bad Brains – Into The Future, 2012 CD
     Megaforce Records – MEGA 2121
I & I survived the 80s thanks to the Bad Brains, one eternal member of the Eternal Zer Top Three. The time machine strikes again. The Bad Brains Euro tour of 1989 was a life changing experience for my young self, and to make a long love story short, I may not have the same wife and children today if it wasn’t for this ancient heavenly trip to Switzerland. Yes, you can see my reflect on the bad photo of the poster of the Fribourg show, I suppose it fits the purpose. Like for Victims Family, as a tribute to the legend I’m posting everything I have, CDs and LPs. There is too much nostalgia in these vinyls, could not not play them again. Bad Brains, master emperors of hardcore punk, music supremacists, giants of the riff, Black Sabbath of the fast and furious.
HR Tapes 84-86 is a compilation of early recordings of the singer’s side project. Stealth is the band of the bass player during one of the numerous Bad Brains breakups. Both albums sound like first class triple zer Bad Brains.
The new album Into The Future is a return to greatness, much better than Build A Nation. Buy this addictive album. Eternal life to the Bad Brains. Bad Brains forever in the whole Universe.

NB about Live at the Marquee LP: when you see this picture for this live bootleg

on other blogs, it is very likely they borrowed the first mp3 rip I made in 2008. I had made the yellow cover for my CDR version (from which these first mp3s originated). The yellow image was made from the back of the LP sleeve, today’s black & white pic is the real LP front cover. I had printed this home-made CD sleeve on yellow paper, thus the yellow pic found on various internets. But it is not a physical release you can find (as opposed to the original LP), there is only one such copy and it is on my shelves. The FLAC version posted today is a brand new rip from the LP (not from the CDR) and is of much better quality (better turntable, better processing than in 2008 – and FLAC). Jah.
!ZER Bad Brains ZER!
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Bad Brains







Black Dots, 1979 (rel. 1996)
Pay To Cum 7″, 1980
Attitude – The ROIR Sessions, 1982 (1989 We Bite reissue)
Live At CBGB, 1982 (rel. 2006)
Rock For Light, 1983
Rock For Light (dumb 1991 remix), 1983/1991
I Against I, 1986
The Youth Are Getting Restless (Live in Amsterdam), 1987 (rel. 1990)
Live, 1988
Quickness, 1989
Spirit Electricity (Live), 1991
Rise, 1993
God Of Love, 1995
Build A Nation, 2007
Bootlegs:
Live 1989 – Quickness tour, 1989 (tape rip)
Live 1995 – God Of Love tour, 1995 (tape rip)
Live on Dutch TV 1989, 1989 (VHS rip)
Live At Iguanas 7″, 1989
Live At The Marquee, 1991 (new & better rip than last year’s!) Track 03 (UPDATE)
Pay To Cum 1979/1981 12″, ?
Related zerness:
HR – Tapes ’84-’86 (It’s About Luv + Keep Out Of Reach), 1988
Stealth – Zero To Mach 7, 1998
Never Give In – A Tribute To The Bad Brains, 1999
You saw it coming. After Henry Rollins’ Bad Brains stories, I had to post some Bad Brains records, the best band in the world. Also, this post kicks out the Protector post from the front page, it HAD to be with something with CULT CLASSIC status. BAD BRAINS!
I already mentioned the ETERNAL ZER TOP 10 in which Eisenvater, C.C.M., Rose Rose, The Accüsed and Acid Bath hold unmovable seats. Bad Brains is there too, above the previously cited. To me Bad Brains is the combined greatness of Black Sabbath and Motörhead in the hardcore punk rock department, they invented the whole thing, they released the best records and they are gods. That’s it.
My favorite albums? Probably “Rock For Light” and “Quickness”, but actually everything up to and including the masterpiece “Rise”. “Rise” is to Bad Brains what “Curse” is to the Accüsed, an amazing comeback with another singer that does as well as the original. Saw them 3 times on the Rise tour with Israel on vocals and it was as mesmerizing as the 3 shows we attended on the 1989 Quickness tour (when I proposed to my wife! Zer! Fucking flabbergasting Zürich show! NOSTALGIAAAAAAAAAAA!).
Notes:
– I tagged the 1991 reissue of “Rock For Light” as “the dumb remix” because the songs order changed, there is way to much reverb on the vocals to my liking and I always had the feeling some parts had been accelerated. Listen and compare.
– the tribute CD posted here is pretty good, however the best Bad Brains covers I heard are not on this disc. Check out the incredible rendition of “We Will Not” by crossover kings Blunt Force Trauma. Other great covers by Sepultura, Cro-Mags, Living Colour, Kazjurol and a billion others. Don’t forget the German cover versions by Kein Hass Da (ex Militant Mothers, the German Bad Brains). You might also be interested in the excellent Japanese Bad Brains: Fearless Vampire Killers. Mega zer.
And don’t use this Bad Brains orgy as an excuse to smoke a joint because drugs are bad, long live the war on drugs!
CD rip except vinyl rip of

Pay To Cum 7″ (tagged)
Pay To Cum 12″ (tagged)

Live At Iguanas 7″:
A1 Banned In D.C.
A2 At The Movies
B Pay To Cum

Live At The Marquee:

Black Dots:
Don’t Need It
At The Atlantis
Pay To Cum
Supertouch / Shitfit
Regulator
You’re A Migraine
Don’t Bother Me
Banned In D.C
Why’d You Have To Go?
The Man Won’t Annoy Ya
Redbone In The City
Black Dots
How Low Can A Punk Get?
Just Another Damn Song
Attitude
Send You No Flower

+ tapes & VHS rips where indicated and I was too lazy to tag, anyway you know all the songs. Each song is a classic. Know your classics.

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