That's too bad. The Bad Brains didn't come to NYC until 1981. And it wasn't until '82 that they started playing shows to a nearly empty CBGB's. Before long though, the place was filling up. They practically started the whole legendary matinee shows at CBs. As a kid, I lived at Chrystie and Stanton Streets, literally a five minute walk to that shithole, so I was basically ordained to wind up at those shows. The neighborhood was the dregs of humanity, but it was ours. I miss old NYC.
Seeing Bad Brains doing what they do best all the way back in the 70’s is a really pleasing sight. There probably weren’t any bands making any music that was harder than theirs, not even a lot of 70’s Speed Metal bands that were around at the same time.
real pioneers of punk rock right here, it aint about the outfit you spent 100 hours making yourself look broke with. and i know it sounds dumb but even in this video, the first time he screams BRIGADE. shit gives me goosebumps, thats real vocal intensity right there man
Jesus, this is good... sounds so mean at this slower tempo, a great and equally amazing version. They had such style, no one matches them in terms of originality.
The first time I saw the Bad Brains was in October 1981 with the Aesthetics. They played two sets and it was $5 to get into the door. You cannot ask for a more memorable show
I never listened to any of the bands that the punks had spray painted on their jackets back in high school (late 80's), but I am discovering them now. I never heard the bands because it wasn't on the radio where I lived. I didn't even know that I liked punk until the late 90's when I started to be exposed to some of it. Thanks to the internet we can hear just about ANYTHING! Damn, those kids were on to something!
@@callmeishmael5742 Haha, I was about to cuss you out, then I saw the last part of your comment. Have you heard The Chats or Amyl and the Sniffers? The latters first album is simply splendid!
“A child is influenced, by the make believe, to take advantage of that truth, is a cold hearted shame, so I say to the youth right now: ‘Don’t sway to the unjust”...no matter what they say...never give in never give in”. -HR
You can't disappear anymore I see your face lurking outside the window You say you're a trife, I'm a bore You touch yourself put your face in the pillow But the funny thing about you is You remembered to leave it behind The funny thing about me is I'm a member of the right brigade Makes no difference to me What side you choose, what side will lose All their is to perceive is what I want And I know how how to get it But the funny thing about you is You remember to leave it behind And the funny thing about me is I'm a member of the right brigade
Seeing them in Detroit was both dangerous and as primal an event as we can imagine from this time period. Life changing, HR was the nicest man and gave me the best advice I've heard.
It hits harder at this speed. There were plenty of bands who slowed down their shit as they progressed and it lost some of the impact. And a lot of Bad Brains songs benefited from the increase in tempo later on. But I think the melodies and riffs here pack more of a punch when delivered methodically, as they do here.
Im my decade of punk years.....long ago, saw you live many times....LOVED Bad Brains, part of my life. Big yellow bad brains, sleeveless t-shirts, long black biker boots with spikes, Mohawks. mannnnny pierced ears......I forgot lots of it.......Olympic auditorium riots...Ohhhh those were the days !
5one of the most influential punk bands ever. Honestly they should have been bigger, a badass talented black hardcore punk band that also does some chill rea gea. Today they would have been huge. At least they inspired many musicians, they really helped push rock forward.
should have been bigger? honestly come walk aroudn venice ca you will see at least a few bad brains shirts or flags and we're the opposite side of the continent
I think Darkashtar means internationally more successful and known in their time. As is what often happens with pioneer type bands their influence and cred far outweighs their success
Yeah and some carp hole band like greenday is worth like a billion...it's all totally controlled by the nasty slime mold music industry types...Bad Brains, Ramones...they slipped through the barriers set up to block their success and made a huge splash anyway. But touring and sales alone aren't really enough to support the band and ensuing staff...so they just barely scrape by
darkashtar u know they would've been but went Rastafari and changed their musical style said some racist shit and completely ostracised themselves from the hardcore scene
Damn, for some reason these guys popped into my head today and I decided to look em up. First time I heard these guys it was on a record back in the early 80's!
I was only five in 80 but fortunately I had an older brother that listened to them. So I could literally say I've been a BB fan since 79-80. That's pretty freaking cool I might add 😎
Shared a skunky "J" with HR way back in the day at The Channel...saw the Roseland Ballroom historic wild and crazy-ass show too...what amazing talent with fine burning angst...there's really nothing comparable now or at any time throughout history
@SuperDeadhope Cool. It's so eye-opening in the movie the way those in the bands describe the death of hardcore punk, the reasons so many bands just quit, & how & why everything just completely changed & died almost overnight, never to be raised to life again. It doesn't mean there's not good punk & hardcore right now & always will be, it doesn't mean that this art & music can't live again in a different form, it just means that punk rock as punk was invented and intended, died then.....forever.
Seeking out and listening to a particular band's early musical influences appears to be a natural and ongoing phenomenon. In regard to the Beastie Boys, several band names are usually tossed out as having influenced them during their formative years: groups like the Clash, the Ramones, Black Flag, Minor Threat and even Kiss usually come up when the question is asked in magazine and television interviews. However in the June 1994 issue of Guitar World, Adam Yauch cited just how important the Bad Brains were to him. "He's (Bad Brains's bassist Daryl Jenifer) the musician who most influenced my playing. Though stuff I play now is in a different vein, if you listen to our hardcore tracks, I think you can hear his influence. On the knowledge tip, definitely go and see the Bad Brains every time they play. I've seen them like 50 times. I climb up on something where I can get a good view of Jennifer's hands, and just jones. He's an unbelievable bassist."
People don't get that HR was/is legit insane. This wasn't an act or stage persona. But... As has been said, insanity is the only sane reaction to a world like this.
HR was absolutely wild on stage. The way he flung himself about and swung his head around makes me wonder if, at some point, he didn't cause himself some brain damage.
I was born in 85, so I never got to feel the punk scene. Today I fully enjoy & understand what it was about. Non conformist, not racist, just kids, urban, suburban, low class middle class just letting out their frustration and anger. Politics, social inequality, abuse, addiction, everyone that was part of it was a family a brotherhood/sisterhood that stood together. Wish I could have lived it before it got commercialized. Anyone who reads this, watch documentary American Hardcore, great doc
A pure raw preformance. Love this one & the more recent one from 2010. I suggest you give it a peep if you like this one. It is a live preformance as well.
Love the Bad Brains..heard about them back in the 80´s but could not find the roir tape. Now since 2007 I have the dvd and a few cd´s, so cheers and thanks for posting this.
Not wanting to defend anyone that said, "OMG they're all black!" but imagine listening to this with no visual image of the band. When I was first turned on to Bad Brains in the mid 80's by a bootleg cassette tape, I had no idea and was amazed when I was told. Bad Brains represents what was so right about Punk Rock...color didn't matter, there was no black or white or anything, there was just music and attitude. Hey, we got that P.M.A.!
@alastairjr40 That's what made them so Punk dude..... Universally recognised as one of the, if not The Greatest Punk Band Ever. They showed up and blew everyone offstage....and they were years ahead of their time with their message.
I have never heard this slowed version before. I LOVE IT! I saw them live here in Nashville, TN at the Armory in the early 90's. Then I saw H.R. in Chalotte, NC around 5 years ago with his reggae ensemble at a small punk club. I love him. Thank you for posting this.
My favorite punk band of all time! And I lived in NYC in 1979!
Mine too, and I lived in Boston in 1982
Wish I had a time machine
That's too bad. The Bad Brains didn't come to NYC until 1981. And it wasn't until '82 that they started playing shows to a nearly empty CBGB's. Before long though, the place was filling up. They practically started the whole legendary matinee shows at CBs. As a kid, I lived at Chrystie and Stanton Streets, literally a five minute walk to that shithole, so I was basically ordained to wind up at those shows. The neighborhood was the dregs of humanity, but it was ours. I miss old NYC.
@@mattphillips538 I grew up in the Tidewater, but we used to road-trip up to the 930 Club in DC every time that Bad Brains came.
@@slugcult1973 i founf a fork
When you enter a nightclub expecting a 70s disco man to play some funky tunes and you get this instead..
Bonus now pass me the nose candy
You think?🤔
I saw him once in the 90’s.
It was amazing.
Punk before punk, and they'd slide into reggae. No better live show. 9:30 Club at its finest, rats and all
Pass me the stereotyping
H.R.'s stage presence can not be replicated
Iggy Pop and Lux Interior .
@ironfistandpowerman not even close.... love Iggy tho
Guy Picciotto from Fugazi. Look up the song Glue Man by Fugazi and watch their live performance.
The Prince of punk
Seeing Bad Brains doing what they do best all the way back in the 70’s is a really pleasing sight.
There probably weren’t any bands making any music that was harder than theirs, not even a lot of 70’s Speed Metal bands that were around at the same time.
😊
We’ll dig, speed metal is complete trash
There are a couple from that time making hard music like this but that doesn’t make them any less badass
That HR 2 step was so ahead of its time along with this song.
real pioneers of punk rock right here, it aint about the outfit you spent 100 hours making yourself look broke with. and i know it sounds dumb but even in this video, the first time he screams BRIGADE. shit gives me goosebumps, thats real vocal intensity right there man
Harcore...
Love bad brains so much, my dad hung out and smoked with them backstage one time and HR gave him a t shirt, he still has that shirt
@kyfaydfsoab whats wrong with dad comments
Liar
Jesus, this is good... sounds so mean at this slower tempo, a great and equally amazing version. They had such style, no one matches them in terms of originality.
And darn snappy dressers!
Downpeninsula Audio sounds like a very early grunge
Dead Kennedys only comes to mind for me
The first time I saw the Bad Brains was in October 1981 with the Aesthetics. They played two sets and it was $5 to get into the door. You cannot ask for a more memorable show
I don't care if this is slow, this is their BEST performance.
Increase speed to 1.25x for the evolved brains
Hardcore to thrash! Lmao love it
Mordo racja
It really is haha
suena a mayhem
Lol Thrash Brains
I never listened to any of the bands that the punks had spray painted on their jackets back in high school (late 80's), but I am discovering them now. I never heard the bands because it wasn't on the radio where I lived. I didn't even know that I liked punk until the late 90's when I started to be exposed to some of it. Thanks to the internet we can hear just about ANYTHING! Damn, those kids were on to something!
Get out of here, poser
Is what I'd say if I wasn't in the exact same situation as you
@@callmeishmael5742 Haha, I was about to cuss you out, then I saw the last part of your comment. Have you heard The Chats or Amyl and the Sniffers? The latters first album is simply splendid!
@@ottomatic3123 the chats are awesome
@@ottomatic3123amel and the sniffers?... really?
In the same context as.... or even in the same breath as the bad brains!?!..
Dude, just go away.
“A child is influenced, by the make believe, to take advantage of that truth, is a cold hearted shame, so I say to the youth right now: ‘Don’t sway to the unjust”...no matter what they say...never give in never give in”.
-HR
You can't disappear anymore
I see your face lurking outside the window
You say you're a trife, I'm a bore
You touch yourself put your face in the pillow
But the funny thing about you is
You remembered to leave it behind
The funny thing about me is
I'm a member of the right brigade
Makes no difference to me
What side you choose, what side will lose
All their is to perceive is what I want
And I know how how to get it
But the funny thing about you is
You remember to leave it behind
And the funny thing about me is
I'm a member of the right brigade
COPY PASTE,,,cheers
vote for them into rocknroll HOF... no one more deserving
Fuckin' A
best american band
Christopher Patricola did the won
Absolutely. There aren't too many USA punk/hardcore bands that would argue. In fact, they all seem to cite Bad Brains as a major influence.
👍👍👍👍👍
His face at :07 after the "fucking Bad Brains" is priceless.
Seeing them in Detroit was both dangerous and as primal an event as we can imagine from this time period. Life changing, HR was the nicest man and gave me the best advice I've heard.
the James Brown of punk... HR is one totally bizarre n brilliant frontman in rock history..
Bad brains got talent and the true spirit of hardcore punk rock. History has been made and those were one of the many real bad boys.
Holy fucking shit. This song slowed down has some of the most crushing riffs of all time. #ObeyTheRiff
It hits harder at this speed. There were plenty of bands who slowed down their shit as they progressed and it lost some of the impact. And a lot of Bad Brains songs benefited from the increase in tempo later on. But I think the melodies and riffs here pack more of a punch when delivered methodically, as they do here.
This is like a black Jim Morrison punk performance I love it
THAT'S PRETTY PUNK ROCK BRO
Best version. Sounds so mean at this speed
this footage is amazing and insanely under rated. bad brains were the greatest hardcore punk band
Hardcore legend .
Badddddd brasssdiiussssssssssssssss
Bad Brains has energy like no other band of the time.
this is the best punk band ever.
They truly were.
Im my decade of punk years.....long ago, saw you live many times....LOVED Bad Brains, part of my life. Big yellow bad brains, sleeveless t-shirts, long black biker boots with spikes, Mohawks. mannnnny pierced ears......I forgot lots of it.......Olympic auditorium riots...Ohhhh those were the days !
One of the best hardcore punk bands to come out of my home town Washington DC in the late 70s early 80s. Then they went to new York City to take over.
Bad Brains is the best thing to ever come outta DC!!
The fukn best punk ever
58 dislikes? I don't understand this world anymore! Bad brains are hardcore gods!!
Because of them Limp Biscuit fans
74 people now
We know they aren't members of the right brigade
FUCK the dislikes.
Now that's a cool band name.
dw its zero now lol
It’s because people nowadays just don’t know what raw vocals sound like🤦🏽♂️
This band always gets me like they are the epitome of badass
back when hr was truly awesome and knew how to cut it in the live setting, superb!
This is the most punk rock thing I have ever seen
“Is that all you give yourselves?”
The most punk thing I've seen was probably FEAR playing I Love Living in the City live
5one of the most influential punk bands ever. Honestly they should have been bigger, a badass talented black hardcore punk band that also does some chill rea gea. Today they would have been huge. At least they inspired many musicians, they really helped push rock forward.
should have been bigger?
honestly come walk aroudn venice ca
you will see at least a few bad brains shirts or flags
and we're the opposite side of the continent
I think Darkashtar means internationally more successful and known in their time. As is what often happens with pioneer type bands their influence and cred far outweighs their success
Yeah and some carp hole band like greenday is worth like a billion...it's all totally controlled by the nasty slime mold music industry types...Bad Brains, Ramones...they slipped through the barriers set up to block their success and made a huge splash anyway. But touring and sales alone aren't really enough to support the band and ensuing staff...so they just barely scrape by
darkashtar u know they would've been but went Rastafari and changed their musical style said some racist shit and completely ostracised themselves from the hardcore scene
@@BrentStrathdeePehi uh they were wellknown outside of the US
Damn, for some reason these guys popped into my head today and I decided to look em up. First time I heard these guys it was on a record back in the early 80's!
just saw them last night, still killing it like in the video!!!
I love punk music!
There is no better video on the internet or anywhere else.
Hot damn, I never knew so much win could be packed into 2 minutes and 30 seconds. This is what its all about. 1:02-1:25, just amazing.
when everything go wrong you turn to greatness
I was only five in 80 but fortunately I had an older brother that listened to them. So I could literally say I've been a BB fan since 79-80. That's pretty freaking cool I might add 😎
Instead of Sesame Street and Electric Co. you had the Bad Brains
HR - coolest hardcore voice ever.
Shared a skunky "J" with HR way back in the day at The Channel...saw the Roseland Ballroom historic wild and crazy-ass show too...what amazing talent with fine burning angst...there's really nothing comparable now or at any time throughout history
Bad Brains is like a parody of punk rock, all while being 1 of the best fucking bands in punk.
not parody at all what are you on
i drove to from KC to LA with a boom box and cassette full of Bad Brains in 1984. My classic rock co-polite had his mind blown.
When hr ruled the world!
seriously one of my favorite live performances of all time!! mind blown everytime I watch it!!
@SuperDeadhope Cool. It's so eye-opening in the movie the way those in the bands describe the death of hardcore punk, the reasons so many bands just quit, & how & why everything just completely changed & died almost overnight, never to be raised to life again. It doesn't mean there's not good punk & hardcore right now & always will be, it doesn't mean that this art & music can't live again in a different form, it just means that punk rock as punk was invented and intended, died then.....forever.
i got goosebumps listening to that, i wish i was alive for this
so influential , holy hell still moves this old punk...
This footage is gold!❤💛💚⚡
Seriously...I think this is my favorite live footage of the Brains. So f**kin' RAW!!!
These guys are sick with it
The Groovest Hard-core band in the world !!
Seeking out and listening to a particular band's early musical influences appears to be a natural and ongoing phenomenon. In regard to the Beastie Boys, several band names are usually tossed out as having influenced them during their formative years: groups like the Clash, the Ramones, Black Flag, Minor Threat and even Kiss usually come up when the question is asked in magazine and television interviews. However in the June 1994 issue of Guitar World, Adam Yauch cited just how important the Bad Brains were to him. "He's (Bad Brains's bassist Daryl Jenifer) the musician who most influenced my playing. Though stuff I play now is in a different vein, if you listen to our hardcore tracks, I think you can hear his influence. On the knowledge tip, definitely go and see the Bad Brains every time they play. I've seen them like 50 times. I climb up on something where I can get a good view of Jennifer's hands, and just jones. He's an unbelievable bassist."
holy shit the energy is so good
Extremely entertaining. Shout out to Fishbone and Living Colour.
Also shout out to Bill Cosby, Jesse Jackson, Micheal Jordon, Obama,.....help me think of some more of them
Diarrhea Latte yomama
H.R.=#1. Rock n Roll front man of ALL TIME BABY!!!
Just some clean cut boys from D.C. who told you how to play punk rock.
People don't get that HR was/is legit insane. This wasn't an act or stage persona. But... As has been said, insanity is the only sane reaction to a world like this.
HR was absolutely wild on stage. The way he flung himself about and swung his head around makes me wonder if, at some point, he didn't cause himself some brain damage.
Like most people with mental illness it became progressively worse, it wasn't as bad when he was younger but it was there
What’s wrong with him?
Schizophrenia
Freeway he was amazing in sports. His swimming coach could’ve took him to the Olympics but he moved to DC from NY
The masters doing what they do.
I was born in 85, so I never got to feel the punk scene. Today I fully enjoy & understand what it was about. Non conformist, not racist, just kids, urban, suburban, low class middle class just letting out their frustration and anger. Politics, social inequality, abuse, addiction, everyone that was part of it was a family a brotherhood/sisterhood that stood together. Wish I could have lived it before it got commercialized. Anyone who reads this, watch documentary American Hardcore, great doc
Music like these is a WHOLE lot better than Pop and Country nowadays.
Tremendo grupo del punk rock más visceral y auténtico.Demoledor.
The slower tempo grooves harder. Also proves these guys were master musicians.
1:02 He's like a voodoo priest that is been taken over by an angry ghost
Saw them in the early 90s and had bruises for months to follow. Good times.
Dr. Know... the coolest name for a guitar player
Pretty sure I was listening to the Bee Gees' "Tragedy" album at this point in my life.
HARDCORE, PUNK & METAL RULE!
Hardcore history right here
I watch this , the birth of flight, music in general, and Rebirth myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man, just when I think I've seen all the classic BB footage, i find something else. Thanks.
Found out about this band in a documentary about music called Electric Purgatory, a great film. I can tell I'm gonna like Bad Brains already
FUCKING Bad Brainssss!
They knew how to pull it together. PMA...... So tight and soo good.
A pure raw preformance. Love this one & the more recent one from 2010. I suggest you give it a peep if you like this one. It is a live preformance as well.
Love the Bad Brains..heard about them back in the 80´s but could not find the roir tape.
Now since 2007 I have the dvd and a few cd´s, so cheers and thanks for posting this.
no astericks, no hyphen, no nothing: best hardcore/punk band ever.
Not wanting to defend anyone that said, "OMG they're all black!" but imagine listening to this with no visual image of the band. When I was first turned on to Bad Brains in the mid 80's by a bootleg cassette tape, I had no idea and was amazed when I was told. Bad Brains represents what was so right about Punk Rock...color didn't matter, there was no black or white or anything, there was just music and attitude. Hey, we got that P.M.A.!
These guys are what legends are
True
My man looking clean!! Straight from church! Killing it in Stacy Adams!!!! Fuq y'all bout that!🎉🔥🍻🤙
@alastairjr40 That's what made them so Punk dude..... Universally recognised as one of the, if not The Greatest Punk Band Ever. They showed up and blew everyone offstage....and they were years ahead of their time with their message.
Completly out of any stereo type love them
This is so underrated.
That's an understatement.
The Greatest.
i seriously need to go back in time attend this fucking show, it must have felt like god's altar for all those who had been there
Esto si es PUNK rock hardCore
Story Makers !!! 💚💛❤️
I have never heard this slowed version before. I LOVE IT! I saw them live here in Nashville, TN at the Armory in the early 90's. Then I saw H.R. in Chalotte, NC around 5 years ago with his reggae ensemble at a small punk club. I love him. Thank you for posting this.
The greatest band ever
I love this song, this is the best video on the internet!! ❤️
L.C.H.R and GTA IV brought me here 😎👍
oh fucking hell that´s super punk
the RIGHT BRI-GAAAAADE !!!!!
Excellent. Got the ROIR album
Saw these guys in Baltimore. Bad ass show
RIGHT BRIGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADE!
Dare I say a slightly better version than on their live album (which is also great!)
This video is amazing. I saw them in 1982 - fantastic! Great moves and energy! Too bad that now they are boring as all get out.