this looks amazing. the bad brains have been mythical figures in the hardcore scene for so long, and this looks to get the tone just right. sure they were the catalyst for a ton of bands, and every good thing said about them in these clips rings true, but they were also major fuck ups in a ton of ways. hopefully we'll get the well rounded documentary that the band deserves.

i've said it before, and i'm sure i'll say it again, but if the history of american hardcore is even remotely interesting to you, pick up this book. do it. don't think about it, just buy it.

if there could be a muhammad ali of the hardcore world, it'd be bad brains. head and shoulders above everyone else in the scene.



one of the first things i did once i realized i had four jobs was to start spending some money as if i had a lot of it to throw around. one of the first stops was the roir site to score some sweet bad brains stuff. they're still selling the first album on cassette? how about that there exists in our world bad brains flip flops? vans is making bad brains kicks, and you can pay to have "pay to cum" as your ringtone.

if the bad brains reputation stays even remotely true, then they've immaculately fucked this up somehow, but i really hope not. regardless, here's a track from the oft overlooked second album, as well as the latter half of the above clip.

bad brains: how low can a punk get? (pvc records, 1983)

my brother is in fact in town for the week, seeing the sights and sounds of the midwest, which will tie my hands ever so slightly as far as posting youtube vids and the grip of vinyl 45 rips i'm holding on to for a day or so.

any suggestions on where to take the brother? so far i've fed him a pastee form teddywedgers and cheese curds and beer from the olde fashioned...