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BAD BRAINS- 'I Against I' Reaction

[@fellowdanbarber3323]

I love watching people discover Bad Brains. Its kinda like a religious experience. 😆

[@terryring3642]

I agree... I have been fortunate to be friends with Darryl and Gary for over 25 years. Remember also living colour opened for Bad Brains

[@Vespawood1]

Totally. I watched the first part thinking, get ready to have your mind blown. Then I saw another Bad Brains fan being born, right in front of my eyes. There is no denying it. Best band ever!

[@garse70]

It makes me jealous that someone get to hear them for the first time. Fuck! Best live band ever!

[@garse70]

Do return to Heaven, or re-ignition. bad brains

[@stevehettinger7709]

This young lady needs waaay more PUNK ROCK in her life!!!! She's ready. I can see it!

[@Majklfoun]

😂

[@sotanodrums]

I'm from DC. All us punks wanted to be Bad Brains. Great band.

[@davidbailey6397]

Hardcore punk rock pioneers Bad Brains. Band birthed in 1977. Huge influence in American hardcore and punk rock circles . Bands such as Deftones ,Korn,and Living Color influenced heavily by them. Living Color performed songs by them all the time.

[@sean88gator]

Hardcore AND Reggae from the same band? Crazy right? Nope, just the badass Bad Brains!!!

[@twowheelterror2925]

Back in the 90's I got so much hate being a black Sk8 Punker... Love seeing black people's minds opening up like this man. Brings a tear to my eye!!!

[@maxsmart9116]

Me too. Love to see it.

[@JoseGranny]

Damn! Where did you grow grow up. In California, there were so many black kids into punk rock. There were even punk gangs. I remember a band called Ni****s From Planet Hell. 😂

[@JoseGranny]

Check out a black band in the 70s called Death. Not the white band.

[@briansmith2125]

It was the same in the '80's. I could never understand the black on black hate over music. Still don't. It's fuckin retarded.

[@dr.daniel8816]

Ha8 from who? Not fellow sk8trs. Please do tell

[@locosololobo9972]

The genre is American Hardcore. So many great bands (Minor Threat, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Suicidal Tendencies). I'm forgetting some because my brains aren't so good no more.

[@DavidLee-xt8bu]

Pure hell

[@Imadumbdoodoohead]

Early NOFX was more along their Hardcore roots. Same with Pennywise. Unless you're just looking for OGs? Lol

[@twowheelterror2925]

WAR ZONE NYC's FINEST Trad Skin Hardcore!!! Much love!!!

[@darrellbaum2615]

@@Imadumbdoodoohead id put bad religion in there as well

[@andrew7taylor]

Agnostic Front, Sick of It All, Madball

[@mikeyb8040]

It's hardcore punk, from an african-american perspective. As a white Aussie I love it.

[@edwordcomic]

They were not African-American. They were Jamaican American

[@adderon7476]

They helped create hardcore in the late 70's

[@mikeyb8040]

@@edwordcomic My bad, thanks for correcting me. I need to leard shit like that. Sorry if I offended

[@milfredcummings717]

@@edwordcomic Jamaican American my ass! 😂

[@jrod75237]

Saw them in 86 and 87. One of the best live bands ever!

[@fshsunlimit21]

American Hardcore, they are one of the pioneers of it! You will never meet a more electrifying performer them HR! He was truly in his category! Very respected by many!

[@judycaldwell2582]

LOVE ME SOME BAD BRAINS!! 😍😍This is probably my favorite song by them❤️ Thank you!!

[@judycaldwell2582]

OK this song is great but my favorite is I and I will survive😊 (reggae)

[@judycaldwell2582]

Loved your reaction, Scribe!🔥

[@starvingbuddha7622]

I used to stare mesmerized by the photo of HR in the christ-air stage dive, that was the LP’s sleeve...

[@timh1237]

Do Cro Mags “We Gotta Know” video next or Bad Brains “Banned in D.C.” live at CBGB’s 1982

[@jimmyduke7578]

Yeeeesssss!

[@michaelcunningham1663]

Right now you are listening to the best studio album ever recorded in my opinion 35 years later still still cranking love these guys seen them live many times love your channel keep up the good work

[@locosololobo9972]

The two bands I really regret not seeing from my youth are Bad Brains and Husker Du.

[@gnesteck3276]

Bad Brains played a Tulane Univ homecoming bash in 1983-84 ...imagine that!

[@JG-ux7of]

I remember Bad Brains played a reunion show in Chicago about 10 or 11 years ago but the Bad Brains post their break up are not the same. The set was mostly Rhasta and they played a few of the Punk favorites but H.R. isn't really the same man anymore and his heart isnt into the Punk/Hardcore music anymore. I totally get growing up and evolving but Bad Brains literally invented Hardcore.

[@darrellbaum2615]

Fugazi for me

[@adderon7476]

Hearing Bricklayer and At the Atlantis at the same show circa 1980. Cot Damn!

[@artis1969]

This intro is a perfect cousin to a track on Zen Arcade. The name slips my mind at the moment. Both were such great bands.

[@hemiacplurge3572]

"Woah! Here comes the words!" Yes, H.R's voice, like a piano, is also a percussion instrument! 🤯

[@r0ckstar666]

Bad brains is my favorite group. I been listening to them since 1984 fearless vampire killers. Was a crazy song less than 30 seconds but ever since been a big fan. They played everything from punk rock, reggae, heavy metal, and everything else. They always had a positive message also

[@DebiM75]

Still my favorite band all these years later

[@Metal_Archaeologist]

Brains were Hardcore Punk, Then they incorporated Reggae, Then, Soul, Then Metal, Then Dub..... Bad Brains were ALL! They were GOD, They were... Peace, Love and Jah!

[@jimgraph]

I love how you immediately start banging your head to it and gritting your teeth. It's exactly how it should be listening to this song.

[@gbutl3r]

I am a 59-year-old man, and back in 1989, I had the same reaction you just had - ‘What genre is this? This is like five songs in one! This is definitely rock. What’s he singing about?’ After I saw this video, I bought the brand of guitar Dr. Know was playing. Still have it. Bad Brains forever!

[@lurkmerchant]

Have you heard of a Japanese metal band called Maximum the Hormone? The way they fuse genres reminds me of Bad Brains. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJaxZpimarKlmrs kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipXahWiAoa1rna8 There are heaps of genre hopping bands doing crazy stuff and their musicianship is world class.

[@josephglessner8615]

The look on your face when it kicks in. Priceless. You are punk at heart girl. Go with it.

[@ThePunxinnm138]

May I suggest DEATH - Politicians In My Eye. Another African American Punk Band

[@JG-ux7of]

Death were punk before punk and are fucking great!

[@chrislesyk3884]

Hi! It's good to see the younger generation exploring timeless and influential bands, like The Brains. The instrumental piece before I Against I is called Intro. If you liked this, check out a track called Voyage to Infinity, from their album called The Quickness. They reused the bones of Intro for this track. Maybe you've already heard it.

[@davidfoley9926]

Bad Brains! Nice! Bad Brains are a hardcore punk band originally from Washington D.C. and formed in 1977. They have a very eclectic sound mixing hardcore punk with reggae, heavy metal, and pretty much everything else under the sun. They are one my personal favorites and I hope you continue to check them out. I recommend: How Low can a Punk Get? Leaving Babylon Hired Gun

[@jeepmanxj]

Bad brains started as a jazz outfit and got into more aggressive punk. They are the text book definition of hardcore punk. They are also one of the most influential bands in metal/punk/rock today influencing every facet of the music. These guys have also been fighting for equality hardcore since the 70s and their lyrics are often directed at failures of authority and ones own moral standing.

[@jeepmanxj]

Just for someones humor. A loudwire interview with HR kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4GrmWWribeKea8

[@slim864gvg6]

This is what they call HARDCORE!

[@juancaminante8078]

Damn straight!

[@michaelwoodward5787]

HARDCORE! They were the fathers of it !

[@poxous3854]

Bad Brains where a HUGE influence on NYC hardcore. If you want to do black music that is "off the beaten path" then look up what they did.

[@mymasteriwanttoserveyouand9903]

This is the birth of alternative metal babe

[@thedudeabides4829]

The cool thing about this is once you are familiar with the song and anticipation the transition it’s so satisfying when it drops in. They are definitely a band that’s an acquired taste for most.

[@mattstangel2315]

Hardcore Punk Rock. Bad Brains are where it’s at Where it’s been and where it will ever be. Everyone else bow down

[@LearnToRefine]

I think this song is about how we chase all of this materialistic bullsh*t and we try to live the "american dream", yet we keep hating on each other and destroying ourselves. We can become our own worst enemies. I against I ..

[@ceevishus4130]

Please keep spreading the Glory that is Bad Brains..

[@TheSickSicks]

No one has ever yawned while reading Bad Brains lyrics. Good job.

[@ay_ay_ron2112]

My favorite punk band❤️😁🎶. These guys were jazz fusion musicians before forming a hardcore punk/funk/reggae band.👍

[@joesmith8725]

The main genre for Bad Brains is punk rock based. Punk rock is like the rap attitude of rock music. lol

[@steveg8102]

The singer HR would stand there and do flips while he sang.

[@hemiacplurge3572]

I think the short answer to "What subgenre of Rock is this?" is "The set of all bands who have single songs that spawn entire subgenres." I wish "Re-Ignition" had gotten the radio play it deserved. To this day I play that song for people for the first time, just to watch the new neural pathways burn in. It's so rhythmically surprising, playful and light on its feet that its sheer heaviness doesn't hit you until Dr. No rams that amp right in your ear with that solo. "Oh sweet baby cheeses, I didn't realize that groove is carved in my brain for eternity! PLAY IT AGAIN!"

[@ericmiller3708]

Bad Brains is the perfect fashion of hardcore punk and reggae. Listen to the full albums "I Against I" and "Quickness."

[@gregsonic]

Truth is, they influenced the very FIRST wave of American Hardcore.. Back then it was about Song+ Energy+Dedication.. these guys RULE RULLEE .. because they are the BEST ... that's not EQUITY, OR EQUALITY... that's the BAD BRAINS bein better then everyone else... Many Examples... reach out .. 🙏👍

[@danmcconnell5941]

I saw these guys in 1992, they're punk/hardcore. Love them. Check out Fishbone and the song Sunless Saturday, maybe you might like.

[@atlharp1]

I think this titled Scribe like a pinball machine. Bad Brains is a fucking great band and should be honored in Black history forever for influencing the direction of punk into crossover with metal. Bad Brains along with DRI were instrumental in that. So many bands came in the wake of that (Korn, Pantera).

[@gregsonic]

Saw them Bad Brains, many times , always on LSD ... they Destroy Eternity

[@Krust_Acean]

This genre is Hardcore

[@blitheringrando1410]

I love Bad Brains. They're neck and neck with Dead Kennedy's as my favorite punk band.

[@crookedvultrendall5581]

This is what happens when Artists have creative control over their music!!! Today hip hop and rock are owned by the music industry they don't have creative control and the music industry only wants music that will sell music,

[@markoconnor4110]

Reignition and soul craft by bad brains

[@soundrevolver886]

Bad Brains are their own genre. Jah Rock

[@MitchellRatchik]

one of the greatest HC bands of all time. Listen the Banned in DC - my fav. You should watch the documentary American Hardcore - @

[@OoBLUEPLANEToO]

This is hardcore punk baby. I was a teen black punk skater boy when i was into this.

[@ollieroks]

You are Right. They have so many elements. They are so Underrated and very influential.

[@ThinkerOnTheBus]

Bad Brains rock!!! One of the most influential bands within the punk scene, I am rather disappointed that I failed to see them the few times when I had a chance. However, I have seen the lead singer, H.R.'s subsequent band, H.R. (Human Rights), who were more of a reggae band, but when they played, they seem to play forever. I saw them perform at Reggae Sunsplash one year, headliner act, last band, and I think they played for almost three hours, and saw them again as the headliner at The Cubby Bear bar in Chicago, and they must have played for over two hours there. An incredibly talented, and rocking, band opened for them called Trenchmouth, whose lead singer, Damon Locks, I had a short conversation with after I caught them playing at a venue in St. Louis. I had mentioned seeing them when they opened up for H.R. in Chicago, along with the fact that they play incredibly long sets. The one thing about the band that Damon mentioned to me was that they smoked a retardedly insane amount of weed, and they could not keep; up with them . . . and he mentioned that that was the highest he had ever been for a live performance. If you are not already familiar, I would recommend checking out some older material by a band called Fishbone! Almost any track off of their album "In Your Face" would be decent. I would recommend: When Problems Arise kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3TbZYqnlNWaqpo A Selection kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpzEXoR-rsSerqs Cholly kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3zJaGt8iMd9grc I Wish I Had A Date kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKiVqp19i9igmZI "Simon Says" The Kingpin kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXKTqZyNh66Vask

[@chukysleez]

Ready to ROCK AND ROLL!

[@JG-ux7of]

People are calling them one of the Pioneers of American Hardcore Punk but they are more than that. They are the CREATORS of Hardcore. They didnt just create the sound, they laid the foundation of the ethos of Hardcore. Vegan/Vegetarianism and Straight Edge were pioneered by other bands but it all started with that PMA! They were Jazz Musicians who heard the Dead Boys and fell in love with Punk Rock but decided they would play it louder, faster and instead of being nihilistic they would promote a higher level of consciousness and positive mental attitude. They are one of the most important Punk Bands of all time, being one of the first Black Punk bands is an achievement that's overshadowed by their other accomplishment of creating a new subgenre (Hardcore) and changing the sound and mentality associated with Punk. They are to Hardcore what Chuck Berry is to Rock and Roll. Nobody ever says Chuck Berry was the first Black Rock and Roll musician because he's the FIRST EVER Rock and Roll musician! Chuck Berry invented Rock and Roll, he is the real King.

[@brianbulluck2012]

rap has a punk element to it

[@JG-ux7of]

In the early punk days in NYC, Punk and Hip Hop crossed over. Beastie Boys were originally a Hardcore band that eventually switched to Hip Hop because the scenes started intersecting. They seen eachother as both being part of the underground and outside of the mainstream. Hardcore kids were big into Graffiti Writing which was birthed from Hip Hop. When I was 16 I moved from the Southside of Chicago to the suburbs. I was into Hip Hop, I had turntables and was a Graffiti writer and was big into A Tribe Called Quest, KRS-ONE, De La Soul, Digable Planets etc. The kids in the suburbs that I made friends with were Punk Rock kids. A lot of what made me fall in love with Hip Hop was what made me fall in love with Punk Rock. I eventually moved more towards Punk Rock but Hip Hop is what made me see art as more than just a form of entertainment.

[@mahatmasloth6543]

they all from the same streets

[@joesmith8725]

California, esp southern Cal had/has a huge rap/punk/metal meshing back in teh days. '90s & '00s. The rap/punk scene merged a lot. Lots of NuMetal bands too

[@darrellbaum2615]

Definitely, I see a lot of rap at punk festivals.

[@douglascuffee4712]

24-7 Spies, Living Colour, A Band Called Death, TV On The Radio, Game Rebellion, and Whole Wheat Bread....all great African-American bands.

[@bystandah9626]

Don't forget Body Count, Ice-T's group and one of the greatest ever.

[@carstenkoloc5226]

Unix and Gratulation you discovered this great band.🤪😝😂😂🥁

[@r0ckstar666]

They were a hardcore punk rock band, but this album I against I was first time they started playing metal. They were the first band to mix punk rock and reggae together and make it work. The lead singer H.R. human rights is the greatest vocalist that ever lived Watch the documentary a band in DC, American Hardcore, finding Joseph I. The genre would probably be considered Hardcore punk rock, but most of the sings on album are metal. Dr. Know on guitar

[@UniversalBlackRocker]

Bad Brains are a Punk/Reggae band. Also for black rock acts: Xavion Living Colour Funkadelic Fishbone 24-7 Spyz Death

[@AdanALW]

King's X also. But for fans of Bad Brains may I suggest a Puerto Rican band called Ricanstruction

[@UniversalBlackRocker]

@@AdanALW Good one. And The Bus Boys

[@AdanALW]

Death definitely influenced HR's singing in Bad Brains and their sound. I argue Bad Brains pioneered that hardcore punk and metal hybrid that became Grunge. Listen to Re Ignition and tell me that Nirvana's "In Bloom" doesn't take inspiration. Also Rage Against the Machine had people of color and was post-hardcore and metal sounds but with rapping. Zack's earlier band Inside Out was hardcore punk for sure. Thin Lizzy also had a Black frontman. Also "Pure Hell", a band from Philly were all Black. Also "McRad" had Chuck Treece.

[@UniversalBlackRocker]

I've almost forgot to mention Jean Beauvoir, Joan Armatrading, Garland Jeffreys, Nona Hendryx, Mandrill, Mother's Finest, Betty Davis (not the actress, the former wife of Miles Davis), Shuggie Otis and can't forget about Tina Turner.

[@MrTheillicit1]

AdanALW Death were virtually unknown until the early 2000s. Bad Brains didn’t know their material until then, so it’s impossible for HR to have been influenced. Death got as far as recording and printing. They never distributed their material

[@mrniceshoes2118]

Girl this is hardcore !!! and they invented!!! PERIOD

[@oiSTIR]

Haha..love it..great years the 80s!

[@JG-ux7of]

Hardcore Punk, Bad Brains are one of the most important bands from 80s Hardcore, maybe even THE most important band. Minor Threat, Cromags, Agnostic Front and basically all of the greats worshipped the Bad Brains.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Great reaction. More Bad Brains !

[@adderon7476]

These guys started as a jazz fusion band

[@carbon1479]

2:12 - and then you realize the song is just a steady stream of transitions, almost from start to end. It works though - he's singing about a jarring topic so it would make sense that it has a real unstable feel to it.

[@SLG52]

One of the best...yet most violent...shows I ever went to was Bad Brains at Iguanas in Tijuana somewhere around '89. Daddy Long Legs opened for them which I think was HR's younger brothers band. I remember seeing some "preppy" looking girls on the 2nd belcony (when I left the pit to check on some friends) and they said they didn't like the music but were there to watch the fights. I am from the "punks shows are actually friendly and not violent crowd) but I make exceptions for the shows I went to at Iguanas in TJ.

[@shellygraham889]

Punk!!! Awesome!!

[@mattcribbin1570]

This song is early metallic hardcore.

[@samuelstoner1838]

she has me laughing.yessssss love bad brains

[@fangsandfolklore8795]

Bad Brains are AMAZING

[@sigmundhightower1766]

OG Hardcore Punk from D.C.!

[@TheOriginalFILIBUSTA]

You sweet thing! You swing out of nowhere with this! I'm your age. This is out. I'm in leather, thrashing about in clubs to this wonderful anthem. I almost have that time machine made; you're on the list.

[@TheSasquatchNation]

It’s Punk Hardcore Crossover.

[@mahatmasloth6543]

Candiria - blood ... great hardcore jazz fusion band with a black dude that does vocals

[@DirtyWesley]

This takes me back to playing this for my friends for the first time back in 89.

[@lulu63]

Hardcore punkrock.

[@salchamp714]

2021 still makes me want to rip shit up! PMA!!!!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@AdanALW]

Thin Lizzy's frontman was Black Check out Ricanstruction for a group like Bad Brains. Also Fishbone, Living Colour, 24 7 Spyz, Rage Against the Machine, King's X.

[@MrHajidub]

Punk @scribecash out of Washington DC. Early/mid eighties, Rastafarians doing punk, it's never been repeated. Tight as shit on their instruments!

[@bigp3006]

Definitely punk, back in the 90s this was played at all the parties, skaters galore.

[@Domsoutdoorlife.]

One of the best punk bands

[@mathiaskrokus3849]

"Is this metal? Is this punk?" Answer: yes. Add to that; reggae, soul, psychedelic and everything else they felt. Welcome to Bad Brains.

[@23trickiedot]

as a big dub fan i always love haring the "i & I Survive" Bad Brains album.

[@raylove2235]

I against I against I against I against ... WOOOOOHOWOOOOOOOOHOWOOOOOOHOOHOHOOOOOOOOO Pure freepunk DOPE !! I'm impressed of how you got it instantly and made those punk silly faces , for when it came out we were like ... eeer what's that rastapunk ufo ?

[@echopryme]

Okay, first things first, before this starts... 1. You AIN'T ready for this!!! The first time I heard it I was 15 and pissed at the world, and I wasn't ready for it!!! 2. Do NOT treat this like it doesn't matter!!!!

[@donniebradshaw4802]

Sevendust name of the song is Licking Cream.

[@kelzo4152]

Bad brains is hardcore punk

[@deadheads1352]

Hardcore!!!!!!!

[@TokiDoki-jt3of]

This was my favorite song in 7th grade..... awesome young ppl are listening to it.... it's restaurant punk

[@TokiDoki-jt3of]

Rasta punk

[@TokiDoki-jt3of]

At the time the only ones.... unless you count ska

[@craptown606]

Fishbone Servitude. Loves it :)

[@isaaccampbell945]

Punk rock!!!

[@shawnawesome7770]

4:29 Love the way you are sing it!

[@lava620]

Hardcore Punk with some metal thrown in for good measure

[@victorobezo6503]

There were a punk band out of DC. 1977 to the Early 80s. The best black punk band ever. Seen them back in the day. Incredible

[@scenxad]

Fucking legends.

[@metalhead4206]

Sweet pick! Bad Brains are hardcore punk. Should try some D.R.I. 5 yr plan now that's some serious hardcore there for you..peace✌✌✌✌✌

[@jaizarulrohayu44]

American rastafarian hardcore punk legend

[@joesummer8203]

Wait till you hear Reaggae songs by BB :))

[@jaysoneway]

on to the BODY COUNT!

[@judycaldwell2582]

Punk/Reggae😊

[@judycaldwell2582]

I saw them perform live -early 90's! Crazy fun

[@mikeyb8040]

If you want African-American rock that I KNOW you will love... Living Colour (not the TV show). Pick a song, any song.