Bad Brains - Rise

Music video by Bad Brains performing Rise. (C) 1993 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

[@tudormiller8898]

Amazing band. There really should be a movie about Bad Brains. Such a huge influence on Rock music history. Watching from London UK.

[@TaintedSaint79]

No HR no brains

[@velikanx3967]

@@TaintedSaint79 bad brains is bad brains, don't matter who's the lead singer they are still good

[@KB-jh3rt]

There is a documentary kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYusqWyah9p7Y8k

[@tylerdavis6203]

@@velikanx3967 Bullshit.

[@jennifermitchell1991]

There is it is called Finding Joseph I

[@zer0theher030]

Gee, that's a solid funk metal from the 90's. Bad Brains were way too ahead of their time. So underrated band.

[@prettygrllswagg]

crazy how different this song is that from the sound of their self titled albumm

[@overpoweredsathanaas]

Solid funk metal ? wtf

[@dcroofingwaterproofingsyst2649]

Omg bro- wake up - these guys invented punk rock

[@rainbowslushy223]

Why aren’t these guys more famous . I mean in the punk scene they are legends but they deserve more mainstream success

[@rickgekpik]

Underground punk is punk at its best! Keep it like this and the real punk lover will find them.

[@charliebay9441]

Either you know or you don't. Much better this way.

[@g.marion5888]

You think bankers/corporations want to promote artists that tell their audience to question everything and rise up?

[@rosabscura]

Racism.

[@floatingdisembodiedhead8975]

Mainstream success means nothing to them though other than financial gain.

[@mattwhelan216]

Been a fan for life. Had the pleasure of opening for h.r. with dubb agents in Poughkeepsie December 2015. A very humble man that was actually interested in all the supporting acts and the meanings behind their songs. I had lost one of my best friends two days before the show and had considered not playing at all. H.r. shared some wisdom and a good cry with me and helped me grieve and express my grief too.

[@googlechicken]

One of my all time favorite bands and to hear they are cool to boot is the icing on the cake

[@harristonmiller4399]

The pioneers of hardcore still going strong 40 years from their formation

[@bongdonkey]

This album is not OG Bad Brains , No H.R. and no Earl Hudson, Or The Hudson Bros.

[@pressyprice]

I've had this song stuck in my head for over a year, today I am glad to say, I HAVE FOUND IT. The chorus is obviously doing its job lmao.

[@NPGLAMB]

I wish there were more black punk bands. Bad brains truly are unique.

[@mortalmannequin4091]

Me and my dad used to always listen to Bad Brains, Sublime, and Bob Marley. We may not always get along. But at least we both have an incredible taste in music.

[@aaronestes3905]

incredibly important bond.

[@anSRVenjoyer]

Jared Porter all those bands are beasts!

[@DerrickthePinecone]

Check out Stuck Mojo.

[@jayvalle50]

@@DerrickthePinecone i still have the pig walk album.....its fuckin great 🤘😎

[@Seraphim_skateboards]

Glad others have a good taste in music 🤙🏻🤘🏻

[@lout321]

I remember the day we filmed this! It was a honor to be in it at the end when the kaos hits! What a day!

[@fullmetalgrave]

Who are these people ? that's not H.R and thats not their drummer

[@MB-vk8cv]

Definitely HR.@@fullmetalgrave

[@jaysonsmith8106]

@@MB-vk8cv Not HR. This is Israel!

[@TheHilikus89]

Proud to be a black alternative

[@shanedoby2932]

Alternative is lucky to have ya

[@beheumband5758]

Power to you man

[@TheHilikus89]

Keiran Walker I am a woman

[@Mamaofchaos2]

Oh hell yeah!

[@nicole71047]

✨

[@canadude6401]

What is so great about the internet is you can discover new artists and old artists you missed over the years. I've been a huge Beastie Boys fan since I first heard Licensed to Ill in the mid 1980's, and heard the Beastie Boys mention Bad Brains before (Michael Diamond and Adam Yauch met at a Bad Brains concert in late 1980. ), but I never looked them up until today....so here I am listening to Bad Brains for the first time! Sorry I am so late to the party! Great tune. Time for me to check out the rest!

[@GabAssbreaker]

the earlier records are the best ones, full of adrenaline and high speed. later they got more into the reggae stuff and oddly enough, metal. Love them anyways, everything they made till the 90s was gold.

[@Strive1974]

This song is so relevant even today

[@HandleMyBallsYouTube]

A fellow once said to me he didn't know any black rock singers / artists.. I still carry a scar on my cheek for facepalming so hard

[@HandleMyBallsYouTube]

***** You mean a black metal band or a metal band formed by black people?

[@JCorsillo]

+pitkane100 lol crazy how black people literally go and invent pretty much every modern genre and then get snubbed by the majority of the white population...seems like hip hop and jazz are the only genres they get their proper credit for

[@HandleMyBallsYouTube]

cosmoskidd Lol why was your comment blocked as spam? KZbin wtf

[@killmeiunironicallyenjoyru1771]

what about hendrix?

[@HandleMyBallsYouTube]

Kill me I unironically enjoy Rush What about him? Lol obviously a legend, he doesen't even need to be mentioned.

[@brvndxxxn]

So underrated

[@robinbailey6843]

I’ve enjoyed the Bad Brains forever with HR and Earl Hudson, but when this came out with Israel and Mackie, this definitely didn’t suck and it actually became my favorite Bad Brains album. Almost 28 years later, I still enjoy it just the same.

[@dreaderthandread9236]

Mackie also played on Quickness even tho it's Earl on the album cover

[@lucastilford]

the guitars are soooo good in this song.

[@cadesmith4415]

Lucas Tilford have u listened to the bad brains

[@cloudnaquebrada]

Bad Brains é a melhor banda de hardcore!!!!

[@nicosarro0418]

Bad brains the best punk,ska,reggae,metal band ever,talented isnt the word,hardcore for life

[@weenking6767]

Israel deserves much respect on this one. I love brains. When bros quit a band, we get this beaut' of song.

[@___therodriaaxliveblood9416]

Bad brains debería ser más conocido de lo que es ahora, que gran canción🎸🤔

[@sangrantes7073]

Es mejor que no sea conocido comercialmente, porque siempre pertenieron al under. EL under se queda en casa y quien lo quiera escuchar que lo busque.

[@___therodriaaxliveblood9416]

@@sangrantes7073 ah, bueno eso es verdad, pero aunque sean del underground, un pequeño aunque sea mínimo reconocimiento no estaría mal, digo, es solo una opinión, pero como dices quien quiera escucharlo que lo escuche nomás👍🏻

[@sullman67]

That album kicks ass just as much as anything they've done.Joseph and Mackie step up on that record.Great playing, great songs.

[@jjnorton5306]

I saw them at the Palladium in Los Angeles when they toured for Rise.. They were just great live. Had the drummer from the Cro-mags too. That guy is good man.

[@logisticasaibogota3420]

Bad Brains enciende nuestras almas en unidad!!! Quema la basura!!! Abrazo desde Argentina!!!

[@DanielIsaacRoberts]

Gotta love that guitar solo from Bad Brains' lead guitarist. Long live Bad Brains \m/!

[@toddvandell85]

That guitarist being Dr. Know, his name obviously a reference to the old school James Bond bad guy Dr. No.

[@tefnutmintum8394]

sounds like metal with a dash of reggae-rock vocals

[@mikeyturnpaugh9856]

Seriously a great song!!!and a great band!!!

[@TaintedSaint79]

I love how so many of you don't realize that HR was not on this album

[@jennifermitchell1991]

There is no one quite like HR. This guy tried to do him justice and pay homage, but HR is one of a kind. If i did not know about HR and ever here the original line up. Then this is a good song. How could anyone really live up to or replace HR?

[@madisonlaseter8969]

Did you ever question any of the things they taught you while you were at school And did you ever question oh my teacher why do you take me for a fool? Rise up, you got to rise Rise up, wake up and rise When you're all alone you'll search for love but they'll have none this is the seed that they have sewn don't be afraid a better place has yet to come and when they won't teach or reach or feed you and all they do is leave you deceive you be true to yourself and save your mind lesson for the young so now let's fly away into the light of a brand new sun the time has come Rise up, you got to rise Rise up, wake up and rise We'll meditate communicate, escalate don't be late, we just can't wait to liberate this human race Go! Rise up, you got to rise Rise up, wake up and rise Don't let them don't let them take away your culture Don't let them Don't let them take away your future Rise up, you got to rise

[@tupguz7077]

So poetic. Thanks for the lyrics!

[@jerkyboy8897]

Thought they were gonna go off when he said "go" and got a guitar solo instead.

[@Eloysalas2]

You forgot euueeuguueuhigieueuvgkn future

[@KungFuChess]

Very under rated BB album

[@joekidger3960]

under-rated album

[@michaelhernandez7916]

Love seeing people of color rocking out ! The guitarist has got some skills !

[@fivefivevirgo4055]

doctor know in my opinion influenced a whole range of guitar players in alternative rock in the 90's and early 2000s because they play with that guitar style.

[@vonclod123]

He sure did!

[@nangwaya4186]

Word

[@ronemory7149]

These guys were my first show, I against I tour with D.R.I opening, so after almost 30 years I listened to this album (the only one without HR singing), and it's not as bad as I thought it would be...

[@F1Orchid]

I loved this whole damn album.

[@evanrayswenson]

It’s the ending that does it for me. Such ferocity and passion behind those lyrics and delivery.

[@dazet75]

this track KICK OFF THE BOOTS EVEN THESE YEARS

[@nu-metalfan2654]

I know Bad Brains was a Hardcore Punk band, but this song was clearly when they crossed over into Metal. Because this song is very Metal

[@gasmaskboi19371945]

They did the crossover a bit earlier than this; I Against I has a lot of metal influence

[@derpderpus6075]

Punk can't kill the Metal, for it was Punk that gave Rise to the Metal.

[@gasmaskboi19371945]

@@derpderpus6075 WHAT?

[@nu-metalfan2654]

@@derpderpus6075 Actually Metal came before Punk.

[@evancobb2554]

This is like proto nu metal

[@999Gematric]

this is probably the source of inspiration that influenced the style of Jonathan Davis, or even Serj Tankian of SOAD...just my opininon

[@nangwaya4186]

Bad Brains are a major inflience on all of Alt-Rock with how they combined hard and soft dynamics in a song and had a wide variety of dynamics and sounds, vibes in general from track to track

[@pantera6543]

Monkey from KORN says, that Jonathan was heavy into reggae at their inception and pulled elements into his vocal style.

[@rainbowslushy223]

Deftones too listen to their album like linnus its all over it

[@CP-kb1du]

@@pantera6543 More like Stole in ...

[@evancobb2554]

@@pantera6543 that makes a lot of sense

[@lastremain7867]

Another reason why the 90s kicked ass.

[@leagueofshadows]

Bad Brains were years ahead of their time. RISE is apt to what's going on in the crazy world today. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@toddvandell85]

Every die hard Bad Brains fan dislikes this because H.R. is NOT the singer, Israel Joseph I is. Israel Joseph I kills the lead vocals here completely. After I heard this I was like H.R. Who? Blasphemy maybe but Israel just kills it here. What a beast on lead vocals. And Mackie Jayson, former Cro-Mags drummer beats the snot out if his drums but never loses the beat once in the process either. A coiled viper beast. And I remember everyone kept saying the Grunge movement heralded the end of the guitar solo, and yet, Dr. Know just shredded the fuck out of a rather dangerous guitar solo on this track, speaking of beasts. Blasphemy to the purists, maybe, but those of us who love music and love Bad Brains music love the fuck out of Rise. This song was the biggest reason for that. Even 25 years after its release in 1993, it still sounds like a monster in 2018. This track never gets old. Ever. Not for me anyway.

[@andrewdenney5436]

Nice response... this song straight jams! No one can be who they aren't. Fans shouldn't compare or expect any artist to stand still, not move on, or evolve as artists. No artist is obligated to anyone but their art. Bad brains had to move forward. We are fortunate they choose to keep on keeping on. I love HR.... since I saw him solo in 1986. Saw orginal bad brains 1988. Later bad brains with Mackie ( brilliant) with the old lead singer of faith no more. Your comments inspired me express gratitude and blessings for the bad brains generosity of spirit. Don't lose sight of the mission statement PMA! Bad brains thanks for confronting bias, risking for the fight against the oppressors, and spiritual gangsterism wisdom of God! Haters, non believers, or those who think artists work for you.... it's not about you. Never was and never will be. Your delusions are the least of concerns for artists... it's your work.

[@tripleaaa4409]

Both are dope, no need to say “H.R who?” though. I prefer Israel Joseph for the more grunge style and H.R for the more hardcore songs

[@thornphillips7803]

I disagree. I love Bad Brains and everything they've written with and without H.R maybe dumbasses that don't realize there is a whole band making up Bad Brains might feel the way you say.

[@dann8431]

Yeah therefore this is not Bad Brains. This is like Dead Kennedys with no Jello. Haha

[@A_Maggot]

I remember liking Bad Brains, but being a metal/punk head I walked in both worlds, I loved this album and wasn't bothered by the lack of H.R.

[@lepzig1]

Bad Brains, Bad ass, old school, Excellent song, excellent album

[@FVD]

Haven't heard this in YEARS!!!! Takes you back indeed. :)

[@clifton250]

This album never sold by the bucket load! As expected! And it was on a major label! There is simply no justice!

[@thomasdavison7184]

Man these dudes were 20 years too early. They would be superstars today

[@greatmuta2]

Mackie on the drums, one of the best in the game and he credits bad brains with that.

[@wrwya78]

Saw them as a teen in the 90's, I was a lucky kid.

[@jeff2333]

I'm 55 and still love the Brains,and HR. Seen HR graduated in 1986. Baddest Hardcore Band loved them and Suicidal Tendencies

[@jarmarnewell]

I like to think of them as Living Colour and KoRn. Cause there’s a similar styles and sounds when it comes funk metal, nu-metal or alternative metal.

[@jessicaphillips1378]

from the golden age of punk when it was an attitude and a lifestyle not a fashion style

[@organizedmessoffical3838]

The golden age was the 80s, grunge was the 90s

[@kage6613]

+OrganizedMessOffical there was way more than grunge in the 90s, there was also emocore, post hardcore, metallic hardcore and mathcore.

[@dakotadexter3948]

Psh, it was always a fashion for at least half.

[@lucasmedia1]

XD yea

[@molly9929]

Its still is.. what the fuck you even talk about XDD it always was fashion style, coz that FASHION STYLE was in LIFESTYLE. Like. You dumb as fuck, or fake as fuck.

[@sangyenamdrol9392]

As a person who grew up listening to the Bad Brains religuslly and that informed my spiritual journey, i will happily say Serj is the rightfil heir H.R.'s throne.

[@Dottman56]

The riffs are so fucking good in this song.

[@marydoucas9051]

What an awesome, energetic song, with powerful guitar leads and drum beats . .. time has truly come, my friends, to wake up and rise ... together, collectively as one ... for a new way of living and be-ing ... 💡💗🌻🙌

[@louiscsanko9322]

BAD BRAINS ARE HARDCORE WITH SOUL***

[@Toothlessthedrgn]

Through the years...one of my favorite all time bands.

[@RebelKingfrom1995]

Much love from MD with this. I discovered Bad Brains while in high school during the late 2000s and they changed my life. RISE UP!!!

[@MrCaZzzle]

Apparently I'm 27 years late for the party but I'm digging it just the same :)

[@live.laugh_nirvana]

Who else just discovered them?

[@wendellsloan8200]

Still rocking in 2021

[@DrxSlump]

A clear inspiration for SOAD

[@GAMER3Productions]

The background they have in the music video reminds me of the background used in the music video "We Care A Lot" by Faith No More.

[@redpoppyanvil7192]

I cant believe I never ever heard of this band.im so sorry me..

[@drpixel564]

Never too late bro

[@gemeni3000]

Because they don't get any recognition and more promotion thats why. It unfair

[@kcevlscc]

Bad Brains GRUNGE!

[@JediMobius]

I have never before listened to Bad Brains. (An album cover caught my eye.) After picking this song out of the results and playing it for 4 seconds, I have all the info I need. Great riff, great groove, great tone... sold!

[@maxsmart9116]

Have you checked out their other stuff yet? Their most well known music is more punk sounding with a different singer (HR). Check out ROIR Sessions, Rock for Light, I Against I, The Youth Are Getting Restless (a live album, which is how I got introduced to them).

[@Captainkeys88]

Rise up, you gotta rise!

[@edersonramone7482]

Atitude e originalidade.

[@miriamcosta1403]

love it so much

[@freespirit3212]

Obrigado, muita muita saudades...

[@ricardols9567]

12 and listing to bad brains

[@hellenstellar6030]

good for you??

[@ianbenson1254]

+Ricardo Montelongo Me too

[@HectorLopez-ct3kq]

Masters of masters !!

[@bryanrasmussen6840]

These awesome dudes tryn to be the brothers... I give the all the credit in the world for trying the impossible! Blessed be the name of God

[@lurkmerchant]

Rise was probably the most balanced, approachable album by BB. They've got heaps of crazier and interesting songs in their catalogue but Rise is the perfect introduction to this band.

[@craniumfx]

Now I see where Serj Tankian from System of a Down got some of his vocal style.

[@rosalinacv1996]

C M More like Jonathan Davis from Korn.

[@rollastoney]

More like Justin Bieber

[@roynerruiz9616]

More like the vocalist pf disturbed .-.

[@Dan_is_the_Bastard]

I love HR but Israel Joseph I honestly kills it on vocals.

[@Bobertchin]

Oh my. I didn't know they did a video to this song. I use to listen to this over and over when this album first came out. Jah rules!

[@jamesritch9308]

Kids need to raise their hand!

[@CristianGasparoli]

Jonathan Davis took his style from Israel Joseph I.

[@terribleitch9526]

💒💻🏰🖥🏰🏪🏪🏰🏪

[@meganthompson8394]

Nonpoint tried to be this also

[@patrae6180]

Hahaha,I fucking hate korn, but dude, for Real!!! He really ripped him off move for move

[@shanedoby2932]

Israel did a great job. But nobody can stand in wholly for the beautiful HR!

[@juanbautistamaciel6767]

@@patrae6180 why?? Korn is great man

[@lammish]

in my opinion this is one of bad brains best tunes, right up there with anything HR sang on. israel joseph i was excellent on this song and the album itself. meaningful, uplifting lyrics and blazing music to match. what's not to like? the youth (and adults!) of today need to listen to this music instead of allowing their personalities and futures to be shaped by this toxic world.

[@OfficialBurrow]

✓ New Favorite Song

[@lightofgod-christfamily8357]

Huge hip hop fan but this is dope

[@stigstench5143]

Hip Hop and Punk have the same spirit

[@badbrainsdiscography8284]

Esse vocalista é muito bom, só que existe muitos fãs chatos que não gostam só porque não é com o HR no vocal.

[@THESNEAKERADDICT]

👊

[@giovanniman]

i love this Song ❤

[@GreenLight2020]

OMG Bad Brains exist since 77, I discover this band only now, what a surprise ! Amazing voice !

[@nunyabusiness4404]

Message: question everything assume nothing, and fight corruption & tyranny.

[@rafaels3185]

Caaaaaaaaciiildesss que música FODA

[@Kimoto504]

Great jam. Love the vocals toward the start/middle. So metal.

[@zurimoore2545]

I'm proud to hear all these amazing black rock singers like liveing color fishbone bad brains 24-7 spyz and mothers finest

[@johnnabors27]

If corn and system of a down had a black child 😅

[@oldtimesjoy]

A child that’s 20+ years older than them…

[@McNasty96]

@@oldtimesjoy Korn and Sotd black step father lol

[@TotallyRadical]

Bad Brains is the shit! REAL MUSIC being played here! One of the OG's of punk!

[@deeteephonehome7850]

THE OG's

[@isaakgarcia719]

Bad ass song

[@accessfashion]

One of my favorite bands!!!

[@ivanazepeda4289]

in my opinion there isn't a bad brains without HR

[@soonilxhead2175]

word

[@melamed5474]

Fe true Dat ... WHAPPEN WID dIS i-yAH .. ?!

[@simonwatson9730]

I agree, but you try convincing Dead Kennedy fans that the Dead Kennedy's are anything but a cover band without Jello Biafra. I can kind of see what they're driving at; Jello Biafra, like HR was a unique individual. But if these bands simply changed their names I'm sure they would be well regarded. I think this comes out of an inflated sense of brand loyalty. HR became incapable of performing. Does that mean Bad Brains should stop dead in it's tracks?

[@Nedfrenzy]

It's amusing to read comments about liking new band lineups from people who weren't even born yet to see the original bands live or the scene that inspired that bands to form. Henry Rollins moved on...and Keith Morris is doin OFF!...they are curren.. him along with most of the original members only do Flag as a part time deal... and they are much better than the full time touring Black Flag... Jello...he moved on as well...and is a legend for more than Dead Kennedys...HR retired...Bad Brains, like Dead Kennedys...is simply a shell of what they once were. If you saw these band in the early to mi eighties and saw them now you would have perspective on this topic.

[@xylin3683]

That may be true, but HR went bad shit insane a long time ago. This was the next best option. IMO, they should have changed the name of the band for this period, but hey. Marketing and brand name and bla bla bla. Having said that, this is a pretty damn good song.

[@perishinflames]

Offt I’m in love! Was always listening to OSDM and thrash.. missed out over all these years!

[@evancobb2554]

You can’t hate bad brains. It should literally be illegal to hate bad brains. Fucking reggae, hardcore punk, metal, jazz fusion, holy fuck they can play amazingly.

[@naughtygawd3269]

the vocalist kind of looks and sounds like Zombie Juice from the rap group Flatbush ZOMBiES

[@DavidS-cb1wx]

So much grass un zip the baggggg

[@naughtygawd3269]

lafonda johnson dip in my hand then im palm tree

[@charliecrash3450]

The vocalist sounds like HR, like when I scene them in the early 80's.

[@elslapo1347]

he does LMAO I'm weak

[@Grizzletopz]

thats Joseph Isreal, one bad mofo, um yeah i can see how you see that

[@markyskum4996]

I fucking love old skool Bad Brains, but damn this I always thought it was a Living Color music video. It's the Cult of H.R.'s Personality.

[@MartyredxMaiden]

BLOWN AWAY BLOWN AWAY WHY AM I SO LATE TO THIS.... Now I see where all those 90s, 2000s bands got their influence. Wowooo and this song is still relevant today. Schools are worse than before probably. Lies are rampant on tv. It's all chaos and discord and people are rising up because they can't take it anymore

[@jereleubanks9590]

I know you can hear korn, s.o.a.d., and even a little bit of killswitch. Hell some of there older records you can some dimebag style riffs. This band influenced everybody, they invented the breakdown imo. Im only 21 years old and i love this band to death

[@mortysmith862]

+TheMr.PurplesaurusRex2002 who cares ?

[@thegreatwallofchinaofficia1028]

These guys actually inspired Slayer, Beastie Boys, Killswitch Engage, Rage Against The Machine, Foo Fighters, Living Colour, and many other bands.

[@jamesroussos8635]

So hard to keep that pma right about now. Love you guys since the mid late 90s.

[@adrianoandrade5125]

#AFROPUNKCORE