DeVore Fidelity Record Review: Bad Brains I Against I, one of the most important records of the 80s

[@gouddude]

In 1977-78 I was working at a local record store, Penguin Feather in northern Virginia. Somehow through record store contacts we were able to have Bad Brains play a party at my house in Falls Church. What a wild, crazy party that was. Dr. Know slammed his guitar neck into the drywall in my basement while playing. I have great memories of those days.

[@DeVOREFIDELITY]

WOW!

[@courtneyswaby3178]

The band member being in jail at the time of the recording got me cackling so funny the way to go 😂great track and video

[@sixergixer]

I'm not much of a punk guy, and I know very little about classic punk, but this is an intriguing little feature. I appreciate the varied range of tastes you have, John.

[@LJMcG]

Loved this LP back in high school - thanks for posting John!

[@BostonMike68]

Wow Bad Brains I didn't expect . But a very underated band that influenced a lot of musicians.

[@jmal5390]

Great record! The first three Bad Brains records got a lot of play time when I was in high school. Never understood the banned in DC thing though. I grew up there and they seemed to play regularly. Eventually, they may have tapered off, but I suspect that had to do with HR's mental illness.

[@aminjaber8678]

I discovered Bad Brains when i was in university, and i was not a punk guy but the record resonated strongly because it has do many facets to it. Another suggestion for me is NomeansNo - Wrong , it’s a canadian punk band but they are jazzy, folky, and many other things but i still give high praise to that album…

[@SuperMcgenius]

I tried to book them in Montreal , but could not get them past Canadian customs border😢 in the 80’s

[@DeVOREFIDELITY]

Ha!

[@charlesdavis5542]

Killer track. The one that got me on this date is "Re-ignition",which I played constantly. That and Suicidal Tendencies "Institutionalized"-whew! Brothers from another motha...

[@adevore1971]

Yes Reignition! That's the one I remember most :)

[@adevore1971]

Wow, what an awesome review! That song brings back memories of an old tape playing in my walkman while I was treeplanting in BC Canada (89?90?)...my punkrock friend with dreads down to his butt turned me on to Bad Brains (and many other cool bands!) What's extra crazy is that I literally looked up this old friend on FB just YESTERDAY.. (there's a lot of Chris Murphy's out there lol).. we had a lot of adventures!

[@jonferren9503]

One of my favorite albums of all time.

[@word2RG]

deep cut, points allocated. 👍

[@SuperMcgenius]

The dbx 120 sub harmonic synthesizer really helps with these old rock albums, maybe not pure ,but more fun.

[@dougg1075]

Yeah, Bad Brains bad to the bone

[@adammazza]

Remember seeing them at CBGB's. Also remember some guy spitting teeth into the bathroom urinal....Amazing live show.

[@DeVOREFIDELITY]

Ha!

[@The_Juan_Percent]

Your description of the band and the sound of that track do not mesh. Will give the album a listen but I was expecting to be assailed but heard more Greenday than Rammstein.

[@jmal5390]

Check out some older videos of them playing live. This record, and Rock for Light, leans more toward the mellow side. Live, HR seemed to be in the air more often than not.

[@achillefrancescorocc]

Play their self titled first lp, or their first ep Pay to Cum if you want to hear the proper HC manifestation of Bad Brains. IagainstI is a good record, but doesn’t touch their earlier releases in terms of intensity and musical cohesion.