All
material on this CD was recorded at 171-A Studios, NYC, during August,
September and October 1981, except "Pay To Cum," "I Luv I Jah" and "Jah
Calling Dub" recorded live at 171-A on May 16, 1981.
Since
the original release of this title on cassette format, the Bad Brains
have achieved a certain immortality among punk and hardcore rockers that
followed them. The
original 1982 cassette (ROIR A-106) is also available for those remaining
cassette junkies.
"...they
have inspired or influenced everyone from THE BEASTIE BOYS and RED HOT
CHILI PEPPERS to LIVING COLOUR and JANE'S ADDICTION. But upon relistening
to this glorious hardcore/punk masterpiece, it quickly became evident
that not one of the many pretenders to the throne have even come close
to matching BRAINS' blisterly majestic style. Yeah, they are punks martyrs.
Jah on the cross - they died for our sins." -Scrawl
"Just
listen to it...Classic chunk of Americana. Go get it." -
New York Post
"Where
dreadlocked superheroes Bad Brains went, a thousand punk and metal wannabes
followed. And what better album to tell you why these militant rockers
were so powerful than this, their eponymous classic from 1982? Sell your
Green Day records and buy this, kids." - Vox
"Bad
Brains were the band who taught the world how to play fast....this re-released
1982 masterpiece shows exactly why this is a band who could pull thousands
of people to their shows when no one in the mainstream even knew they
existed. Quite brilliant." - Select
"No
album has ever been such an aural punisher - so blistering, so ashen.
Nothing ever will again. Holy F***!" - Big Takeover
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