Bad Brains＜Banana Peel Variant Vinyl＞

For fans of hardcore, many would agree that the holy grail of the genre is Bad Brains self-titled album, originally released back in 1982 as a cassette-only release on ROIR. The ensuing years after its initial release havent dulled the albums fury and rage in the least, and its still impressive how the band can switch gears from red-hot hardcore to cool reggae dubs in the blink of an eye. All the classics are here: Sailin On, Banned in D.C., Pay to Cum, Right Brigade, as well as one of their strongest reggae tunes, I Luv I Jah. The back of the album boasts a quote from the Beastie Boys Adam Yauch, which sums up the proceedings simply, the best punk/hardcore album of all time. [Although Bad Brains was available on CD on the now-defunct In Effect label in the late 80s (then titled Attitude: The ROIR Sessions with a different album cover), its since been remastered and re-released with its original cover, as well as an untitled bonus track added at the end.] ~ Greg Prato