[kj] OT: New Bad Brains LP

[Christof hamille]

I heard it about a month back.  It's good...not great.  I think I need to 
re-listen.  They really haven't put out a horrible record.  The one on 
Hollywood, or whatever the Madonna label was called, was the weakest.
They have the same problem as the majority of the older, ground-breaking 
bands.  They have a mighty past to live up to.
I just hope they tour and keep it together to make it through all of the 
cities this time.
It sounds like HR is being more reasonable these days.  But if you've seen 
their pics at the final days of CBGB's you might think otherwise. They are 
so good live.

Chris

listening to the new Turbonegro



>From: Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>

>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 

><gathering at misera.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: New Bad Brains LP

>Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:02:40 -0700 (PDT)

>

>The vocals definately stick out like a sore thumb and it's obvious they 

>tried everything in their power to make them work within the music. Still, 

>it's a pretty cool mix of hard and soft. If it were some unknown band, I 

>think I'd be pretty into it. The fact that it's Bad Brains is probably the 

>biggest reason why the vocals don't sit well. We wanna hear the classic 

>sound, especially since the other 3 members are dishing it out 

>effortlessly. Oh well, you can't recreate the past.

>

>Leigh

>

>

>

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>From: GREG SLAWSON <gregslawson at msn.com>

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:18:22 PM

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: New Bad Brains LP

>

>

>I'm not even a Bad Brains fan (although I did see them in Boston a couple 

>of times back in the day and was glad I went), and I like the new album!! 

>Just bought it today--pretty impressive for both the thrash and roots 

>reggae...

>

>

>

>

>

>From:  "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

>Reply-To:  "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

>To:  "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 

><gathering at misera.net>

>Subject:  Re: [kj] OT: New Bad Brains LP

>Date:  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:31:48 -0500

> >B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:

> >>http://mrmagoomc4.blogspot.com/2007/06/pure-love.html

> >

> >New Bad Brains album w/ original lineup leaked (free) at that URL

> >above. Decibel Magazine review below. I agree w/ the Decibel mag

> >review about HR's vocals tho' I think I liked it better than the

> >writer does. It has a lot of old-style Bad Brains thrash riffs w/

> >slow moshy NYHC parts here and there, but HR's vocals aren't as into

> >it as in the 70s/80s Bad Brains stuff. He sounds like he'd rather be

> >singing reggae, and the reverb/echo effects on his vocals get old.

> >Anyway, if you like Bad Brains I think it's a pretty decent album.

> >

> >-Oliver

> >

> >

> >http://www.decibelmagazine.com/reviews/jul2007/badbrains.aspx

> >

> >Bad Brains

> >Build a Nation

> >Megaforce

> >How high

> >

> >In 2001, I saw ?Soul Brains? in Fort Collins, CO. (Madonna owned the

> >Bad Brains? name at the time.) H.R. wandered onstage in pajama pants

> >and a heavy parka, and spent most of the set singing into an

> >arm?s-length Handycam instead of acknowledging the crowd. For an

> >encore, he sat behind the drums and played a half-assed reggae beat

> >for a few minutes. The end. That stuff could sorta be forgiven, but

> >way worse was H.R.?s total lack of interest in any of the hardcore

> >songs. Shit was more phoned-in than ?Sacred Love.? He was feeling

> >the reggae jams, though! The loooooong reggae jams. Better than a

> >mic stand to the skull (hello, Lawrence, KS!), but it was still a

> >bummer. These guys are unquestionably one of the greatest couple of

> >bands to come from hardcore, with one of the all-time best frontmen,

> >and he was not into it at all.

> >

> >It?s with that show still in memory that I?m listening to Build a

> >Nation, which purports to be a return to ROIR-era hardcore glory.

> >And almost right away, the reason that this is a terrible idea is

> >spelled out: The fast riff in ?Jah People? would sound amazing with

> >H.R. spitting a classic hyperspeed vocal over it. He doesn?t?he

> >croons over the mid-tempo verses. ?Universal Peace? has a vicious

> >intro, a great fast verse and a totally half-assed vocal. You can

> >practically hear the rest of the band (and Beastie Boy Adam Yauch in

> >the producer?s chair) trying their hardest to make a hardcore album

> >and H.R. completely not giving a fuck. Yauch gives them an overblown

> >recording (in a good way!) with extra emphasis on Darryl Jenifer?s

> >bass and lots of weird reverb effects on the vox. Being

> >professionally obligated not to skip past the reggae songs this

> >time, I can report that H.R. sounds a little bit like the Beasties?

> >pal Q-Tip when he?s in mellow mode, and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz?

> >huh? There are some cool moments here and there, like the solo that

> >opens ?Pure Love? and the sick NYHC mosh at the end of ?Send Me No

> >Flowers.? But ?Flowers,? an update of a Black Dots-era song, really

> >just serves as a reminder of how completely essential Black Dots is

> >(if you don?t own it, you need to), and how inessential Build a

> >Nation is. ?Anthony Bartkewicz

> >

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