But with Bad Brains, speed is something to commit your attention to, even if you’ve heard the songs 500 times. There’s a nonperishable generosity to music that moves this fast.

Groundbreaking DC Hardcore Band Bad Brains Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Through the ‘80s, Bad Brains developed a more heavy metal sound, noticeable on fourth LP “I Against I” ...

Bad Brains: A Band In DC is a full-length documentary focusing on Bad Brains' history and cultural impact through archival footage and interviews. The film is screening as part of AFI's annual ...

The images Perkins snapped that autumn night fill about a quarter of "Hard Art, DC 1979," published this month.Bad Brains frontman H.R. graces the cover in black and white.

Bad Brains, the seminal DC hardcore band cited as an influence by dozens of punk and alternative bands over the past three decades, have finally been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll ...

HR of the Bad Brains at Hard Art Gallery, September 15, 1979 (Akashic Books, 2013). Photos by Lucian Perkins/Akashic Books Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs.

“Bad Brains: A Band in DC” hopscotches through time, starting with a nasty confrontation between bassist Darryl Jenifer and H.R. backstage at Chicago’s Congress Theater after a 2007 reunion ...

DC hardcore vets Bad Brains, known for their blistering live performances, are now doing the same to peoples' tongues, thanks to their new Fire Burn Babylon Hot Sauce ...

Bad Brains were a beautiful mess of a band, a crew of black D.C.-area hardcore fanatics with Rastafarian leanings and an astounding gift for taut, aggressive, snarling blasts of punk. Banned in D ...

Bad Brains: A Band in DC Playing Thursday, June 21, at 10:45 PM, and Saturday, June 23, at 10 PM Few punk bands have come to define the hardcore punk and post-punk scene in DC more than the exploding ...

HR, longtime frontman of DC punk heroes Bad Brains, is about to get surgery to make his brains less bad. As Loudwire reports, HR says that, later this month, he’ll undergo brain surgery to fix ...

The last time I saw DC punk icons Bad Brains play live was in a big hall somewhere in Long Beach or Pedro circa 1987. HR still plays solo projects, and… ...