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Bad Brains Are A Punk Rock Band Formed In Washington D.C. USA In 1977. They Are Regarded As One Of The Pioneers Of Hardcore Punk Though Band Members Have Objected To The Term To Describe Their Music. They Are Also An Adept Reggae Band While Later Recordings Featured Elements Of Other Genres Like Funk Heavy Metal Hip-Hop And Soul. Bad Brains Are Followers Of The Rastafari Movement. Originally Formed As A Jazz Fusion Ensemble Under The Name Mind Power Bad Brains Developed A Very Fast And Intense Punk Rock Sound Which Came To Be Labeled "hardcore" And Was Often Played Faster And More Emphatically Than Many Of Their Peers. The Unique Factor Of The Band's Music Was The Fact That They Played More Complex Rhythms Than Other Hardcore Punk Bands Also Adapting Diverse Guitar Styles Into Their Songs. Bad Brains Have Released Nine Studio Albums One Of Which Is Entirely Composed Of Instrumental Versions Of Their Early Material . The Band Broke Up And Reformed Several Times Over The Years Sometimes With Different Singers Or Drummers. Since 1994 The "classic" Lineup Of Singer H.R. Human Rights Guitarist Dr. Know Bassist Darryl Jenifer And Drummer Earl Hudson Has Reunited Albeit Performing Sporadically. Discography • Bad Brains 1982 • Rock For Light 1983 • I Against I 1986 • Quickness 1989 • Rise 1993 • God Of Love 1995 • I & I Survived 2002 • Build A Nation 2007 • Into The Future 2012 • Mind Power TBA read less