Bad Brains Album: “Black Dots”

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BLACK DOTS is also known as THE ZIENTARA SESSIONS. It documents Bad Brains' first studio recording session. <p>Bad Brains: HR (vocals); Dr. Know (guitar); Darryl (bass); Earl (drums). <p>Recorded at Inner Ear Studios, Arlington, Virginia in June 1979. Includes liner notes by Anthony Countey. <p>In the late '70's and early '80s, the Bad Brains recorded many of their best hardcore/ska compositions several times. Different versions of the same songs appeared on such albums as the band's self-titled debut, ROCK FOR LIGHT, OMEGA SESSIONS, and BLACK DOTS. Although the sessions were recorded in June of 1979, BLACK DOTS was not officially released until 1996. <p>Like the aforementioned releases, BLACK DOTS includes such Bad Brains classics as "Don't Need It," "Regulator," "Banned In D.C.," and "Attitude." But there are also plenty of songs here that aren't available anywhere else ("Why'd You Have to Go?," "The Man Won't Annoy Ya," "Redbone in the City," etc.), making BLACK DOTS an essential purchase for longtime Bad Brains fans.

The first thing they ever did, HR and the boys don't come up short with this one. With classics like "Pay To Cum", and "The Regulator", along with never released sonic crusades like "You're a Migraine", the Bad Brains show that they were the masters of hardcore punk two years before their debut album turned everybody else into believers. If you like the Bad Brains but don't own this, you better save your pennies and start practicing your air guitar.

If you are unfamiliar with the Brains, buy this record and all of their others will follow their way into your collection. If you are already a fan, you already own this record - and if you don't, buy it now and I'll promise not to tell!

Bad Brains is not New York Hardcore. As influential as they may have been in NYC, they are DC hardcore. I read a lot of Amazon reviews and blurbs and I trust them to be correct. Guess I shouldn't.

The beginning of hardcore! Rasta punks. A must have if you like the Bad Brains! Early versions of Pay to cum, Don't need it, Supertouch,Banned in DC,Reagulator,and Attitude! I Got My PMA!