It was my punkrocknewwave-crazed baby brother Brian who first made me come forth and see these Bad Brains. This back around 1980, in the halcyon D.C. days when they performed regularly at the legendary 9:30 Club. Brian also made the most incisive comment to date about the ruckus they brought: The most intense moment of any ‘brains show said he is that split second right before they actually start playing.
Like all great bands the ‘brains were lightning rods, heat conductors, charged particles capable of changing the atmosphere in a room simply...
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