Bad Brains hailed from Washington, D.C., and had the interesting background of having been a black jazz-rock band that decided to get into punk and thrash one day. Not exactly the normal route for a group of jazz types to go, but who's going to tell them no? This album was produced for cassette-only label ROIR, combining two of label-owner Neil Cooper's areas of interest. The tape, in fact, has become one of ROIR's best sellers, and the CD has followed suit. Basically, it's a short course in thrash -- the first five numbers are essentially sequenced back to back with each other, so you get blasted from the opening chord right through to the first reggae number without having a chance to stop. This is actually the recommend way to listen to this album. Sensi a Medicine.
