See Hear Podcast episode 129 - Bad Brains: A Band In DC

Punk music branched out in the late 70s / early 80s into a harder, faster,

thrashier style than its earlier predecessor. If (as is often

claimed) the original wave of punk was a reaction to the complexity

of prog and the lack of danger in other forms of popular music, then

hardcore was the next phase of that during the era of post-punk. It

was about catharsis and screaming out about injustice.

Then there was Bad Brains.

Welcome to episode 129 of See Hear Podcast.

Tim has selected the 2012 documentary Bad Brains: A Band In DC for round table discussion. Bad Brains brought something different to the table for their time. In America in the early eighties, punk bands

generally weren't playing reggae music as a regular part of their

sets. Certain British bands were combining punk energy with a reggae

outlook in their music. Bad Brains had gone from being influenced by