ENCARTE: BAD BRAINS
Finzinho de release em “Attitude – The ROIR Sessions” (1989) por Ira Kaplan, vocalista e guitarrista (modo de dizer) dos indies Yo La Tengo:
“Reggae’s the key to the Bad Brains‘ achievement, in part because songs like ‘Leaving Babylon’ alternate with the thrashers, but more so because of how the Bad Brains have fortified the destructiveness of hardcore with the lazy determination of reggae. The result is a simmering anger that rarely bubbles over into outrage, and instead takes on an ominous quality all its own. It amounts to a realization of punky reggae ideas articulated but unacted upon – by The Clash and Bob Marley and maybe others. It’s loud (though not always) and it’s fast (through not always). And it pleases me very much. Movements come and go. The Bad Brains are real!“