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Bad Brains -- Live at CBGB 1982

Starring: Bad Brains

RS: 3.5of 4 Stars

2006

Punk posits itself as music for misfits; the all-black D.C. foursome Bad Brains were outsiders amid outsiders. That may account for the band's live ferocity, crudely captured during a 1982 hardcore fest at New York punk mecca CBGB. Dealing rapid-fire thrash like "Banned in D.C." and "Pay to Cum," softened with the odd reggae breather, the Brains inspire as many people to pick up instruments as lay them down in frustration.