Bad Brains Interview & Soul Craft

[DaveHowie98]

Dunno what you people are complaining about, H.R. is from London!

[shadylurker138]

british people are fags

[Madscott2011]

3:42 Thank you Darryl.

[skiddlecrumms]

Is quickness a biblical term? ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID?

[luke812]

0:45

[luke812]

LOL... Darryl at :45 

[PDXshadowrunner]

@luke812 dude that is a great catch! LOL! why?! hahaha

[bblocker68]

First time I've seen the music video. Thanks for posting!!!

[talayuma]

Why does he keep calling it black rock? That host is a fuckin' retard.

[spacenoise5]

Darryl is right everyone

[Greendub76]

What a Brittish fuckstick. Worst interviewer ever. A biblical term?.....pffffttt

[fissionchips223]

I owe these guys a debt of gratitude. Such incredible inspiration from such a generally weak-ass planet. Heavy gospel music and I love it forever.

[skapunkteddybear]

This interviewer is an idiot! lol It's not Rastafarianism! The "ism" makes it sound like a religion. Rastafari is a way of life and the "ism" is offensive to some who live that lifestyle.

[petefader]

lol, Darryl at 5:29

[danielsidwell]

this was on mtv?

jesus, what happened?

[DAME2324]

I think the bassist is wearing Jordan 4's does any one know if I'm right get back to me

[Rhizomio]

HR is a legend, but Dr Know and Darryl seem a bit more lucid.

[mustafakhalil]

wtf happened at 0.45 to make the bass player freak out check it out look at his eyes!!!!

[psychoslap]

he just realized he was being recorded

[meyers5150]

thee meanest rock riff ever!!!!!

[rabiddog13]

Seems like they werent really enjoying this interview.

[DallinCoons]

What year was this?

[TimeFearsThePyramids]

1990

[universalpeace7]

they're not feelin' this interview...this interviewer is a tool, a complete vegetable.

[corrigan1974]

cold fish handshake at 6 seconds

[universalpeace7]

@corrigan1974 ahhhhaaa! good observation lol. they never needed no damn mtv anyway!

[Yesh628]

they dont like being called hardcore right?

[wePASSourSTYLE]

they call themselves hardcore

[Pirke0007]

hardcore-extreme

[BionicBass]

hahaah pogoing, creepy crawly.....They were true punk.

[BoxBREAKING]

Bad Brains!

[DARTHREEM]

fuck the interviewer black rock what a tool ..... bad brains rocks!!!!!!!

[thephantomhoax2012]

The interviewer is a complete tool. I wish they got someone like Rollins, Corey Glover or Vernon Reid.

[egofearselfillusion]

HEAVY MAN HEAVY

[tSKiLove1]

Hey,

thx so much for posting this. Missed it back in the day...

Bad Brains still rockin... !!!!!

[JCR101393]

"music dont have no colors"

i like that, racist pricks fuck off

[metallibanger]

yeah specially those black that only listen shit like rap

[SunnuAkkad]

Good interview!

[DoctorRobertBobby]

i love when Darryl chimes in with "music don't have no colors. music is a sound" i love these guys.

[willthebighead]

ah fuck, that's dr know, what an idiot

[willthebighead]

Earl is an incredibly intelligent man, shame about the homophobia haha. Daryl looks BAKED.

[jks2]

i want a leather jacket like the interviewer is wearing

[pablocoon]

There is indeed a God. Cool interview.

[StaticAcid12]

and darryl saw him @ :47

[Timotheedle]

that's sick dude. D is the MAN

[LiFe0In1ThE0MaTrix01]

whats the song at 2:40

[Pryz100]

I against I

[ministryofsumthing]

i wish they wouldn't always bring up race

they were nasty period

[jbubbjw]

I can agree in a sense but, race in itself is a racist concept. You do have a good helping of intelligence about you though.

[Jules242]

Wow. I got 6 negative because i pointed out hter is still racism. I see a lot of naive people.

[grantfaceclaw]

Racism? I thought bad brains were famously homophobic?

[Jules242]

I am talking about the music scene and real life.

[grantfaceclaw]

Not any more? "So the point being here when we first were discovering Rastafari - like any young men or any young women getting into anything youre overzealous. Back in 1988, I might have been saying, Fire burn Im 25 years old! Youve got to understand that Im a young man growing, getting into something. Now Im 46 years old and Ive learned that thats ignorant. Ive learned through the years that were all Gods children, regardless of your race, creed, color, sexuality, any of that."

[MonkeySteroids]

My favorite hard-core punk band,

[7upIsLove]

my dad had a surf video with the song "quickness" when i was like 9 or 10...i dug it so i bought the record. life changed in many ways after that.

[Numetalcovers]

One of the pioneers for hardcore punk,

[jumpyjeff]

badbrains since i can remember

[MyComicalRomance]

This world needed this band

[sXeVaker]

The days where MTV actually talked about music...and good music at that.

[cannibalchato]

darryl is so high jajaja

awesome man

awesome band

[theguyfather666]

are u kidding bad brains was the only black hardcore band back then trust me i have been i the scene since then,if u know of another black hardcore band i'd sure love to hear them and would totally check them out

[SnappedNeck]

bubba (guitarist from void) was black

Pure Hell was an all black punk band

as was Death (the orig. from detroit, not the metal band)

[futboler454]

be careful when you say "the scene"

[tymantis]

Thanks for posting the video. Dave Kendall is such a dork.

[Madsupervilian]

I watched a few bad brains on youtube today, its funny i noticed on a lot of the comments turn in to arguments about race i think thats peculiar.

[drumnerd1975]

Whats so perculiar about that? Do you mean race as in racism. Or do you mean that the interviewer brought up the topic of race as it pertains to a black band playing hardcore music? Also Bad Brains claims to be Rastafarians. If you look at history Rasta artist have always had a element of race topics in their music. Listen to Peter Tosh, and of course Marely. Remember it was the 80's there wasnt many Black bands playing Hardcore back then.

[deadsurfkiss]

The Beatles were inspired by Elvis..

Elvis was inspired by bluegrass, gospel and southern folk style country..most of which were black artists and musicians..

Most people believe Elvis, The Beatles, and performers as such, kick started rock music to what it is today..

You don't have to be black, white, or a genius to understand that :)

[MeanMachine69]

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[DISANOD]

INTERVIEWER IS AN IDIOT----MUSIC HAS NO COLOR LIFE SHOULD HAVE NO COLOR... Bad Brains are THE BEST hardcore/metel band EVER!!!!!!

[bv127]

best parts of bad brains

[JoshAllain]

The host is an ignorant douche bag! "Do you think that 'black rock music' is making headway?" BULLSHIT!!! That fuckin' prick needs to understand that Black people INVENTED rock music!!! BAD BRAINS RULE!!!

[TheTypicalGirl]

Blacks didn't invent rock music. And once it took off they certainly weren't doing it all that much. Don't be dumb.

[JoshAllain]

You're just as ignorant as the dumbfounded interviewer! Rock music evolved out of the blues; therefore, Blacks DID invent rock music! Next time, learn the REAL truth before making a bogus fuckin' claim, you fag!

[TheTypicalGirl]

Rock emerged just as much from bluegrass and country. Your sad racialism that wants to exclude whites from the creation of this kind of music doesn't speak well of you.

[JoshAllain]

Well, if that's the way you feel, why bother listening to this interview?! Guitarist Dr. Know just said, "Rock was invented by BLACK people!" Just listen to this goddamn interview!!!

[lookit87]

Typical Girl, do u have any evidence to support the claim that Rock music emerged 'just as much' from bluegrass and and country? Rock 'n' Roll was introduced as a country genre but at those times country was anything that was regarded as popular music, really. I'm thinking 50's and such.

[Ichee12]

bluegrass and country have influences from african music majorly... All western music is infected with the African scales and bass lines...

[espada9]

The "Bass" was not invented in Africa, music has no color, no politics, only stupid people inject their political agenda into music.

Music transcends all of our stupid man made divisions.

Duke Ellington was influenced by Classical music and military marching music, no single genre of music was invented in a vacuum, no one race owns any genre of music.

[Ichee12]

Bass lines was

[LiFe0In1ThE0MaTrix01]

well said

[Lizardthing]

Wow thanks for clearing that up. We had no idea.

[lookit87]

The most notable rock band claim that their main source of influence was from Blues' musicians. So idk in essecnce they kind of did invent Rock music.

[TheTypicalGirl]

And blues emerged from what? Blacks did not create music in a vacuum. They were minorities in a white nation and were surrounded by white influences.

[lookit87]

I never said Blues was purely African but it is African AMERICAN. It had it's influences but you see the heart of the music developed from the struggles of a race. btw there was something called segregation in this country.

[ipoundz]

what a dumbass statement, the pentatonic scale originated from africa and spread all over the world. its the scale most similar to the human voice. remember "5 is the number of man" all over the world pentatonics form the basis of all music

[AskingForIt182]

I didn't know that, good to know, I learn this every day

[BLACKanimebrother]

What th...... Shut the fuck up!

[sktrdude55]

this guy is retarded and boring the shit out of them darrly looks like he wants to get the fuck out of there lol

[RottenCanoe]

Bad Brains...RUUUUUUUUUUUL!

[fletcher70]

this white guy is an embarresment...bad brains are unique...he cant grasp the fact black guys are playing hardcore

[TrowBridgeWhat]

and doing it better than his heroes

[Ichee12]

Bad Brains invented hardcore

[fletcher70]

bad brains are probably the best band ever..but its interviews like this...who wants to explain what they believe to guy who dont have a clue

[manwhich23]

very under rated band

[nuwavegurl]

Is it me or does Darryl look like he's bored out of his wits and annoyed by this fool's stupid questions?

[truthspeaker2000]

it´s m - t - v , dude

what do you expect ?

[drummerzunite]

i think the white guy is trying to be punk

????

[jwalshson09]

yeah he's a douche

[nihilityinfinite]

FUCK YEAH BAD BRAINS

[azzblaster]

bad brains are fuckin A!

[specarch11]

Who the fuck is this clown, and where did they find him? living color? black rock? This is the fuckin BAD BRAINS get up to speed!

[ZenSkin]

He is referring to Vernon's Reid's "Black Rock Coalition" -- he organized a number of concerts and put out compilation albums in the late 80's to feature African-America hard rock bands.

[specarch11]

Zen:

Music has no colors is a very important statement. I am not tyring to denegrate the "Black Rock Coalition" But the music of Jimmy Hendrix and the Bad Brains is so much more than that.

[ZenSkin]

Agreed.

And Vernon Reid wanted to give a forum to African American rockers ... basically to show fans that the music is colorblind.

At the time he started it, n the 80's, labels had an idea what hard rock bands should "look like" because of Empty V and the general idea that punk and metal players were white. With The Good Guys, 24/7 Spyz, Bad Brains, Living Color and a bunch of other New York rock bands, he wanted to smash the image companies had.

[r0ckstar666]

I agree. these guys were before living colour and more influental than living colour ever was. Vernon reid and Living colour died after one album. these guys have been around 30 plus years and still going strong. look for vernon reed on skid row or in the gutter.

[specarch11]

Who the fuck is this guy and where did they get him? Living Color? Black rock? This is the fuckin BAD BRAINS get up to speed

[fezdream]

Dave Kendall's a total tool for putting such an accent on 'BLACK rock group'. His hat looks like he's in Haircut 100.

Their reply is true: *obviously* rock, like jazz, is based in African music. 'BLACK rock' seems odd but is refreshing and rare. Eat it.

[roastedlampost000]

The contrast between the way they speak and the way they play is hilarious. But they're way too good; Im going to start an argument right now and ask who you reckon is better between them and Minor T?

[wadestylee]

Two different styles, hard to compare, Bad Brains sometimes are unable to be understood, as opposed to Minor Threat, both are classic, personally Bad Brains are more versatile to me.

[ChillC]

that commercial was random

[assblaster17]

I luv these guys

Fuck you all

[chumponparade]

why the fuck is your name.. assblaster?

[ChillC]

LOLOLOL

[DVincentW]

I saw them in 1984 in DC club owner went nuts when they started playing thought they were regae tried to stop them Bad Brains 4ever!

[scalawaggywakyman]

and that's why I didn't get into korn that easy check out soul craft @ 5:33

[timcabeza916]

the video and interview is fucking dope

real music real musicians

[redshaftedflicker]

Great guys and very positive tip. Kickass!

[ingeewung]

dis tune is kickass,

[barispapadopoulos]

Yes, one of the best rock band demonstrating the universality of music. Thanks Bad Brains, thanks Thin Lizzy, Mothers Finest, Blackfoot and so many others...

[last808]

I just saw these guys in Portland last weekend and it was like they never stopped playing! If they come to your town you seriously need to check it out. Best show I've been to in years.

[Evilucas]

Shit! I missed it?! No fair :(

[ohanga2000]

wtf was that at the end of the interview

[snardlefarb]

Danish tea commercial

[findingusernamesucks]

Doc and Darryl are like the embodiment that cool soft-spoken but chill and cool vibe, like reincarnations of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane or somethin' crazy like that

[hurtzwolf]

Shit I miss these guys!

[jozzmer]

these guys have such an interesting history. improbabal really. i wish more black dudes would get into punk and make it their own. actually i wish anyone would

[yeetown46]

shut the fuck up newb, people like you piss me off, ohh hes black he plays fast, hes white he plays country. its fucking music you stupid fuck, it doenst matter if your a mexican, a nigger or a fuckin honkey. its the vibrations transfered from youre brain to youre fingers to the istrument. YOU CLOSE MINDED FUCKS! YOU ARE POISONING MY SOCIETY

[chucky1x]

love this fuckin song

[devildog1408]

bad brains are great very fundementale in any good hardcore colleton

[snardlefarb]

Fundementale... the latest from Lamborghini

[EddesHere]

words from the past... priceless

[DBELL420]

thanks my brother for sharing

[blazinchalice]

The Big Takeover--Bad Brains played marching music for soldiers of a new army.

[Schanballa]

Great great music!!!

[silberpete]

Great clip! As dorky as the interviewer seems, he asks good questions. The Dr is very articulate! Thanks for posting this.

[Tazz77]

That's Dave Kendall. He was the coolest VJ on 120 Minutes as far as I'm concerned.

[somuch4freedom]

he looks like a poser.

[npoc]

your an idiot

[thatguido]

very nice

[illuminatika]

we will post videos of bad brains tours during 88 and 89, wait till you see this!!!

[1gregmichael]

Legends!

[tonytoohotty]

ur momma

[sublimityeternal]

riiiiiide the soulcraft.

[jacob7207]

what show was this?

[aarongeorgejohnson]

MTV's 120 Minutes.

[Trex100]

These dudes fucking ripped.

Hail Bad Brains!

[jsoknuldt]

I wonder if Sacha Baron Cohen watched old interviews by that 120 Minutes dude to practice up for Ali G.

[mcatgt]

awesome interview and video! oh the memories..

[gittty]

DR. Know on Gits,Darryl on Bass, and Earl on Drums,HR on the throat= Bad Brains=Badass. Thanks for posting this, you rock Johny Tofo.

[ChuckImania]

DR. Know played guitar...

[JohnyTofo]

oh yeah, i'm such a dumbass

[fafsa89]

When is this? Like around 1988 or 1989? It was before HR left to do his solo career, right?

[pressminebutton]

neat. im glad i found this.

[retisonic]

holy fuck thats awesome.