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Bad Brains – Bad Brains
Title: Bad Brains – Bad Brains
Year/Genre: 1982, Hardcore Punk
Matrix #: ORGM-2179
Condition: New
Cultural Facts:
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First issued only as a mail-order cassette in 1982, it spread mainly through hand-to-hand tape dubbing rather than standard record-store distribution.
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Recorded in New York at a moment when the band had strained relations with many D.C. venues, capturing them essentially in exile from their home scene.
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The members began as a ’70s jazz-fusion group called Mind Power; their later “Positive Mental Attitude” focus gave hardcore an unusual mix of discipline and chaos.
+1 4/10/25 - EK Sold 11/24/25
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