Bad Brains Unearth Mythical First Demo Tape

Legendary D. C. punks Bad Brains are issuing their long sought-after first demo tape. Recorded in 1979 at Arlington, Virginia’s Inner Ear Studios and newly remastered by Ian MacKaye, Are You Ready: The First Studio Recording (Inner Ear - March 1979) will be available on vinyl LP, cassette, and digitally come November 6 via Trust Records.

Below, hear the early studio version of Bad Brains’ debut 7”, “Pay to Cum,” accompanied by footage of the band performing at CBGB’s in October 1979. In a press statement, Bad Brains bassist Darryl Jenifer said, "The riff for ‘Pay to Cum’ started as a stream of punk rock vibes fueled by the Ramones, The Damned, and Return to Forever.

It was a gift that served as a springboard into our sound - sheer, straight-ahead three-chord mayhem with a few breaks and a stop. The title actually meant nothing to us; it was just a fun-loving play on words.” Bad Brains put out their last album, Into the Future, in 2012.

The years since have seen various band members plagued with health issues: Dr. Know was hospitalized for cardiac arrest, Paul “H. R.” Hudson underwent brain surgery, and, in 2020, Bad Brains’ original singer, Sid McCray, passed away.

The release of Are You Ready will be preceded by two events: a conversation between Jenifer and MacKaye at D. C.’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on November 5, and an archival Bad Brains exhibition at the city’s Lost Origins Gallery, which opens November 6.

Read about Bad Brains’ 1982 self-titled debut at No. 41 in The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s. Are You Ready: The First Studio Recording (Inner Ear - March 1979): 01 Pay to Cum 02 Don’t Bother Me 03 Black Dots 04 Migraine 05 Send No Flowers 06 Jamming at the Atlantis.

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C. Bad Brains estão lançando sua primeira fita demo, muito esperada.

Foi um presente que serviu como trampolim para o nosso som — puro, direto, caos de três acordes com algumas pausas e um fim. O título realmente não significava nada para nós; era apenas um jogo de palavras divertido.

Bad Brains put out their last album, Into the Future, in 2012. The years since have seen various band members plagued with health issues: Dr. Know was hospitalized for cardiac arrest, Paul “H.

R.” Hudson underwent brain surgery, and, in 2020, Bad Brains’ original singer, Sid McCray, passed away. The release of Are You Ready will be preceded by two events: a conversation between Jenifer and MacKaye at D.

Leia sobre o álbum de estreia homônimo de Bad Brains de 1982, que ocupa a posição No. 41 na lista "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s.