Bad Brains
Banned in DC: Bad Brains' Greatest Riffs
Caroline
2003
Rating: 7 natty dreads out of 10
A decent anthology of the career of Bad Brains, ‘Banned in DC’ manages to fit songs from their entire career (mostly amazing, but some less than stellar tracks near the end coming from their later releases) into one easy package for us consumers. One listen to this album, particularly the first few songs, should firmly set in your mind why Bad Brains are considered one of the greatest bands of the last 25 years. Their blend of reggae and hardcore was truly unique, instantly catchy, and terribly addictive. There are not only some unreleased tracks on this, but it marks the first time that some of this material has ever been put on CD. If they had only included ‘Don’t Blow Bubbles’, the song Ryan Fabry skates to in the first Plan B video, I could have proclaimed this to be nearly perfect. But as it is, having all of these songs in one place and with this quality of sound is easily worth the price of purchase.
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