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Posted in music | tour dates on March 16, 2011

Bad Brains working on new album, playing SXSW & other dates (HR playing Brooklyn Bowl)

Bad Brains in NYC in 2009 (more by Tim Griffin)
Bad Brains

Bad Brains have announced:

"Bad Brains begin working on NEW ALBUM!
we're pleased to announce that we have recently been holed up in upstate NY working on new material for a 2011 release.
"Stand by for the 'realist' we have ever written," says Darryl.
The album is said to be channeling progressive elements and Megaforce expects us to release the album in late-summer 2011."
Bad Brains are playing the Vans SXSW showcase at Emo's tonight (3/16) with The Black Lips, OFF! and Trash Talk who are also playing the BrooklynVegan day party in the same venue earlier the same day (today).

HR is playing a solo show at Brooklyn Bowl on May 1st with Trouble Andrew. Tickets go on sale today at noon. All tour dates below...

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Bad Brains - 2011 Tour Dates
Mar-16 USA Austin, TX SXSW @ Emo's
Apr-20 USA Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
May-01 USA New York, NY Brooklyn Bowl (HR solo)
Jun-18 France Clisson Hell[Heaven]fest
Jun-24 Spain Vitoria Gasteiz Azkena Rock Festival

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Tags: Bad Brains, HR, SXSW, Trash Talk
posted at 10:00 AM on March 16, 2011 in music | tour dates | Comments (34)

Comments (34)

oh bad brains...what happened? dont answer that...i know what happened.. but still.

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 10:09 AM

Bad Brains awesome!

Posted by Dig it | March 16, 2011 10:15 AM

WHY

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 10:30 AM

what a sad turn of events they turned out to be.

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 10:30 AM

HR is also playing the Brighton Bar in Long Branch on April 9th.

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 10:35 AM

Band still rips! HR pretty out of it, but he sounded much better at the Vice Halloween party than he did over the last few years and I hear the show they did in Brooklyn last summer was their best in years. HR's singing can be terrible now, but if he tries makes an effort it is worth it. Legends.

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 10:43 AM

Stop Now

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 11:00 AM

No 10:43, it's not worth it. Here's the thing with hardcore bands, youre supposed to quit while youre ahead and before you become a shell of your former selves. The band still plays like madmen, but HR has really brought them down. They need to end it already.

You dont see Black Flag or Minor Threat still playing; take the hint. Your glory days are behind you.

Posted by GregBX | March 16, 2011 11:09 AM

get john joseph to front the band and then i will go see them. HR is but a shell of what he once was. crack cocaine'd.

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 11:24 AM

Why, what's the deal with Bad Brains? I'm out of the loop here.

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 11:29 AM

Hope he rocks his motorcycle helmet.

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 11:35 AM

Here ya go 11:29....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Brains

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 11:35 AM

they were pretty great at the vice halloween party, much better than i expected. but still, nothing compared to the intensity of their early period, judging from videos anyway.

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 11:40 AM

Saw them quite a few times during the early 80s and that hype is real , one of the greatest live bands ever for a few years.
Now - proceed with caution
HR solo - avoid at all costs

Posted by Blag | March 16, 2011 11:55 AM

jacuzzi boys are the new bad brains

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 12:23 PM

do they still hate gays?

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 1:08 PM

Don't blow no bubbles, don't blow no troubles...

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 1:14 PM

bad brains are sexist homophones and anti semites, they make no qualms about it. hr is a schitzophenic zelalot. band is embarrassing the entire history of 80s hardcore.

the first LP is still legit though

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 1:23 PM

watch the live at cbgb's dvd, thats all u need.

when the picture came out of him w/the motorcycle helmet on a few years ago, it blew my mind. he's totally gone.

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 1:57 PM

homophones? honestly, the guy just had the worst voice, i could never get more than three tracks in.

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 2:12 PM

anon 1:57-

totally agree with you on the live at cbgb's dvd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-7tryyJ0Ro

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 2:25 PM

@11:24 No! John Joseph did two shows with them at CBGB's and it was just awful. He needs to stick with the Cro-Mags material.

Posted by Anonymous | March 16, 2011 11:47 PM

don't trust punks who don't like bad brains

Posted by Anonymous | March 17, 2011 7:56 PM

heroin.

Posted by Anonymous | March 17, 2011 8:59 PM

meth

Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2011 3:04 AM

Hummus

Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2011 5:38 AM

INTERPOL/BLONDE REDHEAD @ Terminal 5 on presale now. PW = sickday

Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2011 9:39 AM

deeeouche

Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2011 9:54 AM

Dont trust punks who still see Bad Brains live

Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2011 10:54 AM

ALL OF YOUR MOTHERS WEAR ARMY BOOTS!!!!

Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2011 11:24 AM

MONEY GRAB

Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2011 4:36 PM

Don't trust punks who don't eat hummus.

Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2011 4:59 PM

osamabin-hipster

Posted by Anonymous | March 18, 2011 7:12 PM

"build a nation" is a fantastic record......white hot. and that only came out a few years ago. that record is muscular and so was their tour behind it.......I saw that show and said to myself: "oh my."

bad brains is alive and well.......................................................

Posted by c nice | March 19, 2011 2:57 AM

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