A couple of years ago, the Bad Brains started re-releasing their own catalogue. Of course there are many different colored pressings, but the really cool thing - to me - was that they re-released their records with a special cover and label art work paying hommage to legendary jazz label Blue Note Records. The band and label have done an excellent job with these re-issues and I really dig the aesthetic.
Another thing that the band has changed is that the song Don’t Blow Bubbles comes as an instrumental song. When Quickness was released originally, Bad Brains faced criticism for homophobic language. This sort of tracked because there had been a well-documented incident with The Big Boys in the early 80s. I read a bunch of statements by band members expressing their views on things back then and what might have changed in their way of thinking in more recent years, so changing the lyrics makes sense.
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| 1st Press Punk Note Edition on Bad Brains Records |
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