Bad Brains at the 9:30 Club 1982

Here is a great Bad Brains 1982 live set from a soundboard recording from their original stomping grounds... Washington DC. Long before the line-up changes and forgettable records on more labels than I can count... the Bad Brains in 1982 were like Godzilla in Tokyo... destroying everything in their path. I can't remember where I got this from, though most likely through Limewire a few years ago.

Here is what Wikipedia says about them:
Bad Brains is an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1977. They are widely regarded as among the pioneers of the genre, though the band's members objected to the term "hardcore" to describe their music. Originally formed as a jazz fusion ensemble under the name Mind Power, Bad Brains developed a very fast and intense punk rock sound known as hardcore punk and was often played faster and more emphatically than the music of many of their peers. The unique factor of the band's music was the fact that they played more complex rhythms than that of other hardcore punk bands, also adapting non-punk style riffs/solos into their songs. They were also an adept reggae band, in a sort of Jekyll-and-Hyde arrangement, while later recordings featured elements of other genres. Bad Brains are also notable as religious followers of the Rastafari movement. Bad Brains broke up and reformed several times over the years, sometimes with different singers and/or drummers. The band's classic and current lineup is singer H.R., guitarist Dr. Know, bassist Darryl Jenifer, and drummer Earl Hudson, H.R.'s younger brother.

BAD BRAINS - 9:30 CLUB LIVE 1982!