History and Culture of BAD BRAINS commemorated at LA’s Subliminal Projects

Afropunk just did a piece on a Los Angeles exhibit celebrating the history and culture of the almighty Bad Brains.

The history, culture, and influence of punk-reggae band Bad Brains is currently being displayed as ‘Banned In Babylon: The Art and Culture of Bad Brains’ at L.A.’s SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS, in partnership with OBEY CLOTHING. The fine arts show, which is on exhibit July 23, 2016 – August 20, 2016, features performance photography of the band from as far back as 1979 taken by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lucian Perkins, Brains super-fan John Mousheghian, and Jeannie “Aunt Jean” Pawlowski, sketches and paintings by Bad Brains founder/producer/bassist/composer Darryl Jenifer, mixed-media paintings and prints by Shepard Fairey, and vintage and…(click here for more)

Photo by: Lucian Perkins

 

Anthrax to play Pain in the Grass

Anthrax will be playing KISW’s PAIN IN THE GRASS festival Sunday August 21st at the White River Ampitheatre in Auburn Washington. Tickets go on sale 10:00 a.m. March 31st Pacific time. Other performers include: Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Alter Bridge, and more. $2 from every Pain in the Grass ticket purchased will be donated to The Vitalogy Foundation which supports great local charities such as The Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) and Bureau of Fearless Ideas.

Click HERE for more info.

Bad Brains’ Dr. Know Needs Your Help

Dr. Know of Bad Brains has had a bad run of health issues.  After incurring a ton of medical bills and not being able to work, a gofundme.com site has been set up to help Dr. Know with his current state. From the gofundme site:

As many of you know, Gary Miller (aka Dr. Know or Doc), guitarist of the Legendary Washington DC punk band Bad Brains, suffered cardiac arrest in early November last year. His condition quickly progressed to multiple organ failure, and he was on life support for almost 2 weeks. At the time, his doctors gave him a 5% chance of survival. But by the power of PMA, LOVE and FAMILY, he was able to pull through and survive.

We started this campaign in an effort to raise money for Doc’s medical expenses and additional care that will be needed once he returns home. Doc did not have medical insurance at the time of his hospitalization, and the multiple medical bills have created an overwhelming financial strain that Doc and his family are not able to handle on their own. Since Doc has been unable to work since early November when this happened, he also needs help with his living expenses until he can make a full recovery and get back to work.

All funds contributed to this campaign will be directly deposited into a bank account created by a representative of the Bad Brains specifically for this purpose. Any amount of money you can contribute to this fund is greatly appreciated by Doc and his family.

To help Dr. Know, please visit the site HERE.

Marc Maron becomes a metalhead – Interviews Anthrax’s Scott Ian

Scott Ian of Anthrax sat down with Marc Maron and his popular WTF podcast. Scott discusses a musical awakening spurred by Elton John among other things.

Check it out!

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The Twitterverse Loves Anthrax’s For All Kings

Still haven’t picked up your copy of Anthrax’s For All Kings? What are you waiting for? It’s brutally good.

Don’t believe us? Check out these tweets about the release. You might even recognize some of the people on twitter giving the release some love.

Listen up fuckers! The new @Anthrax album #ForAllKings is here, go get it NOW! //t.co/nnFjUyojjt

— Kirk Hammett (@KirkHammett) February 26, 2016

New @Anthrax is awesome! A return to perfect form! Well done @Scott_Ian. You killed it

— andrew hurley (@hurleyxvx) February 29, 2016

How is @Anthrax making such killer music at this point? How is #ForAllKings one of the best records they've ever made? Witchery, I say.

— Brian Posehn (@thebrianposehn) February 29, 2016

I encourage all metal/rock fans to check out 'For All Kings' by my brothers in @Anthrax it is BADASS!! @Scott_Ian @TheFrankBello @skisum

— MEGA-GEEK MELTDOWN!! (@CoreyTaylorRock) February 27, 2016

Pick up the new @Anthrax album #ForAllKings NOW! It kicks ASS! //t.co/uJ3RUex9Vd//t.co/Zk0qcJ12gZ pic.twitter.com/5xGTao1We0

— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) February 26, 2016

????????New #Anthrax Album #Forallkings has landed, get it NOW on @AppleMusic //t.co/bLN864Ig1W

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) February 24, 2016

Buy the new @Anthrax album #Forallkings here, It Rules!! #applemusic //t.co/MEJwArUHqo//t.co/Y63t8TeJqo

— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 27, 2016

Congrats to our brothers @Anthrax and the killer new FOR ALL KINGS! //t.co/eQYXQVfK99 #ForAllKings

— Living Colour (@LivingColour) February 26, 2016

For All Kings is such a bad ass album if you don't have it go buy it go out and today and get it ASAP!!!!!!!! #Anthrax #ForAllKings

— shawn sneed (@shawnsn) March 1, 2016

@Anthrax my hopes were very high w/ all the talk about this album. I can happily say all expectations have been exceeded! #ForAllKings

— Michael VonShak (@VonShak) March 1, 2016

@Anthrax has a new album out. They seem to have pumped up #metal

— John Nguyen (@John_A_Nguyen) February 26, 2016

@Scott_Ian new Anthrax album sounds fucking awesome in traffic!!! Metal!!!!!

— Battman (@AaronGrantBatt) February 26, 2016

@Anthrax Loving the new album!!

— Matt (@mdhub84) February 26, 2016

@Anthrax You guys fucking killed it! The new album is a thrash masterpiece. I enjoyed it from start to finish. Will listen to it on repeat.

— Ben Sunny Isaac (@benmetalhead) February 26, 2016

Picked up the new @Anthrax cd this morning. It's really good. Thanks for making my drive much better guys!

— Kevin Knight (@kknight14clt) February 26, 2016

you get the point. For All Kings needs to be added to your collection!

Anthrax Official Lyric Video for Breathing Lightning

Anthrax has released an official lyric video for Breathing Lightning! Watch it. Love it. Share it! Yahoo.com did an exclusive interview with the band. You can check out the interview and the video HERE!

Anthrax Discuss Bringing Metal & Hip-Hop together

Anthrax recently sat down with folks from the Smithsonian Museum of American History to discuss their collaboration with Public Enemy. This mini-documentary is part of the Museum’s Places of (Musical) Invention video series. Check it out below.

Rolling Stone’s Most Anticipated

Anthrax’s For All Kings is one of Rolling Stone’s Most Anticipated Metal releases of 2016:

It’s been five years since Anthrax’s last studio effort, but that album, Worship Music, was their thrashiest in close to two decades. The New York metal heavyweights will continue to bring the noise on their 11th full-length, For All Kings, which drummer Charlie Benante says is “even more aggressive” in spots. To that end, first single “Evil Twin” is powered by heavily syncopated riffing and a pummeling speed-metal rhythm, over which singer Joey Belladonna rails against those who “stand for nothing [and] care for nothing.”

Anthrax Playing Cards

Limited edition Anthrax playing cards are now available at indie record stores across the US and at Anthrax shows. Get’em while you can!

Anthrax Working with Jay Ruston

Anthrax discusses working with producer Jay Ruston, who has become the “sixth member” of the band. For All Kings comes out 2.26.16!