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03-03-2007, 04:33 PM
NEW YORK (Billboard) - As standard bearers of the East Coast hardcore scene in the early 1980s, Bad Brains were partly responsible for helping the Beastie Boys get into the recording studio. One of the Boys is returning the favor, as a long-awaited Bad Brains record produced by the Beasties' Adam Yauch will see the light of day this summer.
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"Build a Nation," recorded with the classic Bad Brains lineup of enigmatic singer H.R., guitarist Dr. Know, bassist Darryl Jenifer and drummer Earl Hudson, is slated for a late May/early June release on Megaforce Records.
Yauch said Bad Brains were one of the groups that shaped the Beastie Boys' early hardcore years.
"Those guys are really of a different caliber in terms of their songwriting and musicianship. We always used to throw songs together and play a little bit, but they were really intense musicians," he told Billboard.
The two camps nearly worked together a decade ago. According to Yauch, Bad Brains were in negotiations to release a record on the Beastie Boys' now-defunct Grand Royal label, but Madonna's Maverick Records stepped up "and offered them a whole bunch of money, and I understood they had to go that route." (That record, 1995's "God of Love," was more reggae-oriented than its predecessors.)
But in 2002, Jenifer mentioned to Yauch that the band had been mulling new material. Yauch offered use of his studio, and the reunion was born.
"For some reason or another it kept circling above the airport (since then)," Yauch said. But with vocals and overdubs now complete, it's finally ready to go.
Beastie Boys and Bad Brains will appear at the Sasquatch Festival, to be held May 26-27 at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash.
Bad Brains will play some live dates this summer too, but "we're not looking for 30-date tours," Jenifer said. "We're looking at dates in New York and San Francisco, to ease our way into doing this. There's no mystery in our dysfunction, but we're not a band. We're like troubadours out there to give peace and love, and we're very serious about wanting people to feel it."
Reuters/Billboard
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"Build a Nation," recorded with the classic Bad Brains lineup of enigmatic singer H.R., guitarist Dr. Know, bassist Darryl Jenifer and drummer Earl Hudson, is slated for a late May/early June release on Megaforce Records.
Yauch said Bad Brains were one of the groups that shaped the Beastie Boys' early hardcore years.
"Those guys are really of a different caliber in terms of their songwriting and musicianship. We always used to throw songs together and play a little bit, but they were really intense musicians," he told Billboard.
The two camps nearly worked together a decade ago. According to Yauch, Bad Brains were in negotiations to release a record on the Beastie Boys' now-defunct Grand Royal label, but Madonna's Maverick Records stepped up "and offered them a whole bunch of money, and I understood they had to go that route." (That record, 1995's "God of Love," was more reggae-oriented than its predecessors.)
But in 2002, Jenifer mentioned to Yauch that the band had been mulling new material. Yauch offered use of his studio, and the reunion was born.
"For some reason or another it kept circling above the airport (since then)," Yauch said. But with vocals and overdubs now complete, it's finally ready to go.
Beastie Boys and Bad Brains will appear at the Sasquatch Festival, to be held May 26-27 at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash.
Bad Brains will play some live dates this summer too, but "we're not looking for 30-date tours," Jenifer said. "We're looking at dates in New York and San Francisco, to ease our way into doing this. There's no mystery in our dysfunction, but we're not a band. We're like troubadours out there to give peace and love, and we're very serious about wanting people to feel it."
Reuters/Billboard