[Brooklyn Vegan] The setting–one of those ‘concert cruises’ around the East River–was surreal enough the one and only time we saw Bad Brains live. But then the band had to go ahead and present two very different versions of what the legendary hardcore band means in 2007–a call to arms if you ask three-fourths of the band, who can still thrash about with the best of them, and off on another planet completely if you ask J.R. Maybe that’s why the frontman only sang a few songs with a one-night-only lineup–including members of Danzig (Todd Youth), Living Colour (Melvin Gibbs) and Bad Brains itself (Mackie)–at the band’s Bowery Electric benefit last night…
Bad Brains, Rock For Light Benefit setlist:
Pay to Cum (H.R. – Bad Brains)
I Luv I Jah (H.R. – Bad Brains)
Big Takeover (John Joseph – Cro-Mags)
Attitude (John Joseph – Cro-Mags)
I Against I (Jesse Leach – Killswitch Engage)
House of Suffering (Kyp Malone – TV On The Radio)
At The Movies (Drew Stone – Antidote)
The Regulator (Ralphie G. – The Mob)
Sacred Love (Charlie Looker – Extra Life)
Don’t Need It (Kelsey Byron – Pillow Theory)
I and I Survive (Felice Rosser)
We Will Not (Jesse Malin – D Generation)
FVK (Jesse Malin – D Generation)
Banned in DC (Pegasus Warning & Vernon Reid – Living Color)
Sailin’ On (Jesse Quattro – Secret Chiefs 3)
Right Brigade (John Joseph – Cro-Mags)
Rock For Light (John Joseph – Cro-Mags)
