Before they were the three bad brothers you know so well, Beastie Boys were a hardcore punk band who idolized Washington D.C.’s Bad Brains and opened for them the night Max’s Kansas City shuttered in December 11, 1981.
An old ad claims there was supposed to be another show by a different lineup on Dec. 12, but until there’s some verified proof that The Rattlers and Ronnie & The Jitters played on 12/12, this writer will claim the 11th the night the fabled Manhattan club had its farewell show.
The Bad Brains were known for playing extremely fast punk rock and could stop on a dime and switch over to mellow reggae.
“It’s like punk rock morphed into what the kids called hardcore,” Bad Brains bassist Darryl Jenifer told Rolling Stone in 2016.
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