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HR from Bad Brains
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Born in London, England, H.R. and his bandmates became Rastafari around 1979. This spiritual direction influenced the music of Bad Brains via his vocals, and inspired the creation of his reggae band, Human Rights.[2]
Although punk is the main focus on his solo material, he explores rock and other musical genres. He has had numerous albums released on SST Records. A Village Voice review of a Bad Brains concert described H.R. on stage "like James Brown gone berserk, with a hyperkinetic repertoire of spins, dives, back-flips, splits, and skanks."[citation needed]
H.R. has collaborated with the Long Beach Dub Allstars on their song "New Sun" on the Right Back album, and with P.O.D. on their song "Without Jah, Nothin'", on the album Satellite. During the past several years he has headlined DIA Records' Global Rock Showcase tour. He continues to play shows with Bad Brains. The foursome released the album Build a Nation in 2007, produced by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. It is a return to their hardcore punk roots, but also encompasses their unique reggae-punk hybrid sound expressed in I Against I, Quickness and later albums. Build a Nation is the first original album with the original Bad Brains lineup since 1995.
In recent years, his performances have become markedly more mellow and restrained, focusing primarily on reggae, and rasta. This is a stark contrast to his wildly animated, aggressive stage performances of the late 1970s and 1980s.[3]
In 2006, he signed a seven-album deal with D.C. Hardcore, LLC, and began working on the first, Hey Wella, with D.C. Hardcore's part owner, Grant "OG" Garretson (drummer/guitarist/songwriter) and multiple Grammy winner, David Darlington at Bass Studios in New York. The album was released in late September 2008.
Interviews with H.R. feature prominently in the 2006 documentary American Hardcore, in which he discusses the early days of hardcore in New York City and Washington D.C., and his association with fellow travelers like Minor Threat and the Cro-Mags. In particular, he recalls encouraging Ian MacKaye to fully articulate Minor Threat's emerging straight edge philosophy, to give young people a positive direction.
H.R. has a son (born 1977), as stated in an exclusive interview with the Baltimore Sun
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