Bad Brains Concert History

Bad Brains is a punk rock band formed in Washington, D.C., USA in 1977. The band is regarded as one of the pioneers of hardcore punk, though band members have objected to the term to describe their music. They are also an adept reggae band, while later recordings featured elements of other genres like funk, heavy metal, hip-hop and soul. Bad Brains are followers of the Rastafari movement.

Date Concert Venue Location
Apr 28, 2024
Living Colour / Bad Brains / Fishbone / Jungle Brothers / Subatomic Soundsystem

An All Star Benefit for HR of Bad Brains: PMA Inna BK!!!

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Brooklyn Bowl New York, New York, United States
Nov 15, 2018
Bad Brains Underground Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Oct 29, 2017
The Growlers Six
"The Growlers Six" / The Growlers / Dan Auerbach / Butthole Surfers / Girl Talk / Alice Glass / Beth Ditto / The B-52's / Girlpool / Bad Brains / Geto Boys / Frankie Cosmos / Hepcat / Beach Fossils / Steel Pulse / Fear / Chiquis Rivera / Ought / Culture Abuse / Jonathan Richman / Antibalas / The Regrettes / Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys / Billy Changer / Froogy's Groovies / DJ Johnny Basil Show all bands
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LA Waterfront At The Port Of Los Angeles San Pedro, California, United States
Oct 28, 2017 –
Oct 29, 2017
The Growlers Six 2017
Modest Mouse / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Danny Brown / The B-52's / Girl Talk / Beach Fossils / Juvenile / Dan Auerbach / Butthole Surfers / Mystikal / Geto Boys / The Growlers / Bad Brains / Steel Pulse / Guided By Voices / Cigarettes After Sex / Tinariwen / Amber Coffman / Frankie Cosmos / Beth Ditto / Girlpool / Jonathan Richman / Doja Cat / Delicate Steve / Antibalas / Fear / Sly And Robbie / Ought / ROSTAM / La Luz / The Warlocks / Hepcat / Alice Glass / The Weirdos / Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys / The Regrettes / Chiquis Rivera / Culture Abuse / Billy Changer / Baby Shakes / DJ Seinfeld / Mike Watt and the Secondmen / Cat Signs / The Paranoyds / Zen Mother / Froogy's Groovies / Grateful Shred / DJ Johnny Basil / Personal and the Pizzas Show all bands
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LA Waterfront San Pedro, California, United States
Sep 16, 2017
Riot Fest (Day 2 of 3)
Slaves (UK) / Turnspit / Knuckle Puck / Bayside / New Found Glory / The Lawrence Arms / Fishbone / Queens of the Stone Age / Bad Brains / Taking Back Sunday / Danzig / Wu-Tang Clan / Mike D / At the Drive-In / Black Pistol Fire / Dead Cross / FIDLAR / GBH / Gogol Bordello / Peaches / Cockney Rejects / The Cold Beat / Hellzapoppin / Lucky Chops / Potty Mouth / The Regrettes / RVIVR / Shabazz Palaces / The Smith Street Band / Streetlight Manifesto / Versus / At the Drive‐In Show all bands
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Douglass Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sep 16, 2017 –
Sep 17, 2017
Riot Fest 2017 (Days 2 and 3 of 3)
The Menzingers / Knuckle Puck / The Flatliners / Culture Abuse / TV On the Radio / The Smith Street Band / M.I.A. / The Lawrence Arms / Queens of the Stone Age / At the Drive-In / FIDLAR / The Orwells / Upset / Taking Back Sunday / Streetlight Manifesto / Wu-Tang Clan / New Found Glory / Mike D / Danzig / Bad Brains / Bayside / Peaches / Jawbreaker / Paramore / GWAR / Best Coast / Mad Caddies / Pennywise / Cap'n Jazz / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Say Anything / That Dog. Show all bands
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Douglass Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sep 15, 2017
Riot Fest 2017 (Day 1 of 3)
The Hotelier / Death from Above / CHON / Ministry / New Order / Nine Inch Nails / Four Year Strong / Grayscale / Mayday Parade / State Champs / The Story So Far / Like Pacific / A Day To Remember / Sleep On It / X / Buzzcocks / INVSN / Seaway / The Cribs / Liars / Action Bronson / Death from Above 1979 / Tobacco / Skating Polly / FIDLAR / Gogol Bordello / The Menzingers / GBH / The Flatliners / Gazebos / HDBEENDOPE / Prophets of Rage / TV On the Radio / Dessa / The Orwells / Engine 88 / Andrew W.K. / The Smith Street Band / Peaches / Downtown Boys / Wu-Tang Clan / Built to Spill / Hot Water Music / Real Friends / The Lawrence Arms / Dinosaur Jr. / Jawbreaker / Shabazz Palaces / The Regrettes / That Dog. / Dead Cross / Hellzapoppin / Pennywise / GWAR / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Knuckle Puck / Minus the Bear / Say Anything / Alice Bag / Bad Brains / Queens of the Stone Age / Taking Back Sunday / Vic Mensa / Dirty Heads / New Found Glory / Bayside / Streetlight Manifesto / Fishbone / Beach Slang / Saul Williams / Nothing More Show all bands
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Douglass Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sep 15, 2017 –
Sep 17, 2017
Riot Fest 2017
Bad Brains / Buzzcocks / Danzig / Dead Cross / Death from Above / Gogol Bordello / Knuckle Puck / Mike D / The Lawrence Arms / Ministry / New Order / Nine Inch Nails / Peaches / Queens of the Stone Age / Vic Mensa / Wu-Tang Clan / X / Bayside / A Day To Remember / FIDLAR / Mayday Parade / New Found Glory / The Smith Street Band / The Story So Far / Taking Back Sunday / Skating Polly / GBH / M.I.A. / Dinosaur Jr. / The Flatliners / Paramore / Jawbreaker / Prophets of Rage / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / The Menzingers / Fishbone / Dessa / State Champs / Best Coast / Grayscale / Four Year Strong / Seaway / The Regrettes / Say Anything / Real Friends / Action Bronson / Potty Mouth / Warm Brew / Kitten Forever / Hellzapoppin / Gazebos / Liars / Cockney Rejects / Alice Bag and the Sissy Bears / Dave Lombardo / TV On the Radio / Dirty Heads / Built to Spill / Pennywise / Death from Above 1979 / Minus the Bear / The Cribs / Nothing More / At the Drive-In / Streetlight Manifesto / The Orwells / Andrew W.K. / Black Pistol Fire / Shabazz Palaces / CHON / Hot Water Music / Mad Caddies / GWAR / Saul Williams / Tobacco / The Hotelier / Cap'n Jazz / Beach Slang / Culture Abuse / Like Pacific / Sleep On It / HDBEENDOPE / RVIVR / Downtown Boys / Versus / INVSN / Alice Bag / The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black / Engine 88 / That Dog. / Slaves (UK) / Turnspit / La Armada / Radar State / Cold Beat / Gin Rummy / Lucky Chops / Upset Show all bands
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Douglass Park Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Aug 28, 2016
Afro-Punk Festival
"Afro-Punk Festival" / Janelle Monáe / Ice Cube / The Internet / Living Colour / Trash Talk / The Suffers / Downtown Boys / Flying Lotus / Young Fathers / Skunk Anansie / Skye & Ross / Earl Sweatshirt / Fishbone / Bad Brains / Angel Haze / Kelela / Gallant / Radkey / Seinabo Sey / Roman GianArthur / BLXPLTN / Sir The Baptist / Eden Hagos Show all bands
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Commodore Barry Park New York, New York, United States
Aug 27, 2016 –
Aug 28, 2016
AFROPUNK Festival 2016
Ice Cube / TV On the Radio / Thundercat / Flying Lotus / The Internet / Janelle Monáe / Earl Sweatshirt / Skunk Anansie / Young Fathers / Kelela / George Clinton / Angel Haze / Sango / Shabazz Palaces / Benjamin Booker / Saul Williams / Trash Talk / ESTA. / Sir The Baptist / Skye and Ross / Sate / CeeLo Green / Gallant / Bad Brains / Living Colour / Fishbone / Roman GianArthur Show all bands
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Commodore Barry Park New York, New York, United States
Jul 16, 2015
Foo Fighters / Royal Blood / Bad Brains

Sonic Highways World Tour

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Citi Field New York, New York, United States
Apr 17, 2015
"Soul'd Out Music Festival" / Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def / Bad Brains

Soul'd Out Music Festival

Roseland Theater Portland, Oregon, United States
Aug 23, 2014
Afro-Punk Festival
"Afro-Punk Festival" / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Lianne La Havas / Body Count / Trash Talk / Bad Brains / Valerie June / Cold Specks / The Bots / King Britt / Shabazz Palaces / Baby Baby / Denitia And Sene. / Tecla / clipping. / Cipher / A Tribe Called Red / Roofeeo / Beverly Bond / Blaqstarr Show all bands
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Commodore Barry Park New York, New York, United States
Aug 23, 2014 –
Aug 24, 2014
AFROPUNK Festival 2014
SZA / The Internet / D'Angelo / Lianne La Havas / Meshell Ndegeocello (fka Me'Shell NdegéOcello) / Valerie June / Shabazz Palaces / Body Count / Alice Smith / Cold Specks / Fishbone / Trash Talk / Denitia & Sene / Cakes Da Killa / Straight Line Stitch / Unlocking the Truth / Gordon Voidwell / $1 Bin / The Bots / Fame School / Bad Brains / Sharon Jones and the DapKings / Cro-Mags / Cipher Show all bands
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Commodore Barry Park New York, New York, United States
Jun 14, 2013 –
Jun 15, 2013
Amnesia Rockfest 2013
The Offspring / Marilyn Manson / Deftones / Alice Cooper / Dropkick Murphys / Killswitch Engage / Lamb of God / Rancid / Travis Barker / Social Distortion / Anthrax / Pennywise / Less Than Jake / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Miss May I / Bad Brains / Millencolin / Emmure / The Miracles / Lagwagon / Transplants / The Menzingers / Fucked Up / Mad Caddies / The Acacia Strain / Comeback Kid / Adolescents / Agnostic Front / Sick of It All / H2O / The Flatliners / screeching weasel / Polar Bear Club / Biohazard / For the Fallen Dreams / Kataklysm / Madball / The Lawrence Arms / Subhumans / Stray from the Path / Discharge / Cro-Mags / Cryptopsy / 7Seconds / trapped under ice / Your Demise / Obey The Brave / Shai Hulud / Lionheart / Death Before Dishonor / FLAG / Mononc' Serge / Grimskunk / Slaves On Dope / Beheading of a King / All Day / Obliterate / Groovy Aardvark / Rosewood / Capitaine Revolte / The Insurrection / Defined / Men O Steel / Inside Riot (CA) / Arseniq33 / Ghoulunatics / Death Lullaby / Reason Prevails / Behind the Revolver / Brutal Chérie / Gloria Victis / New Renaissance / Roller Starter / The Vulgar Deli / Standing On Oblivion / Perfect Murder / Far From Reality / Wrong Advice / Pandora's Wake / Politess / We the Jury / Vicious Teeth / Matt Smashers / Skip the Foreplay / Skip the Foreplay / Rise Against Show all bands
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Montebello Marina Montebello, Quebec, Canada
Jun 13, 2013
Bad Brains The Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jun 07, 2013 –
Jun 09, 2013
Ink-N-Iron Festival 2013
The Offspring / NOFX / The Stranglers / Dead Kennedys / The Growlers / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Sublime With Rome / Bad Brains / Iggy & the Stooges / Wanda Jackson / The White Buffalo / Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / The Selecter / Tijuana Panthers / He's My Brother She's My Sister / Dwarves / The Stone Foxes / Rocket from the Crypt / Sharks / The Dirtbombs / Girl In a Coma / JC Brooks Band / Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band / Wayne Hancock / The Fleshtones / Plague Vendor / Long Tall Texans / Generators / The Matadors / Prima Donna / Silver Shine / Well Hung Heart / The Fiends / The Gods Of Macho / Kim Lenz and her Jaguars / Kaleigh Baker / Hopeless Jack & The Handsome Devil / Barnyard Stompers / Rumble King / The Woolly Bandits / Miss Lonely Hearts / D.on Darox & the Melody Joy Bakers / Johnny Hootrock / The Reverend Red / The California Lions / Three Times Bad / The CRASH CADILLACS / los hell gamblers / Bop Kings / DJ Satoki Show all bands
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The Queen Mary Los Angeles, California, United States
May 18, 2013 –
May 19, 2013
Ruhrpott Rodeo Festival 2013
Bad Brains / Black Flag / Argy Bargy / Die Kassierer / Bonsai Kitten / Boskops / Cockney Rejects / Das Pack / Dritte Wahl / Eisenpimmel / El Fisch / Kein Hass Da / Knochenfabrik / Kotzreiz / Mad Caddies / Mad Sin / Monsters Of Liedermaching / Nothington / Ska-P / Sondaschule / Sonic Boom Six / Strung Out / The Adicts / The Baboon Show / The Generators / The Queers / The Skatoons / Tim Vantol / UK Subs / Zaunpfahl / Zwackelmann Show all bands
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Schwarze Heide Hünxe, Germany
May 01, 2013
MyFest
Final Prayer / Ohrbooten / KMPFSPRT / Walter Schreifels / Born From Pain / Samiam / Radio Dead Ones / Baretta Love / Coldburn / Bad Brains / Unavoidable
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Coretex Open Air Bühne Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Apr 06, 2013 –
Apr 07, 2013
Lollapalooza 2013
Major Lazer / Crystal Castles / Nas / Kaskade / Passion Pit / The Temper Trap / Manuel García / Tomahawk / Foals / Porter Robinson / Alabama Shakes / RVSB / Chancho en Piedra / Of Monsters & Men / Zeds Dead / Gary Clark Jr. / Marcelo D2 / Bad Brains / Gepe / Toro Y Moi / Banda Conmoción / Perrosky / Dread Mar I / Carla Morrison / Russian Red / Poncho / DJ Marky / Protistas / Hot Chip / Los Tres / Kaiser Chiefs / Zeds Dead / The Black Keys / The Hives / Queens of the Stone Age / Alabama Shakes / Pearl Jam / Foster The People / A Perfect Circle / De Saloon / Keane / Two Door Cinema Club / Franz Ferdinand / Puscifer / Deadmau5 / Steve Aoki Show all bands
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Parque O'Higgins Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
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Dec 08, 2012
Bad Brains 924 Gilman Street Berkeley, California, United States
Dec 01, 2012
Bad Brains / H2O / Year of the Dragon
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The Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, California, United States

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Bonnaroo Music Festival 2012 on Jun 7, 2012 [755-small]

Bonnaroo Music Festival 2012
Jun 7 - 10, 2012
 Manchester, Tennessee, United States
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Bad Brains / Verbal Assault on Jan 16, 1987 [588-small]

Bad Brains / Verbal Assault
Jan 16, 1987
 Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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MyFest on May 1, 2013 [842-small]

MyFest
May 1, 2013
 Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Circle Jerks / Bad Brains / Discharge / Bad Religion on Oct 8, 1982 [368-small]

Circle Jerks / Bad Brains / Discharge / Bad Religion
Oct 8, 1982
 Santa Monica, California, United States
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Circle Jerks / Bad Brains / Discharge / Bad Religion on Oct 8, 1982 [367-small]

Circle Jerks / Bad Brains / Discharge / Bad Religion
Oct 8, 1982
 Santa Monica, California, United States
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Bad Brains / Bad Religion / Lewd / Jody Fosters’s Army on Mar 12, 1982 [353-small]

Bad Brains / Bad Religion / Lewd / Jody Fosters’s Army
Mar 12, 1982
 Los Angeles, California, United States
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Beastie Boys / Bad Brains on Jun 3, 1995 [074-small]

Beastie Boys / Bad Brains
Jun 3, 1995
 Carson, California, United States
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