Bad Brains - "Pay to Cum"
Photo by Atiba Jefferson Bad Brains' first studio recording from 1979 has long been traded between fans without an official release. We'll finally be getting an official release in November, which was mixed by Ian MacKaye in cooperation with Bad Brains. "Pay to Cum" from that release is available to hear today. This original version is somehow more rough and more tame than the one we're used to. It doesn't quite have the same out of control feel, while sounding a little more protopunk/garage. Both versions are great versions of the song, and any classic punk fan is going to rejoice at having an official and newly mixed version of these songs. Darryl Jenifer (bass) says of the band's newly released version of "Pay to Cum": “The riff for ‘Pay to Cum’ started as a stream of punk rock vibes fueled by the Ramones, The Damned, and Return to Forever. It was a gift that served as a springboard into our sound - sheer, straight-ahead three-chord mayhem wi...