Flyer for Bad Brains and Minor Threat Concert (1982)

Flyer for Bad Brains and Minor Threat Concert (1982)

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Topic 4.17

Flyer for a Concert Featuring Bad Brains and Minor Threat, 9:30 Club, Washington DC, April 29, 1982

A green poster for Bad Brains (featuring a Lion of Judah with a Star of David crown, its tail knocking over a building) and Minor Threat, noting the date, time, and location.

Printed flyer for a concert featuring Bad Brains and Minor Threat, April 29, 1982. (DC Public Library, The People’s Archive, DC Punk Archive, Eddie Janney Collection.)

Founded in Washington, DC, the band Bad Brains has combined elements of reggae, punk, funk, hip-hop, and soul music. This flyer, for a show at Washington’s famed 9:30 Club, incorporates visual elements of the Rastafari movement (particularly the Lion of Judah).