Human Rights - Fatherless Children (HR. of Bad Brains) video

-Human Rights -Our Faith(album) -Fatherless Children(song) © 1992 RAILROAD RECORDS (734273499727) Reggae rock featuring the lead singer of Bad Brains. Bio/ by Sandra Brennan Iconoclastic, enigmatic and angst-ridden are words used to describe former front man for the punk/thrash metal group Bad Brains, HR (Ras Hailu Gabriel Joseph I). A devout Rastafarian, HR's songs, a seamless blend of singing, rap and African chanting, demand social and economic equality and an end to oppression and racism. He got his start with the Washington, DC-based Bad Brains, and sang with them through the '80s. HR periodically left to pursue his own career, returning only to make a few quick bucks. He infused their music with his own brand of reggae rhythms, which they called "rasta-core," but grew disillusioned because fans were more interested in their hardcore sound than the message of love he was trying to convey. Compared to the rough-edged, riotous energy of the Brains, HR's reggae was mellower as can be heard in his late '80s album Singin' in the Heart (SST) which he recorded in between Bad Brains' I Against I and Quickness. HR left the band for good in 1989 and has since worked on developing his solo career. The "OUR FAITH" recordings went on to influence a worldwide audience with two European tours and three US tours promoting both of the Railroad Records HR releases. RASTAFARI! GIVE THANKS! SELASSIE LIVE!