The explosive power of D.C. punk rockers Bad Brains is legendary, and newly discovered live recordings from 45 years ago are adding to the legend.

In a full-circle moment, the soon-to-be released double album has ties to Don Zientara’s Inner Ear Studio, in Arlington, Virginia, where Bad Brains did their first demo session.

Two live Bad Brains performances at The Bayou — at the now-defunct Georgetown fixture from July 14, 1980, and March 15, 1981 — are the basis of “Bad Brains: Live at the Bayou, ” which is being released this week for Record Store Day on Black Friday.

In an interview with WTOP, Darryl Jenifer, bass player for Bad Brains, said while growing up “in the Alabama Avenue corridor,” he was aware of The Bayou , located at 3135 K Street NW, but had never seen a show there be

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