Bad Brains Prepare for Album, Video, and Tour Dates

System of a Down’s Shavo Odadjian will direct the first video from Build a Nation, Bad Brains’ first studio album in more than a decade.

Legendary punk band Bad Brains, which will have its original lineup intact for the release of Build a Nation (Megaforce) on June 26, has seven live performances confirmed between now and early August of 2007.

The album, produced by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys, is the group’s first studio effort in more than ten years. The first single off Build a Nation will be directed by Shavo Odadjian, the bassist of System of a Down.

The Boys join the Brains on May 27 at the Sasquatch Festival in Washington, and given what transpired in the video for “Triple Trouble,” the New York MCs better not do anything to anger the big yeti.

Catch Bad Brains on tour at the dates below:

May 25 – Berbati’s Pan, Portland, OR
May 26 - Berbati’s Pan, Portland OR
May 27 – Sasquatch Festival, George, WA
June 24 – New York School of Rock Festival, Asbury Park, NJ
June 25 – New York Boat Ride, New York City, NY
July 29 – The Rogers Picnic, Toronto, Canada
August 5 – Virgin Festival, Baltimore, MD