Given the momentum from the Bad Brains’ 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination and wildly successful international screenings for the companion documentary (also titled Finding Joseph I), Lesser Gods will launch the book three weeks earlier than planned. This development comes on the heels of even more amazing Bad Brains news.

Earlier this month, at a screening for the companion film, HR was asked if he could imagine singing for the Bad Brains again. He  replied, "Oh, yes. At first I said, ‘We'll never play again.’ But I received a call from Dr. Know [Bad Brains’ guitarist] and it was positive, and he said, ‘Let's do this.’”

For more information on Finding Joseph I, please visit:

http://www.lessergodsbooks.com/book/finding-joseph-i

About Finding Joseph I: An Oral History of H.R. from Bad Brains - A thoroughly uncensored rollercoaster ride through a riotous, tumultuous and utterly singular life and career. The 272-page gripping story features interviews with H.R., his bandmates past and present, friends and those he has influenced and inspired.

Packed with many rare and never-before-seen images, Finding Joseph I is the definitive account of this punk rock icon. H.R.’s journey has been riddled with unprecedented volatility: drugs, violence, disappearances and a debilitating mental illness. The disorder was so powerful and the suffering so severe that it’s difficult to fathom how he even survived. The pages are filled with commentary and stories from well-known artists, including Minor Threat/Fugazi’s Ian MacKaye, Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan and Living Colour’s Corey Glover and Vernon Reid, plus members of Sublime, The Roots, Cro-Mags, Fishbone, The Wailers, Circle Jerks, Murphy’s Law, 311, Deftones and many more.

Co-author Howie Abrams adds, “H.R. is a once-in-a-lifetime talent and individual. I feel fortunate to have experienced his greatness, let alone be blessed with the trust to present his story in book form.”

The book is a companion to co-author James Lathos’s documentary film Finding Joseph I, which puts into moving picture form many of the stories from the book.

Finding Joseph I will be available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and wherever books are sold.