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Bad Religion
Bad Religion the band’s albums. They are often credited for being in-
volved in the revival of punk rock and inspiring several
subsequent punk bands[2][3][4][5] during the late 1980s,
as well as influencing a large number of other punk and
rock musicians throughout their career.[6] Bad Religion
is also particularly known for their use of soaring 3-part
vocal harmonies (which they refer to in their album liner
notes as the "oozin’ aahs"), sophisticated and intellectual
lyrics, and political or religious commentary. Their lyrics
often relate to matters of social responsibility.
The band’s original line-up featured Bentley on bass,
Graffin on vocals, Gurewitz on guitar, and Jay Ziskrout
on drums. Ziskrout left in 1981, while Bad Religion was
Bad Religion in Stockholm, 2004 in the middle of writing and recording their debut album
Background information How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, and was replaced by Pete
Finestone. Between the releases of their next two albums
Origin Los Angeles, California
Into the Unknown (1983) and Suffer (1988), more lineup
Genres Punk rock, melodic hardcore, hardcore punk changes occurred, leaving Graffin the only remaining
original member. After recruiting Greg Hetson as their
Years 1979–present
active second guitarist in 1984, Gurewitz, Bentley and Finestone
rejoined the band in 1986. The reunited quintet returned
Labels Epitaph, Atlantic, Epic to the studio two years later to record Suffer, which is de-
Associated Circle Jerks, Minor Threat, Government Issue, scribed by critics as one of the most "influential" punk
acts Dag Nasty, Daredevils, Bad4Good, Suicidal rock albums of all time.[7][8][9] Suffer was followed up by
Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Error, Black two more albums – No Control (1989) and Against the Grain
President (1990) – before Finestone left Bad Religion once again in
Website www.badreligion.com 1991 and was replaced by Bobby Schayer. With Schayer
in the band, they recorded Generator (1992), Recipe for Hate
Members
(1993) and Stranger Than Fiction (1994), the latter two of
Greg Graffin which were released on the major label Atlantic Records
Brett Gurewitz (though Epitaph actually released Recipe for Hate before
Jay Bentley Atlantic re-issued it). Stranger Than Fiction, the band’s first
Greg Hetson
Brian Baker
commercial success, managed to sell over half a million
Brooks Wackerman copies and earned Bad Religion their only gold record in
the United States. Gurewitz grew uncomfortable with the
Past members
success of the band and left once again in 1994 to con-
Jay Ziskrout tinue running Epitaph. Bad Religion recruited former Mi-
Davy Goldman nor Threat guitarist Brian Baker to complete the tour and
Tim Gallegos record the band’s next three albums. After Gurewitz rec-
Pete Finestone
onciled with Graffin in 1999 to co-write "Believe It" (from
John Albert
Lucky Lehrer 2000’s The New America), he officially rejoined in 2001,
Bobby Schayer making Bad Religion a six-piece band, and contributed to
Paul Dedona their four most recent albums (the last being 2010’s The
Dissent of Man). As of April 2011, Bad Religion is already
Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Ange- planning a sixteenth studio album, which, according to
les in 1979.[1] Their current line-up consists of Greg Graf- Graffin, may be their last before a possible split or hia-
fin (vocals), Brett Gurewitz (guitar), Jay Bentley (bass), tus.[10]
Greg Hetson (guitar), Brian Baker (guitar) and Brooks Bad Religion is considered one of the most successful
Wackerman (drums). Gurewitz is also the founder of the independent punk acts, selling over 5 million albums
label Epitaph Records, which has released almost all of
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worldwide,[11] and charting two singles on the Main- Fast" for the soundtrack of the film Desperate Teenage
stream Rock charts and seven singles in the Top 40 of the Lovedolls. Originally credited to Greg Greg on the initial re-
Alternative Songs charts. The band has also enjoyed suc- lease, the 1997 CD re-issue lists the artist as Greg Graffin
cess outside of the United States; they had three charting and Greg Hetson. Soon after, Graffin reassembled Bad Reli-
singles in the U.K., while "21st Century (Digital Boy)" and gion with Hetson replacing Gurewitz, who had gone into
"Punk Rock Song" charted in Sweden in 1995 and 1996, rehab for his drug problem. Bad Religion returned to a
respectively.[12] "Punk Rock Song" also charted in Fin- somewhat mellower, rock and roll version of their orig-
land and Germany.[13][14] inal sound with the Back to the Known EP, but disbanded
temporarily soon after.
History In 1985, Brett Gurewitz released a 5-song EP on Epi-
taph Records under the name The Seeing Eye Gods. This
psychedelic influenced record is long out of print and has
Formation and early career (1979–1982) never been released on CD.
Bad Religion was formed in Los Angeles in 1979 by high
school students Greg Graffin (vocals, keyboards), Jay Reunion and Suffer (1986–1988)
Bentley (bass), Jay Ziskrout (drums), and Brett Gurewitz, Bad Religion slowly reformed in 1986 out of the Back to the
also known as "Mr. Brett" (guitar). James O’Hanlon from Known line-up when Greg Graffin called Jay Bentley and
New York filled in on guitar briefly as well while Brett asked him to return. Bentley’s response was tentative,
was in the hospital with a broken leg.[citation needed] but after being assured that the setlist consisted mostly
Bad Religion considers their first show to be held in of tracks from How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, he agreed to
1980, opening for Social Distortion in Fullerton, CA, at a return for one show, and ended up staying on because
warehouse.[15] he had so much fun. A freshly rehabilitated Gurewitz was
In 1981, the band released their eponymous debut EP eventually convinced to come back aboard, and with Pete
on the newly formed label, Epitaph Records, which was Finestone returning on drums and Greg Hetson on sec-
and continues to be managed and owned by Gurewitz. ond guitar, Bad Religion was back.[16]
This was immediately followed by their first full-length The reunited band released their long-awaited third
album, How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, gaining the band a album Suffer in 1988, cementing their comeback in the
sizable following. During the recording of How Could Hell punk community. Not only is this album often cited as
Be Any Worse?, Jay Ziskrout left the band and was replaced one of their very best by fans, but it is credited with "sav-
by Peter Finestone. ing" the Southern California punk rock scene by fans and
Bad Religion’s contemporaries alike.[17]
Into the Unknown, Back to the Known and
hiatus (1983–1985) No Control, Against the Grain and Generator
In 1983, the band released Into the Unknown, a keyboard- (1989–1992)
driven album influenced by progressive rock. It was During the Suffer tour in 1988, Bad Religion began writing
enormously unpopular with the band’s core fanbase. It is "albums worth of material".[citation needed] In early 1989,
now officially out of print, after almost all of the 10,000 while the band was on a brief break from their Suffer tour,
copies were surreptitiously sold out of the warehouse they decided to commence work on their next album and
they were being stored in by Gurewitz’s ex-girlfriend, entered the Westbeach Recorders studio in June of that
Suzy Shaw (who currently runs Bomp Records). The year to record it. The resulting album, No Control, was re-
record has since become a collector’s item, and has also leased in November 1989, and ended up selling more than
gained acceptance from some fans. It can be seen going 60,000 copies.[18] By the time it was released, the band
for more than $100 on eBay. had become one of the most critically praised hardcore
Also in 1983, the Mystic Records compilation album punk bands of the time, despite a lack of mainstream suc-
"The Sound Of Hollywood, Vol. 2" was released featuring cess.[citation needed]
two Bad Religion songs- "Every Day" and "Waiting For Bad Religion’s hardcore punk style continued with
The Fire" which continued in the mellow acoustic/key- their next album, Against the Grain, which was released in
board direction of the previous album. Every Day is ex- 1990. While the album still did not break the band into
clusive to this vinyl-only release which has been out of mainstream audiences, it was the first 100,000 seller, and
print for many years, while Waiting For The Fire is avail- showed how quickly they were growing.[19] "21st Centu-
able on the "It Ain’t My War!" compilation available on ry (Digital Boy)", one of the tracks off the album, is gen-
iTunes. erally regarded as the band’s most well-known song, and
In 1984, Greg Hetson of Circle Jerks fame, who had has been played at almost every live show.
played the guitar solo for "Part III" on How Could Hell Be Drummer Pete Finestone left Bad Religion again in
Any Worse?, teamed up with Graffin on the song "Running April 1991 to focus on his other band, The Fishermen,
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which had signed with a major label, and Bobby Schayer pected success and acclaim) became one of the biggest
joined the band as his replacement. In May 1991, Bad bands of the mid-1990s, but it was well known that his
Religion entered the Westbeach Recorders studio to be- departure was not on good terms.[citation needed] Gurewitz,
gin recording material for their sixth studio album, Gen- along with many fans, accused the band of selling out for
erator, which was not released until March 1992. The al- leaving Epitaph to seek greater financial success despite
bum was recorded almost live in the studio,[20] because, the fact that Gurewitz was making millions off The Off-
at the time, Gurewitz had moved Westbeach to larger spring alone.[22]
premises, and for the first time, the entire band could As tensions increased, Graffin would sing alternate
play in the studio at the same time. He stated that it was lyrics during concerts such as "I want to know where
"time to change" and the band "did it in a different stu- Brett gets his crack" or "I want to know why Gurewitz
dio, but as far as the songwriting, it was a deliberate ef- cracked," on the song "Stranger Than Fiction".[23] These
fort to try something different".[20] To accompany the al- barbs referred to Gurewitz’s struggles with crack, heroin
bum, Bad Religion filmed their first music video "Atomic and other addictions which plagued him for years. Brett
Garden", which was also their first song to be released as discussed his drug use in an interview on the band’s Suffer
a single. Tour documentary, Along the Way, and is now clean and
To coincide with the band’s success, Bad Religion re- sober. In response, Gurewitz recorded a song with his
leased a compilation album, 80–85, in 1991. It is a repack- new band The Daredevils entitled "Hate You", reportedly
aging of their debut album, How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, directed towards Jay Bentley.
their two EPs, Bad Religion and Back to the Known and the Gurewitz was replaced as a guitarist by Brian Baker,
band’s three track contributions to the Public Service EP. a former member of bands such as Minor Threat, Dag
This compilation did not include Into the Unknown. 80–85 Nasty, and Junkyard. Since Greg Graffin and Gurewitz
is now out of print and has been replaced by the 2004 re- had split songwriting duties, Graffin was now Bad Reli-
issued version of How Could Hell Be Any Worse? with the gion’s primary songwriter.
same track listings.
Post-Gurewitz period (1996–2000)
Mainstream success and departure of Bad Religion continued touring and recording without
Gurewitz (1993–1995) Brett Gurewitz and released three more albums for At-
With alternative rock and grunge breaking into the lantic, starting with The Gray Race (1996), produced by
mainstream, Bad Religion decided to leave Epitaph for former Cars frontman Ric Ocasek. Despite never garner-
Atlantic Records in 1993 and quickly re-released their ing the amount of attention that Stranger Than Fiction re-
seventh full-length studio album Recipe for Hate on the la- ceived, it would score Bad Religion a minor U.S. radio hit
bel that same year. Despite receiving mixed reviews from with the song "A Walk" as well as the European release of
music critics, the album finally broke Bad Religion into "Punk Rock Song" (sung in both English and German).[ci-
tation needed] The band would find its greatest success in
mainstream audiences and got their highest U.S. chart
position to date, debuting at #14 on Billboard’s Heatseek- Europe, where the album would reach the German music
ers chart, with "American Jesus" and "Struck a Nerve" in charts at #6 and score the band their first European gold
particular becoming major rock radio hits at their time. record for sales in Scandinavia alone.[citation needed]
Also in 1993, the band recorded the song "Leaders and
Followers" (which later appeared as a bonus track on the
Japanese version of their next album) for the soundtrack
for the Kevin Smith film, Clerks.
Recipe for Hate was followed up by Bad Religion’s
eighth studio album Stranger Than Fiction. The album met
high critical reception upon its release in September
1994, and subsequently became their most successful al-
bum, scoring hits with "Infected" and a re-recording of
"21st Century (Digital Boy)", which was originally re-
leased on Against the Grain. The album was Bad Religion’s
first to enter the Billboard 200; the release peaked at
number 87, and was awarded gold certification on March
4, 1998, for sales of over half a million copies.[21] Before
the release of Stranger Than Fiction, Gurewitz left the
band. He officially cited the reason for his departure as Brian Baker (left) with Bad Religion, live in the Netherlands,
the increasing amount of time he was needed at Epitaph 1995.
as The Offspring (who had just released Smash to unex-
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In 1998, Bad Religion released their tenth full-length including their first EP, the Public Service EP (with differ-
album, No Substance, produced by Alex Perialas, Ronnie ent versions of the songs Bad Religion, Slaves, and Dras-
Kimball and the band themselves. Although the album tic Actions than the self-titled EP) and the "Back To The
was anticipated by both music critics and fans as a result Known" EP. To coincide with the re-issues, they also re-
of the band’s previous worldwide successes with Stranger leased their long out-of-print live VHS Along the Way on
Than Fiction and The Gray Race, it was given mixed reviews DVD for the first time. Though Recipe for Hate was re-
by critics and fans.[24] Following the release of No Sub- leased on Epitaph, the album could not be re-issued; due
stance, the band embarked on a year-long tour. to the fact that it was re-issued on Atlantic, problems
In 1999, Gurewitz reunited with Graffin to co-write with the rights ownership made a re-issue unlikely.
a song together, called "Believe It", which would appear
on their next album, The New America (2000). For it, Todd New Maps of Hell (2005–2008)
Rundgren, an early musical inspiration for Graffin, was
brought in to produce. "Todd was kind of an under-
ground sensation back in 1974. Here’s a guy who was
making pop music but in a way that you wouldn’t hear
on the radio. So much of my early musical identity was
wrapped up in the way he conducted himself." In the
summer of 2000, they set out on a 3-month U.S. arena
tour opening for Blink-182.[25] Unfortunately, the experi-
ence might not have been all that Greg and the rest of the
band might have hoped. Interest in recording the record
waned, due to Rundgren’s poor attitude. Jay Bentley re-
flects on this by saying, "I didn’t feel we were going any-
where and so did Greg. Todd didn’t like Greg and that
Bentley (left) and Graffin (right) with Bad Religion, live in the
made Greg so mad! He met his idol and he was a jerk! I
House of Blues, 2005.
don’t think Todd gave a shit about anything."[26] Howev-
er, Greg Graffin later writes in his book, Anarchy Evolu-
On March 7, 2006, a live DVD, Live at the Palladium was re-
tion, that although Todd Rundgren was difficult to work
leased. This DVD featured a live show performed in late
with, he and Greg are friends to this day. Meanwhile,
2004 at the Hollywood Palladium, as well as extensive in-
Bobby Schayer left the band following a serious shoulder
terviews, several music videos, and a photo gallery. Dur-
injury and was replaced by Brooks Wackerman (Suicidal
ing one of the interview segments, guitarist Brett Gure-
Tendencies).
witz said the band’s next album would be a double-length
release, but this turned out not to be the case.[28]
Return to Epitaph and reunion with Greg Graffin released his second solo album, Cold as
Gurewitz (2001–2004) the Clay, on July 11, 2006.
In 2001, Bad Religion departed from Atlantic Records. Bad Religion’s fourteenth studio album, New Maps of
They returned to Epitaph and Brett Gurewitz rejoined Hell, was released on July 10, 2007. On June 29, of that year
the band. The expanded six-piece line-up then recorded (Greg Hetson’s 46th birthday), Epitaph Records started
and released The Process of Belief (2002). Graffin states, selling New Maps of Hell at the Warped Tour in Pomona,
"there was a little bit of disappointment on my part when California. The album was a commercial success and
he left the band, but we never had any serious acrimony spawned three hit singles "Honest Goodbye", "Heroes
between the two of us. I can’t say the same for the rest of and Martyrs", and "New Dark Ages", and as a result, New
the band. But he and I, being the songwriters from way Maps of Hell reached number 35 on the Billboard 200, mark-
back, we really wanted to try again."[27] ing Bad Religion’s highest-ever chart position. Bad Reli-
Their next album, The Empire Strikes First, was released gion also joined the 2007 Warped Tour to support the al-
in June 2004. Like The Process of Belief, it is widely regarded bum.[29]
by fans as a return to the faster punk-style songwriting Hetson formed a supergroup band called Black Presi-
that some felt was less prominent in the band’s music dent, consisting of Charlie Paulson (from Goldfinger), Ja-
during their time on Atlantic. son Christopher, Wade Youman (both from Unwritten
In April 2004, the band also re-released digitally-re- Law) and Christian Martucci (from Dee Dee Ramone).[30]
mastered versions of all of their first six studio albums In early March 2008, Bad Religion played several
on Epitaph Records (except Into the Unknown). The How night residences at House of Blues venues in Southern
Could Hell Be Any Worse? re-issue, though reclaiming the California as well as Las Vegas.[31] They also played at
original title of the band’s debut LP, contained all of the the KROQ Weenie Roast (y Fiesta) on May 17 along such
same material as the previously issued 80–85 compilation, bands as Flobots, Metallica, The Offspring, Pennywise,
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Rise Against, and Scars on Broadway. Following that, the Rebellion Festival in England. To coincide with the
they performed four European festival appearances in tour, Bad Religion announced a live album called 30 Years
May and June.[32] Live, which was released as a free download for those who
On July 8, 2008, Bad Religion released their first-ever had signed up on the mailing list at Bad Religion’s web-
deluxe edition CD, a re-issue of then-current album New site. It consists of songs recorded during their House of
Maps of Hell. The deluxe version includes the original Blues tour during March and April 2010 which also in-
16-song CD, along with seven new acoustic tracks record- cludes some new songs from their 15th studio album, be-
ed by Graffin (vocals) and Gurewitz (guitars/back vocals). fore the new album was released. 30 Years Live was mixed
Three of the acoustic songs are new, written specifically by Mike Fraser and was released on May 18, 2010. At the
for this release; the other four tracks are new acoustic House of Blues concert in Anaheim, California on March
versions of BR songs. The release also includes a DVD 17, 2010, the band debuted a new song called "Resist-
with an hour-long live performance, music videos, and Stance", which will appear on their upcoming album and
behind-the-scenes footage. is included on 30 Years Live.
On May 1, 2010, Brett posted an update on his Twitter
30 Years Live and The Dissent of Man saying, "threw me a going away [to the studio] party and
(2009–2010) all my friends hung with me tonight – thx everybody, I
love you guys."[41] This adds fuel to the possibility of the
In June 2008, Jay Bentley said in an interview at the
band’s new album being recorded the first week of May.
Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands that Gurewitz
According to a report on thebrpage.net, the band start-
had already begun writing new material for the next Bad
ed recording on May 5, 2010.[42] On May 12, 2010 (which
Religion album. Bentley stated that the band was plan-
happened to be Brett’s 48th birthday), bassist Jay Bentley
ning to return to the studio after Graffin teaches UCLA to
posted an update on their Facebook page regarding the
start work on the follow-up to New Maps of Hell planned
recording process of the album: "first week of recording
for a June 2009 release.[33] However, according to a De-
at joe’s house of compression and brooks gets the medal
cember 2008 report on the fan site The Bad Religion Page,
for superasskicking. brian has finished 14 basics... a cou-
Bentley revealed that due to Bad Religion’s upcoming
ple more to go. i started getting some good bass sounds
touring commitments for 2009, the band would not have
late, late last night, the liver wins the shootout again.
a chance to record their new album until around the end
brett is playing late night tracks on his birthday, some
of the year, for an expected 2010 release date.[34]
way to celebrate! happy birthday bg! quote of the day;
In August 2009, guitarist Brett Gurewitz sent an email
BG "what percentage of the sound is coming from the
to a fan site mentioning he was writing new material for
snakeskin?". haha... working of album titles and ideas to-
the next Bad Religion album.[35]
day. it’s all coming together. joe says the corn flavored
In December 2009, Bentley revealed to the fan site
kit kats are gross, but the wasabi ones are quite deli-
The Bad Religion Page that the band was expected to go
cious.... get back to work. work work work. will send pho-
into the studio on April 26, 2010, to start recording their
to’s soon".[43]
new album. He stated that a few songs for the album had
In June 2010, The Bad Religion Page reported that the
been written and "it feels like the songwriting is picking
new album would be released on September 28, 2010. Jay
up momentum. Baker said he was going to drive up to
(who goes by jabberwock on The Bad Religion Page) men-
Graffin’s, Brooks and I are going to do some demos with
tioned on the site’s message board that Bad Religion had
Brett, so we have a pretty good jump."[36] According to
finished recording their new album and was mixing it.
Brett’s Twitter, Bad Religion is aiming for a fall release
In an interview at the Azkena Rock Festival on June 26,
of the new album.[37] In January 2010, Bentley revealed
2010, the band members announced that the new album
that Bad Religion would record their new album at a stu-
would be called The Dissent of Man. The Dissent of Man was
dio in Pasadena, California with Joe Barresi, who engi-
released on September 28, 2010. The album debuted at
neered 2004’s The Empire Strikes First and produced its
#35 on the Billboard 200 chart and at #6 on the Billboard
2007 follow-up New Maps of Hell.[38] Despite the statement
Independent Albums chart.[44] On August 30, 2010, the al-
made by Bentley about entering the studio in April, he
bum version of the song "The Resist Stance" was released
noted that the recording date was now May 1.[39] On
on Bad Religion’s MySpace page. A week before the al-
April 6, 2010, Bentley revealed in an interview with
bum’s release, it was made available for streaming on Bad
KROQ’s Kevin and Bean that the date on which the band
Religion’s MySpace page. The band has been touring to
would record their new album was May 6.[40]
support the album through 2011.[45]
Bad Religion toured Southern California and Nevada
On October 18, 2010, Bad Religion released a vinyl
House of Blues locations, in March & April. To commemo-
box set of all their albums that is limited to 3000 copies,
rate their 30th anniversary, Bad Religion played a 30-day
including their 1983 album Into the Unknown, which had
tour, playing a 30-song set each night. They also toured
been out of print for over 25 years.
Europe from June to August, including an appearance at
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Future sixteenth studio album can make it difficult to voice these concerns, as he
doesn’t want to feed the polarization of viewpoints.[64]
(2011–present) The band contributed a song to the Rock Against Bush
In an April 2011 interview with The Washington Exam- series organized by Fat Mike’s Punkvoter, a political ac-
iner, guitarist Brian Baker was asked if Bad Religion was tivist group and website whose supporters are primarily
going to make another album after The Dissent of Man. His left-liberal members of the punk subculture.[65]
response was, "It’s all very punk [attitude] just like it’s al- Brett Gurewitz attributed his anger towards former
ways been. We will record when we have enough songs. U.S. president George W. Bush as the major inspiration
For us, it just kind of happens."[46] During the Boston for The Empire Strikes First. "Our whole album is dedicated
show on April 29, 2011, frontman Greg Graffin said "after to getting Bush out of office. I’m not a presidential schol-
this year you probably won’t be seeing much more of us. ar but I don’t think you’ll find a worse president in the
We’re going to try one more album and then all join the history of the United States. He’s probably one of the
navy, do honest work", hinting at a possible split or hia- worst leaders in the history of world leaders. I just hate
tus.[10][47] In an interview at the KROQ Weenie Roast on the guy."[64]
June 4, 2011, Graffin stated that Bad Religion will record Bad Religion performed at L7’s pro-choice benefit
and release their new album in 2012. Bassist Jay Bentley Rock for Choice at the Hollywood Palladium on April 30,
also mentioned an early 2012 timeframe for going back 1993 with acts such as Stone Temple Pilots, White Zom-
into the studio in an interview at Live 105’s BFD festival, bie, Bikini Kill, King Missile and Kitty with Kim Gordon.
which took place the day after the Weenie Roast.[48] Hetson wore a Rock for Choice t-shirt quite often when
performing, one example was when the band was on Late
Style and influences Night with Conan O’Brien in 1994 performing "21st Cen-
tury (Digital Boy)". The band’s song "Operation Rescue" (off
The band’s major influences stemmed from earlier punk 1990’s record Against the Grain) is a pro-choice song
acts such as The Ramones, The Adolescents, Black Flag, (named after pro-life organization Operation Rescue).
The Germs, and The Sex Pistols. Outside of the punk
scene, their influences ranged from Elvis Costello, The Religion
Jam, and Nick Lowe to authors like Jack Kerouac.[49]
Greg Graffin called his influences "pop-sounding rock Faith in your partner, your fellow men, your
tunes that were not necessarily commercial."[28] Brett friends, is very important, because without it
Gurewitz acknowledges attempting to emulate The there’s no mutual component to your relationship,
Germs singer Darby Crash early on in Bad Religion’s lyri- and relationships are important. So, faith plays an
cal style. "He wrote some intelligent stuff, and didn’t shy important role, but faith in people you don’t know,
away from the vocabulary, which I thought was cool."[50] faith in religious or political leaders or even people
In addition to their use of unusually sophisticated vocab- on stages, people who are popular in the public
ulary for a punk band, Bad Religion is also known for eye, you shouldn’t have faith in those people. You
their frequent use of vocal harmonies. They took their should listen to what they have to say and use it.
cues from The Adolescents, in the way that they used — Greg Graffin[66]
three-part harmonies. Bassist Jay Bentley says, "Seeing
The Adolescents live, it was so brilliant. So, in a way, the Despite the name of the band, or the band’s logo, the
Adolescents influenced us into saying we can do it, too, members do not consider themselves antitheist. Singer
because look, they’re doing it."[16][51] Greg Graffin states that more often than not, the band
In turn, many of today’s punk bands cite Bad Religion prefers to use religion as a metaphor for anything that
as an influence, including AFI,[52] All,[53] Authority does not allow for an individual’s freedom to think or ex-
Zero,[54] The Bouncing Souls,[55] Death by Stereo,[56] Lag- press themselves as they choose. In this way, their songs
wagon,[55] NOFX,[57][58] The Offspring,[59][60] Penny- are more about anti-conformity than anti-religion.[67]
wise,[61] and Rise Against.[62] Funeral for a Friend vocalist Contrary to popular belief, Greg Graffin does not identify
Matt Davies-Kreye has also stated Bad Religion as an in- himself as an atheist, but chooses to identify as a natural-
fluence, particularly with their Against The Grain album ist.
[63]
Wired Magazine came out with a big exposé of "the
Politics new atheists". I was interviewed for it—and yet I
Many of Bad Religion’s songs are about different social think I was included as a sidebar but not as a main
ills, although they try not to ascribe the causes of these feature and I think the main reason they did that
ills to any single person or group. Greg Graffin believes was because they noticed that I wasn’t that happy
that the current political situation in the United States billing myself as an atheist. To me it just doesn’t say
that much; it doesn’t say much about you. Instead
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I bill myself as a naturalist, which I think says a lot NBC’s Last Call with Carson Daly about their 30-year an-
more. Because a naturalist is someone who... first niversary.
of all—they study natural science, and they have Bad Religion music has appeared in movies such as
a hopeful message—I think—to send to the world, Clerks, The Chase, Glory Daze, The Hammer, Eyeborgs and
which is... we can agree on what the truth is... and Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator. Bad Religion’s "Cross-
it has to be through experimentation, verification, buster" logo appears in Juno, SLC Punk!, 8mm and Helmiä ja
and new discoveries, followed by more verification. sikoja. Posters for The Empire Strikes First appear in Super-
So... if we can agree on those terms, we can agree bad, Strange Wilderness, Kids in America, Special, Dishdogz,
that the truth changes, based on new discoveries, Lilla Jönssonligan och stjärnkuppen and Fifty Pills. A Bad Reli-
and the structure of science is such that you can gion poster appears in The Sentimental Engine Slayer. A Bad
never be so sure of something, because a new dis- Religion sticker appears in The Ring and Cheaper By the
covery can rework the framework—it can recon- Dozen. A poster for Recipe for Hate appears in PCU. Two Bad
struct the framework of your science and you have Religion songs appear in the 2000 short movie entitled
to look at the world differently. That makes it a "What to Do?". On TV, Bad Religion’s song "New Amer-
very dynamic and exciting place to be. And if you ica" appeared in the final episode of Beverly Hills, 90210
say "you’re an atheist", it’s not really saying much and "Portrait of Authority" was in an episode of Lizzie
about how you came to that conclusion. But if you McGuire. During the 2000 MTV Movie Awards, a guitar riff
say "you’re a naturalist", I think it says something. from "New America" was played before it cut to commer-
You’ve reached that point because you’ve studied cials. A sample of "Infected" was played during a com-
science, because you believe there’s a fundamental mercial for Vans Warped Tour 2009. In an episode of Las
way of looking at the world that is part of a long Vegas, Piper requests that she has Saturday off because
tradition. And so, I prefer naturalist. Bad Religion are in town and she has "killer tickets". A
— Greg Graffin[68] poster for The Empire Strikes First appears in an episode
of Zoey 101. A Bad Religion poster appears in an episode
Despite this, he did co-author the book Is Belief in God of Weird Science. A boy wears a Bad Religion t-shirt in an
Good, Bad or Irrelevant?, which is based on a series of episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In an episode of
lengthy debates about science and religion between Graf- The Gilmore Girls, Graffin’s master in biology and his PhD
fin and historian Preston Jones.[69] In 2010, Graffin re- in evolutionary biology are used as examples of how col-
leased Anarchy Evolution, in which he promotes his natu- lege and rock n’ roll go together. A poster for Recipe for
ralist worldview.[70] Hate appears in the music video to Back to School (Mini
The band’s bassist Jay Bentley has stated that he has Maggit) by Deftones.
spiritual beliefs.[71] Brett Gurewitz is a "provisional In video games, Bad Religion songs have made it into
deist." Crazy Taxi, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, Tony Hawk Under-
ground, Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland, Tony Hawk’s Pro-
In the media and legacy ject 8, NCAA Football 2006, Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller, NHL 2K9
and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. A cover of "Infected" (from
Bad Religion appeared once on Late Show with David Let- Stranger Than Fiction) appears in Guitar Hero and is down-
terman in 1994, twice on The Jon Stewart Show in 1994 and loadable for Guitar Hero 2. The song "21st Century (Digital
1995, twice on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn in 2000 Boy)" (from Against the Grain) is downloadable for Guitar
and 2002 and Late Night with Conan O’Brien five times in Hero: World Tour. The songs "Sorrow" (from The Process
1993, 1995, 1996, 2002, and 2007. In the early days, Bad of Belief), "21st Century (Digital Boy)" (from Against the
Religion appeared twice on the New Wave Theatre in Grain), New Dark Ages (from New Maps of Hell) and No Con-
1981 and 1982. During the 90s, MTV sponsored their The trol (from No Control) appear as downloadable songs for
Gray Race Tour. They were considered a "classic" band both Rock Band and Rock Band 2. Bad Religion have been
on MTV’s 120 Minutes, appearing a number of times live featured twice on ScrewAttack’s Video Game Vault, once
on the show. They also appeared on MTV’s Most Wanted in the review for Crazy Taxi (which also featured some
in 1995. Frontman Greg Graffin appeared three times on Bad Religion music in the background) and again in a re-
Politically Incorrect in 1994, 1996, and 2000. In 1993, one view for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2. A Crossbuster can be
of their concerts at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago was seen on ScrewAttack’s "Top 10: Local Multiplayer Games
featured on JBTV. In 2004, Brett and Jay from the band (Console Edition)". Bad Religion were also featured in
were featured on CNNfn’s show The Biz. In the comic book GameTrailers’ review of Tony Hawk: Project 8.
"Blackheart Billy" by Rick Remender, the story of a guy The Los Angeles modern rock radio station KROQ list-
who had trouble letting go of the 1980s hardcore punk ed Bad Religion at #39 in the "top 106.7 biggest KROQ
scene, Bad Religion is constantly referenced through bands of all time" memorial for six years in a row,[72] and
their Crossbuster logo on the main character’s jacket and #70 at the "Top 166 Artists of 1980–2008" list.[73]
poster in his room. In 2010, the band was featured on
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Alternative Press did a 100 Best Singles of the Decade A lot of Bad Religion merchandise including hats, t-
list in 2009. It was a list for the 2000s. "Los Angeles Is shirts, and hoodies contain the Crossbuster. The logo was
Burning" came in at number 90 and "Sorrow" came in at also used on the covers for their early EPs, 1981’s self-
number 56.[74] titled and 1985’s Back to the Known, and the disc for New
Maps of Hell. It can also be found on other Bad Religion
Logo albums including Suffer (on the back of the boy on fire’s
t-shirt), No Substance (on Kristen Johnston’s right breast,
behind one of the actors playing a TV host and on a
woman’s fingernails), The Process of Belief (inside the
booklet there is a small one mixed with all the other sym-
bols) and on 30 Years Live (replacing the zero in 30).
Concert tours
• Early shows (1980–1987)
• Suffer Tour (1988–1989)
• No Control Tour (1990)
• Against the Grain Tour (1991)
• Generator Tour (1992–1993)
• Recipe for Hate Tour (1993–1994)
• Stranger Than Fiction Tour (1994–1995)
• The Gray Race Tour (1996–1997)
• No Substance Tour (1998–1999)
• The New America Tour (2000–2001)
• The Process of Belief Tour (2002–2003)
• The Empire Strikes First Tour (2004–2006)
The Crossbuster • New Maps of Hell Tour (2007–2009)
• 30 Years Live Tour (2010)
Bad Religion’s logo has been referred to by fans as the • The Dissent of Man Tour (2010–2011)
"Crossbuster". It features a black cross with a red prohi- • Rise Against and Four Year Strong Tour (2011)
bition sign over it. It was created by guitarist Brett Gure-
witz by drawing it on a piece of paper and showing it to Band members
the rest of the band. They supposedly thought it would
be a good way to annoy their parents. For more details on this topic, see List of Bad Religion
In the live documentary Along the Way, frontman Greg band members.
Graffin claimed to regret choosing that as their symbol Timeline
because it may have put off a lot of religious people who
he feels could benefit from listening to Bad Religion.
When bassist Jay Bentley was asked about it in the same
documentary, he claimed it was a symbol meant to "piss
off our parents" and that it was "something easy to put
on t-shirts and for kids to spray paint on walls"; when
people ask him what it means, he says, "whatever you
think it means". Guitarist Greg Hetson claims in the doc- Although Greg Graffin is the only constant member of
umentary that it stands for anti-establishment. the band’s line-up, the band currently features two other
Brian Baker, who joined the band later in their career, original members, Brett Gurewitz and Jay Bentley.
sums it up as follows:
“The name Bad Religion and the crossbuster logo Current members
came to pass in the minds of two fifteen-year-olds who • Greg Graffin: lead vocals, piano, synthesizer, acoustic
were trying to find the most offensive name and image guitar, main songwriter (1979–present)
they could possibly find for the punk band they were • Brett Gurewitz: guitar, backing vocals, main
starting in their garage… These are not people who songwriter (1979–1983, 1986–1994, 2001–present)
thought that 21 years later they would be on the tele- • Jay Bentley: bass, backing vocals (1979–1982,
phone doing interviews.” [75] 1986–present)
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Year Album U.S. Chart Vocals Guitars Bass Drums Label
position
1981[76][77] How Could Hell Be Never chart- Greg Mr. Jay Jay Ziskrout / Epitaph
Any Worse? ed Graffin Brett Bentley Pete Fine-
stone
1983 Into the Unknown Never chart- Paul De- Davy Gold-
ed dona man
1988 Suffer Never chart- Greg Jay Pete Fine-
ed Hetson Bentley stone
1989 No Control Never chart-
ed
1990 Against the Grain Never chart-
ed
1992 Generator Never chart- Bobby Schay-
ed er
1993 Recipe for Hate 14 (Heatseek- Epitaph
ers) Atlantic
1994 Stranger Than Fic- 87 Atlantic
tion
1996 The Gray Race 56 Brian
1998 No Substance 78 Baker
2000 The New America 88
2002 The Process of Belief 49 Mr. Brooks Wack- Epitaph
2004 The Empire Strikes 40 Brett erman
First
2007 New Maps of Hell 35
2010 The Dissent of Man 35
2012 TBA
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