Bad Religion
Bad Religion
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- The Basics
How did Bad Religion become one of the longest-lived, most beloved bands to bust out of the early-'80s SoCal punk scene? By exploding nearly every preconception about the music — with brainy, polysyllabic lyrics, tight vocal harmonies, and a singer who moonlights as a college professor and novelist. Always ahead of the curve, they first released their hit "21st Century (Digital Boy)" in 1990, getting a decade's jump on the cultural chaos of Y2K. Eight years earlier, they were L.A. hardcore kids with a raw, scrappy sound, spitting out edgy, aggressive bursts of anger like their "theme song," "Bad Religion," but by the time they actually became 21st-century boys, they were penning poignant, melodic-but-meaty punk anthems for the ages, like the moving, majestic "Sorrow."
Prepare to be knocked out by Bad Religion's weighty wordsmith, in Next Steps.$29.85 The Basics
Name Time Price 1 Sorrow 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Infected 4:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Cyanide 3:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 21st Century (Digital Boy) 2:50 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 New Dark Ages 2:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 A Walk 2:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 The Devil In Stitches 3:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Stranger Than Fiction 2:20 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 Bad Religion 1:49 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 American Jesus 3:17 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Los Angeles Is Burning 3:23 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 The Resist Stance 2:33 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 F**k Armageddon...This Is Hell 2:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Do What You Want 1:07 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 You 2:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 Suffer 1:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Punk Rock Song 2:27 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 You Are (The Government) 1:22 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Ten In 2010 2:22 $0.99 View In iTunes 20 Honest Goodbye 2:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Struck a Nerve 3:47 $0.99 View In iTunes 22 Only Rain 2:42 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Heroes and Martyrs 1:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Big Bang 1:42 $1.29 View In iTunes 25 The Biggest Killer In American History 2:14 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Next Steps
Having a published author with a PhD as their frontman is Bad Religion's not-so-secret weapon, and fearless leader Greg Graffin wields words like smart bombs, blasting away at society's ills with pinpoint precision. He isn't afraid to turn the power of his punk poetics on himself, wondering how much can be accomplished by a "Punk Rock Song." But that doesn't discourage him from tackling the ultimate ambition on the tongue-in-cheek "I Want to Conquer the World," surely the only song ever to use the words trammel — hey, we looked it up, you can too — and fecundity in the same line. And well-aimed words aren't Bad Religion's only weapons; they muster some mighty melodies, too, crossing over into power-pop territory with the downright Beatlesque harmonies of "A World Without Melody" — a place these guys definitely don't live.
The pioneering punks let their folk-flag fly in Deep Cuts$30.15 Next Steps
Name Time Price 1 Social Suicide 1:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Anesthesia 3:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 We're Only Gonna Die 2:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Grains of Wrath 3:00 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Let Them Eat War 2:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Supersonic 1:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Generator 3:24 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Won't Somebody 2:42 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Requiem for Dissent 2:08 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 All There Is 2:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Shades of Truth 4:01 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Them and Us 2:50 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 The Gray Race 2:06 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 I Want to Conquer the World 2:17 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Epiphany 3:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 The Streets of America 3:48 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Recipe for Hate 2:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 Lookin' In 2:03 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 No Control 1:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Sanity 2:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Broken 2:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 The Defense 3:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Strange Denial 3:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 24 The Empire Strikes First 3:23 $1.29 View In iTunes 25 In the Night 3:25 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Deep Cuts
Not only has Bad Religion head honcho Greg Graffin maintained a sideline as a solo folksinger, but by combing through their catalog you could even make a case for these San Fernando Valley boys as an undercover folk act. For instance, they set up and knock down sociopolitical targets with powerful protest tunes, and their signature song "Sorrow" hits just as hard in its all-acoustic version, and if ever there was a punk equivalent to Bob Dylan's immortal questions-without-answers ballad "Blowin' In the Wind," it's the hard-charging "How Much Is Enough?". And don't say you can't picture the anthemic "Along the Way" as fodder for the greatest punk campfire sing-along you've ever heard.
$29.55 Deep Cuts
Name Time Price 1 Raise Your Voice 2:55 $0.99 View In iTunes 2 Dearly Beloved 2:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 1000 More Fools 1:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Atomic Garden 3:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Sensory Overload 1:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 In So Many 3:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Along the Way 1:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Modern Man 1:58 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 No Direction 3:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Faith Alone 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 All Fantastic Images 2:08 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Kyoto Now! 3:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 No Substance 3:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 Parallel 3:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Hear It 1:49 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 God's Love 2:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Fertile Crescent 2:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 How Much Is Enough? 1:22 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Billy 1:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Walk Away 1:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Drastic Actions 2:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Spirit Shine 2:11 $0.99 View In iTunes 23 Only Entertainment 3:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Pity the Dead 2:56 $0.99 View In iTunes 25 All Good Soldiers 3:07 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Complete Set
Bad Religion has been firing out their sharp-shooting brand of intellectual punk with pop hooks for three decades, redefining what it means to be "hardcore." Singer/college professor Greg Graffin can fit what seems like an entire treatise on modern society into a three-minute song, his bandmates matching him step for step with a blend of blazing punk fury and hummable, power-pop-influenced tunes. Bad Religion has always made up its own rules, letting other bands follow in their wake. They're probably the only punk outfit to go on record as being equally influenced by the Germs and Todd Rundgren — the latter even produced their 2000 album, The New America. Guitarist Brett Gurewitz started Epitaph Records as a home for his band, and today — like Bad Religion itself — it's a prolific, unprecedentedly successful punk institution. So where do you start working your way through the world of Bad Religion? We've got 75 clues for you right here.
$89.55 Complete Set
Name Time Price 1 Sorrow 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Infected 4:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Cyanide 3:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 21st Century (Digital Boy) 2:50 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 New Dark Ages 2:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 A Walk 2:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 The Devil In Stitches 3:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Stranger Than Fiction 2:20 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 Bad Religion 1:49 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 American Jesus 3:17 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Los Angeles Is Burning 3:23 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 The Resist Stance 2:33 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 F**k Armageddon...This Is Hell 2:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Do What You Want 1:07 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 You 2:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 Suffer 1:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Punk Rock Song 2:27 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 You Are (The Government) 1:22 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Ten In 2010 2:22 $0.99 View In iTunes 20 Honest Goodbye 2:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Struck a Nerve 3:47 $0.99 View In iTunes 22 Only Rain 2:42 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Heroes and Martyrs 1:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Big Bang 1:42 $1.29 View In iTunes 25 The Biggest Killer In American History 2:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 26 Social Suicide 1:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 27 Anesthesia 3:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 28 We're Only Gonna Die 2:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 29 Grains of Wrath 3:00 $1.29 View In iTunes 30 Let Them Eat War 2:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 31 Supersonic 1:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 32 Generator 3:24 $1.29 View In iTunes 33 Won't Somebody 2:42 $1.29 View In iTunes 34 Requiem for Dissent 2:08 $1.29 View In iTunes 35 All There Is 2:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 36 Shades of Truth 4:01 $0.99 View In iTunes 37 Them and Us 2:50 $0.99 View In iTunes 38 The Gray Race 2:06 $0.99 View In iTunes 39 I Want to Conquer the World 2:17 $1.29 View In iTunes 40 Epiphany 3:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 41 The Streets of America 3:48 $0.99 View In iTunes 42 Recipe for Hate 2:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 43 Lookin' In 2:03 $0.99 View In iTunes 44 No Control 1:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 45 Sanity 2:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 46 Broken 2:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 47 The Defense 3:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 48 Strange Denial 3:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 49 The Empire Strikes First 3:23 $1.29 View In iTunes 50 In the Night 3:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 51 Raise Your Voice 2:55 $0.99 View In iTunes 52 Dearly Beloved 2:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 53 1000 More Fools 1:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 54 Atomic Garden 3:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 55 Sensory Overload 1:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 56 In So Many 3:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 57 Along the Way 1:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 58 Modern Man 1:58 $1.29 View In iTunes 59 No Direction 3:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 60 Faith Alone 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 61 All Fantastic Images 2:08 $0.99 View In iTunes 62 Kyoto Now! 3:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 63 No Substance 3:04 $0.99 View In iTunes 64 Parallel 3:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 65 Hear It 1:49 $0.99 View In iTunes 66 God's Love 2:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 67 Fertile Crescent 2:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 68 How Much Is Enough? 1:22 $1.29 View In iTunes 69 Billy 1:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 70 Walk Away 1:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 71 Drastic Actions 2:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 72 Spirit Shine 2:11 $0.99 View In iTunes 73 Only Entertainment 3:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 74 Pity the Dead 2:56 $0.99 View In iTunes 75 All Good Soldiers 3:07 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 75 Songs
Customer Reviews
Like a blindfolded monkey made it
I feel like a blindfolded monkey made this playlist. Biggest Killer is a basic? And Infected isn't even on the list? And you use the Against the Grain version of Digital Boy? It's good to get off the beaten path, but not on a list that you're calling "the basics."
cant believe this album is not on here
where is stranger than fiction!!!
New Maps of Hell
Personally I like their newer albums better than their old albums. New maps of hell got me into bad religion. I can't find a bad song on the albums The Empire Strikes First, New Maps of Hell, and the Process of Beleif. Stranger than Fiction and Recipe for Hate are good as well.
