Artist Name
Bad Religion

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2019 - Age of Unreason
2013 - True North
2013 - Christmas Songs
2010 - The Dissent of Man
2007 - New Maps of Hell
2004 - The Empire Strikes First
2002 - The Process of Belief
2000 - The New America
1998 - No Substance
1996 - The Gray Race
1994 - Stranger Than Fiction
1993 - Recipe for Hate
1992 - Generator
1990 - Against the Grain
1989 - No Control
1988 - Suffer
1983 - Into the Unknown
1983 - How Could Hell Be Any Worse?

Members
6 Male

Origin
Los Angeles, US

Genre
Punk Rock

Style
Punk

Mood
Enlightened

Born

1979

Active
1979 to Present...

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6 users Bad Religion - Infected
5 users Bad Religion - You
5 users Bad Religion - American Jesus
5 users Bad Religion - Punk Rock Song
4 users Bad Religion - 21st Century (Digital Boy)


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New America	Infected	Ten in 2010
The Kids Are Alt-Right	21st Century (Digital ...	Punk Rock Song
Los Angeles Is Burning	True North	Atomic Garden

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Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1979. They are particularly known for their use of soaring 3-part vocal harmonies (which they refer to in their album liner notes as the "oozin' aahs"), guitar solos, sophisticated and intellectual lyrics, and political or religious commentary. Their lyrics often relate to matters of social responsibility. The band's lineup has changed several times over its lifespan, with lead vocalist Greg Graffin being the only continuous member. However, the band currently contains 3 of the 4 original members.

Bad Religion has released fifteen studio albums to date and is considered one of the most successful independent punk acts, selling over 5 million albums worldwide, and charting two singles on the Mainstream Rock charts and seven singles in the Top 40 of the Alternative Songs charts. The band has also enjoyed success outside of the United States; they had three charting singles in the U.K., while "21st Century (Digital Boy)" and "Punk Rock Song" charted in Sweden in 1995 and 1996, respectively. "Punk Rock Song" also charted in Finland and Germany.

The band's major influences stemmed from late 1970s punk acts like The Ramones, The Germs, Sex Pistols and The Clash, along with such early 1980s American hardcore bands as Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Minor Threat. Unlike many other hardcore bands of the era, they also acknowledged proto-punk bands like the New York Dolls and MC5. Even more unusual for a band of the scene that spawned them, they were also informed by such new wavers as Elvis Costello, The Jam and Nick Lowe, as well as authors like Jack Kerouac.

Greg Graffin called his influences "pop-sounding rock tunes that were not necessarily commercial." Brett Gurewitz acknowledges attempting to emulate Germs singer Darby Crash early on in Bad Religion's lyrical style. "He wrote some intelligent stuff, and didn't shy away from the vocabulary, which I thought was cool." In addition to their use of unusually sophisticated vocabulary for a punk band, Bad Religion is also known for their frequent use of vocal harmonies. They took their cues from The Adolescents, in the way that they used three-part harmonies. Bassist Jay Bentley says, "Seeing The Adolescents live, it was so brilliant. So, in a way, the Adolescents influenced us into saying we can do it, too, because look, they're doing it."

In turn, many of today's punk bands cite Bad Religion as an influence, including AFI, All, Authority Zero, The Bouncing Souls, Death by Stereo, Lagwagon, NOFX, The Offspring, Pennywise, and Rise Against. Funeral for a Friend vocalist Matt Davies-Kreye has also stated Bad Religion as an influence, particularly with their Against The Grain album


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