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Tracklist :
01. The Day The Earth Stalled
02. Only Rain
03. The Resist Stance
04. Won’t Somebody
05. The Devil in Stitches
06. Pride and the Pallor
07. Wrong Way Kids
08. Meeting of the Minds
09. Someone to Believe
10. Avalon
11. Cyanide
12. Turn Your Back On Me
13. Ad Hominem
14. Where The Fun Is
15. I Won’t Say Anything

The Dissent of Man is Bad Religion’s 15th studio album, can you think it?! I can't imagine any other punk band that’s been producing concrete records for 28 years. That in itself is luxurious success, and  the men on this band need to be lauded therefore. I’d obviously placed Bad Religion into the best 5 punk bands all time,  perhaps even the best 3 (The Clash, the Ramones, who else?).

However with that long time career, there’s a few bad records. And it isn't that The Dissent of Man is terrible, because it is not, it is simply that Bad Religion records nearly at all times live or die depend only on the power in their individual  traks. That may seem to be an apparent factor to convey, however lots of times albums (over by good artists, which Bad Religion  is) have a few sort of cohesive solidarity, an explanation why that those songs are in combination on that album. Bad Religion records, even though, appear to be simply snapshots of regardless of the band used to be makingat that point in time (beside Bush- bashing Empire Strikes First). This is worsen through the indisputable fact that, let's face it, lots of Bad Religion musics sound sort of changeless. Their albums actually have to get a few stand-out songs to build an impression. Infrequently you will get a record similar to The Process of Belief where each song is amazing, and infrequently you don’t.

My greatest matter with The Dissent of Man is that no track really kicks my ass. It’s somewhat a mess of  aggressive guitar picking, forty three minutes of coherence. The same downside plagued the band's last album, New Maps of Hell,  where just one track—“|Honest Goodbye”—was truly a surprise, however there have been several different songs that gave the album a few  points. I believe there’s just one really briliant track on Dissent of Man, “Only Rain.” It is the track I need Bad Religion to remain performing 10 years from now, when they're still touring. I really feel, be delegated to the back-catalog of similar-tuning Bad Religion songs.

If there's one affecting factor in this album, i think it’s the guitar artwork by Brett  Gurewitz, Greg Hetson, and Brian Baker. There are several beautiful wild solos and riffs in this album (particularly among the first 3 tracks to the end) that I haven’t actually heard Bad Religion do so much with before. It is not sufficient to generate  this record pop, still I'm sure it’s a delightful note nonetheless.

I guess philosophically, my greater downside with The Dissent of Man is this—Bad Religion continues to be making records since 1982. They have already got a bunch of tracks that sound like this. Why placed out this album? If Bad Religion's purpose is to remain  exist on the punk scene and to provide them an argument to stay touring, i won’t grudge them for this. However as being a studio  release, a part of their recorded catalog which each access will have to signify, Dissent simply doesn’t do sufficient to manifest why  it should stand at all.

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Tracklist
1. 52 Seconds
2. Heroes & Martyrs
3. Germs of Perfection
4. New Dark Ages
5. Requiem For Dissent
6. Before You Die
7. Honest Goodbye
8. Dearly Beloved
9. Grains of Wrath
10. Murder
11. Scrutiny
12. Progidal Son
13. Grand Delusion, The
14. Lost Pilgrim
15. Submission Complete
16. Fields of Mars


Ever since they burst out of the early 1980s SoCal hardcore scene, Bad Religion has always been the smartest punk band on the block. Some 25 years down the line, the men who punk rock to grad school (literally--singer Greg Graffin has a Ph.D.) are as unrelenting as ever. In a post-9/11 America, there's more need than ever for Bad Religion, as the churning riffs and turbulent rhythms of NEW MAPS OF HELL propel polysyllabic, brainy lyrics that capture the tenor of the times. Sometimes directly addressing the turmoil of a war-torn world, sometimes evoking a more existential dilemma, Graffin, founding guitarist/co-writer Brett Gurewitz, and the rest of the sonic marauders march with righteous fury into the fray of humanity's follies, rocking intensely all the while.Spin (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The songs are more frantic and noisy than the band's recent work....The targets haven't changed much, and Bad Religion still hit them hard."
Kerrang (Magazine) (pp.46-47) - "The songs here are sharp and the production is state of the art, harnessing the energies of a group that still plays as if it's living its last hour on earth."

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Tracklist
1. Overture
2. Sinister Rogue
3. Social Suicide
4. Atheist Peace
5. All There Is
6. Los Angeles Is Burning
7. Let Them Eat War
8. God's Love
9. To Another Abyss
10. Quickening, The
11. Empire Strikes First, The
12. Beyond Electric Dreams
13. Boot Stamping on a Human Face Forever
14. Live Again (The Fall of Man)

A sense of justice and moral outrage is frequently part of punk's ethos, and Bad Religion has willfully flown this flag since the early 1980s. The title of the band's 2004 release, THE EMPIRE STRIKES FIRST, and the songs "Let Them Eat War" and "Sinister Rouge" indicate that Bad Religion has a thing or two to say about United States foreign policy and the George W. Bush administration, among other things. Driving guitars, thundering bass, and jackhammer drums create a sonic assault that reinforces the group's ideological fervor and underscores the pitch of its rage.

Though Bad Religion borrows from the legacy of punk, its music does not fall strictly under that rubric. The pop melodicism of the band's song structures and sing-along choruses, along with heavy-metal time changes and blistering guitar solos, help broaden its appeal, as does the range of social and political issues addressed in the group's lyrics. THE EMPIRE STRIKES FIRST shows Bad Religion at the top of its game, mining the musical and topical principles that made its previous releases popular, while losing none of the fire or urgency that keeps its approach vital.

Q (p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Bad Religion know how to thrill and THE EMPIRE STRIKES FIRST is a thrill from first to last."
Magnet (p.83) - "[P]otent and timely....The pedigree of the songs on THE EMPIRE STRIKES FIRST is outstanding."
CMJ (p.4) - "[T]he politially charged songs have an added weight - another lesson worth paying attention to."
CMJ (p.31) - "[Graffin] attacks American jingoism and 'nation building' with a passion and verve absent in his voice for too long."

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Tracklist

1. You've Got A Chance - 3:41
2. It's A Long Way To The Promised Land - 2:29
3. A World Without Melody - 2:32
4. New America - 3:25
5. 1000 Memories - 3:00
6. A Streetkid Named Desire - 3:17
7. Whisper In Time - 2:32
8. Believe It - 3:41
9. I Love My Computer - 3:06
10. The Hopeless Housewife - 2:59
11. There Will Be A Way - 2:53
12. Let It Burn - 2:44
13. Don't Sell Me Short - 3:58

Best described as thinking man's punk rock, the 20-year veteran of a style at times diluted by weak imitation returns with its first studio release since 1998's NO SUBSTANCE. THE NEW AMERICA triumphantly reunites Bad Religion with founding guitarist Brett Gurewitz, and if that isn't enough to capture the attention of long-time fans, rock icon Todd Rundgren lends his much sought-after producing talents for these sessions.

Vocalist and principal writer Greg Graffin's trademark layered harmonies are an integral part of what places Bad Religion far above lesser punk acts, and here they dominate songs such as "1,000 Memories," "The Hopeless Housewife," and "A Streetkid Named Desire." Bad Religion is no stranger to social commentary on technology and its effect on society, and "I Love My Computer" combines these sensibilities with melodic hooks and modem sound effects. The band's gift for writing thought-provoking, affecting music puts A NEW AMERICA in a class of its own.

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Tracklist
1. Hear It
2. Shades of Truth
3. All Fantastic Images
4. The Biggest Killer in American History
5. No Substance
6. Raise Your Voice!
7. Sowing the Seeds of Utopia
8. The Hippy Killers
9. The State of the End of the Millennium Address
10. The Voracious March of Godliness
11. Mediocre Minds
12. Victims of the Revolution
13. Strange Denial
14. At the Mercy of Imbeciles
15. The Same Person
16. In So Many Ways

When Green Day and The Offspring re-introduced the American public to punk in the early '90s, it was only natural that a few old-timers would try to capitalize (witness the Sex Pistols). Bad Religion was one of those who made the jump to the majors with 1993's RECIPE FOR HATE, but it is unfair to accuse them of trying to ride the coattails of their more successful brethren. On their fourth Atlantic release, NO SUBSTANCE, they continue making punk rock music in the same uncompromising style that served them so well for the first 16 years.

Songwriter/ringleader Greg Graffin uses his pen to take on the usual suspects: modern-day disenchantment ("No Substance,") the military-industrial complex ("The Biggest Killer In American History,") and crooked politicians ("Sowing The Seeds Of Utopia.") "The State Of The Endà" is built around one of the heaviest punk riffs this side of Bad Brains. And as always, Bad Religion temper their punk rock with a healthy dose of pop melody. The chorus of the call-to-arms "Raise Your Voice!" sounds like it could be sung at Boy Scout meetings across America.


Rolling Stone (7/9-23/98, pp.137-138) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...Bad Religion's politics remain unchanged....Not exactly cutting-edge radical, but not yet passe, either. And really not too shoddy..."
Entertainment Weekly (5/8/98, p.76) - "...Avoiding the agitprop sloganeering that's the band's stock in trade, Bad Religion presents their audience with hard questions rather than easy answers. Combined with their tuneful, diamond-hard punk rock, it's not only more enjoyable, but genuinely subversive." - Rating: B+

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Tracklist
1. Gray Race
2. Them and Us
3. Walk
4. Parallel
5. Punk Rock Song
6. Empty Causes
7. Nobody Listens
8. Pity the Dead
9. Spirit Shine
10. Streets of America
11. Ten in 2010
12. Victory
13. Drunk Sincerity
14. Come Join Us
15. Cease

With their ninth album, this Los Angeles-based hardcore band continue their distinctive recipe of slashing, frenetic guitar, inviting vocal harmonies and socially-conscious lyrics. THE GRAY RACE showcases Bad Religion's chaotic, two-guitar punk, ... Full Descriptionwhich is driven by an intense, high-strung urgency; each track provides just the right amount of unapologetic melodicism along with Greg Graffin's rough-voiced yet lucid vocals.

The band's sound is loud, fast, and basically simple, in contrast to the broad, complex themes they tackle. Many songs are a variation on the "think for yourself" motif, including "A Walk," a defiant rant against the system ("Who the hell are you to tell me what to do?/You can't even tie your own haggard shoes/Your closet is a mess, and your backyard's falling down"). There are also brilliant feats of multisyllabic rhyming here, betraying Graffin's striking intellect as a lyricist, as on "Them And Us": "Despite that he saw blatant similarity/He struggled to find a distinctive moiety/All he found was vulgar superficiality."

Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York, New York in October and November 1995.

Personnel: Greg Graffin (vocals); Greg Hetson, Brian Baker (guitar); Jay Bentley (bass guitar); Bobby Schayer (drums).

Recording information: Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY (10/1995-11/1995).

Bad Religion: Greg Graffin (vocals); Greg Hetson, Brian Baker (guitar); Jay Bentley (bass); Bobby Schayer (drums).

Rolling Stone (3/7/96, p.48) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Bad Religion are working to bring a deeper sense of purpose to a music they can honestly call their own."
Spin (3/96, p.107) - 7 - Flawed Yet Worthy - "...a hell of a record for a band that just lost 52 percent of its songwriting, proof that Graffin's voice and vision define the band..."
Q (4/96, p.105) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...at one bound THE GRAY RACE pushes American punk forward....a level of sophistication that calls for endless, depth-creating harmonies and the technical ability to carry off more adventurous concepts like `Ten in 2010'..."
New York Times (Publisher) (2/25/96, Sec.2, p.34) - "...The messages can be didactic, but the songs--burly rockers, full of minor chords--wrap desperation in choruses that aim to be anthems despite their own alienation..."

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Tracklist
1. Incomplete
2. Leave Mine to Me
3. Stranger Than Fiction
4. Tiny Voices
5. Handshake, The
6. Better Off Dead
7. Infected
8. Television
9. Individual
10. Hooray For Me...
11. Slumber
12. Marked
13. Inner Logic
14. What It Is
15. 21st Century (Digital Boy)

Bad Religion is punk-rock's Bonnie Raitt, a cult band that persisted and persisted until the world finally came around to them. Around the time Robert Johnson's old Delta blues records started selling in the hundreds of thousands, Raitt started collecting platinum records and Grammys; likewise, in the era of Nirvana's and Green Day's run up the charts, Bad Religion began seeing big returns for the same kind of records they used to make for peanuts.

STRANGER THAN FICTION is where Bad Religion cashes in--at the alternative register, anyway. Far from a sellout, it's a confident reaffirmation of all the band's strengths: anthemic rhythm-guitar hooks that are equal parts 70's punk, 80's hardcore and classic heavy metal; a fast but super-tight rhythm section; unswervingly political lyrics; and, in defiant contrast to all of the above, pop harmonies. Songs like "Incomplete," "Stranger Than Fiction" and "Handshake" (which equates record-company business deals with class and race warfare) enter your head as hurricanes of information about the world's ills. They remain there because they're built upon blistering punk-rock guitar hooks.


Rolling Stone (11/3/94, p.98) - 3.5 Stars - Good - "...like the Ramones' early albums, STRANGER THAN FICTION is a thrill ride that threatens to hurtle off the track at any second, the melodies coming in great, breathless bunches..."
Entertainment Weekly (9/9/94, p.84) - "...What's strange about these California power punk veterans' major label debut is that their slammin' riffs, tersely punctuated guitar solos, and ambitious harmonies remained underground for so long..." - Rating: A-
Q (11/94, p.105) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...no-holds-barred yet melodic...Their battleplan is matching poignant socio-politically aware lyrics to grungy yet powerfully soaring guitar rock..."
Musician (10/94, p.86) - "...On a stylistic level, Bad Religion are punk fundamentalists...yet these guys are virtual Unitarians when it comes to songwriting, opting for easily accessible pop melodies and even the occasional cushion of harmony vocals....It makes for a wonderfully bracing album..."
NME (Magazine) (10/15/94, p.55) - 8 - Excellent - "...Bad Religion write great tunes...that place them firmly within that fine punk rock tradition of The Ramones and the sadly neglected Hard-Ons..."

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Tracklist
1. Recipe for Hate
2. Kerosene
3. American Jesus
4. Portrait of Authority
5. Man With a Mission
6. All Good Soldiers
7. Watch It Die
8. Struck a Nerve
9. My Poor Friend Me
10. Lookin' In
11. Don't Pray On Me
12. Modern Day Catastrophists
13. Skyscraper
14. Stealth

Although longtime Bad Religion fans may disagree, the band's 1993 release, RECIPE FOR HATE, is arguably one of their finest releases. Although they'd been around for years, age had not dulled the band's attack in the slightest. Included are guest spots by such alt-rock notables as Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and Concrete Blonde's Johnette Napolitano, as the band thrash their way through such standouts as "Lookin' In," "My Poor Friend Me," and "American Jesus."

Recorded at Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, California. Originally released on Epitaph [4577 86420].

Personnel: Greg Graffin (vocals, harmonica); Greg Leisz (guitar, slide guitar); Chris Bagarozzi, Jonette, Greg Hetson, Eddie Hedges, Oozin Aahs, Joe Peccerillo, Jon Wahl, Brett Gurewitz (guitar); Jay Bentley (bass guitar); Bobby Schayer (drums).


Melody Maker (8/7/93, p.31) - "...On RECIPE FOR HATE the guitars deliver a venomous bite, but the melodies are often sweet and succulent...this creation of [Bad Religion] may have taken longer than six days, but it's pretty damn near immaculate..."
Musician (11/93, p.91) - "...Imagine Social Distortion without the Johnny Cash fixation, and you'll have a sense of Bad Religion's sound. Add politicized songwriting that's as interested in good hooks as in making a point, and you'll know why this is a must-hear album...."

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Tracklist
1. Generator
2. Too Much to Ask
3. To Direction
4. Tomorrow
5. Two Babies in the Dark
6. Heaven Is Falling
7. Atomic Garden
8. Answer, The
9. Fertile Crescent
10. Chimaera
11. Only Entertainment
12. Fertile Crescent - (bonus track)
13. Heaven Is Falling - (bonus track)

When Bad Religion issued GENERATOR in 1992, the alternative/punk scene had changed radically since the band started a decade earlier. The genre had become accepted by the mainstream--but this didn't stop the band from issuing one of their most controversial albums among fans. The quintet slowed down the tempo on GENERATOR a bit, but there's still plenty of aggression and venom to go around. Check out such songs as "Fertile Crescent" and the title track for the proof.

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Track List:
1. Modern Man
2. Turn on the Light
3. Get Off
4. Blenderhead
5. Positive Aspect of Negative Thinking
6. Anesthesia
7. Flat Earth Society
8. Faith Alone
9. Entropy
10. Against the Grain
11. Operation Rescue
12. God Song
13. 21st Century Digital Boy
14. Misery and Famine
15. Unacceptable
16. Quality or Quantity
17. Walk Away

For a period during late '80s and early '90s there was both good news and bad news for fans of punk stalwarts Bad Religion. The bad news was that the band kept putting out the same album over and over again; the good news was that the album was fantastic. AGAINST THE GRAIN, like its predecessors NO CONTROL and SUFFER, is arguably a punk masterpiece. It showcases a band at the top of its game, bursting with punk hooks, intricate multi-syllabic lyrics and the trademark upper and lower register backing vocals that set Bad Religion apart from mere imitators.

A true classic from "Modern Man," to "Faith Alone," to "Misery and Famine," AGAINST THE GRAIN never for a moment slows its pace or intensity. The band still performed most of this record live a decade down the line, and both "Entropy" and the title track remained firm fan favorites. "Twenty-First Century Digital Boy" was later (less successfully) re-recorded for the band's major label debut STRANGER THAN FICTION.


(Jan.-Feb./91) - "Aside from the corny cover, Bad Religion waste no time or effort as `Against The Grain' is screechingly released hot on the heels of last years punk hit `No Control' which sold so many copies, why not keep the formula untouched?...as much as I like to ignore such a massively accepted `punk' record, the exuberance of this release is kinda tuff ta' blow off."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.52) - "[H]ome to a slicker, more polished output from a band in their prime, boasting a host of classic tracks to prove it."

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Tracklist
1. Change of Ideas
2. Big Bang
3. No Control
4. Sometimes I Feel Like
5. Automatic Man
6. I Want to Conquer the World
7. Sanity
8. Henchman
9. It Must Look Pretty Appealing
10. You
11. Progress
12. I Want Something More
13. Anxiety
14. Billy
15. World Won't Stop

Without a doubt, 1989's NO CONTROL is one of Bad Religion's best releases. This was one of the albums that helped bridge the band's more reckless earlier direction with their more focused (but just as pissed-off) '90s-era. If you're just discovering the band, NO CONTROL is a wise first purchase, on the strength of such cuts as "Big Bang," "Automatic Man," the title track, and "I Want to Conquer the World." NO CONTROL is one of punk's greatest all-time albums and a quintessential purchase for fans of the genre.

Option - "...hot, tight, and very fast arrangements..." Reflex - "...perhaps the catchiest, purest and best punk..."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.52) - "The melodic pummeling of their best music is once again present in abundance."

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Tracklist

1. You Are (The Government) (Graffin) - 1:21
2. 1000 More Fools (Gurewitz) - 1:34
3. How Much Is Enough? (Gurewitz) - 1:22
4. When? (Graffin) - 1:38
5. Give You Nothing (Graffin/Gurewitz) - 2:00
6. Land of Competition (Graffin) - 2:04
7. Forbidden Beat (Graffin/Gurewitz) - 1:56
8. Best for You (Graffin) - 1:53
9. Suffer (Graffin/Gurewitz) - 1:47
10. Delirium of Disorder (Gurewitz) - 1:38
11. Part II (The Numbers Game) (Gurewitz) - 1:39
12. What Can You Do? (Graffin) - 2:44
13. Do What You Want (Gurewitz) - 1:05
14. Part IV (The Index Fossil) (Graffin) - 2:02
15. Pessimistic Lines (Graffin) - 1:07

Along with such releases as NO CONTROL and RECIPE FOR HATE, Bad Religion's 1988 release, SUFFER, is one of their finest. The band (which saw the original line-up reunite for the album's release) was improving and becoming more and more focused with each successive release, and SUFFER showed the band as one of the world's top thought-provoking punk outfits. Although many similar-sounding bands have taken Bad Religion's patented sound further chartwise, few have been able to truly top such Bad Religion classics as "You Are (the Government)," the title track, "Do What You Want," and "What Can You Do?".

Alternative Press (3/02, p.96) - Included in AP's "Essential Punk Influences '02 Style" - "...Their definitive album....they'd never eclipse this fireball of creative energy."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.52) - "[A] mix of everyman politics and humanitarian beliefs with combustible indignation that influenced everybody it touched in punk circles."

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