Punk rock legends back in AB & fiercer than ever!
Punk rock is not dead, damnit! Together with bands like Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, The Offspring, NOFX and Social Distortion, Bad Religion gave ‘the establishment’ a solid kick in the shins in the early '80s... with their clenched-fisted, aggressive punk rock full of religious, political (together with Fat Mike, BR gave the Bush government hell) and social criticism.
More than 30 years(!) and 16 albums(!) later, frontman Greg Graffin (you may also address him as professor, as the man has a Ph.D in anthropology and geology) and cohorts haven't lost any of their rebellious temperament. Latest album ‘True North’ is bursting with the melodious, high-speed, two-minute punk rock anthems that had Bad Religion albums sliding across counters more than 5 million times. Alongside The Offspring, Green Day and NOFX, that makes them punk rock big-sellers and, just like the latter, the plucky punks from Bad Religion have always remained true to their ideals. The first single from the album received the appropriate title ‘Fuck You’ and if “just sounds like a perfect Bad Religion Song” according to the band. “If any band should have a song with that title it should be us.”
You had to wait 10 years for this moment, but soon you'll be able to shout along to classics like ‘American Jesus’, ’21st Century’, ‘Recipe For Hate’, ‘Sorrow’ & ‘Punk Rock Song’ again. And this is just a punk rock show… But certainly an impressive one!
“My favorite newest new group is out of Denmark and they’re called Broadway Killers. I watched them play and I told them, ‘You guys are really good, as good as anything that I have ever seen.” They’re super passionate, super willing to be creative and do shit that’s way out of the norm’.” Not our words but those of Mr. Jay Dee Bentley, bassist of Bad Religion. So basically, check it out!