Band Name: Bad Religion
Music Album: 80-85
Album Release Date: November 1991
Music Genre: Punk Rock Hardcore
Record Label: Epitaph
Album Release Country: United States
Music Record Type: 28 Tracks CD
Punk/Rock band formed in 1980 in San Fernando Valley/Los Angeles, CA, US by Greg Graffin (vocals), Brett Gurewitz (guitar), Jay Ziskrout (drums), and Jay Bentley (bass). All the members were teenagers when the band started. Only Graffin has remained with the band through every phase of its career, although Bentley and Gurewitz have participated for substantial chunks of time. Graffin and Gurewitz are the band's primary songwriters, with other members contributing occasionally. The band is known for their rapid-fire songs with a melodic edge and strong backing harmonies.
Bad Religion released their first record, a self-titled EP, in 1981 on Epitaph Records, a label Gurewitz started after borrowing money from his father. The band released their first full length, "How Could Hell Be Any Worse?", in 1982. Midway through the recording for the album, Ziskrout quit the band and the record was finished with drummer Pete Finestone. In 1983, the band abruptly shifted gears, issuing the keyboard-heavy, prog rock influenced "Into The Unknown", on which neither Bentle (...)
| 1 | We're Only Gonna Die | 2:17 |
| 2 | Latch Key Kids | 1:44 |
| 3 | Part III | 1:54 |
| 4 | Faith In God | 1:54 |
| 5 | Fuck Armageddon... This Is Hell | 2:54 |
| 6 | Pity | 2:05 |
| 7 | Into The Night | 3:28 |
| 8 | Damned To Be Free | 2:03 |
| 9 | White Trash (2nd Generation) | 2:25 |
| 10 | American Dream | 1:40 |
| 11 | Eat Your Dog | 1:06 |
| 12 | Voice Of God Is Government | 2:55 |
| 13 | Oligarchy | 1:05 |
| 14 | Doing Time | 3:04 |
| 15 | Bad Religion | 1:49 |
| 16 | Politics | 1:21 |
| 17 | Sensory Overload | 1:34 |
| 18 | Slaves | 1:20 |
| 19 | Drastic Actions | 2:39 |
| 20 | World War III | 0:58 |
| 21 | Yesterday | 2:40 |
| 22 | Frogger | 1:20 |
| 23 | Bad Religion | 2:10 |
| 24 | Along The Way | 1:36 |
| 25 | New Leaf | 2:57 |
| 26 | Bad Religion | 1:48 |
| 27 | Slaves | 1:07 |
| 28 | Drastic Actions | 2:31 |
A comprehensive retrospective of classic Bad Religion music from 1980 to 1985:
01 to 14: How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (1982 Album)
15 to 20: S/T (1981 EP)
21 to 25: Back To The Known (1985 EP)
26 to 28: Public Service (1981 Compilation)
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