Band Name: Bad Religion
Music Album: New Maps Of Hell
Album Release Date: July 2007
Music Genre: Punk Rock
Record Label: Epitaph
Album Release Country: Europe
Music Record Type: 16 Tracks CD Album
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 | 52 Seconds | 0:58 |
2 | Heroes & Martyrs | 1:25 |
3 | Germs Of Perfection | 1:27 |
4 | New Dark Ages | 2:47 |
5 | Requiem For Dissent | 2:08 |
6 | Before You Die | 2:34 |
7 | Honest Goodbye | 2:51 |
8 | Dearly Beloved | 2:19 |
9 | Grains Of Wrath | 3:00 |
10 | Murder | 1:18 |
11 | Scrutiny | 2:36 |
12 | Prodigal Son | 3:07 |
13 | The Grand Delusion | 2:10 |
14 | Lost Pilgrim | 2:28 |
15 | Submission Complete | 3:40 |
16 | Fields Of Mars | 3:39 |
Issued with transparent hype sticker on jewel case and white tray.
Recorded at Grandmaster Records, Ltd. Holywood, CA.
Additonal recording done at The Evil Pink Room.
Mixed at Bay 7 North Hollywood, CA.
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