Band Name: Bad Religion
Music Album: Tested
Album Release Date: December 1997
Music Genre: Punk Rock
Record Label: Epic
Album Release Country: Germany
Music Record Type: 27 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 | Operation Rescue | 2:11 |
| 2 | Punk Rock Song | 2:24 |
| 3 | Tomorrow | 1:54 |
| 4 | A Walk | 2:27 |
| 5 | God Song | 1:48 |
| 6 | Pity The Dead | 2:59 |
| 7 | One Thousand More Fools | 1:39 |
| 8 | Drunk Sincerity | 2:17 |
| 9 | Generator | 3:23 |
| 10 | Change Of Ideas | 0:59 |
| 11 | Portrait Of Authority | 2:52 |
| 12 | What It Is | 2:20 |
| 13 | Dream Of Unity | 2:50 |
| 14 | Sanity | 2:43 |
| 15 | American Jesus | 3:15 |
| 16 | Do What You Want | 1:15 |
| 17 | Part III | 2:54 |
| 18 | 10 In 2010 | 2:24 |
| 19 | No Direction | 3:07 |
| 20 | Along The Way | 1:38 |
| 21 | Recipe For Hate | 2:15 |
| 22 | Fuck Armageddon | 3:00 |
| 23 | It's Reciprocal | 2:04 |
| 24 | Struck A Nerve | 3:36 |
| 25 | Leave Mine To Me | 2:13 |
| 26 | Tested | 3:05 |
| 27 | No Control | 2:03 |
Recordings dates and locations:
1 & 11. June 26, 1996; Berlin, Germany, The Arena
2 & 3. July 10, 1996; Rome, Italy, Olympic Stadium
4. June 27, 1996; Roskilde, Denmark, The Roskilde Festival
5 & 16. September 19, 1996; Pittsburgh, PA, The Metropolis (actual name: Metropol)
6 & 15. June 22, 1996; Loreley, Germany, The Amphitheater
7. September 7, 1996; Melbourne, Florida, Holidome
8. April 24, 1996; Toronto, ONT., RPM Warehouse
9. June 30, 1996; Dortmund, Germany, Westfalenhalle
10. April 25, 1996; Detroit, MI, State Theater
12. April 17, 1996; New York, NY, The Roseland
13. September 4, 1996; Ithaca, NY, Polypterus Studio
14. September 11, 1996; Raleigh, NC, Button South
17. June 19, 1996; Munich, Germany, Circus Krone
18. July 7, 1996; Tallinn, Estonia, Tallinna Lauluvaljak
19. September 12, 1996; Baltimore, MD, Hammerjacks
20. May 3, 1996; Vancouver, BC, PNE Forum
21. April 28, 1996; Chicago, IL, The Riviera
22. May 8, 1996; San Francisco, CA, The Warfield Theater
23. October 14, 1996; Ithaca, NY, Polypterus Studio
24 & 27. September 8, 1996; Jacksonville, FL, Shades
25. April 22, 1996; Montreal, QUE, Verdun Auditorium
26. September 2, 1996; Ithaca, NY, Polypterus Studio
Publishers:
Lazee Boy Music; BMI (17)
One Trick Pony Music; BMI (23)
Polypterous Music; BMI (1 to 6, 8, 10 to 13, 15, 18 to 27)
Warner Tamerlane music pub., BMI (1 to 6, 8, 10 to 13, 18 to 27)
Westbeach Music; BMI (7, 9, 14, 15, 16)
YBBOB Music; BMI (23)
Warner Tamerlane music pub., BMI shortened to Warner Tamerlane; BMI on track 23.
Original recordings:
"How Could Hell Be Any Worse?" album (17, 22)
"Back to the Known" EP (20), also appears on the CD "80-85"
"Suffer" album (7, 16)
"No Control" album (10, 14, 27)
"Against the Grain" album (1, 5)
"Generator" album (3, 9, 19)
"Recipe for Hate" album (11, 15, 21, 24)
"Stranger Than Fiction" album (12, 25)
"The Gray Race" album (2, 4, 6, 8, 18)
Previously unreleased studio recordings (13, 23, 26)
© 1997 Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH/Dragnet. Distribution Sony Music.
Dragnet, a division of Epic/Sony Music Germany. Made in Austria.
[Packaging]
Jewel case with black tray including the "COMPACT disc DIGITAL AUDIO" logo.
20-page stapled booklet.
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