How BAD RELIGION Recovered With The Process of Belief
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- In 2002 Bad Religion came back to their roots. How did they get there?
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Bad Religion is an American punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980. The band's lyrics cover topics related to religion, politics, society, the media and science. Musically, they are noted for their melodic sensibilities and extensive use of three-part vocal harmonies. The band has experienced multiple line-up changes, with singer Greg Graffin being the band's only constant member, though fellow founding members Jay Bentley and Brett Gurewitz have also been with the band for most of their history, and guitarist Brian Baker has been a member of the group since 1994. Guitarist Mike Dimkich and drummer Jamie Miller have been members of the band since 2013 and 2015 respectively. To date, Bad Religion has released seventeen studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, three EPs, and two live DVDs. They are considered to be one of the best-selling punk rock acts of all time,[1] having sold over five million albums worldwide.[2]
After gaining a large underground following and critical praise through their releases on Gurewitz's label Epitaph in the 1980s and early 1990s, Bad Religion experienced mainstream success after signing to the major label Atlantic in 1993, and along with California-based bands like Green Day, the Offspring, NOFX and Rancid, they were responsible for the punk rock revival movement of the 1990s.[3][4] Atlantic reissued the previously-released on Epitaph album, Recipe for Hate (1993), which was commercially successful, as was its 1994 follow-up Stranger than Fiction.[5] Stranger than Fiction included some of Bad Religion's well-known hits, including "Infected", "Stranger than Fiction" and the re-recorded version of "21st Century (Digital Boy)",[5] and it was later certified gold, both in the United States and Canada.
Shortly before the release of Stranger than Fiction, Gurewitz left Bad Religion to run his label Epitaph on a full-time basis (in response to the breakout success of one of the label's bands, the Offspring), and was replaced by Brian Baker. The band's success had slowly dwindled by the late 1990s, and after three more albums, they were dropped from Atlantic in 2001; this resulted in Bad Religion returning to Epitaph and Gurewitz rejoining the band. Since then, they have undergone a resurgence in popularity, with "Sorrow", "Los Angeles Is Burning" and "The Devil in Stitches" being Top 40 hits on the US charts, and their sixteenth studio album True North (2013) becoming Bad Religion's first album to crack the top 20 on the Billboard 200 chart, where it peaked at number 19.[5] The band's seventeenth and most recent studio album, Age of Unreason, was released on May 3, 2019,[6] and they are currently working on new material for their eighteenth studio album.[7]
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I think it's understated just how much of an impact Brooks had on the band. His incredible drumming took them to a whole new level, in my opinion a level that will never be achieved by other bands in the genre.
I wish he was still in the band. 😢
@@kylehegedus5498Brooks Wackerman was so good in Bad Religion, he should of been the new replacement drummer for the Foo Fighters since Taylor Hawkins passing
The trilogy of albums they did in the aughts is unrivaled.
Agreed.
All 21st century BR albums are great. Strong legacy
This is probably not very popular but imo No Substance and New America were pretty good albums too, just very different from their usual sound. They sound more like classic rock than punk to be honest, but that's not a bad thing.
Lyrically a bit more shallow and pop-esque, but that's not necessarily a bad thing
My brother, I am SO picky witch channels who cover topics like this. And you did such a damn good job with this video. This is my first time seeing one and what a great band to start with too. I'm grabbing a sub right now. Thanks for putting the work into this and doing such a fine job.
Process is my favorite clean produced album they have ever done. Did a college level paper on the song Kyoto Now and the long tradition of protest songs. Also you could feel that they were glad to be back together in new ways.
The Defense is probably my favorite on that album, and that’s out of several well done songs. Great album.
I always loved how the 2 least looking “punk” bands(Bad Religion and Dead Kennedy’s) were always the most socially poignant punk bands
They were probably the most punk, by not conforming to the punk consensus. 😎
The Process of Belief is an elixir when you're weak
Saw them a few weeks ago in Detroit love them so much…every skate session I play bad religion
They are the perfect skate band!
Amazing that this talks a lot about them ‘coming back’ but ends 20 years ago. Can’t wait to see BR in June
I love Bad Religion, great job!
Thank you!
Love this album. we did 3 very long detailed episodes about each song, and the "bonus tracks" too. So good. Really good album.
Im not a huge B.R fan but I love this record.
If they swapped out you don’t belong with shattered faith it would be a perfect album
Good insightfull video, Thanks for that.
Love Bad religion
If you put out content consistently I believe you could do this full time. Good video
Thank you so much! Trying to get focused on putting out more content!
The first time I saw Bad Religion was The Process of Belief tour in Houston. It was incredible to say the least.
I bet that was amazing!
I don't know why, but to me StF always sounded like a fully fledged BR album on the same level as the previous 5. Maybe because I literally did not realize a main guy was missing or that they had switched labels, I just listened the tunes.
I got started on No Substance which was a revelation for teenage me. Got StF next and still love that record. The Handshake, Leave Mine To Me, Tiny Voices (aka Bad Religions take on the Eye of the Tiger riff), the title track and Markovian Process are still amazingly good tunes. The Grey Race is a killed album. I only found the band started to get stale on The New America. So, the Process of Belief was a breath of fresh air after that. But apart from TNA I really like the Gurewitz-less era. Now on the flip side, I think most of what they put out post New Maps of Hell seems kind of meh. But up to then, oh boy were the good.
@@jonaskrainbring487 All Ages was my entry point, so between StF and Gray Race. I absolutely loved (and still do) everything from Suffer to No Substance, when I listen to these I might skip 1-2 songs per album at most. I don't really listen to New America at all. From Process of Belief and onwards my preferred way of listening is a playlist with the best 1-3 songs from each album on shuffle.
It seems like the main difference between us is that you like Process, Empire and Maps more than me, these all fall into the "kind of meh" category here. Otherwise very similar take.
That Last quote about wisdom inna fuctup punk rock song been stuck in my head since yesterday. Small world😁
Great video on my favorite band thanks man
Thank you so much for watching!
The Defense is also a fantastic song on The Process of Belief. My personal favorite.
Without question one of the most important bands of the punk/pop punk genre and while I miss the talent and skill set of Brooks and Hetson, the current line up still kicks ass especially with the addition of Jamie Miller on drums 👍👍🤙🤙
I saw them live in April last year and they fuckin killed it. The fact that graffin can still put on such a good show in his 50s is really impressive
Interesting take. Nice job 👍
Thanks!
If Smash had hit before the Atlantic contract was signed.. an alternate universe would very likely have come to life.
Also, just found your channel tonight and I like it man.
Dont forget Milo from Descendants, really smart and educated guy also, and you can always just say So Cal Punk, all that second wave of the first cousin once removed, shit was confusing and made brain hurt.
There are a few disagreements I have, but this is a very well done, great and important video lesson of BAD RELIGION! You summed it up best at the end:
"Meanwhile Bad Religion has managed to stay relevant for 4 fuckin decades. Bad Religion could've faded into obscurity; twice, and they dodged the bullet on that both times, and I'm thankful for that." Btw, Empire Strikes First is the best Bad Religion album I think.
Thank you so much! Probably the most fun topic to dive into.
I jumped in with against the grain……..but struggle to accept that not many here are talking about their 2 greatest albums - Stranger than Fiction and The Gray Race😮
my favorite song from The Process of Belief is Epiphany. Also Can't Stop It.
Love both of them, but I think im partial to Epiphany. Thanks for watching.
Well, a lot of persons’ explanation regarding nirvana is that Kurt’s death created a vacuum that needed to be filled
I think you are right, my point is more that Nirvana did not exactly inspire those bands.
Good video
Did they ever go away??? I mean I've seen them live headlining festivals and tours every year or so for the past 20 years.
Nice breakdown! Not sure my fav song F U and Dearly Beloved spring to mind (now). Bad Religion, Descendants and Lagwagon have been in my rotation for so long it could be fused to my DNA.
That's good DNA! FU is a prefect song!
The best song on the process of belief is epiphany - fight me :P
Stand by it lol!
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Wasn't Bobby Schayer replaced due to a rotator cuff/shoulder injury??
Yup. “Do What You Want” implies that he kinda decided that he accomplished as much as he wanted with the band. Who knows what happens if he never gets hurt.
what are you basing their "return" on? Everything they brought out between suffer and Process of belief was great, with the exception that im not a big fan of generator or The New America but new mapps of hell was great too.
Good news! 🏴
Great video, man.
Process is a top ten all-time record. I know it's punk rock heresy, but I think it's better than suffer (mainly because Brooks really seemed like he was trying to prove himself on this record).
Process and Empire mean the most to me because that’s “my Bad Religion.” Obviously Suffer is more important but I go back to process more often.
@@ThePunkAughts hilariously Recipe for Hate is "my" bad religion album because that's the first one I heard. But I do genuinely think prices is their best work and suffer is their most important.
I Just listen to Into the unknown glad i never hear it before.
Great video! Funny and accurate. Do more! Rancid would be interesting starting with Op Ivy. I have always felt their self titled ‘93 is by far their best and is the only one I really listen to to this day.
Thanks! I did do a video ranking Rancid albums. I had 93 a little low...ruclips.net/video/lr5cZs3QWZA/видео.html
Love BR
Same!
BR wasn't dull, they just missed their second songwriter so weren't as diverse in tuneage.
They have always been very dull.
Wow you're SUCH a rebel you probably wear a leather jacket when ever you leave your mom's house!
@@johnflushing9328 what does a leather jacket have to do with being a rebel? What does my LATE mother have to do with anything?
You figure it out. I'm sorry for your loss.
I miss Hetson but It's cool as hell that they replaced him with a gay dude. Respect.
How come no credit to the drumming
Okay, literally 20 seconds later it happens
Hahah
The greatest rock or punk band ever if we're going purely on the amount of good to great material.
Totally talentless.
Dude true north
Did you find it?
The Dichotomy and Losing Generation are underrated tracks from the Into the Unknown album. Just sayin’. 😋
i was there
Awesome!
Subbed too
Thank you so much!
Gotta disagree those cds they put out on the majors labels where awesome.
The defense is best track on procrss
That's a good one. Love the parts where the band chants.
6:50 - 7:10 Um what? Stranger than Fiction, The Gray Race, No Substance and The New America were some of the band's BEST records. The New America is my 4th favorite of their discography. They cover ALL the bases in that record and it contains EASILY the best breakup song ever, 1000 Memories. I remember my first gf dumping me around the time that record dropped and damn, it hit like a train. To this day I'll argue that The New America is better than Process.
To me Process is probably 7th on my list of favorite Bad Religion records, but damn, they are all fantastic in their own right. The only record of the band that I openly dislike was probably 2010's The Dissent of Man. And it's only a couple of songs (Where The Fun is, Turn Your Back on me, I Won't Say Anything) that just drag the record down.
I agree with Dissent being at the bottom, near Into the Unknown
Funny, You don't belong may well be my least favorite on that record 😂
I have no idea why people like this band.
Some people have taste.
@@SquabbleBoxHQ People can also have their own ideas of whats good and not.
Bad Religion is the most overrated mundane to listen to punk band ever. Their love of pc culture imo revokes their punk card as well, cuckery at the highest level.
@@dimitriousdevilboon7714 What punk bands do you like? The Offspring?
@@SquabbleBoxHQ I liked them in their earlier days, not as much anymore. Some of my favs are the freeze, the vandals the lillingtons and smut peddlers
@@dimitriousdevilboon7714 meh.