Bad Religion Recent News

Epitaph Founder Brett Gurewitz To Be Honored With Independent Spirit Award

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0800

NARM will hang out their prestigious Independent Spirit Award at the Music Biz 2012 convention this coming May. This year, the award goes to none other than Brett Gurewitz.

"Brett personifies the independent spirit, inspiring countless punk and indie bands through his work in Bad Religion and helping many of them reach their full potential at Epitaph Records, including The Offspring, Rancid, and NOFX," said Jim Donio, President of NARM. "His creative entrepreneurship and commitment to thinking outside the box make him a strong player in today’s music industry. We look forward to seeing what he does next."

Read the full press release here.

Greg Graffin Book 'Anarchy Evolution' Out In Paperback

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:10:00 -0700

Celebrated punk rock icons Bad Religion continue performing to fans throughout the world in support of their acclaimed new album The Dissent Of Man, while the group’s multitalented singer has his renowned book Anarchy Evolution published in paperback.

Greg Graffin’s book Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God is a timely and provocative look at the collision between religion and science by a founding member of Bad Religion. Most of the world knows Graffin as lead singer of the highly influential Los Angeles punk band Bad Religion. What many don’t know is that Graffin also received a doctorate from Cornell University and has taught evolution at UCLA, and now at Cornell.

In Anarchy Evolution, Graffin, with Steve Olson, weds his experiences in punk culture and the academic world, and explores the deep connection between art, religion, and science – in a book that’s equal parts memoir and manifesto.

As an adolescent growing up when “drugs, sex, and trouble could be had on any given night,” Graffin discovered that science provided a framework through which he could make sense of the world. In this provocative and personal book, Graffin describes his own coming of age as an artist in the early L.A. punk scene, as well as how punk rock helped form his naturalist worldview on questions involving God, science, and human meaning.

Providing fresh and nuanced insights into the long-standing debate about atheism and the human condition, Anarchy Evolution is a book for anyone who has ever wondered if God really exists.

Critical Acclaim For Anarchy Evolution:

A worldview eloquently expressed. — Chicago Tribune

[Graffin] explains how evolution can be a guide to life. — Scientific American

Bucking authority and the religious views of his family, Graffin explains how he has developed a personal philosophy that celebrates the power of nature. — Nature

Anarchy Evolution might not encourage obedient confidence in scientists anymore than it discourages such comfort in religious leaders. But if it’s free thought and meta-aware intellectual inquiry that Graffin’s aiming to champion instead, mission accomplished. - Popmatters

Bad Religion Announce Southern Continents Tour

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:08:00 -0700

Celebrated punk rock icons Bad Religion have announced tour dates in the southern hemisphere in support of their acclaimed new album The Dissent Of Man. The influential Southern California band will be taking their thought provoking high energy sound on a twelve city tour beginning in Jakarta Indonesia on September 20th and ending in Rio de Janeiro on October 15th. In between, the group will travel to Australia for the Soundwave Festival.

This will be the first time Bad Religion has toured the Indonesian archipelago and singer (and current Ivy League professor) Greg Graffin is particularly excited to be following the footsteps of renowned explorer, naturalist and fellow evolutionist Alfred Russel Wallace to this remarkable biogeographic province. "Although I'm taking time away from my lectures in evolution this fall, it will be a truly inspirational journey,” Graffin explains. “I’m going to be thinking of A.R. Wallace when I'm looking out at all those Indonesian punk fans."

In addition, Bad Religion’s supremely talented drummer Brooks Wackerman is currently gracing the cover of the August issue of world leading drum magazine, Modern Drummer. As the magazine describes, “Playing with economy and craft, using his double kick drum to propel the band’s scorching songs, Wackerman turns punk drumming into art.” The issue features a profile on Brooks and an extensive interview with him on topics ranging from his evolving musical tastes, pre-performance yoga and how he plays at such a frantic pace without ever seeming to tire.

Bad Religion Tour Dates:

9/20/11 Jakarta, Indonesia
9/24/11 Brisbane, Australia
9/25/11 Sydney, Australia
9/30/11 Melbourne, Australia
10/1/11 Adelaide, Australia
10/3/11 Perth, Australia
10/8/11 Buenos Aires, Argentina
10/9/11 Santiago, Chile
10/11/11 Curitiba, Brazil
10/13/11 Sao Paulo, Brazil
10/14/11 Brasilia, Brazil
10/15/11 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bad Religion On Guitar Center Sessions

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:06:00 -0700

Check out Bad Religion on Guitar Session Sessions, this Saturday, June 25th at 10PM on DIRECTV! Get a sneak peek of the performance in the video below.

Greg Graffin To Teach At Cornell University, Scientific Find Named In His Honor

Wed, 18 May 2011 00:05:00 -0700

Renowned singer/songwriter Greg Graffin of the immensely influential rock band Bad Religion has just finished a sold-out tour and in the coming months will be addressing a slightly quieter though no less rapt audience. Graffin has a second career as an esteemed author and academic. The venerated punk icon obtained a PhD in zoology from Cornell University, has served as a lecturer in life sciences and paleontology at UCLA and recently published a best selling science memoir entitled Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science and Bad Religion in a World Without God which was heralded by the Chicago Tribune as “A worldview eloquently expressed.”

In the coming months Graffin will shift his talents to the revered Ivy League institution of Cornell University where he will be teaching Evolution in the fall semester (August 24th to December 11th). "This is the first year of three that I am slated to help develop the course and lecture at Cornell,” Graffin explains. "I have a colleague who is a gifted geneticist, Richard Harrison, who will be co-teaching with me. I only have to lecture on Tuesdays and Thursdays. That leaves plenty of time to head overseas on the weekends!"

In additional news, Greg Graffin has been honored in the science world. In this month’s Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society in London, paleontologists including Dr. Jingmai O’Connor, have discovered an ancient bird fossil in the Gansu Province of north-western China, and have named this important find “Qiliania graffini” in honor of the singer. As O’Connor explains, “The species name is in honor of Dr. Gregory Graffin, PhD: paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, professor, rock star, and inspiration to numerous budding and established scientists around the world.”

Dr. Graffin responds, “I am so happy that they have given me the privilege of having an important fossil bird named in my honor. My love of birds now must pass to the Cretaceous and the wonderful finds from China that [the authors] are elucidating”

Catch Dr. Graffin on tour this summer in Europe before the fall semester begins.

Bad Religion "Wrong Way Kids" Video Premiere

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:04:00 -0700

Today, Bad Religion premiered the brand new video for "Wrong Way Kids." Read what the band has to say about the video and watch it in the player below!

The idea for the video came up last year as we were celebrating our 30th anniversary as a band. The song is an attempt to describe what it felt like to come of age in the burgeoning Los Angeles hardcore scene, and what it feels like looking back on it today after all we've been through together. We thought we could capture the vibe of the song by making a tribute to our oddball family - a home movie of sorts. So we gathered lots of rare and never before seen footage (some of it dating back to 1981), put it all together in roughly chronological order and set it to the music.

Bad Religion Performs On Jimmy Kimmel Live

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:04:00 -0700

Didn't catch Bad Religion on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night? We've got you covered. Check out the videos below for performances of "Wrong Way Kids" and "21st Century Digital Boy." If you haven't picked up a copy of The Dissent Of Man yet, head over to the Epitaph Store or iTunes to get it today.

Bad Religion Tour In Support Of 'The Dissent Of Man,' Performing On Jimmy Kimmel April 4th

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:04:00 -0700

Influential punk sensations Bad Religion are currently heading out in support of their celebrated album The Dissent of Man on a tour with melodic hardcore stars Rise Against and power pop-punk outfit Four Year Strong.

Formed in the suburbs of Los Angeles as rebellious teenagers; Bad Religion have gone on to generate numerous memorable hits and become synonymous with intelligent and provocative hook filled punk rock. The always evolving band recently celebrated thirty years of innovative and genre defining music, capping the landmark with the release of their critically heralded album The Dissent of Man featuring recent radio hits "The Devil In Stitches" and "Cyanide."

Bad Religion will be performing on the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show on Monday, April 4th at 12/11c on ABC.

Bad Religion (W/ Rise Against) Tour Dates:

Apr. 05 - The Joint - Las Vegas, NV
Apr. 07 - Long Beach Arena - Long Beach, CA
Apr. 08 - RIMAC Arena - La Jolla, CA
Apr. 09 - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium - San Francisco, CA
Apr. 11 - Rose Garden Arena - Portland, OR
Apr. 12 - WaMu Theater - Seattle, WA
Apr. 14 - The Great Saltair - Magna, UT
Apr. 15 - Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO
Apr. 16 - Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO
Apr. 19 - Stubb's - Austin, TX
Apr. 20 - Concrete Street Amphitheater - Corpus Christi, TX
Apr. 22 - St. Augustine Amphitheatre - St. Augustine, FL
Apr. 23 - Sunset Cove Amphitheater - Boca Raton, FL
Apr. 25 - House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC
Apr. 26 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
Apr. 27 - Rams Head Live - Baltimore, MD
Apr. 29 - House of Blues - Boston, MA
May 02 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
May 03 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
May 05 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY
May 06 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY
May 07 - Nautica Pavilion - Cleveland, OH
May 08 - Assembly Hall - Champaign, IL
May 10 - Pops - Sauget, IL
May 11 - Midland Theatre - Kansas City, MO
May 13 - Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL
May 14 - Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL

Bad Religion Announces Tour Dates With Rise Against

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:02:00 -0800

Iconic punk champions Bad Religion will be hitting the road along with melodic hardcore upstarts Rise Against for what is sure to be one of the most electrifying and rousing tours of the year. In the last months Bad Religion have celebrated thirty years of innovative and genre defining music, capping the landmark with the release of their critically acclaimed new album The Dissent of Man featuring radio hits "The Devil In Stitches" and "Cyanide." The band is now set to take its exquisitely inflammatory live act across America, performing a charged mixture of new material and beloved classics.

"The crew rarely relented during its torrid 75-minute set. Graffin channeled Robert Mitchum's "Night Of The Hunter" preacher on the twisted "Man With A Mission" promising followers eternal salvation as a bevy of slashing riffs ripped at his heels like hellfire. The brutally efficient "Atomic Garden" found the band bringing sonic life to the U.S war machine, dual guitarists nearly drowning Graffin in a howling metallic crunch of feedback-soaked noise." - Recent live review, Chicago Tribune

Bad Religion (W/ Rise Against) Tour Dates:

Apr. 05 - The Joint - Las Vegas, NV
Apr. 07 - Long Beach Arena - Long Beach, CA
Apr. 08 - RIMAC Arena - La Jolla, CA
Apr. 09 - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium - San Francisco, CA
Apr. 11 - Rose Garden Arena - Portland, OR
Apr. 12 - WaMu Theater - Seattle, WA
Apr. 14 - The Great Saltair - Magna, UT
Apr. 15 - Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO
Apr. 16 - Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO
Apr. 19 - Stubb's - Austin, TX
Apr. 20 - Concrete Street Amphitheater - Corpus Christi, TX
Apr. 22 - St. Augustine Amphitheatre - St. Augustine, FL
Apr. 23 - Sunset Cove Amphitheater - Boca Raton, FL
Apr. 25 - House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC
Apr. 26 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
Apr. 27 - Rams Head Live - Baltimore, MD
Apr. 29 - House of Blues - Boston, MA
May 02 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
May 03 - Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
May 05 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY
May 06 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY
May 07 - Nautica Pavilion - Cleveland, OH
May 08 - Assembly Hall - Champaign, IL
May 10 - Pops - Sauget, IL
May 11 - Midland Theatre - Kansas City, MO
May 13 - Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL
May 14 - Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL

Get Your Girlfriend Something That Doesn't Suck

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:02:00 -0800

Want to get your girlfriend something that doesn't suck? The Epitaph Store just a launched a ton of new women's apparel, including t-shirts and hoodies! Take a look at a few of the new items below, then click here to visit the store and make sure to click Women's Apprel on the right side.

Distressed Cross Buster T-Shirt

Refused Classic Logo T-Shirt

Everything Sucks T-Shirt

Cross Buster Hoodie