How BAD RELIGION Recovered With The Process of Belief

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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[@NothingToDismay]

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.

[@josegarza8619]

The trilogy of albums they did in the aughts is unrivaled.

[@rippindrummer666]

I always loved how the 2 least looking “punk” bands(Bad Religion and Dead Kennedy’s) were always the most socially poignant punk bands

[@obnoxiousNoxy]

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.

[@realitymister]

I miss Hetson but It's cool as hell that they replaced him with a gay dude. Respect.

[@toddpacker4683]

If they swapped out you don’t belong with shattered faith it would be a perfect album

[@jondarling7933]

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😮

[@hechticgaming7193]

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.

[@RumHam5570]

The Defense is probably my favorite on that album, and that’s out of several well done songs. Great album.

[@opossum4463]

If Smash had hit before the Atlantic contract was signed.. an alternate universe would very likely have come to life.

[@JelloFluoride]

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.

[@matthewwhelan3209]

Good insightfull video, Thanks for that.

[@anguscoutts]

Amazing that this talks a lot about them ‘coming back’ but ends 20 years ago. Can’t wait to see BR in June

[@thefamilycastfoodandmusici7552]

Love this album. we did 3 very long detailed episodes about each song, and the "bonus tracks" too. So good. Really good album.

[@theturrettruck6813]

Great video on my favorite band thanks man

[@Skatepunklefty]

Saw them a few weeks ago in Detroit love them so much…every skate session I play bad religion

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Im not a huge B.R fan but I love this record.

[@J0N_]

Interesting take. Nice job 👍

[@franciscofonseca5380]

I love Bad Religion, great job!

[@Mikehoncho191]

Good video