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Bad Religion released Age of Unreason, their 17th studio album, on Friday. Full album stream on youtube.
PopMatters review: Bad Religion Has Some Thoughts on the Trump Administration in 'Age of Unreason'
Louder has an interview with guitarist Brian Baker.
Greg Graffin talked about the new album on the Marvel podcast last week.
Official Epitaph press release. Other ways to stream or purchase.
PopMatters review: Bad Religion Has Some Thoughts on the Trump Administration in 'Age of Unreason'
Louder has an interview with guitarist Brian Baker.
Greg Graffin talked about the new album on the Marvel podcast last week.
Official Epitaph press release. Other ways to stream or purchase.
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Greg is the anti-Milo. A science-punk who went to do science and isn't just a boy whining about girls.
Good to see them still standing strong.
posted by symbioid at 12:59 PM on May 4, 2019 [7 favorites]
Good to see them still standing strong.
posted by symbioid at 12:59 PM on May 4, 2019 [7 favorites]
I have had a rough couple of weeks. I really needed this kind of angry, intelligent, passionate response to the world we're in. Thanks for posting; purchased!
posted by Alterscape at 1:32 PM on May 4, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by Alterscape at 1:32 PM on May 4, 2019 [3 favorites]
Pretty hilarious all the salty tears on social media by people shocked SHOCKED that Bad Religion is anti-Trump, and anti the GOP’s latest bullshit in general.
posted by sideshow at 1:40 PM on May 4, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by sideshow at 1:40 PM on May 4, 2019 [5 favorites]
Pretty hilarious all the salty tears on social media by people shocked SHOCKED that Bad Religion is anti-Trump, and anti the GOP’s latest bullshit in general.
Wait. Isn't the whole point of Bad Religion their politics? How could you be into this band not have a clue what their politics would be?
Oh I know - it's the kids/grandkids of the people who angrily stormed out of CSNY reunion shows when Neil Young had the audacity to play anti-GWB songs. How dare the band that performed "Ohio" be political!
posted by thecjm at 2:11 PM on May 4, 2019 [14 favorites]
Wait. Isn't the whole point of Bad Religion their politics? How could you be into this band not have a clue what their politics would be?
Oh I know - it's the kids/grandkids of the people who angrily stormed out of CSNY reunion shows when Neil Young had the audacity to play anti-GWB songs. How dare the band that performed "Ohio" be political!
posted by thecjm at 2:11 PM on May 4, 2019 [14 favorites]
people shocked SHOCKED that Bad Religion is anti-Trump
Is...is this a real thing?
How can one know literally anything about Bad Religion, and not just know that they would be anti-Trump?
posted by escape from the potato planet at 2:12 PM on May 4, 2019 [14 favorites]
Is...is this a real thing?
How can one know literally anything about Bad Religion, and not just know that they would be anti-Trump?
posted by escape from the potato planet at 2:12 PM on May 4, 2019 [14 favorites]
Yeah a lot of people are keyed into the energy of the songs without paying attention to the contents.
If you think this is weird, you might be surprised by the number of Rage Against The Machine fans who were unaware of their politics.
posted by ardgedee at 2:28 PM on May 4, 2019 [8 favorites]
If you think this is weird, you might be surprised by the number of Rage Against The Machine fans who were unaware of their politics.
posted by ardgedee at 2:28 PM on May 4, 2019 [8 favorites]
I just finished The Darkening: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey, which I heartily recommend. The cover of this album is quite appropriate. As the Christians rose in power they started to destroy the temples of the Roman and Greek gods. The first thing they attacked were the statues, which they believed were haunted by demons. To eliminate the demons they would behead the statue, and if they couldn’t do that they would break off the nose and carve a cross into the forehead. (That’s where all the noses went.) Age of Unreason? That’s what this book is about. How it started. And an under current in the book seems to suggest it’s happening once more. The song linked above says it all. Thanks for the recommendation.
posted by njohnson23 at 4:02 PM on May 4, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by njohnson23 at 4:02 PM on May 4, 2019 [2 favorites]
Data point: It turns out that the guy who introduced me to Bad Religion had parents who kept nazi memorabilia in the basement. About as soon as I realized I had a political consciousness, we went different ways. Last I heard, he married a heiress and now works in biglaw. I take some amount of solace that he managed to point me to music that got me connected to the liberal/intellectual community. I almost went to law school explicitly to counterbalance him, but, I looked at the employment picture and decided to do software instead, heh...
posted by Alterscape at 4:08 PM on May 4, 2019
posted by Alterscape at 4:08 PM on May 4, 2019
yah if they were into trump theyd be called good religion huh huhh huhhh huh
posted by not_on_display at 5:24 PM on May 4, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by not_on_display at 5:24 PM on May 4, 2019 [2 favorites]
Greg Graffin is the college professor I always *expected* to have. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement.
posted by photoslob at 7:50 PM on May 4, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by photoslob at 7:50 PM on May 4, 2019 [5 favorites]
The video for The Paranoid Style! is totally fab, I dig it.
posted by iamkimiam at 1:53 AM on May 5, 2019
posted by iamkimiam at 1:53 AM on May 5, 2019
I’ve been lucky enough to see them three or four times over the last fifteen years when they’ve come to Tokyo. Always fantastic shows, a shockingly little amount of banter, just song after song.
One of the better moments was a double bill with NoFX where, as an encore, members of both bands just played Bad Religion songs from the 80-85 era for about half an hour. The thing is, they’re one of the few bands this old still putting out good albums. Looking forward to giving this a listen.
posted by Ghidorah at 7:07 PM on May 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
One of the better moments was a double bill with NoFX where, as an encore, members of both bands just played Bad Religion songs from the 80-85 era for about half an hour. The thing is, they’re one of the few bands this old still putting out good albums. Looking forward to giving this a listen.
posted by Ghidorah at 7:07 PM on May 5, 2019 [1 favorite]
I’ve had No Substance on heavy rotation in my car for the last few months. I'm looking forward to this.
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