Song:The Streets Of America
Album:The Gray Race
Bad Religion is one of the most durable and most successful punk bands. They started out in the early 80s and are still around today with a new album scheduled in 2009. They also own the very successful Epitaph Records. They were formed in 1980 by Los Angeles high school students led by lead singer Greg Graffin (born Nov. 6, 1964 in Racine, WI) and guitarist Brett Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962 in Los Angeles) along with bassist Jay Bentley (born June 6, 1964 in Wichita, KS) and drummer Jay Ziskrout. He left in 1982 and was replaced by Pete Finestone. Bad Religion started out releasing music on their own label Epitaph Records. Guitarist Greg Hetson joined in 1984. The group split up and then reformed in 1986. Finestone left in 1991 and was replaced by Bobby Schayer. After years of releasing albums independently, they got the attention of Atlantic Records in 1993. Their song Leaders And Followers appeared in the film Clerks and their 1994 album Stranger Than Fiction was their most successful album to date. But Gurewitz left the band over the usual creative differences and ran Epitaph full time. He was replaced by Brian Baker. Graffin was the main lead singer and now wrote most of the songs. The Gray Race was released in 1996 and was produced by former Cars frontman Ric Ocasek. The album did particularly well in Europe. They left Atlantic and returned to Epitaph in 2001 and Gurewitz returned as well. Their latest CD New Maps Of Hell was released in July 2007 and a new CD is scheduled in 2009. So for all the punk bands that have gone by the wayside over the years, Bad Religion is still doing well. Here's the video for The Streets Of America by Bad Religion.
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