Oh my gosh, you won’t believe what happened! So, there was this label that reissued the totally awesome Buried Alive (The Best of Smoke Seven Records 1981-1983) compilation in 1995. And guess what? It had the epic theme song by Bad Religion and the mind-blowing track Drastic Actions! But wait, there’s more! They also released another compilation called Buried Alive 2 in 1996, and it had the killer song Slaves on it. Can you even handle the awesomeness?
But here’s where things get crazy. In 1983, they made this album called Into the Unknown, but for some reason, a bunch of copies got returned. So, what did they do? They stashed them in the Bomp warehouse because Brett, one of the band members, worked there and was dating this girl named Suzy Shaw. And get this, Suzy actually sold most of the albums without even telling the band! Can you believe it? When the band found out, they were like, “Whoa, hold up!” Jay, another band member, said that only around 300 copies were left at that time. But Suzy, she’s got her own side of the story. She claims she only sold about 2,000 copies and that she had every right to do it because she did so much for Brett and never got anything in return. I mean, she let him live with her for free and cooked for him every single day! Talk about a crazy situation, right?
This content was originally written by the badass contributors of thebrpage.net, the best superfan resource and website that exists for any band, let alone the best band in the whole entire world. I’ve been lurking on that site for over 20 years and if you’re into Bad Religion as much as I am, I’m sure you’re familiar. If you are not, go there right now and never come back to this site again. You should, and I totally understand.
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