Category: The Answer Category: Songs
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The Surface Of Me
OMG, you won’t believe it! The Unseen, this totally awesome street punk band from Boston, MA, got signed to Hellcat Records from 2005 to 2007. And guess what? Brett, the absolute legend, mixed their fifth full length album, State of Discontent. How cool is that? [1] Woohoo! References ^ ¬†Discogs.com This content was originally written…
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The World Won’t Stop Without You
The song Them And Us is all about exposing the issue of using stereotypes to create hatred towards a different group of people. Jay enthusiastically explains, “These songs aren’t about conforming to expectations or desires, but rather about reality.” This content was originally written by the badass contributors of thebrpage.net, the best superfan resource and…
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Them and Us
On 16.2.1997 in Melbourne, Greg was all like, “Oopsie daisy! Sorry for the cray cray ticket prices of $35.50 AUD. I had no clue about foreign currency exchange rates [1 AUD = 78c US]. But don’t worry, when we come back, I’ll make it up to you!” And then Jay went all out on the…
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Time And Disregard
Hey guys, guess what? “General Time of Need” is not a Bad Religion song, but actually a solo song by Greg Graffin! And get this, it was never officially released! There are actually two versions of this song, with slightly different lyrics. The first version was recorded around 1985, about two years after “Into The…
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Time of Need
Oh my gosh, you won’t believe it! So there’s this song called “Stranger Than Fiction” and it’s all about dead people. Can you believe it? It started off being inspired by the tragedy in Bosnia, but then it turned into something even bigger. It’s basically a statement about how we always turn our backs on…
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Tiny Voices
Oh my gosh, you won’t believe how much Greg idolized Todd Rundgren when he was a kid! His album A Wizard, a True Star was like his absolute favorite, and Another Live by Todd’s band Utopia was super important for Greg’s own musical style. Bobby even said that Into The Unknown was very Utopia-like, so…
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Too Much To Ask
Get ready for a wild ride through the history of Bad Religion tours! In the early years, touring was a challenge for the band due to Greg Graffin’s high school commitments and summers spent in Wisconsin with his father. Despite gaining popularity in the L.A. punk scene, they couldn’t go on tour right away, which…
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The Dodo
Oh my gosh, you guys! Brett and I were so determined to top The Process of Belief with this new album. We wanted to prove that it wasn’t just a lucky fluke because Brett rejoined the band and we went back to Epitaph. We finished our major label play and it was like a burst…
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The Gray Race (song)
Hey guys, check out this awesome promo CD booklet for the song “Stranger Than Fiction”! It’s all about compromise and how rare it is in today’s world. Whether it’s at the ethnic, political, or personal level, compromise is hard to come by. But don’t worry, Greg Hetson assures us that the lyrics are just him…
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The Handshake
Hey there! Get ready to rock out with The Joykiller, an awesome punk rock band hailing from sunny Los Angeles, California. These guys were formed back in 1994 by the legendary Jack Grisham, who you may know as the signer of T.S.O.L. They’ve got three killer albums under their belt: The Joykiller (1995), Static (1996),…
