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Wrong Way Kids
Oh man, we’ve got this awesome old friend of the band! He’s actually credited on a version of Back To The Known for co-writing Frogger with Greg. But get this, Hetson insists that he co-wrote it too and that “Wry” only came up with the title or the chorus or something. How crazy is that?!…
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Wrecking Crew
Oh my gosh, you won’t believe it! Wrong Way Kids is all about the early LA punk scene and growing up in it. Greg Graffin even said that the song is sentimental because it’s about how punk rockers feel like they’re part of this group of “wrong way kids” and guess what? Bad Religion was…
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World War III
Oh my gosh, you have to check out this book called “Wrecking Crew: The Really Bad News Griffith Park Pirates”! It was written by John Albert, who used to play drums in Bad Religion back in the day. The book is all about this super cool amateur baseball team called the Griffith Park Pirates. And…
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Won’t Somebody
OMG, guys, you won’t believe this juicy tidbit! So, in this song, they totally call out Rosalyn Carter, the wife of ex-prez Jimmy Carter, and they straight up call her “a fucking les”! Can you even handle the scandal?! Just to give you some context, Jimmy was running the show from ’77 to ’81. This…
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White Trash (2nd Generation)
Hey there! So, in these three awesome versions of the song (New Maps Of Hell Deluxe Edition, 30 Years Live, and The Dissent Of Man), guess what? The intros are all totally different! Jay said, “I don’t know. It just kind of is. In fact, the live album intro is different from the way we…
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When?
Brett’s song is all about those lively and enthusiastic youngsters, you know, the ones with parents who are a bit rough around the edges. 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…
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What Can You Do?
Greg playfully and excitedly explained the meaning behind the song “When.” He said that the chorus, which goes “When will you try to change the logarithmic pace of kissing things goodbye/ When will you know that human life is so short and death is oh so slow,” sums it up perfectly. He wanted to ask…
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What Are We Standing For?
Lyrics: The second verse goes like this: “Yeah you waste your time with losers if you get stuck in a rock-n-roll bau. Do you find it more rewarding to compete with morons throughout this lau?” But wait, instead of “band” and “land”, Greg sings “bau” and “lau”! Jay explains, “We started adding ‘au’ or ‘ow’…
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Westbeach Recorders
Hey there! So, “What Are We Standing For?” is this awesome single that the band released while they couldn’t tour because of COVID-19. The whole idea behind it was inspired by those badass athletes who take a knee during the National Anthem in the US. Brett, one of the band members, said that in a…
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Wes Geer
Oh my gosh, you won’t believe this awesome story! So, back in 1987, Brett, the coolest studio engineer ever, teamed up with his partner Donnell Cameron to set up their own studio. And guess what? This studio would later become the early home of Epitaph, the legendary record label! But wait, it gets even better.…