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Letterman Show
After their epic San Diego show on the Stranger than Fiction Tour in 1994, the band found themselves in a playful and excited mood. As they appeared on Letterman’s stage, he surprised them by bringing some senior citizens up to watch their performance. When Letterman mentioned that the next guests were Bad Religion, one old…
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Let Them Eat War
In 2004, Brett expressed the meaning of the song in a playful and excited manner. He commented on the irony of Bush’s support from the working class, highlighting how his policies actually benefit the rich and harm the working poor. Despite this, the working poor seem to be his strongest base of support, even though…
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Let It Burn
Bobby and Jay were channeling their inner rockstars, just like The Who’s John Entwistle and Keith Moon, when they brainstormed for that epic intro. But it was Brian who had the genius idea for the bass intro! [1] This content was originally written by the badass contributors of thebrpage.net, the best superfan resource and website…
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Let’s Do It
Hey, guess what? “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)” is an awesome song written by the talented Cole Porter way back in 1928. It was first performed in the musical “Paris” that same year. But wait, there’s more! The amazing Greg Graffin actually recorded a cover version of this song with the legendary Joan…
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Leon
OMG, you won’t believe it! The CD How the Juice Stole Xmas totally renamed the tracks The First Noel and Joy to the World. It’s sooo playful and exciting! 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…
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Leads
Brett gleefully exclaimed that all of his and Hetson’s leads were totally improvised! (It’s a bit hazy whether he meant all the albums or just No Control). 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…
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Latch Key Kids
Trivia: The song has hilariously been dedicated to Graffin’s mother, who generously allowed the band to practice in her garage, famously known as The Hellhole. Greg enthusiastically shares, “She even got a song named ‘Latch Key Kids’ on our first album. No parent is going to be overly proud of that!”[1] References: ^ The BR…
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Languages
Bobby’s grandparents were from Mexico, but he doesn’t really know much Spanish. Greg knows a little bit of German and Spanish. Their tour manager Jens is German and he taught Greg some Spanish. Greg also studied Spanish for two years in the 80s, so he can say a lot of things in Spanish when they…
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Land Of Competition
Brett enthusiastically declared that Land Of Competition is not a song that opposes capitalism, but rather it delves into socio-political matters. Greg Graffin, in his book Anarchy Evolution, playfully refers to this song as his way of paying tribute to his return to Los Angeles. It’s worth noting that Land Of Competition was the very…
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LADS
Oh my gosh, you won’t believe it! The LADS (Los Angeles Death Squad) were this awesome group of friends who all had the same ideas and came together during the early days of the Los Angeles punk scene. It was getting pretty crazy in LA with fights happening all the time. People started hearing that…