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Bad Religion Has Some Thoughts on the Trump Administration in 'Age of Unreason'

It's good to know that Bad Religion are still out there standing up for science and rationality, especially at a time when those qualities feel like they're actually under attack.

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'Smash!: Green Day, The Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX, + the '90s Punk Explosion'

Ian Winwood's story of how punk rock music came to be so popular in the '90s is sewn together like a patchwork quilt of unlikely rises to fame and the ordinary people whose dedication made it possible.

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Adventure and Discovery: An Academic Discussion With Bad Religion's Greg Graffin

PopMatters talks with Bad Religion's Greg Graffin about his new book The Population Wars, his life as a Doctorate-holding punk singer, enlightenment, society, music, and science.

Interviews

The Fascination with Fundamentalism in Hardcore Punk

Some bands echoed the Dead Kennedys' anti-Moral Majority messages; others embodied right-wing religion.

Music

Unhappy Holidays? Conflicts, Contradictions and the Ghosts of Christmas Music Past and Present

How do we reconcile the joyous holiday season with a nagging sensation that it might not be as jolly as it should be?

Music

Bad Religion: Christmas Songs

Bad Religion tackles a bunch of Christmas carols with finesse and bite. Damned if you won't want to stuff it in your stocking this year.

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Bad Religion: True North

Sixteen albums and 30-plus years in, these SoCal punk legends show no sign of slowing down or burning out. And we should be thankful because the world still needs Bad Religion.

Music

Dissent: American As Apple Pie: Top 20 Punk Protest Songs for July 4th

As punk music history verifies, American citizenry are not all shiny, happy people. These 20 songs reflect the other side of patriotism -- free speech brandished by the brave and uncouth.

Music

Greg Graffin: One / Authority: Zero in 'Anarchy Evolution'

In his memoir-slash-treatise, Bad Religion lead singer Greg Graffin takes a break from the gang shouts and loquacious lyrics to dive headfirst into one of the meatiest debates between armchair philosophers today.

Books

The Year in Music: September 2010

September 2010, the subject of our latest look at the year’s biggest events in music, was a month of TV events, celebrity arrests, and a lot of new music.

Music

Epicenter Twenty Ten: 26 September 2010 - Fontana, CA

It was refreshing to have the Auto Club Speedway become for one weekend a literal hotbed of progressivism and fist-pumping music.

Melissa Bobbitt

Reviews

Bad Religion Previews Upcoming Album with "The Devil in Stitches"

After more than three decades, Bad Religion still continues to impress fans both new and old.

Michael P. Irwin

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Bad Religion: New Maps of Hell [Deluxe Edition]

Veteran SoCal punks supplement their last release with acoustic EP, concert DVD, and some nifty posters.

Music

Bad Religion: Live at the Palladium [DVD]

Bad Religion finally give the fans what they want -- a full-length DVD that captures the band's intensity and musicality in glorious 5.1.

Mark Weisinger

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It's good to know that Bad Religion are still out there standing up for science and rationality, especially at a time when those qualities feel like they're actually under attack.

Ian Winwood's story of how punk rock music came to be so popular in the '90s is sewn together like a patchwork quilt of unlikely rises to fame and the ordinary people whose dedication made it possible.

PopMatters talks with Bad Religion's Greg Graffin about his new book The Population Wars, his life as a Doctorate-holding punk singer, enlightenment, society, music, and science.

Some bands echoed the Dead Kennedys' anti-Moral Majority messages; others embodied right-wing religion.

How do we reconcile the joyous holiday season with a nagging sensation that it might not be as jolly as it should be?

Bad Religion tackles a bunch of Christmas carols with finesse and bite. Damned if you won't want to stuff it in your stocking this year.

Sixteen albums and 30-plus years in, these SoCal punk legends show no sign of slowing down or burning out. And we should be thankful because the world still needs Bad Religion.

As punk music history verifies, American citizenry are not all shiny, happy people. These 20 songs reflect the other side of patriotism -- free speech brandished by the brave and uncouth.

In his memoir-slash-treatise, Bad Religion lead singer Greg Graffin takes a break from the gang shouts and loquacious lyrics to dive headfirst into one of the meatiest debates between armchair philosophers today.

September 2010, the subject of our latest look at the year’s biggest events in music, was a month of TV events, celebrity arrests, and a lot of new music.

It was refreshing to have the Auto Club Speedway become for one weekend a literal hotbed of progressivism and fist-pumping music.

After more than three decades, Bad Religion still continues to impress fans both new and old.

Veteran SoCal punks supplement their last release with acoustic EP, concert DVD, and some nifty posters.

Have our punk-rock heroes given up on changing the world?

Bad Religion finally give the fans what they want -- a full-length DVD that captures the band's intensity and musicality in glorious 5.1.