Bad Religion Profile

Nationality: American

Genres: Hardcore Punk, Punk Rock

Members:
Greg Graffin
Brett Gurewitz
Greg Hetson
Brian Baker
Jay Bentley
Brooks Wackerman


Debut Album: How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, (1982)

Breakthrough Single: 1994 "21st Century (Digital Boy)"


Covered by:

Sublime "We're Only Gonna Die", titled "We're Only Gonna Die for Our Own Arrogance"
Anathema "Better Of Dead"
Biohazard "We're Only Gonna Die"
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Astream, Blender, Flakes, Loss, Puffball, Toast and Troublemakers each released two cover songs.

Influenced:
All-American Rejects, Autonomy, blink-182, Death By Stereo, Down By Law, Fall Out Boy, Good Riddance, Ignite, My Chemical Romance, The Offspring, Pennywise, Rancid, Starving Millionaires, The Used, Yellowcard, Papa Roach and Rage Against the Machine.

Did You Know:
Their single "Infected" is part of the Playstation 2 video game, Guitar Hero, released in 2005. Their songs "You" and "Big Bang" also appear on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and Tony Hawk's Underground respectively. "We're Only Gonna Die" appears on Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. T
The song "Atomic Garden" is also featured in the video game NCAA Football 06.
Often credited for leading the revival of punk rock during the late 1980s.
Formed in Los Angeles, California in 1980 by high school students Greg Graffin (vocals), Jay Bentley (bass guitar), Jay Ziskrout (drums), and Brett Gurewitz
Epitaph Records, is managed and owned by Gurewitz. 1982
Bad Religion departed from Atlantic Records in 2001 and returned to Epitaph.
Wackerman will be handling drums for Jack Black's Tenacious D on their fall/winter trek in 2006