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For a period during late '80s and early '90s there was both good news and bad news for fans of punk stalwarts Bad Religion. The bad news was that the band kept putting out the same album over and over again; the good news was that the album was fantastic. AGAINST THE GRAIN, like its predecessors NO CONTROL and SUFFER, is arguably a punk masterpiece. It showcases a band at the top of its game, bursting with punk hooks, intricate multi-syllabic lyrics and the trademark upper and lower register backing vocals that set Bad Religion apart from mere imitators.
A true classic from "Modern Man," to "Faith Alone," to "Misery and Famine," AGAINST THE GRAIN never for a moment slows its pace or intensity. The band still performed most of this record live a decade down the line, and both "Entropy" and the title track remained firm fan favorites. "Twenty-First Century Digital Boy" was later (less successfully) re-recorded for the band's major label debut STRANGER THAN FICTION.
Recorded at Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, California in May 1990.
Bad Religion: Greg Graffin (vocals); Mr. Brett (guitar, horns, background vocals); Greg Hetson (guitar); Jay Bentley (bass, background vocals); Peter Finestone (percussion).
Additional personnel: Keith Morris (background vocals).
(Jan.-Feb./91) - "Aside from the corny cover, Bad Religion waste no time or effort as `Against The Grain' is screechingly released hot on the heels of last years punk hit `No Control' which sold so many copies, why not keep the formula untouched?...as much as I like to ignore such a massively accepted `punk' record, the exuberance of this release is kinda tuff ta' blow off."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.52) - "[H]ome to a slicker, more polished output from a band in their prime, boasting a host of classic tracks to prove it." Bad Religion Against The Grain Songs Against The Grain Music Review Purchase Against The Grain CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Bad Religion Recipe For Hate CD (1993)
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Although longtime Bad Religion fans may disagree, the band's 1993 release, RECIPE FOR HATE, is arguably one of their finest releases. Although they'd been around for years, age had not dulled the band's attack in ...
| | Bad Religion Stranger Than Fiction CD (1994)
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$6.15 
Bad Religion is punk-rock's Bonnie Raitt, a cult band that persisted and persisted until the world finally came around to them. Around the time Robert Johnson's old Delta blues records started selling in the hundreds of thousands, Raitt started collecting platinum records and Grammys; likewise, in the era of Nirvana's and Green Day's run up the charts, Bad Religion began seeing big returns for the same kind of records they used to make for peanuts.
STRANGER THAN FICTION is where Bad Religion cashes in--at the alternative register, anyway. Far from a sellout, it's a confident reaffirmation of all the band's strengths: anthemic rhythm-guitar hooks that are equal parts 70's punk, 80's hardcore and classic heavy metal; ...
| | Bad Religion How Could Hell Be Any Worse? CD (1982) Reissue; Remastered
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$10.59
80-85 contains Bad Religion's first full-length album, HOW COULD HELL BE ANY WORSE?..., their first EP, and additional rare material.
Principally recorded in Los Angeles, California between 1980 and 1985. Includes liner notes by Greg Hetson.
For newer Bad Religion fans curious about their earlier work, the 1991 compilation 80-85 is highly recommended. As expected, the songs are a lot rawer than their later releases, but a lot of the same musical elements that would be perfected in the 1990s by the band (biting social commentary, melodic twists and turns) are present. Some fans consider this era "the real Bad Religion," as evidenced by such tracks as "Yesterday," "New Leaf," "Along the Way," and "Bad Religion."
This 2004 version of Bad Religion's 1982 debut takes the place of 80-85, which had previously accounted for the group's earliest output. Fully remastered (as Epitaph has done for a bulk of early BR releases), the set includes the first LP's full track listing, as well as the first three EPs. The expanded booklet features a full lyric sheet, reprints of the EP cover art, and a great photo collage that's as informative a scene history as any wordy liner retrospective would ...
| | Bad Religion Suffer CD (1988) Reissue; Remastered
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| | Bad Religion No Control CD (1989) Reissue; Remastered
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$10.59 
Without a doubt, 1989's NO CONTROL is one of Bad Religion's best releases. This was one of the albums that helped bridge the band's more reckless earlier direction with their more focused (but just as pissed-off) '90s-era. ...
| | Bad Religion Generator CD (1992) Bonus Tracks; Reissue; Remastered
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$9.89
When Bad Religion issued GENERATOR in 1992, the alternative/punk scene had changed radically since the band started a decade earlier. The genre had become accepted by the mainstream--but this didn't stop the band from issuing one of their most controversial albums among fans. The quintet slowed down the tempo on GENERATOR a bit, but there's still plenty of aggression and venom to go around. Check out such songs as "Fertile Crescent" and the title track for the proof.
This 2004 edition of Generator is part of a bulk of remastered and/or expanded Bad Religion material from Epitaph. Like its tweaked brethren, the digitally revitalized Generator is louder overall, and more crisp. The newfound clarity gives the whip crack of anthems like "Too Much to Ask," "Tomorrow," and "Chimaera" even more bite, accentuates the grit in Greg Graffin's famously vitriolic vocals, and even makes his self-made harmonies clearer. Musically, Generator is a perfect successor to Against the Grain. Its melodies and arrangements expand on the Bad Religion template, but never forsake the muscular economy of its hardcore root system. The title track, for example, darts repeatedly into ...
| | On The Charts: I.R.S. Records 1979-1994 CD (1994)
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$5.95
IRS Records was one of the giants of the post-punk era. They cultivated a roster filled with groundbreaking underground rockers, from the English Beat to R.E.M. Like most great labels, they stayed around a little too long, so their message was diluted toward the end of their life, but in their prime, they were a diverse, exceptional label. Since it sticks to the label's crossover hits, On the Charts: IRS Records 1979-1994 doesn't quite give an accurate portrait of the label's history (important bands like Let's Active never had a hit, so they're absent from this compilation), but it does have a good cross-section of the label's finest singles. In the process, it paints an accurate portrait ...
| | Rebel Romantic No Time CD (2007)
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| | Electric Frankenstein We Will Bury You! CDs (2004)
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| | Tribute: A Tribute To Public Image LTD CD (2005)
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| | Dixie Dregs Dregs Of The Earth CD (1980) Japan; Mini LP Sleeve
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| | Sean Smith & The Setting Sons Underachiever CD (2005)
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| | Dial CD (2003) Extended Play
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