Bad Religion Band • Page 17

That was the first song that came to mind for me. Also crossing my fingers for Shades of Truth.

 

I hope they open up the 2000’s set with Don’t Sell Me Short like they did at the Festival in Germany way back when.

 

Having album eras with 15+ songs and frequently releasing albums means lots of great options. Other bands should take note.

 

I think about it a lot. I feel like a lot of bands aren’t nearly as proud of their catalog as much as Bad Religion are. So, they never revisit songs live, if ever at all.

Like, I know there are songs/albums bands write that rub them the wrong way, remind them of a band time, or got bad fan reaction. I get that, but with BR it seems different. Yeah, there are some duds in their extensive catalog and albums that fans pooed on, but the band seems to see the bright side of all their work and don’t seem to really regret much, if anything at all. They embrace it.

They know their songs actually stand the test of time. Just like Greg talks about during a decades interview. That’s a hard thing to consistently pull off. I bet, at least Jay and Greg, can tell a story about every single song they recorded too haha.

 

I think I love this band more and more as I get older. What a band! Can't wait for Decades Season 2.

 

I think that set is the best Greg’s voice has ever sounded

 

They sounded HUGE at that show and the crowd was awesome. Probably my favorite pro filmed set. So much early 2000’s nostalgia.

 

I love that the fans in this thread actually get the band.

I been saying the same thing....Greg’s voice still sounds amazing. Embracing their discography from the army years, rise of Epitaph, major label, Mr Brett leaving, Mr Brett return, Epitaph part 2 has been huge. They’ve had a number of line up changes but they prioritize the songs over the members and honestly, the messages they have been singing about for 40’years are all still relevant.

With the band putting a priority on playing together right now I am hoping it’s not another six or so years between albums.

 

Yeah, I hope we get something sooner than later, but I'd also take a new song every 2-3 months between albums haha. I've made a nice EP playlist with the one-off songs they released right before and after Age Of Unreason haha.

 

Getting a extra new songs has been fun. I do think it happened mostly because they recorded a bunch of songs in the Age of Unreason era and they left them some Bsides except for Faith Alone (2020). I added them all to an Age of Unreason era playlist

 

People like to bag on the Atlantic years but the band’s live show was really firing on all cylinders during that era. There are a couple of bootlegs from the late 90s that I still listen to on a regular basis.

 

Stranger Than Fiction
The Gray Race
No Sunstance
New America
Recipe For Hate (kind of)

I never got what people were complaining about. Yeah, there are a few different things on those albums but they are still so good. STF is still my favourite BR album.

 

Think a lot of people kinda equate Brett not being in the band, and the band being on a major, as some sort of indicator of loss of quality. Was going through some old magazines I still have from that time and seemed like that was the critical consensus. At least in Europe.

The Gray Race is probably my favourite BR record, still listen to it front to back at least once a week.

Only recently got into No Substance. Raise your Voice is still an atrocity, and I blame Campino for that, but the rest is actually pretty good.

 

Brett was a part of Stranger Than Fiction and really he needed a moment to deal with things.

The song No Substance has been a forefront of my mind last year when the US was dealing with some interesting political business. I get Raise Your Voice is a simple anthem song, but I always assumed it was meant to be accessible to fan of whatever country they would be playing because it’s about that unified Voice, and standing up for what’s right.

 

Yeah. Not sure what it is about Raise your Voice.
But that Fa fa fafa fa fa fafa in the chorus is pretty annoying and the European version had guest vocals by the singer of one of the most irritating German rock bands, that put me off too.

 

No Substance and The New America definitely have a loss in quality, but if you're a Bad Religion fan, that can be set aside to enjoy the good stuff on both those albums.

I don't like Raise Your Voice though. Will happily take I Love My Computer over it.

 

I love My Computer is clever. I do accept I like those records more than most people. They are a little different and a little more experimental BR on some songs.

 

New America in particular has some very fun autobiographical lyrics that they rarely if ever do again

 

New America is definitely my favorite of the Atlantic albums and is probably my favorite Bad Religion album overall in terms of production. I think the polish and how huge the album sounds really suits them. And the reverb on Greg's vocals make the songs fucking SOAR. There are definitely low points (I Love My Computer and the Hopeless Housewife for me) but the more personal lyrics and the fact that it has my favorite Bad Religion closer on it make it a winner.

 

80s season 2 setlist is very fun

 

Excited to check this out later. Just went to the record store and ended up buying no substance on vinyl.

 

Cool. You get access to the season 1 episodes again if your purchase a ticket.

 

Or if you dm me

 

I love that they played "Turn Off The Lights" when its a 90's song haha.

Into the Unknown stuff was cool too.

 

Right?! Didn't expect a keyboard solo haha