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116-565: Almost Acoustic Christmas is an annual concert run by the Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM . Like the radio station's other festivals (including the Weenie Roast , LA Invasion and Epicenter ), it is a festival organized by KROQ-FM to raise money for a charity, and promotes a variety of rock music from the radio station's format, including alternative , indie , punk , pop , dance and hard rock / heavy metal . Since its first show in 1989,

232-514: A DVD with an hour-long live performance, music videos, and behind-the-scenes footage. In June 2008, Jay Bentley said in an interview at the Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf , Netherlands, that Gurewitz had already begun writing new material for the next Bad Religion album. He stated that the band was planning to return to the studio to start work on the follow-up to New Maps of Hell , planned for

348-532: A Down , Korn , Jane's Addiction , the Beastie Boys , Sublime , Bad Religion , Stone Temple Pilots , Incubus , Nine Inch Nails , Social Distortion and Cypress Hill . In 2004, KROQ began broadcasting in HD Radio . On February 20, 2006, KROQ added streaming music from the radio station to its website. On June 9, 2006, KROQ launched an HD sub-carrier, KROQ HD-2, which airs new wave and alternative tracks from

464-408: A June 2009 release, after Graffin teaches UCLA. However, according to a December 2008 report on the fan site, "The Bad Religion Page", Bentley revealed that due to Bad Religion's upcoming touring commitments for 2009, the band would not have a chance to record their new album until around the end of the year, for an expected 2010 release date. In August 2009, guitarist Brett Gurewitz sent an email to

580-599: A May 2012 interview with Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge , Brett is writing a "fast" Bad Religion album. He also said that Pennywise's new album All or Nothing inspired Brett to write a sequel to the band's 1989 album No Control . On June 4, 2012, Jay Bentley told the Bad Religion fan site, "The Bad Religion Page", that they were expected to begin recording their new album in July and August. He also stated that Brett and Joe Barresi are going to produce it. On July 23,

696-481: A Nerve " in particular becoming major rock radio hits at their time. During their Recipe for Hate Tour, the band would support several opening acts, including then Lookout Records -signed punk band Green Day . Recipe for Hate was followed up by Bad Religion's eighth studio album Stranger Than Fiction . The album met high critical reception upon its release in September 1994, and was their most successful album at

812-618: A benefit album with proceeds benefiting Para Los Ninos and the Al Wooten Heritage Center. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas did not take place in 2020 and 2021. KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas returned to the Kia Forum on December 10, 2022. Bands listed in alphabetical order (or, if known, in reverse order of night's performance). Night 1 (Saturday): Bad Religion , Belly , Tony Bennett , Cowboy Junkies ,

928-475: A fan site mentioning he was writing new material for the next Bad Religion album. In December 2009, Bentley revealed to the fan site that the band was expected to go into the studio on April 26, 2010, to start recording their new album. He stated that a few songs for the album had been written and, "It feels like the songwriting is picking up momentum. Baker said he was going to drive up to Graffin's, and Brooks and I are going to do some demos with Brett, so we have

1044-558: A few others on the US West Coast in the 1980s. In 1986, KROQ was purchased at a then-record $ 45 million by Infinity Broadcasting . By the late 1980s, the station had started dipping in the ratings. New wave had declined in popularity and electronic dance bands, such as Depeche Mode and New Order , started getting more airplay on the station. Also during this period, KROQ began focusing on college rock (or so-called alternative rock ) by adding bands into their playlist such as R.E.M. ,

1160-589: A friend to pretend to confess to killing his girlfriend during their "Confess Your Crime" segment. The hoax resulted in investigations by the Sheriff's Department, the FCC , NBC's " Unsolved Mysteries " and other news media. The hoax was exposed 10 months later after KROQ had unknowingly hired the caller, Doug "the Slug" Roberts, as a DJ and the three were heard talking about the hoax on a monitored phone line at KROQ. Kevin and Bean paid

1276-445: A going away [to the studio] party and all my friends hung with me tonight – thx everybody, I love you guys." This adds fuel to the possibility of the band's new album being recorded the first week of May. On May 12, 2010 (which happened to be Brett's 48th birthday), bassist Jay Bentley posted an update on their Facebook page regarding the recording process of the album: "First week of recording at Joe's house of compression and Brooks gets

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1392-541: A large underground following and critical praise through their releases on Gurewitz's label Epitaph in the 1980s and early 1990s, Bad Religion experienced mainstream success after signing to the major label Atlantic in 1993. The band pioneered the punk rock revival movement of the 1990s, establishing a formula for California-based punk bands such as Green Day and Epitaph-signed acts the Offspring , NOFX and Rancid . They are also cited as an inspiration or influence on

1508-426: A member of the group since 1994. Guitarist Mike Dimkich and drummer Jamie Miller have been members of the band since 2013 and 2015 respectively. To date, Bad Religion has released seventeen studio albums, two live albums, three compilation albums, three EPs, and two live DVDs. They are considered to be one of the best-selling punk rock acts of all time, having sold over five million albums worldwide. After gaining

1624-537: A new alternative rock format branded as "New Arrivals." On September 23, 2022, the HD3 channel was dropped from the broadcast lineup entirely. ** = Audacy operates pursuant to a local marketing agreement with Martz Communications Group . Bad Religion Bad Religion is an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles , California, in 1980. The band's lyrics cover topics related to religion, politics, society,

1740-486: A new chapter for KROQ under the leadership of brand manager Mike Kaplan. Kaplan previously served as program director of iHeartMedia 's KYSR from 2013 to 2018. By the end of the Weatherly era, KROQ had essentially shifted to a classic alternative format that leaned heavily on heritage acts. Weatherly added new titles to the playlist very conservatively. Kaplan's strategy differed from Weatherly's; he immediately shifted

1856-413: A new song, Gurewitz told Los Angeles Times in July 2018 that, "We're writing for a new album, recording this fall or late summer. No release date announced yet, but we should have an album's worth of 'Fuck Trump ' songs pretty soon. It's exactly what we need." On February 26, 2019, Bad Religion announced Age of Unreason as the title of their seventeenth studio album, which was released on May 3, and

1972-460: A pretty good jump." According to Brett's Twitter , Bad Religion is aiming for a fall release of the new album. In January 2010, Bentley revealed that Bad Religion would record their new album at a studio in Pasadena, California , with Joe Barresi , who engineered 2004's The Empire Strikes First and produced its 2007 follow-up, New Maps of Hell . Despite the statement made by Bentley about entering

2088-405: A reissue of the then-current album New Maps of Hell . The deluxe version included the original 16-song CD along with seven new acoustic tracks recorded by Graffin (vocals/guitars) and Gurewitz (guitars/back vocals). Three of the acoustic songs were new, written specifically for this release, while the other four tracks were acoustic versions of existing Bad Religion songs. The release also included

2204-474: A result of the band's previous worldwide successes with Stranger Than Fiction and The Gray Race , it was given mixed reviews by both critics and fans. Following the release of No Substance , the band embarked on a year-long tour. In 1999, Gurewitz reunited with Graffin to co-write a song together called, "Believe It", which would appear on their next album, The New America (2000). For this new album, Todd Rundgren , an early musical inspiration for Graffin,

2320-527: A slightly slower pace. Almost all of the albums the band produced were sold out of the warehouse they were housed in without the band's knowledge, after which this album went out of print. This incident, as well as band members' increasingly divergent personal lives, led to the band's temporary dissolution shortly after the album's release. Soon after, Graffin reassembled Bad Religion with Circle Jerks guitarist Greg Hetson replacing Gurewitz, who had gone into rehab for his drug problem. Bad Religion returned to

2436-735: A somewhat mellower, rock and roll version of their original sound with the Back to the Known EP. Eventually the band split toward the middle of 1985. Bad Religion slowly reformed in 1986 out of the Back to the Known line-up when Graffin called Bentley and asked him to return. Bentley's response was tentative, but after being assured that the setlist consisted mostly of tracks from How Could Hell Be Any Worse? , he agreed to return for one show, and ended up staying on because he had so much fun. A freshly rehabilitated Gurewitz

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2552-493: A steep ratings decline. Weatherly would return to KROQ as Senior Vice President of Programming in May 2022. Since then, the station has greatly reduced its focus on alternative pop and has increased airplay of classic alternative tracks from the 1990s and 2000s. On October 5, 2024, KROQ introduced a new electronic dance music show, KROQ EQ , on Saturday nights, with Justice performing a guest DJ set for its premiere edition. KROQ

2668-479: A weekend in mid-December, and has in recent years been broadcast for free on KROQ-FM's website. The festival started off as a one-day event, and every year between 1992 and 2019 (with the exception of 1999, which was a one-day event), it was held as a two-day festival. Since its return in 2022 after a three-year hiatus, the Almost Acoustic Christmas has been held as a one-day event. From 1989 through 2012

2784-570: Is a commercial radio station licensed to Pasadena, California , serving the Greater Los Angeles . Owned by Audacy, Inc. , it broadcasts an alternative rock format known as "The World Famous KROQ" (pronounced "kay-rock"). The station has studios at the intersection of Venice Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in the Crestview neighborhood in West Los Angeles . The transmitter is based in

2900-591: Is located on Tongva Peak in Glendale at an altitude of 2,650 ft., which results in somewhat weaker signal coverage. KROQ's format had varied throughout the 2000s and 2010s. The radio station's format had repeated much of the same formula as the 1990s, mixing heavier acts like Linkin Park , Staind , P.O.D. , Seether , Velvet Revolver , Cold and Saliva , with punk rock like Rise Against , Sum 41 , AFI , Fall Out Boy , My Chemical Romance , Jimmy Eat World , Panic! at

3016-637: The Billboard 200 albums chart, marking Bad Religion's first ever top-20 album and highest ever peak on that chart in their entire 34-year career. Bad Religion played a few shows as a four-piece (without Greg Hetson and Brett Gurewitz ) in mid April - May 2013—starting with their appearance at "That Damn Show" in Mesa, AZ, on April 20, including some high profile shows such as Groezrock in Belgium—leading fans to speculate over Greg Hetson's continued involvement in

3132-455: The Billboard 200 ; the release peaked at number 87, and was awarded gold certification on March 4, 1998, for sales of over half a million copies. With the success of that album, Bad Religion became a key member of the 1990s commercial punk rock explosion, alongside Green Day and fellow Epitaph bands such as the Offspring , Rancid , and NOFX . Gurewitz left the band right before the release of Stranger Than Fiction . He officially cited

3248-577: The Red Hot Chili Peppers , The Psychedelic Furs , Echo & the Bunnymen , The Replacements , Camper Van Beethoven , Jane's Addiction , the Pixies , The Alarm , The Cult , Violent Femmes , Love and Rockets , Dramarama and Social Distortion , as well as heavier acts like Faith No More and Living Colour and guitar-oriented hip-hop groups like Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys . Throughout

3364-700: The Suffer tour in 1988, Bad Religion began writing new material. In early 1989, while the band was on break from touring, they commenced work on their next album, and entered the Westbeach Recorders studio in June of that year to record it. The resulting album, No Control , was released in November 1989, and was Bad Religion's best-selling album at the time, eventually selling more than 80,000 copies. Bad Religion's hardcore punk style continued with their next album, Against

3480-516: The Verdugo Mountains . It was the flagship station of Kevin and Bean (revamped as Kevin in the Morning in 2019) and former show Loveline , hosted originally by Jim "The Poorman" Trenton with Dr. Drew Pinsky , and later by Adam Carolla as well as "Psycho" Mike Catherwood with Pinsky, and The Young Marquis and Stanley Show. On April 23, 1962, KPPC-FM signed on at 106.7 MHz. It

3596-531: The "Rock of the 80s" evolved. During that decade, the station mixed punk rock, such as The Ramones , The Clash , The Weirdos , Fear , The Pandoras and X , with new wave , such as U2 , Oingo Boingo , Talking Heads , The Police , The Cars , Devo , Sparks , Berlin , Duran Duran , Pet Shop Boys , Blondie , ska and similar genres with artists such as English Beat , Fine Young Cannibals and 1960s underground rocker Iggy Pop , and huge mainstream artists such as The Beach Boys and The Rolling Stones . It

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3712-498: The 1980s which were popular during KROQ's heyday (and is also branded "KROQ 2: Roq of the 80s"). In February 2010, CBS Radio, which controlled the live stream, blocked access for listeners outside of the United States. Steve Jones came to KROQ from Indie 103.1 with a Sunday night show called "Jonesy's Jukebox", which ran from 7 to 9PM during 2010–2013 before moving to KLOS. In February 2015, KROQ severed ties with Boyd "Doc on

3828-409: The 1990s and 2000s pop punk , skate punk , post-hardcore , screamo and emo scenes. Atlantic reissued the previously-released-on-Epitaph album, Recipe for Hate (1993), which became commercially successful, as did its 1994 follow-up Stranger than Fiction . Stranger than Fiction included some of Bad Religion's well-known hits, including " Infected ", " Stranger than Fiction ", and

3944-500: The 1990s, KROQ's format focused on mainly alternative rock (or alternative metal ), grunge , punk pop , Britpop , industrial music and nu metal , giving up-and-coming bands their first exposure on the station or in Southern California, including Nirvana , Red Hot Chili Peppers , The Smashing Pumpkins , Pearl Jam , Nine Inch Nails , Oasis , Foo Fighters , Green Day , The Offspring , Sublime , No Doubt , Rage Against

4060-618: The 2007 Warped Tour to support the album. Hetson formed a supergroup band called Black President , consisting of Charlie Paulson (from Goldfinger ), Jason Christopher, Wade Youman (both from Unwritten Law ), and Christian Martucci (from Dee Dee Ramone ). In early March 2008, Bad Religion played several night residences at House of Blues venues in Southern California as well as Las Vegas . They performed four European festival appearances in May and June. On July 8, 2008, Bad Religion released their first-ever deluxe edition CD,

4176-578: The Acoustic Christmas has traditionally been held either the second or third weekend of December, with the exception of a three-year hiatus between 2019 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The festival's origins trace back to a December 1989 concert that was called the KROQ Xmas Bash. By the mid-1990s, the festival had become bigger and attracted increasingly popular alternative rock bands and singers. The Almost Acoustic Christmas takes place over

4292-1007: The Aquabats Night 1 (Friday): Korn , the Offspring , Hole , Blink-182 , Barenaked Ladies , Reel Big Fish , Sugar Ray , the Cardigans Night 2 (Saturday): Depeche Mode , Billy Corgan , Garbage , Brian Setzer Orchestra , Goo Goo Dolls , Cake , Everlast , Semisonic , Soul Coughing One Night (Saturday): Bush , Blink-182 , Rob Zombie , Beck , Tori Amos , Foo Fighters , 311 , Oasis , Fiona Apple , Save Ferris , Powerman 5000 Night 2 (Sunday): Green Day , Papa Roach , No Doubt , Deftones , Weezer , Moby , Incubus (w/ orchestra), Everclear , Disturbed , Linkin Park Night 2 (Sunday): Linkin Park , Staind (acoustic), Bush , Foo Fighters , 311 , No Doubt , Coldplay , Nickelback , Pete Yorn , Remy Zero , Travis (canceled) Night 2 (Sunday): Creed , Coldplay , Beck (w/

4408-609: The Azkena Rock Festival on June 26, 2010, the band members announced that the new album would be called The Dissent of Man . The Dissent of Man was released on September 28, 2010. The album debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard 200 chart and at No. 6 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. On August 30, 2010, the album version of the song, "The Resist Stance", was released on Bad Religion's MySpace page. The song

4524-1084: The Black Keys , Florence and the Machine , Neon Trees , the Temper Trap , Broken Bells , Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros Night 2 (Sunday): Jane's Addiction (headliner), the Black Keys , Mumford & Sons , Death Cab for Cutie , Florence and the Machine , Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds , Cage the Elephant , Foster the People , the Naked and Famous , Grouplove Night 2 (Sunday): The Killers (headliner), Jack White , No Doubt (surprise appearance), fun. , M83 , Neon Trees , Passion Pit , Grouplove , Of Monsters and Men , Alex Clare , Imagine Dragons Night 2 (Sunday): Arcade Fire (headliner), Phoenix , Lorde , The Neighbourhood , Capital Cities , Fitz and

4640-811: The Cranberries , 4 Non Blondes , General Public , Nick Heyward , Billy Idol , the Lemonheads , They Might Be Giants , the Wonder Stuff Night 2 (Sunday): Belly , Blind Melon , Cracker , the Cranberries , Porno for Pyros , Primus , Rage Against the Machine , Henry Rollins , the Smashing Pumpkins , US3 , the Violent Femmes , Night 1 (Saturday): Stone Temple Pilots , Hole , Liz Phair , Mazzy Star , Live , Meat Puppets , Veruca Salt , Bad Religion , Luscious Jackson , Sunny Day Real Estate ,

4756-551: The Disco and Thrice , and with alternative/indie/garage rock acts such as Muse , Queens of the Stone Age , The Strokes , The Bravery , Arcade Fire and The Killers . This new crop of rock acts found considerable popularity on the radio station while sharing airspace with many KROQ veterans such as Nirvana , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Metallica , Foo Fighters , Weezer , Green Day , The Offspring , Blink-182 , No Doubt , System of

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4872-566: The Disco , The Neighbourhood , The 1975 , George Ezra , Elle King , James Bay , Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness Night 2 (Sunday): Green Day (headliner), Beck , Weezer , Bastille , Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness , Phantogram , Bishop Briggs , The Head and the Heart Night 2 (Sunday): The Killers (headliner), Weezer , The Lumineers , Foster the People , Phoenix , Walk

4988-557: The Family Stone and Sha Na Na for one KROQ-sponsored show at the Los Angeles Coliseum and the station found itself unable to cover expenses, Roberts agreed to pay for the band to play the show in exchange for a small ownership stake in the station. Roberts joined a sprawling ownership group which included a doctor, two dairymen, a political lobbyist, a secretary, and several other minor investors. Roberts, with his background in

5104-530: The Fishermen, which had signed with a major label, and Bobby Schayer joined the band as his replacement. In May 1991, Bad Religion entered the Westbeach Recorders studio to begin recording material for their sixth studio album, Generator , which was not released until March 1992. The album was recorded almost live in the studio, because, at the time, Gurewitz had moved Westbeach to larger premises, and for

5220-669: The Flaming Lips ), Jack Johnson , Dashboard Confessional , Good Charlotte , Jimmy Fallon , the Vines , Jurassic 5 Night 2 (Sunday): Korn (headliner), Blink-182 , Jane's Addiction , 311 , Staind , Rancid , Brand New , Jet , Trapt Night 2 (Sunday): Green Day (headliner), Velvet Revolver , Incubus , Social Distortion , Papa Roach , Sum 41 , Good Charlotte , the Used , Chevelle , My Chemical Romance , Hoobastank (canceled) Night 2 (Sunday): Depeche Mode (headliner), Coldplay ,

5336-545: The Grain , which was released in 1990. While the album still did not break the band into mainstream audiences, it was the first 100,000 seller, and showed how quickly they were growing. " 21st Century (Digital Boy) ", one of the tracks off the album, is generally regarded as the band's most well-known song, and has been played at almost every live show. Drummer Pete Finestone left Bad Religion again in April 1991 to focus on his other band,

5452-538: The Hilton (117 S. Los Robles). Ken Roberts returned to the reborn station in a more forceful ownership role, buying out his partners one by one until he remained the sole owner of the station. KROQ's rebirth was simultaneous with the emergence of punk rock in the late 1970s and new wave , and KROQ quickly became the voice of the burgeoning Los Angeles punk and new wave scene. Disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer introduced many new bands on his show. As punk expanded its hold on

5568-528: The Hollywood Palladium as well as extensive interviews, several music videos, and a photo gallery. During one of the interview segments, guitarist Brett Gurewitz said the band's next album would be a double-length release, but this turned out to not be the case. Greg Graffin released his second solo album, Cold as the Clay , on July 11, 2006. Bad Religion's fourteenth studio album, New Maps of Hell ,

5684-755: The Jesus and Mary Chain , Brian Setzer Orchestra Night 2 (Sunday): Simple Minds , the Black Crowes , Sheryl Crow , Candlebox , the Cranberries , Live , Seal , Weezer , Love Spit Love , Dinosaur Jr. Night 1 (Sunday): Bush , Alanis Morissette , Lenny Kravitz , Joan Osborne , Oasis , Sonic Youth , the Presidents of the United States of America , Porno for Pyros , Foo Fighters , Toadies , No Doubt Night 2 (Monday): Bush , Alanis Morissette , Lenny Kravitz , Joan Osborne , Silverchair , Radiohead , Goo Goo Dolls , Garbage , Wesley Willis , Tripping Daisy ,

5800-452: The Machine , Korn , Bad Religion , Weezer , Blink-182 , Jimmy Eat World , Hole , Garbage , Lenny Kravitz and System of a Down . They also began adding heavier acts to their playlists such as Metallica , who were staples on the Long Beach heavy metal radio station KNAC , formerly an alternative/new wave/punk rock radio station. These helped the station surge back to number one in

5916-565: The Moon , Franz Ferdinand , X Ambassadors , Vance Joy (Cancelled: Morrissey ) Night 2 (Sunday): Florence + The Machine , Death Cab for Cutie , Bastille , Mike Shinoda , Billie Eilish , Young the Giant , Chvrches , Mike Posner , Lovelytheband Night 2 (Sunday): Twenty One Pilots , Mumford & Sons , The 1975 , The Raconteurs , Of Monsters and Men , The Interrupters , Lovelytheband , Matt Maeson KROQ-FM KROQ-FM (106.7 MHz )

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6032-573: The National Science Network for $ 1.2 million. Crosby used the funds to buy a then-silent San Francisco television station, KEMO-TV . National Science Network's management of the KPPC stations was turbulent, capped by an October 1971 mass firing of the air staff, but the period also included technical upgrades. NSN moved the studios out of the church basement and to 99 Chester Street in Pasadena and

6148-530: The ROQ of Los Angeles". In 1973, with National Science Network's estate selling off its assets, KROQ's owners bought KPPC-AM-FM (immediately divesting the AM station to meet then-current ownership limits), changed the calls to KROQ-FM and hired Shadoe Stevens to create a new rock format described as high-energy "all-cutting-edge-rock-all-the-time" and began simulcasting as "The ROQs of L.A.: Mother Rock!" Meanwhile, KPPC on 1240 AM

6264-832: The Rentals Night 1 (Saturday): Natalie Merchant , Sarah McLachlan , Tori Amos , Sheryl Crow , Garbage , Jewel , the Cardigans , Fiona Apple , Poe , Tracy Bonham Night 2 (Sunday): Bush , 311 , the Presidents of the United States of America , Beck , Orbital , Cake , Eels , Republica , the Wallflowers Night 1 (Saturday): Jane's Addiction , No Doubt , Scott Weiland , Sarah McLachlan , Beck , Matchbox Twenty , Rancid , Fiona Apple , Smash Mouth , Blink-182 , Sneaker Pimps , Chumbawamba Night 2 (Sunday): David Bowie , Green Day , 311 , Live , Sugar Ray , Third Eye Blind , Portishead , Save Ferris , Everclear ,

6380-467: The Roq" Britton and Lisa May after deciding to drop news and traffic. The news came as a shock for longtime listeners as Doc on the Roq had been reporting news for the station for 27 years while Lisa May had been reporting traffic for the past 24 years. Fans took to Facebook to boycott the station for not renewing their contracts. On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom . The merger

6496-492: The Sheriff's Department $ 12,170 for the cost of the investigation, and performed 149 hours of community service to compensate for the 149 hours the homicide detective spent on the case. KROQ received a letter of reprimand from the FCC for the incident; the lightest punishment the FCC could give. In 1997, KROQ/Infinity merged with CBS , later changing its name to CBS Radio . Originally located at 117 S. Los Robles Avenue in Pasadena,

6612-491: The Shins , Silversun Pickups , Feist , Spoon Night 2 (Sunday): The Cure (headliner), the Killers , Death Cab for Cutie , Paramore , Kanye West (Surprise Appearance), Franz Ferdinand , Scott Weiland , Snow Patrol , Vampire Weekend Night 2 (Sunday): Muse (headliner), 311 , the Bravery , Slightly Stoopid , Vampire Weekend , Phoenix , Cage the Elephant , Metric , White Rabbits Night 2 (Sunday): Phoenix (headliner), Vampire Weekend , Brandon Flowers ,

6728-415: The Tantrums , Portugal. The Man with special guest Curt Smith of Tears for Fears , Bastille , Atlas Genius Night 2 (Sunday): No Doubt (headliner), The Smashing Pumpkins , Weezer , Tears for Fears , Imagine Dragons , Modest Mouse , Interpol , Alt-J , Vance Joy (Canceled: U2 ) Night 2 (Sunday): Fall Out Boy (headliner), Of Monsters and Men , Chris Cornell , Cold War Kids , Panic! at

6844-400: The Way , on DVD for the first time. Recipe for Hate , though, could not be re-issued, even though it was originally released on Epitaph, due to the fact that it had already been re-issued through Atlantic, and so problems with rights ownership made a reissue unlikely. On March 7, 2006, a live DVD, Live at the Palladium , was released. This DVD featured a live show performed in late 2004 at

6960-419: The White Stripes , Jack Johnson , the Bravery , Death Cab for Cutie , Hot Hot Heat , Nada Surf Night 2 (Sunday): Foo Fighters (headliner), the Killers , Beck , the Raconteurs , Evanescence , Panic! at the Disco , Angels & Airwaves , Gnarls Barkley , Snow Patrol , She Wants Revenge Night 2 (Sunday): Muse (headliner), Jimmy Eat World , Modest Mouse , the Killers (surprise appearance),

7076-406: The album in the fall of 2015. However, in a September 2015 interview, frontman Greg Graffin stated that he had been working on his first solo album since 2006's Cold as the Clay , and that the band would begin writing their new album after the release of this third solo album, titled, "Millport", so a new Bad Religion album would not be released until around late 2016. Baker said, however, that

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7192-400: The album resurfaced in April of that year when Gurewitz and guitarist Brian Baker posted pictures from the studio on their respective Instagram accounts. On June 20, 2018, the band released the song, "The Kids Are Alt-Right", their first single in five years. Despite earlier reports that they had been in the studio since February, up to mid 2018, and the fact that they had already released

7308-481: The album was supposed to be out by Christmas. "Fuck You" was the album's lead single and released on iTunes on November 6, which happened to be Greg Graffin's 48th birthday. On November 5, 2012 (Bad Religion Day), it was announced that Bad Religion's sixteenth studio album, True North , would be released on January 22, 2013. On that same day, they premiered the new single "Fuck You". True North has received mostly positive reviews and managed to reach number 18 on

7424-408: The amount of attention that Stranger Than Fiction received, it scored Bad Religion a minor U.S. radio hit with the song, "A Walk", as well as the European release of "Punk Rock Song". In 1998, Bad Religion released their tenth full-length album, No Substance , produced by Alex Perialas , Ronnie Kimball, and the band themselves. Although the album was anticipated by music critics and fans alike as

7540-444: The band began recording their first full-length album, How Could Hell Be Any Worse? During the recording of this album, drummer Jay Ziskrout quit the band, and was replaced by Pete Finestone. Released in 1982, How Could Hell Be Any Worse? was also distributed by the band under the Epitaph label, and sold roughly 12,000 copies. In 1983, the band released Into the Unknown , a keyboard-driven progressive hard rock album with

7656-472: The band in order to pursue other projects, joining Avenged Sevenfold a week later. He was replaced by Jamie Miller ( ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead , Souls at Zero and Snot ). On February 14, 2018, vocalist Greg Graffin posted on Twitter a picture of himself with guitarist Brett Gurewitz in the studio, tweeting, "New songs in the pipeline," indicating that they were working on Bad Religion's seventeenth studio album. Speculations about

7772-416: The band uploaded a picture to Bad Religion's Facebook page of all the members (except Greg Hetson , who was taking the picture) in the studio with the caption, "here we go again", indicating that work on their sixteenth studio album had begun. On August 22, Brett Gurewitz tweeted that they were mixing the album, and, a month later, he tweeted that the band was finishing it. Greg Graffin later stated that

7888-463: The band's success, Bad Religion released a compilation album, 80–85 , in 1991. It is a repackaging of their debut album, How Could Hell Be Any Worse? , their two EPs, Bad Religion and Back to the Known and the band's three track contributions to the Public Service EP. This compilation did not include Into the Unknown . 80–85 is now out of print and has been replaced by the 2004 re-issued version of How Could Hell Be Any Worse? with

8004-460: The band. On May 7, 2013, Jay Bentley issued a statement to the fan site, which read, "Greg Hetson is dealing with some personal issues, if he wishes to make a statement we will support that, if he chooses not to we will support that. Mike Dimkich is indeed helping us out right now, and we are genuinely appreciative. Right now we are just looking forward and getting ready to play our shows." The reason Hetson had not been touring with Bad Religion

8120-435: The band. The expanded six-piece line-up then recorded and released The Process of Belief (2002). Graffin stated, "There was a little bit of disappointment on my part when he left the band, but we never had any serious acrimony between the two of us. I can't say the same for the rest of the band. But he and I, being the songwriters from way back, we really wanted to try again." Their next album, The Empire Strikes First ,

8236-525: The behavior he exhibited due to this addiction. On September 10, 2013, it was announced that Bad Religion would be releasing their first Christmas album, titled Christmas Songs , on October 29, 2013. It was their first album to not feature Greg Hetson since 1983's Into the Unknown . In a November 2013 interview, guitarist Brett Gurewitz stated that Bad Religion would start writing their seventeenth studio album in 2014, and guitarist Brian Baker said that he hoped Bad Religion would start recording

8352-478: The bulk of the staff walked out, shutting the stations down. The closure would last for nearly two years. In late 1975, the FCC ordered KROQ to return to the airwaves or surrender the stations' licenses. With barebones equipment, KROQ returned to the airwaves, broadcasting initially from the transmitter location, followed by a penthouse suite in the Pasadena Hilton Hotel , then again across the street from

8468-486: The corn flavored kit kats are gross, but the wasabi ones are quite delicious ... get back to work. Work work work. Will send photo's soon." In June 2010, the fan site reported that the new album would be released on September 28, 2010. Jay (who goes by jabberwock on the Bad Religion Page) mentioned on the site's message board that Bad Religion had finished recording their new album and was mixing it. In an interview at

8584-411: The first time, the entire band could play in the studio at the same time. He stated that it was "time to change" and the band "did it in a different studio, but as far as the songwriting, it was a deliberate effort to try something different." To accompany the album, Bad Religion filmed their first music video " Atomic Garden ", which was also their first song to be released as a single. To coincide with

8700-542: The late 1990s, and, after three more albums, they were dropped from Atlantic in 2001; this resulted in Bad Religion returning to Epitaph and Gurewitz rejoining the band. Since then, they have undergone a resurgence in popularity, with " Sorrow ", " Los Angeles Is Burning ", and " The Devil in Stitches " becoming Top 40 hits on the US charts while their sixteenth studio album, True North (2013), became Bad Religion's first album to crack

8816-444: The medal for superasskicking. Brian has finished 14 basics ... a couple more to go. I started getting some good bass sounds late, late last night, the liver wins the shootout again. Brett is playing late night tracks on his birthday, some way to celebrate! happy birthday bg! quote of the day; BG "what percentage of the sound is coming from the snakeskin?". haha ... working of album titles and ideas today. It's all coming together. Joe says

8932-406: The media and science. Musically, they are noted for their melodic sensibilities and extensive use of three-part vocal harmonies. The band has experienced multiple line-up changes, with singer Greg Graffin being the band's only constant member, though fellow founding members Jay Bentley and Brett Gurewitz have also been with the band for most of their history while guitarist Brian Baker has been

9048-641: The morning show. The show would be replaced by afternoon hosts Ted Stryker and Kevin Klein. In September 2020, the show would be added on sister stations KVIL in Dallas, KITS in San Francisco, and KRBZ in Kansas City via syndication as part of a company initiative to expand networked programming among the company's alternative stations due to COVID-19 pandemic -related cutbacks and layoffs. The firing of Ryder marked

9164-449: The music industry, made him a logical choice for president of the struggling company in the minds of the other shareholders, and he was elected such at the first meeting he attended in 1974. By 1974, the station's finances were already untenable following a year of commercial-free programming — a stunt implemented in an effort to gain market share. The stations' debt load reached $ 7 million; paychecks began to bounce and Shadoe Stevens and

9280-474: The music scene during the mid to late 1970s, and KROQ steadily adding more of it to their freeform format, this cemented their place in the Los Angeles market. In 1979, Shadoe Stevens once again left the station, with Rick Carroll taking over as program director, and took all of the new music and combined it in a Top 40 formatic structure. By 1980, the station had fully committed to a post-new wave modern rock orientation. KROQ became an even greater success as

9396-571: The navy, do honest work", hinting at a possible split or hiatus. Bassist Jay Bentley mentioned an early 2012 timeframe for going back into the studio in an interview at Live 105 's BFD festival, which took place the day after the Weenie Roast. In February 2012, it was reported that Brett had written two songs for the album. On June 25, 2011, Bad Religion performed a live set for " Guitar Center Sessions" on DirecTV . The episode included an interview with program host, Nic Harcourt . According to

9512-402: The new album would not be released until 2017. Asked in a March 2017 interview about the follow-up to True North , Graffin said, "It's one of the great challenges as artist is to maintain the tradition of his or her prior work. That's hard to do. It normally takes (Bad Religion) two years to put out an album. Why has it taken us four years to release an album after True North ? Well, True North

9628-823: The noncommercial nature of its other efforts. Crosby-Avery was owned by Leon Crosby, a general manager of San Francisco's KMPX , a station that had just gone to a full-time freeform progressive rock format, and Lewis Avery, former partner in a national ad sales firm. With KMPX soaring to success but KPPC, with its middle-of-the-road format, ailing, Crosby and Avery brought in the architects of KMPX, Tom and Raechel Donahue , to turn around their new station in Southern California. Hosts during KPPC's "underground" format included B. Mitchel Reed , Tom Donahue , Les Carter, Ed Mitchell, Steven Clean, Outrageous Nevada, novelty music historian Dr. Demento , Charles Laquidara , Elliot Mintz , blues archivist Johnny Otis , Barbara Birdfeather, and more. In 1969, Crosby sold KPPC-AM-FM and KMPX to

9744-462: The original title of the band's debut LP, contained all of the same material as the previously issued 80–85 compilation, including their first EP, the Public Service EP (with different versions of the songs Bad Religion, Slaves, and Drastic Actions than the self-titled EP) and the "Back to the Known" EP. To coincide with the reissues, they also released their long out-of-print live VHS, Along

9860-452: The playlist to focus on alternative pop , with heavy airplay of artists including Billie Eilish , Machine Gun Kelly , Post Malone , Powfu , 24kGoldn , Beabadoobee and Dominic Fike . The station also decreased airplay of most 1990s and 2000s alternative titles and artists that defined the station during its heyday, including System of a Down and Muse . The changes drew ire from cultural critics and former KROQ on-air talent, followed by

9976-445: The ratings, for which it remained until the mid-2000s, when it slipped to the middle-of-the-pack, ratings-wise, for Los Angeles area radio stations. The 1990s also saw a continuation of the weekday morning Kevin & Bean Show, as well as "Rodney on the Roq," hosted by Rodney Bingenheimer , on Sunday nights. In late nights, the station aired Loveline , hosted by " The Poorman " Jim Trenton and Dr. Drew Pinsky . The show's purpose

10092-434: The re-recorded version of " 21st Century (Digital Boy) " (the latter of which its original version appeared four years earlier on Against the Grain ); the album was later certified gold in both the United States and Canada. Shortly before the release of Stranger than Fiction , Gurewitz left Bad Religion to run his label Epitaph on a full-time basis, and was replaced by Brian Baker . The band's success had slowly dwindled by

10208-517: The reason for his departure as the increasing amount of time he was needed at Epitaph as the Offspring (who had just released Smash to unexpected success and acclaim) became one of the biggest bands of the mid-1990s. Gurewitz, along with many fans, accused the band of selling out for leaving Epitaph to seek greater financial success. As tensions increased, Graffin would sing alternate lyrics during concerts, such as, "I want to know where Brett gets his crack" or "I want to know why Gurewitz cracked", on

10324-520: The same track listings. With alternative rock and grunge breaking into the mainstream, Bad Religion signed to Atlantic Records in 1993 and quickly re-released their seventh full-length studio album Recipe for Hate on the label that same year. Despite receiving mixed reviews from music critics, the album finally broke Bad Religion into mainstream audiences and got their highest U.S. chart position to date, debuting at No. 14 on Billboard 's Heatseekers chart, with " American Jesus " and " Struck

10440-605: The show took place at the Honda Center in Anaheim and returned to the Kia Forum in 2022. KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas concerts benefit Para Los Ninos and the Al Wooten Jr Heritage Center, plus other local charities. In 1999, a compilation of live recordings, The Best of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas , was released. On December 18, 2009, KROQ-FM released a compilation called KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2009 ,

10556-821: The show took place at the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City , except for 1998 where it was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles , and in 1999 where it was held at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim . After the Universal Amphitheatre closed in September 2013, the show performed again at the Shrine Auditorium in December 2013. In 2014 the event was moved to Kia Forum (then-The Forum) in Inglewood . In 2019,

10672-504: The song " Stranger Than Fiction ". These barbs referred to Gurewitz's struggles with crack, heroin, and other addictions which plagued him for years. Brett discussed his drug use in an interview on the band's Suffer Tour documentary, Along the Way , and claimed that he was clean and sober. In response, Gurewitz recorded a song with his new band, the Daredevils , titled, " Hate You ". Gurewitz

10788-492: The station moved to 3500 W. Olive Avenue in Burbank in 1987 as part of the purchase agreement and to be closer to the music industry. In 2002, the station was moved to a facility at 5901 Venice Boulevard in the Crestview neighborhood in West Los Angeles . Unlike most other (Class B, but with grandfathered greater than B facilities) FM stations in Los Angeles whose transmitters are atop Mount Wilson , KROQ's (Class B) transmitter

10904-495: The studio in April, he noted that the recording date was now May 1. In March and April 2010, to commemorate their 30th anniversary, Bad Religion toured Southern California's and Nevada's House of Blues locations, playing 30 Shows in 30 Nights with a 30-song set each night. At the House of Blues concert in Anaheim, California , on March 17, 2010, the band debuted a new song called "Resist-Stance" from their upcoming album. To coincide with

11020-533: The time, scoring such hits as " Stranger Than Fiction ", " Infected ", and a re-recording of " 21st Century (Digital Boy) ", which was originally released on Against the Grain . The band also recorded the song "Leaders and Followers" (which later appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Stranger Than Fiction ) for the soundtrack for the Kevin Smith film, Clerks . The album was Bad Religion's first to enter

11136-516: The top 20 on the Billboard 200 chart where it peaked at number 19. The band's seventeenth studio album, Age of Unreason , was released on May 3, 2019. Bad Religion was formed in Los Angeles , California in 1980 by high school students Greg Graffin , Jay Bentley , Jay Ziskrout , and Brett Gurewitz . Their first public performance was playing six or eight songs at a Fullerton, California , or Santa Ana, California , warehouse opening for Social Distortion . Their first official show

11252-501: The tour, Bad Religion announced a live album, entitled 30 Years Live , which was released as a free download for those who had signed up to the mailing list at Bad Religion's website. It consists of songs recorded during their House of Blues tour. It also included some new songs from their 15th studio album, before the new album was released. 30 Years Live was mixed by Mike Fraser and was released on May 18, 2010. On May 1, 2010, Brett posted an update on his Twitter saying, "Threw me

11368-549: The transmitter to Flint Peak, with a slight power increase to 25,700 watts. In 1971, Ludwig Wolfgang Frohlich, founder of the National Science Network and previous owner of an ad agency, died. Upon his death, control of the estate was transferred to Ingrid and Thomas Burns. Country music station KBBQ (1500 AM ) in Burbank became KROQ in September 1972, changing its format to Top 40 and hiring established disc jockeys from other stations. The new KROQ called itself "K-ROCK,

11484-470: Was a jerk! I don't think Todd gave a shit about anything." However, Graffin later writes in his book, "Anarchy Evolution", that, although Rundgren was difficult to work with, he and Graffin remain friends to this day. Meanwhile, Bobby Schayer left the band following a serious shoulder injury and was replaced by Brooks Wackerman ( Suicidal Tendencies ). In 2001, Bad Religion departed from Atlantic Records. They returned to Epitaph, and Brett Gurewitz rejoined

11600-495: Was also made available for streaming on the page a week before the album's release. The band had been touring throughout 2011 to support the album. On October 18, 2010, Bad Religion released a vinyl box set of all their albums that is limited to 3000 copies, including their 1983 album Into the Unknown , which had been out of print for over 25 years. In an April 2011 interview with The Washington Examiner , guitarist Brian Baker

11716-872: Was also not uncommon for certain KROQ dee-jays to play then-current hip hop and soul / funk artists such as Arrested Development , Prince and Parliament/Funkadelic . By 1982, Billboard Magazine reported that KROQ Arbitron numbers of 3.7 were closing in on AOR leaders KMET at 4.0 and KLOS at 3.9. Carroll, as a consultant, took the "Rock of the 80s" format to other stations, including 91X in San Diego , KOEU in Palm Springs, California , KMGN FM in Bakersfield, California , The Quake in San Francisco and KYYX in Seattle , among

11832-575: Was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17. After a 28-year run at the station, Senior VP of Programming Kevin Weatherly exited the station to start a new role as Spotify 's new Head of North American Programming. Mike Kaplan replaced Weatherly at KROQ in February 2020. On March 18, 2020, Kevin Ryder announced on Twitter that he, Allie MacKay, Jensen Karp, producer Dave Sanchez and contributor Jonathan Kantrowe, had all been let go from

11948-475: Was asked if Bad Religion was going to make another album after The Dissent of Man . His response was, "It's all very punk [attitude] just like it's always been. We will record when we have enough songs. For us, it just kind of happens." During the Boston show on April 29, 2011, frontman Greg Graffin said, "After this year you probably won't be seeing much more of us. We're going to try one more album and then all join

12064-632: Was awarded Radio Station of the Year in 1992 and 1993 by Rolling Stone magazine readers poll issues. In 2007, the station was nominated for the top 25 markets Alternative station of the year award by Radio & Records magazine. Other nominees included WBCN in Boston, Massachusetts; KTBZ-FM in Houston, Texas; KITS in San Francisco, California; KNDD in Seattle, Washington; and WWDC in Washington, DC. KROQ

12180-599: Was brought in to produce. "Todd was kind of an underground sensation back in 1974. Here's a guy who was making pop music but in a way that you wouldn't hear on the radio. So much of my early musical identity was wrapped up in the way he conducted himself." In the summer of 2000, they set out on a successful 3-month U.S. arena tour opening for Blink-182 . Interest in recording the record waned due to Rundgren's poor attitude. Jay Bentley reflects on this by saying, "I didn't feel we were going anywhere and so did Greg. Todd didn't like Greg and that made Greg so mad! He met his idol, and he

12296-420: Was eventually convinced to come back aboard, and with Pete Finestone returning on drums and Greg Hetson on second guitar; Bad Religion was back. This lineup recorded the band's third album, Suffer , which was released in 1988. The album received positive reviews in the independent music press and was voted Best Album of the Year by publications such as Trust , Maximum Rocknroll and Flipside . During

12412-425: Was likely due to the divorce of his second wife Alia. On January 11, 2014, Bentley confirmed on "thebrpage.net" that Dimkich is a permanent member of the band. A few days later, Download Festival 's official website uploaded a photograph of the new lineup (without Brett Gurewitz). Later, in 2022, Hetson appeared on the podcast Fat Mike's Fat Mic stating he was let go due to his admitted addiction to painkillers and

12528-407: Was on November 11, 1980, at Joey Kills Bar in Burbank, California . Graffin has said that the name "Bad Religion" came about when the then- adolescent members of the band wanted to "piss people off." In 1981, the band released their initial eponymous six-song EP as a 7" record on the newly formed label, Epitaph Records , which was and continues to be managed and owned by Gurewitz. Also in 1981,

12644-541: Was owned by the Pasadena Presbyterian Church as a companion to its KPPC , a limited-hours AM radio station that had broadcast since 1924. In 1967, the Pasadena Presbyterian Church sold KPPC-AM-FM to Crosby-Avery Broadcasting for $ 310,000. The church had been attempting to sell the radio stations for a year; station manager Edgar Pierce said the church found commercial radio incompatible with

12760-445: Was released in June 2004. Like The Process of Belief , it was widely regarded by fans as a return to the faster punk-style songwriting that some felt was less prominent in the band's music during their time on Atlantic. In April 2004, the band also re-released digitally-remastered versions of all of their first six studio albums on Epitaph Records (except Into the Unknown ). The How Could Hell Be Any Worse? reissue, though reclaiming

12876-610: Was released on July 10, 2007. On June 29 of that year ( Greg Hetson 's 46th birthday), Epitaph Records started selling New Maps of Hell at the Warped Tour in Pomona, California. The album was a commercial success and spawned three hit singles: " Honest Goodbye ", "Heroes and Martyrs", and " New Dark Ages ". As a result, New Maps of Hell reached number 35 on the Billboard 200, marking Bad Religion's highest-ever chart position. The band joined

12992-529: Was replaced as guitarist by Brian Baker , a former member of the bands Minor Threat , Dag Nasty , and Junkyard ; Baker declined a spot with R.E.M. to join Bad Religion. With Gurewitz gone, Graffin became Bad Religion's primary songwriter (songwriting duties were originally split between the two). Bad Religion continued touring and recording without Brett Gurewitz, releasing three more albums for Atlantic, starting with The Gray Race (1996), produced by former Cars frontman Ric Ocasek . Despite never garnering

13108-414: Was sold to Universal Broadcasting, a religious broadcaster, and remained on the air with its limited-schedule of Wednesday evening and Sunday operation until subsequent owners took the station off the air permanently in 1996. The two stations (KROQ-AM/FM) were wildly successful initially with the new format, but poor money management plagued the enterprise. When concert promoter Ken Roberts booked Sly and

13224-566: Was such a great album — and we owe it to our fans to take it seriously as a great album — that to do another one is going to take a lot more work." Millport was eventually released on March 10, 2017. From July to September 2014, Bad Religion embarked on the Summer Nationals Tour with Pennywise ; their former labelmates the Offspring, The Vandals , Stiff Little Fingers , and Naked Raygun supported them on selected dates. On October 27, 2015, drummer Brooks Wackerman officially left

13340-578: Was the recipient of an Alternate Contraband Award for Major Market Radio Alternative Radio Station of the Year 2012. KROQ was inducted into the Rock Radio Hall of Fame in 2014. KROQ broadcasts a second HD Radio subchannel, with KROQ-HD2 airing The ROQ of the 80's , which features classic rock from the 1980s. In August 2018, Entercom announced it would re-launch the subchannel, adding former KROQ personalities Freddy Snakeskin and Tami Heide as DJs. In 2020, KROQ activated an HD3 subchannel, which aired

13456-479: Was to bring correct information regarding human sexuality and relationships to those 13 to 25 years of age. KROQ also began its own festivals Almost Acoustic Christmas and Weenie Roast , which had taken place every year since 1990 and 1993 respectively; due to the COVID-19 pandemic , there were no lineups for Almost Acoustic Christmas in 2020 and 2021, while there have been no editions of the Weenie Roast since 2019. In June 1990, Kevin and Bean secretly arranged for

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