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79-528: [REDACTED] Look up br in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. BR , Br or br may refer to: In arts and entertainment [ edit ] Bad Religion , a Californian punk rock band Battle Royale , a video game genre Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting), a regional broadcasting service in Germany Black Rider (TV series) ,

158-557: A 2023 Filipino action TV series Blade Runner (franchise) Blade Runner , a 1982 film by Ridley Scott Blade Runner 2049 , its 2017 sequel, directed by Denis Villeneuve Bleacher Report (B/R), an online sports media network Bohemian Rhapsody , which refers to two things: the 1975 single , a song from Queen's 1975 album A Night at the Opera , or the film of the same name, released in 2018 Businesses and organizations [ edit ] Bangladesh Railway ,

237-514: 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

316-408: 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

395-599: 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,

474-481: 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

553-562: A defunct British airline whose IATA code was BR Red Brigades (Italian: Brigate Rosse ), an Italian militant leftist group Burma Railways , former railway in Myanmar Business Recorder , a Pakistani financial newspaper Banana Republic , American Clothing store Mathematics, science, and technology [ edit ] Bromine , symbol Br, a chemical element Newline element in: XHTML ( <br /> ) HTML ( <br> ) Polybutadiene ,

632-475: 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

711-642: 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 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

790-445: 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

869-523: A government owned rail transport authority Barry Railway , former railway in Wales Baskin-Robbins , chain of ice cream shops Botswana Railways , the national railway of Botswana British Rail , the main state-owned railway operator in Great Britain from 1948 until it was privatised from 1994 to 1997 EVA Air (IATA code BR), a Taiwanese international airline British Caledonian ,

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948-418: A group of eight postal districts in southeast London Barbados , WMO country code Baton Rouge, Louisiana Bison Range , Montana Brăila , Romania (vehicle plate code BR) Brazil (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and FIPS 104 code BR) .br , country code top-level domain for Brazil Province of Brindisi (ISO 3166-2 subdivision code BR) Brown County, Kansas (Kansas state county code BR, used on

1027-413: 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

1106-460: 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

1185-405: 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

1264-474: 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,

1343-527: 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

1422-735: 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

1501-404: A type of rubber Bus request , a control bus signal Brotli , a data format specification Bluetooth basic rate mode Bilirubin , a bile pigment that is a degradation product of heme BR, the abbreviation assigned to the herbarium of Meise Botanic Garden as the repository of herbarium specimens Adobe Bridge , an Adobe software Places [ edit ] BR postcode area ,

1580-576: Is bordered to the north by the Province of Bari , on the west by the Province of Taranto and to the south-east by the Province of Lecce . The northern, central and western parts are hilly with much woodland, with the Murgia hills of particular note, while to the north-west, bordering on the provinces of Taranto and Bari, it is lower-lying, with the Itria Valley (Valle d'Itria). The maximum height reached within

1659-555: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 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, 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

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1738-637: 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

1817-455: 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

1896-700: 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

1975-664: 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,

2054-609: 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

2133-530: 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

2212-625: The Geological Map of Italy, prepared by the Geological Survey of Italy , is composed of various types of land: in the central-southern area there is a predominance of dolomitic limestone (present generally in the inhabited zone from the plateau of the Murgia), small eluvial deposits, sand, clay, grey silted marshes (around Francavilla Fontana , Oria and San Donaci ), chalk and limestone, including firm bioclastic limestone and chalky sandstone. In

2291-545: 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,

2370-528: 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 ,

2449-520: The Natural Reserve of Torre Guaceto. Along the coast, in addition, there are numerous ponds and small freshwater lakes, fed by underground aquifers. In 1861, the province had a total population of 114,790 which grew steadily until 2001 when there were 402,422 inhabitants. It has been more or less static since 2002 when there were 401,534 inhabitants, rising to 403,163 in 2010 but falling again to 401,867 in 2011. In 2010, only 7,437 foreigners (1.8% of

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2528-498: 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

2607-406: 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

2686-400: 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

2765-481: 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

2844-462: The album's lead single "Chaos from Within" was premiered. Province of Brindisi The Province of Brindisi is situated in southeastern Italy, extending for 1,839 square kilometres (710 sq mi), the second smallest province in the region after the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani . It was established in 1927 from the ancient Terra d'Otranto . With the Adriatic Sea to the east, it

2923-459: 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

3002-567: The areas of livestock, agricultural support and mixed farming. From the beginning of the 1980s to the end of the 1990s the Port of Brindisi was the starting point for tourists who passed from Italy to Greece. Subsequently, the tourist demand became increasingly strong also in the rest of the province of Brindisi. Beaches include the Torre Guaceto and the Ostuni beaches. In addition to its beaches, Ostuni

3081-544: 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

3160-520: 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

3239-416: 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

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3318-508: 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 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

3397-521: 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

3476-460: 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

3555-435: 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 ,

3634-525: 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

3713-419: The best-selling punk rock acts of all time, having sold over five million albums worldwide. After gaining 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

3792-486: 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

3871-411: 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

3950-542: 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

4029-444: 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

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4108-571: 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

4187-402: 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

4266-617: The north-central part, particularly Bari and Mola, the limestone stems from the Late Cretaceous , and deposits of limestone and sandstone date back to the Pleistocene . There are no significant rivers, because of the karst terrain, but there are many springs that gush out producing little streams. As for waterways, the longest is the Canale Reale, which flows into the territory of Villa Castelli , bordering Francavilla Fontana , and flows into

4345-404: 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

4424-421: The province is 414 metres (1,358 ft) above sea level, near Selva di Fasano . The other peaks are slightly lower and are all located in the north-central area. The coastline in the province is 80.606 kilometres (50.086 mi) long, partly rocky, with many alternating stretches of sandy beaches, small harbours and bays. To the south it is essentially flat and widely used for crops. The province, according to

4503-490: 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

4582-517: 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

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4740-520: 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

4819-458: 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

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4898-861: The state's license plates) Other uses [ edit ] Bambatha Rifles , an infantry regiment of the South African Army B&;R or B+R, Bike and ride , bicycle parks with public transport connections Breton language (ISO 639-1 language code br) Brother (Christian) , abbreviated form of address Br. , abbreviated botanical authority for Robert Brown as Br., more commonly R.Br. See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "br"  or "b-r" on Misplaced Pages. Battle Royale (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with BR All pages with titles beginning with Br All pages with titles containing b-r All pages with titles containing br BRS (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

4977-544: 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

5056-524: The tertiary sector. A significant increase in tourism, due to a good infrastructure has been witnessed, as well as the growth of its artistic and culinary assets. In 2011, the principal sectors of activity in the province were commerce (30%), agriculture (27%) and construction (13%), together representing 70% of the economy. The number of enterprises rose to a peak of 38,435 in 2005 but thereafter fell to 37,304 in 2011. Of these, 8,453 were active in agriculture, mainly in crop production with small percentages in

5135-533: 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

5214-516: 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

5293-403: The total) resided in the province. There are 20 comuni ( sg. : comune ) in the province: Surrounded by vineyards , artichoke and olive groves, the city of Brindisi is a major sailing port for the southern part of Italy. In modern times, the province has experienced a process of change in its economic structure, with a progressive decrease in the weight of industry and growth of

5372-501: 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

5451-470: 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

5530-445: 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

5609-475: 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

5688-599: 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

5767-467: 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

5846-425: 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

5925-456: 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,

6004-445: 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

6083-610: 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

6162-529: 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

6241-566: 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

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