Bad Religion - “30 Years Live”
June 7th 2010 07:12
At a time when punk was viewed as degenerate youth causing mayhem and destroying the moral fabric of society, a band popped up in the genre that helped revolutionalise the scene. Bad Religion took that raw energy and channeled it to evoke social commentary, change and awareness of the world around us. Heavy in political themes, high in intelligence and some of the best hooks and harmonies ever performed, Bad Religion are this year celebrating 30 years of making music.
“30 Years Live” sees the band capture their career in the space of 45 minutes. Impossible, you may say, and if given the chance you could pack three hours of Bad religion classics and still scratch the surface. What the band have done here is offer this up as a free subscription download through www.badreligion.com . A treat for the fans who have supported them through three decades. Focusing on tracks from the last few releases, the band still deliver gems like ‘Fuck Armageddon...This is Hell’, ‘Suffer’, ‘Flat Earth Society’ and ‘American Jesus’.
Recording as a six piece, playing live as a five piece, the newer tracks still have the Bad Religion trademark sound all over them. Melodic punk rock with a message and a purpose. Greg Graffin will continue to increase your vocabulary with words you’ve never used and the guitars are still tight and precise as they’ve always been. While the bands best work comes from the albums released in the ’90’s,(“Against The Grain”,”Generator”,”Recipe For Hate”,”Stranger Than Fiction” ) tracks like ‘New Maps From Hell’ and ‘Social Suicide’ stand alongside the classics.
Bad Religion have achieved something only a handful of groups in music today can say they have achieved. A 30 year career without commercial success, they are not a cliche or a laughing stock. They don’t rest on their glory days but continue to release relevant albums on a consistent basis and this year will see their 15th studio album drop. Bad Religion are icons. The Sex Pistols may of brought punk to the world. Joe Strummer will always be the grandfather but Bad Religion are the yardstick that every band past, present and future will measure themselves against in terms of songwriting, music, success and longevity. “30 Years Live” is just the flag upon the mountain that is Bad Religion.
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A little reminder of the competition to score a double pass to Katie Noonan's show at the Metro in June. If you're in Sydney and want to head along go to my interview with Katie (last post) and leave your details in the comments section. C'mon kiddies, free tickets....you know you want to!!!!
“30 Years Live” sees the band capture their career in the space of 45 minutes. Impossible, you may say, and if given the chance you could pack three hours of Bad religion classics and still scratch the surface. What the band have done here is offer this up as a free subscription download through www.badreligion.com . A treat for the fans who have supported them through three decades. Focusing on tracks from the last few releases, the band still deliver gems like ‘Fuck Armageddon...This is Hell’, ‘Suffer’, ‘Flat Earth Society’ and ‘American Jesus’.
Recording as a six piece, playing live as a five piece, the newer tracks still have the Bad Religion trademark sound all over them. Melodic punk rock with a message and a purpose. Greg Graffin will continue to increase your vocabulary with words you’ve never used and the guitars are still tight and precise as they’ve always been. While the bands best work comes from the albums released in the ’90’s,(“Against The Grain”,”Generator”,”Recipe For Hate”,”Stranger Than Fiction” ) tracks like ‘New Maps From Hell’ and ‘Social Suicide’ stand alongside the classics.
Bad Religion have achieved something only a handful of groups in music today can say they have achieved. A 30 year career without commercial success, they are not a cliche or a laughing stock. They don’t rest on their glory days but continue to release relevant albums on a consistent basis and this year will see their 15th studio album drop. Bad Religion are icons. The Sex Pistols may of brought punk to the world. Joe Strummer will always be the grandfather but Bad Religion are the yardstick that every band past, present and future will measure themselves against in terms of songwriting, music, success and longevity. “30 Years Live” is just the flag upon the mountain that is Bad Religion.
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A little reminder of the competition to score a double pass to Katie Noonan's show at the Metro in June. If you're in Sydney and want to head along go to my interview with Katie (last post) and leave your details in the comments section. C'mon kiddies, free tickets....you know you want to!!!!
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