I heard 21st century digital boy on the radio, went to the Rasputin near my house then had to make a decision. Get Against the Grain? Or the All Ages compilation. I got All Ages and it introduced me to not only the back catalog but the artwork inside with all the concert posters introduced me to many other bands. All Ages was my gateway into punk as a kid

The book Do What You Want was one of the best reads I had on one of my favorite bands. I would recommend it to any who is a fan of bad religion.

One of the best live bands I've ever seen, and that was at Rockfest back in 2016. They've aged with grace, and I look forward to this series

Thank you for this. Bad Religion is the most significant band of my 49 years on the planet. Again thank you.

Bad religion was one of the bands I knew of because of Tony Hawk soundtracks, growing up in the 90's. Loved all of it, and quickly became one of my favorites. But then, later, Sublime was introduced to my musical diet thru 40 oz. It took me forever to recognize "We're only gonna die" was a cover/reimagining ig. And I loved learning Epitaph's rise to being one of the predominant labels of the era. But now? I never knew that BR had a prog album? Of all things... Imma go listen to it now. Thank you oh Wise Jack for this enlightenment. I can't wait for the rest. Bad Religion is a group that will always stand the rest of time. 40 or more years, just like Rush. Thanks man ✌️

The Punk Historian coming back with a series on not only my favourite punk band, but one of my top 3 bands of all time is everything I didn't know I needed, but got.

Just what I like: a video on a music band without a single note of music.

Seen them a couple times now I was fortunate to be at the show in San Diego with social D

So happy to see my favorite channel posting again

Cannot wait for part 2 ❤️❤️❤️❤️

That first album was lightning in a bottle! Timeless. Couldn't get into much of their other work but How Could Hell Be Any Worse has been in regular rotation for me for 20+ years

0:39 that laid out backflip off the speaker to swan stage dive is... that guy needs to be signed by a record label or something. And oh yeah, BR is a lil bit aight too

My favorite band of all time, and forever grateful to my old friend, Nate, for introducing me to "Skyscraper" and the album 'Recipe for Hate' back at the turn of the century lol. Finally got my cross buster compass tattoo a few months ago ❤

what's up ! I love your videos, and since I'm from Argentina I wanted to tell you about one of my favorite bands from here,their name is fun people, it's really interesting since they were the first positive hardcore band in Argentina, because of their independent way of management and their messages!! sadly, they no longer play since the 2000s, but their latest members still remain in the singer's (nekro) solo project, which is called boom boom kid.

My favourite early BR songs are Doing time, Into the night, Frogger and Along the way

This is my favorite band of all time, besides the fact that i know everything you said about them, it is always good to see good content about Bad Religion's story. Saudações do Brasil! 🧡

Excited for Part 2... I discovered them when I bought The Process of Belief from Circuit City. That CD didn't leave my CD player in the car for months.

Very well done! Appreciate you taking the time and effort to break this into parts. Agree with the other recommendations for the 'Do What You Want' bio. It's an easy read and gives great perspective on the band and it's members. Thanks very much for making this!!

Perfect timing going to see them this Friday in San Antonio along with Social Distortion

Bad Religion was THE band that drowe me to punk. Before that I was listening to all sorts of music. And then, in the midst of Nirvana craze in the 90s', a school friend of mine recomended Bad Religion. I went to the store and bought Generator tape. I started listening to the songs, and I was like: "these lyrics sound like I wrote them, and the sound is much better than other punk bands". I was listening to Pink Floyd at the time 😊. Thank you Bad Religion for making a punk out of me ❤

bro! guess I'll see you in Cincinnati! also Bad Religion is my favorite *true* punk band, I'm so glad to see this

You should do a video on SNFU’s history.

I was always into the heavy metal and death metal.I've just been getting into Punk the last couple years but I absolutely love Recipe For Hate. I can listen to the whole thing on repeat continuously.

Killer job on this man. Been watching your stuff for a while now and your quality keeps improving. This had a lot of great information I had no idea about being a Bad Religion fan for years. Looking forward to your next installment. I hope this one blows up for you.

Thanks for this! Looking forward to the other videos.

This channel is sick. Your patreon members are the best in the world.

Its hard to convey the reaction people had to the logo t-shirts n '82. America was still by and large Christian so wearing this shirt was the equivalent of taking a crap on the alter. People were violently opposed. Kids used to get jumped which is why we used to go everywhere in a group at night. It could get very violent. Great video thank you.

I feel like this story is going to have at least 10 parts.

I was a freshman HS staying at my new friends house when I first heard the original ep. It'd just come out. Damn, that the Dickies white vinyl gigantor, and banana splits 10 inches and Code of Honor/ Sick pleasure we the weekends soundtrack. Oh, Id brought black market clash and a cassette of what would become walk among us. This was so fortunate as a farm boy from the boonies I was smart enough to get accepted to hs outside new hope pa. Which is weensville and Regressive aid territory. The think I loved about the bad religion was how rapid fire they were putting out material. It was so common back in the early 80's for bands to release 2 45's, an EP and a record or two in the same year. And it kept going until the early 90's. In the 50's an 60's band had muti record deals so no one blinked at the stones or Beatles hammering hit after hit out. The I remember digging on the RHCPs early stuff, reminded me of NY no wave approach but there were no singles and it took years for them to put out uplift after freaky. That became the norm. At least grunge bands kept the singles rolling. Bomber tried to get us on Epitaph in 91 when he did his Slang, RkL reactivate record. Brett was cool but too many Gilman street, bay area punk PC Nazis yelling at you to put your cigarette out while still in diapers. After 12 years of going to shows and rnr shows before these kids were even able to prax their Gilman PC boo hoo and celebrate themselves, the last thing I wanted was Tim from Rancid looking down his nose at me as I killed a 40 before playing with the Judy bloom, and NOFX. I was all over so many scenes but I'll give Epitaph credit and esp Brett. He had the balls to sign Thelonious monster when Jane's was still unsigned. To this day I still sing frogger often. It's important to stay true and hang in. Loved watching shows where no two bands were alike. Even at the IBeam and Screaming Trees opened for Rollins. Two bands that shouldn't even be in the same room. Esp lanagan and Rollins egos were about to peak. I look at 90's" punk" as bubblegum pop but at least it put coin in several bands that had been there early on and could now cash in. Jesus I need to focus.

Please inform us about it The Adicts. I would greatly appreciate some dense information about them

Another banger Mr Jack .. please do a retrospective on Avail Im sure u will nail it ..I'm a Richmond va boy .it would mean alot to me n my buds .. keep em coming mr jack

That Diesel Boy deck on the wall is fucking cool

You rock man. Don't ever stop.

This is awesome

I highly recommend a book Greg Graffin co authored with Steve Olsen called Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a world without God.

I'm constantly stopping, backing it up and pausing, so I can study the flyers and old pictures.

Saw them for the first time at the “electric factory” in Philly back in 94 or 95, 29:27 definitely shaped my teens. I bought as many tapes as I could after that. Good times, rough times. They were a sound track to skating and chasing women as a teen.

one of my favourite bands ever. I saw them in the Bobby Schreyer era. Bad Religion are a Ringo drummer band band with Keith Moons.

Very good history lesson. You’ve done your research. Subd

I'm seeing them on Friday so I'm really expecting pt. 2!

I DO NOT CARE, Into The Unknown is one of my favorite records. I'd love to hear what they'd re-record if they redid that album.

I just dug out stranger than fiction the other day it totaly holds up n i have great memories cruzin around jamin to it n my homies lincoln

This is my favorite band of all time.

The most important band to happen to punk is either The Clash or The Ramones..can't deny that BR was a game changer tho

Just got a suffer tattoo the day before th0is video dropped.

Nice video

Great video. Couldn't Agree more?

Great work as usual. How's Diesel Boy doing still playing shows?

Seeing them Saturday night

To me, Bad Religion really starts with Suffer. Before that, they were just a punk band among others, not among the best, and would be quite forgotten today...let's say this era is the foundation.

Wow

Bad Religion are a special band ❤

Ten points on the fooligan outro

You should do more videos on grindcore and things of the sort. Don’t know how much you actually like the music. But it’d be cool for sure

As a black bad religion fan this is a great video 🤟🏿🤟🏿🤟🏿🤟🏿

Bad religion changed everything for me.

Let’s gooooooo

Into the Unknown is an amazing album. Its punk prog.

That song at the end of the vid ,who is that ?I’ve heard that on an old comp, survival of the fattest maybe?

Inner circle punk bad for sure.

My first down thumb on this page... everything they play sounds exactly the same for 40 years

Have two Bad Religion Tats. Social Distortion, DK and the start of a Misfits Tat, yeah all my ink is punk

Do a gypsy/circus punk episode

Love bad religion

I have been a BR fan for the last 30 years (I'm 43 now) and I consider them to be my 2nd favorite band. BUT, dude, their 1st album..and the earlier recordings are absolutel awful. The seeds were there..but they still couldn't write or play and the production was atrocious. It just shows that skills continue to develop when the potential is there. Look at them now. You can't get any better. Getting Brian Baker was what really put them over the top, imo. They had the songwriting of Graffin and Brett, but the musicianship just wasn't there until Baker joined.

Recycling riffs since Brett left 😂😂.. jeesh... fanboi much

My favorite band. Stranger than fiction is my fave album, something about is magical.

Most important? that's nuts. Ramones, Misfits, Clash, Damned, Pistols, Bad Brains. Like maybe most important for the mainstream butt punk that killed the genre in the 90s. Some historian.

More and more I see rich spoiled kids (who were GONNA go to college anyway) just didn't like their alcoholic stepmoms and abusive stepdads...most of these kids didn't grow up poor at all. They have good heart but it's a bunch of spoiled brats venting That being said I'm a SouthBay S.T. and Throwdown/Beyond Repair fan...trust me I know what I'm saying

Bad Religion is cool but living in the inner cities of Los Angeles ; they’re no considered much of an inspiration.

I like their music but the preachy thing is just a show stopper. I don't need to be informed about hating God by a punk band.

oh and also it's ANYWAY not ANYWAYS....that's not a word....drives me insane....just come constructive criticism ;) don't get mad at me

Imagine if Bad Religon used the red slash though a Jewish Star or Muslim Crescent. They'd be labelled a "Hate Speech" band and be banned or arrested.

Bad religion is not even in the top 30 most important punk bands. Just because you like them doesn’t mean they are that important

The funny thing about that reissue of "How Could Hell Be Any Worse" is that it's also a reissue of the "80-85" comp from the early 90s.

If only they stuck to the formula and emotional aggressive style that makes How Could Hell Be Any Worse? such a phenomenal album, I wouldn't honestly feel that their first album is the only one I think is worth a fuck...