Search - Bad Religion :: Punk Rock Songs

If you can't hear the quality, you're deaf.

Random Ness | South Florida, USA | 03/28/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"... I cannot see why any bad religion fan can discount the 'No Substance' album, unless they happen to be the type who thinks Bad Religion is the end-all-be-all and smell the resentment of this very behavior that permeates the album. Similarly, the No Substance tracks are attacked for this reason. The only problem I have with the album 'Punk Rock Songs' is the inclusion of Digital Boy, as after hearing the song some 40+ thousand times, and having way too many people tell me, "Bad Religion? Don't they do that 'digital boy' song?" Yeah, really, that's enough to make anyone sick of a song. To continue my point from above, Gray Race, an album attacking a homogenization of the human race, bothers some people with it's harsh interpretation of a possibly bleak future. New America, while it may not have been the strongest of Bad Religion albums, is still a great album, though it did tarnish slightly in the light of No Substance before it, at least for those who understand what the album is really saying... While Brett Gurewitz is a great musician, his songs tend to have a more poppy, superficial feel (see Digital Boy, Stranger than Fiction, Walk Away, Atomic Garden, to name a few) against Graffin's more emotional, sometimes deeper songs, i.e. A Walk, Infected, Cease, and The Answer. If you want to contrast the two writing styles once and for all, listen to I want to conquer the world, versus Fsck Armageddon... This is Hell. Two very similar songs with two very different writing styles. I'm not saying that Mr. Brett's style is any worse than Greg's, but there are differences that divide the populous of Bad Religion fans into three distinct groups.The hardcore old-school pro-graffins*, the new-school just-found-bad-religion pro-gurewitz's, and the ones that straddle the line. * - This isn't to say that all of the older bad religion fans prefer graffin over gurewitz, and vice versa, but this is my personal experience, and there are many exceptions."

Should be a domestic release

Ripcord83 | Fremont, CA USA | 03/13/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Well I have every Bad Relegion cd and i have to say this is a must have. I bought All Ages because it has tons of great songs from back when and its kind of a "greatest hits" cd,but i would have to say this is way better, and it should have been a major release not just an import. All the songs on this ablbum are great and the live songs sound amazing.If your a big BR fan pick this up, a little pricy but worth it! This album is also good for new fans aswell.oh, also check out The Process of belief."