Bad Religion discography

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The discography for the American punk rock band Bad Religion.

Contents 1 Albums 1.1 Studio albums 1.2 EPs 1.3 Compilations & live albums 1.4 VHS/DVDs 2 Singles

[edit] Albums

[edit] Studio albums

Album Cover	Year	Title	Label	Format	Other information
	1982	How Could Hell Be Any Worse?	Epitaph	LP	Debut album. Re-released in 1991 on the now out of print 80-85 compilation, along with their EPs Bad Religion, Back to the Known and Public Service. It was re-released again in 2004 as How Could Hell Be Any Worse? with the same track listing as 80-85. The original version of the album is currently out of print. Guitarist Greg Hetson did a guitar solo on "Part III". He was actually not yet a member of the band at this time.
	1983	Into the Unknown	Epitaph	LP	Long out of print and has never been released on CD. For this album, the band changed their style to keyboard-driven progressive rock.
	1988	Suffer	Epitaph	CD/LP	The band's first reunion album, featuring the return of How Could Hell Be Any Worse? line-up with an addition of their second guitarist Greg Hetson. This album is considered one of the band's best known works in the history of punk music.
	1989	No Control	Epitaph	CD/LP	This is another album that is considered one of the band's best known works.
	1990	Against the Grain	Epitaph	CD/LP	Final recording with the "classic" line-up.
	1992	Generator	Epitaph	CD/LP	First recording with drummer Pete Finestone's replacement Bobby Schayer.
	1993	Recipe for Hate	Epitaph/Atlantic	CD/LP	The original release of this album was on Epitaph and it was later re-released on Atlantic.
	1994	Stranger Than Fiction	Atlantic	CD/LP	Last recording with original guitarist Brett Gurewitz This is the only Bad Religion album that was certified gold by the RIAA.
	1996	The Gray Race	Atlantic	CD/LP	First recording with Gurewitz's replacement Brian Baker.
	1998	No Substance	Atlantic	CD/LP
	2000	The New America	Atlantic	CD/LP	Final recording with drummer Bobby Schayer.
	2002	The Process of Belief	Epitaph	CD/LP	This album marked the return of original guitarist Brett Gurewitz and it is also the band's first recording with Schayer's replacement Brooks Wackerman.
	2004	The Empire Strikes First	Epitaph	CD/LP
	2007	New Maps of Hell	Epitaph	CD/LP

[edit] EPs

Album Cover	Year	Title	Label	Format	Other information
	1981	Bad Religion	Epitaph	7"	Out of print. First Bad Religion release. Re-released in 1991 on the now out of print 80-85 compilation, along with How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, Back to the Known and Public Service.
	1981	Public Service	Puke & Vomit	LP	Contains alternate versions of the "Bad Religion", "Slaves" and "Drastic Actions" from their first EP. The songs would appear on their now out of print compilation album 80-85.
	1984	Back to the Known	Epitaph	7"	Out of print. First recording with guitarist Greg Hetson. On this EP, the band returns to their regular style. Re-released in 1991 on the now out of print 80-85 compilation, along with How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, Bad Religion and Public Service.

[edit] Compilations & live albums

Album Cover	Year	Title	Label	Format	Other information
	1991	80-85	Epitaph	CD	Out of print. Re-release of their debut album, How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, the two EPs, Bad Religion and Back to the Known, and the band's three track contributions to the Public Service compliation EP, in CD format. Their second album, Into the Unknown, is not part of this compilation.
	1995	All Ages	Epitaph	CD	Compilation album. Contains songs from only their albums — on Epitaph — up to Generator.
	1997	Tested	Epic	CD	Live album. Recorded live in 1996 during The Gray Race tour.
	2002	Punk Rock Songs	Epic	CD	Compilation album. Released only in Europe. Contains only the material from the albums between Stranger Than Ficiton and The New America.

[edit] VHS/DVDs

Album Cover	Year	Title	Label	Format	Other information
	1992	Along the Way	Epitaph	VHS/DVD	Recorded live in Europe in 1989 during the Suffer tour.
	2006	Live at the Palladium	Epitaph	DVD	Recorded live two nights at the Palladium in Hollywood, California,

[edit] Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions				Album
		US Hot 100	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock	UK
1992	"Atomic Garden"	-	-	-	-	Generator
1993	"American Jesus"	-	-	-	-	Recipe for Hate
1993	"Struck a Nerve"	-	-	-	-	Recipe for Hate
1994	"21st Century (Digital Boy)"	-	11	-	41	Stranger Than Fiction
1994	"Infected"	-	27	33	-	Stranger Than Fiction
1994	"Stranger Than Fiction"	-	28	-	-	Stranger Than Fiction
1995	"Incomplete"	-	-	-	-	Stranger Than Fiction
1996	"A Walk"	-	34	38	-	The Gray Race
1996	"Punk Rock Song"	-	-	-	-	The Gray Race
1997	"Dream of Unity"	-	-	-	-	Tested
1998	"Raise Your Voice"	-	-	-	-	No Substance
1998	"Shades of Truth"	-	-	-	-	No Substance
2000	"The New America"	-	-	-	-	The New America
2002	"Broken"	-	-	-	-	The Process of Belief
2002	"Sorrow"	-	35	-	-	The Process of Belief
2002	"The Defense"	-	-	-	-	The Process of Belief
2004	"Los Angeles is Burning"	-	40	-	-	The Empire Strikes First
2004	"The Empire Strikes First"	-	-	-	-	The Empire Strikes First

Bad Religion
Greg Graffin | Brett Gurewitz | Greg Hetson | Brian Baker | Jay Bentley | Brooks Wackerman
Past members: Paul Dedona | Tim Gallegos | Jay Ziskrout | Davy Goldman | John Albert | Lucky Lehrer | Pete Finestone | Bobby Schayer
Discography
Full-lengths: How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (1982) | Into the Unknown (1983) | Suffer (1988) | No Control (1989) | Against the Grain (1990) | Generator (1992) | Recipe for Hate (1993) | Stranger Than Fiction (1994) | The Gray Race (1996) | No Substance (1998) | The New America (2000) | The Process of Belief (2002) | The Empire Strikes First (2004) | New Maps of Hell (2007)
EPs: Bad Religion (1981) | Public Service (1981) | Back to the Known (1984)
Live and compilation albums: 80-85 (1991) | All Ages (1995) | Tested (1997) | Punk Rock Songs (2002)
Videos and DVDs: Along the Way (1992) | Live at the Palladium (2006)
Concert Tours
Early Shows (1980-85) | Suffer Tour (1988-89) | No Control Tour (1989-90) | Against the Grain Tour (1990-91) | Generator Tour (1992) | Recipe for Hate Tour (1993-94) | Stranger Than Fiction Tour (1994-95) | The Gray Race Tour (1996-97) | No Substance Tour (1998-99) | The New America Tour (2000-01) | The Process of Belief Tour (2002-03) | The Empire Strikes First Tour (2004-06)
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