Los Angeles Is Burning

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“Los Angeles Is Burning”
Single by Bad Religion from the album The Empire Strikes First
Released	2004
Format	CD
Genre	Punk rock
Length	3:23
Label	Epitaph Records
Writer(s)	Brett Gurewitz
Producer	Brett Gurewitz Greg Graffin
Bad Religion singles chronology
"The Defense" "Los Angeles Is Burning" "The Empire Strikes First"

"Los Angeles Is Burning" is the first single by punk band Bad Religion from their 2004 album The Empire Strikes First.

The lyrics in the bridge after the second chorus read:

More a question than a curse
How could hell be any worse?

How Could Hell Be Any Worse? is also the name of their first album released in 1982.

According to Jay Bentley, the lyrics argue that the media is sensationalistic. The music video features men with cameras replacing their heads firing flame into the animated landscape of Los Angeles. It was written at a time when there was a major fire nearby, but Bentley makes clear that the song was using the fire as a metaphor.

Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers contributed to the guitar on this track.