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discography Discography is the study and cataloging of published sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified music genres. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry ...

Bad Religion Bad Religion is an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980. The band's lyrics cover topics related to religion, politics, society, the media and science. Musically, they are noted for their melodic sensibilities and ...

, an American

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band, consists of 17

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

s, two

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th centur ...

s, four

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s, one

box set A boxed set or (its US name) box set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box, hence 'boxed', and offered for sale as a single unit. Music Artists ...

, two

extended play An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...

s (EPs), 29 singles, five

video album A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

s and 25

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s. Formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980, the band originally featured vocalist

Greg Graffin Gregory Walter Graffin (born November 6, 1964) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist and only constant member of the punk band Bad Religion, which he co-founded in 1980. He has also released three solo albums. Graffin obtained his PhD ...

, guitarist

Brett Gurewitz Brett W. Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962), nicknamed Mr. Brett, is an American musician and record producer, best known as the co-founder and guitarist of the Punk rock, punk band Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the music label Epitaph Records ...

, bassist

Jay Bentley Jayson Dee Bentley (born June 6, 1964) is the bassist and co-founding member of the punk rock group Bad Religion. He has played with the band through its whole existence with a small break between 1983 and 1985. Along with vocalist Greg Graffin, ...

and drummer Jay Ziskrout, who released their self-titled debut EP in February 1981 on Gurewitz's label

Epitaph Records Epitaph Records is an American independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. A large portion of the record label, known as Hellcat Records, is owned by Tim Armstrong, frontman of the punk rock band Rancid. Several ...

Pete Finestone Bad Religion is an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980. The band's lyrics cover topics related to religion, politics, society, the media and science. Musically, they are noted for their melodic sensibilities and ...

replaced Ziskrout before the release of the band's full-length debut album, ''

How Could Hell Be Any Worse? ''How Could Hell Be Any Worse?'' is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on January 19, 1982, by Epitaph Records. Released almost a year after their self-titled EP, it was financed from the sales of the self t ...

'', in 1982. The following year's '' Into the Unknown'' featured bassist Paul Dedona and drummer Davy Goldman, before Bentley and Finestone returned to the band and

Greg Hetson Greg Hetson (born June 29, 1961) is an American musician. He is best known as the guitarist for the influential punk rock bands Circle Jerks and Bad Religion. He is known for his high energy stage antics which people have coined the term "The He ...

joined as second guitarist. After a brief hiatus, Bad Religion returned with three albums in three years – '' Suffer'' in 1988, '' No Control'' in 1989 and '' Against the Grain'' in 1990 – before Finestone left again and was replaced by

Bobby Schayer Bobby Schayer (born December 23, 1966, in Los Angeles, California) is an American drummer. He was a member of Bad Religion from 1991 to 2001. Schayer is from Encino, a suburb in the San Fernando Valley. He started drumming in 1976 at the age of ...

. 1992's '' Generator'' charted in the top 50 in Germany, while its 1993 follow-up, ''

Recipe for Hate ''Recipe for Hate'' is the seventh studio album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on June 4, 1993. It was their last album on Epitaph Records for nine years (until 2002's '' The Process of Belief'') and the band had switched to At ...

'', reached the top 40. After signing with major label

Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...

, Bad Religion released its final album with Gurewitz before his departure, '' Stranger than Fiction''. The album was the band's first commercial success, reaching number 87 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and receiving gold certifications from the

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(RIAA) and

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. Three singles from the album reached the ''Billboard''

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(then the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart) top 40. After adding Brian Baker as Gurewitz's replacement, the band released three more albums on Atlantic – '' The Gray Race'' (1996), '' No Substance'' (1998) and '' The New America'' (2000) – all of which reached the ''Billboard'' 200 top 100. Gurewitz returned and

Brooks Wackerman Brooks Wackerman (born February 15, 1977) is an American musician. He is the current drummer of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, which he joined in 2015. His first album with Avenged Sevenfold was ''The Stage'' (2016). He was previously th ...

replaced Schayer in 2001, with this lineup's first album, '' The Process of Belief'' (2002), being the band's first to reach the US top 50. '' The Empire Strikes First'' (2004) reached the top 40, while the single " Los Angeles Is Burning" reached number 40 on the Alternative Songs chart and number three on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart. UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart peak positions for Bad Religion singles: *"21 Century (Digital Boy)": *"Broken": *"Los Angeles Is Burning": '' New Maps of Hell'' (2007) and '' The Dissent of Man'' (2010) both reached number 35, while ''

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'' (2013) peaked at number 19. Also in 2013, the band released an EP of

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titled ''

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'' that reached number 101 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Bad Religion did not release another full-length studio album, '' Age of Unreason'', until 2019.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Box sets

Extended plays

Singles

Videos

Video albums

Music videos

References

External links

Bad Religion official website
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