Primeira fase (1980-1985) O Bad Religion foi formado em Los Angeles, Califórnia, em 1980 pelos estudantes do ensino secundário Greg Graffin (vocal), Jay Bentley (baixo), Jay Ziskrout (bateria) e Brett Gurewitz (guitarra), este último também conhecido como "Mr. Brett". Suas maiores influências estão nas primeiras bandas de punk rock tais como Ramones, Black Flag e The Clash. Fora do movimento punk, suas influências também incluem Beach Boys, Elvis Costello, Todd Rundgren, The Jam e Nick Lowe, e autores como Jack Kerouac.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
G5F#5E5D5 A grizzly scene on my electron beam C5G5D5 Told a story about human rights G5F#5E5D5 So all of King's horses and all of King's men C5G5D5 Had a riot for two days and nights G5F#5E5D5 Well, the city exploded but the gates wouldn't open C5G5D5 So the company asked him to quit G5F#5E5D5 Now everybody's equal C5D5G5 just don't measure it
Well, Hanson did it to Hester And Mark David did it to John And maybe Jack did it to Marilyn But he did it to South Vietnam For beauty and glory For money, love, and country Now everybody's doing it Don't do that to me
A bitter debate and a feminine fate Lie in tandem like two precious babes While the former gets warmer, it's the latter that matters Except on the nation's airwaves And custodians of public opinion stayed back After vainly discussing her rights Lay hands off her body It's not your fucking life
Now I don't know what stopped Jesus Christ From turning every hungry stone into bread And I don't remember hearing how Moses reacted When the innocent first born sons lay dead Well, I guess God was a lot more demonstrative Back when he flamboyantly parted the sea Now everybody's praying Don't pray on me