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!
Chords used: B - x24442 F#/Bb - x143xx G#m - 466444 F# - 244322 E - 022100 B/Eb - x698xx C#m - x46654 Ebm - x68876 A - x02220
Intro: B-F#/Bb-G#m-F#-E-B/Eb-E-F#- x4
Verse 1: B a febrile shocking A violent smack and G#m the children are F# hoping for a heart attack tonight the B windows are watching Ebm the streets all conspire and the E lamppost can't stop F# crying if I could B fly high above the A world would I see G#m a bunch of living dots spell the world F# stupidity? or would B I see hungry lover Ebm homicides loving brother suicides E and olly olly oxenfrees F# who pickaside and hide
Refrain: EF#G#m the world is scratching at EF#G#m my door my morning papers got EEbm the scores the human C#mC#m interest stories and F# the obituary oh yeah
Chorus 1: BF#/Bb Cockroach naps and G#mF#B rattling traps how F#/BbG#mF# many devils can you EB/EbEF# fit upon a match head? BA caringosity killed G#mF# the Kerouac cat EF# sometimes truth is EF#BF# stranger than fiction
Verse 2: B in my alley around the A corner there's a wino with feathered shoulders G#m and a spirit giving head for crack and F# he'll never want it B back there's a little kid and his family Ebm eating crackers like thanksgiving and a E pack of wild desperados F# scornful of living
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2: BA cradle for a cat G#mF# Wolfe looks back BF#/BbG#mF# how many angels can EB/EbEF# you fit upon a match? BA I want to know why G#mF# Hemingway cracked EF# sometimes truth is EF#BF# stranger than fiction
Bridge: G#mF# life is the crummiest E book I ever read Ebm there isn't a hook C#m just a lot of cheap B shots pictures to E shock and characters A an amateur would F# never dream up