Category: | Article - Internet | Publish date: | 1/11/2011 |
Source: | dailybruin.com | With: | - |
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UCLA's greatest hits
by Michael Palumbo
dailybruin.com, January 11, 2011
Greg Graffin, singer for Bad Religion and life science professor at UCLA
In addition to forming the band Bad Religion, lead singer Greg Graffin, with the help of his
band members, formed the indie punk-hip hop label Epitaph, which helped the band launch its own albums, beginning with “How Could Hell Be Any Worse?” in 1982. After some members left and others joined, Bad Religion reemerged in 1987, the same year Graffin graduated from UCLA with a master’s degree in geology. Bad Religion gained wider success in the 1990s, and at one point, signed with a major label. In 2006, Graffin released a solo effort titled “Cold as the Clay.” In 2007, Graffin returned to UCLA, this time as a life science professor teaching evolution.