"Closing in on its silver anniversary, Bad Religion has been around long enough to remember the first time North American punks got pissed at a Republican president"

"We've gone from having the sympathy of the world to having the world angry at us. With this record--from the artwork and the lyrics on down--we were looking to say, 'Look, we can't ignore that.' This band has been through three Republican presidents: Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr., and now Bush Jr. This period is by far the scariest, says Jay Bentley."

Read more in the article "Bad Religion's Pioneering Punks Finally Get Political" (publish date: 8-Jul-2004) at straight.com