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Song writing and Brett's official return
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Since the New America tours, that ended in March of 2001, went on for so long, Bad Religion began writing their new album even before the New America campaign had ended.
During this tour, they began to think about what kind of an album they wanted to make next. They were in a bit of limbo so ... Read more
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Recording and production
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Recording started in June, 2001. The band hadn't had such high anticipation for making a record in many, many years. It is produced by Brett and Greg, and mixed mostly by Brett, with some songs done by Jerry Finn.
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Album title
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Greg Graffin: "The last year has been a great period of growth, and a great period of songwriting, an exercise of Bad Religion's human nature! That is why we decided to call the new album 'The Process of Belief'". It comes from the song 'Materialist: "The process of belief is an elix... Read more
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Release
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The Process Of Belief was originally planned to be in stores the third week of October, 2001, but in the end it wasn't until January 22, 2002 before it was actually released in Europe/Worldwide and the next day in the US. The Australian and New Zealand version, distributed by Shock Record... Read more
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Reception
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Brett called it "the ultimate Bad Religion album." At the time of its release, Greg's favorite Brett song was The Defense, and Brett's favorite Greg song was Epiphany.
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Extra effects
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Brett: "There is no keyboard on Supersonic, just some fuzz guitars. The sound in Sorrow is a sample of an explosion. There is no scratching in The Defense but rather some nifty noises generated by an analog filter bank. You can also hear some sitar in the intro of The Defense. Those interested... Read more
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Who We Are
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Brett: "Who We Are is an out-take from TPOB. In a last minute decision I decided (with the group's consent) to leave it off the album because I wasn't satisfied with the mix and couldn't get it quite right no matter how hard I tried. I hope it will be released in the future, either after a rem... Read more
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Artwork
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The background color of the cover is half black and half white, with religion on the one side and science on the other. It shows the duality of the rational-materialistic and the spiritual-religious.
The artwork was done by Mackie Osborne.
Brett: "Besides 'The Process of Belief' being a... Read more
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_bottom.jpg "The Process of Belief skate deck (Red Top) - Skate deck, bottom (1107x345)")
