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Posted by: admin | 04/07/2004 at 09:22
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This is stolen from the Epitaph website:
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Old punks never die. They just keep writing politically-charged, highly relevant music. And such is the case with Bad Religion. The elders of the punk struggles will drop their 13th studio record, The Empire Strikes First (no explanation necessary there) on June 8. The 14-track record was co-written by singer Greg Graffin and guitarist Brett Gurewitz and is the band?s first record since 2002. As is the norm for Bad Religion, much of the record is political in nature and most of it is aimed at President Bush and his decisions. Empire isn?t the only material Bad Religion is releasing this year, however. Today, they re-release remastered versions of 1982?s How Could Hell Be Any Worse, 1987?s Suffer, 1989?s No Control, 1990?s Against The Grain, and 1992?s Generator. Also hitting shelves today is Along The Way, a DVD retrospective of Bad Religion?s 1989 European tour. And, of course, the boys will be busy all summer with their Warped Tour plans. Whew! Being punk rock is hard work!
-Reported by Jeremy P. Goldstein and Epitaph.com
Thanks to Eevill and Trung Vu for this news!
Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Old punks never die. They just keep writing politically-charged, highly relevant music. And such is the case with Bad Religion. The elders of the punk struggles will drop their 13th studio record, The Empire Strikes First (no explanation necessary there) on June 8. The 14-track record was co-written by singer Greg Graffin and guitarist Brett Gurewitz and is the band?s first record since 2002. As is the norm for Bad Religion, much of the record is political in nature and most of it is aimed at President Bush and his decisions. Empire isn?t the only material Bad Religion is releasing this year, however. Today, they re-release remastered versions of 1982?s How Could Hell Be Any Worse, 1987?s Suffer, 1989?s No Control, 1990?s Against The Grain, and 1992?s Generator. Also hitting shelves today is Along The Way, a DVD retrospective of Bad Religion?s 1989 European tour. And, of course, the boys will be busy all summer with their Warped Tour plans. Whew! Being punk rock is hard work!
-Reported by Jeremy P. Goldstein and Epitaph.com
Thanks to Eevill and Trung Vu for this news!
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04/08/2004 at 02:54
The use of language in this blurb [sentence structures] is not good enough for professional music. However for those of you complaining about the political/social distinction, I think its a moot point. To clarify I would argue BR is definitely political but is not partisan.
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04/08/2004 at 00:31
This is silly...
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04/08/2004 at 00:22
who in the hell wrote that piece of garbage? somebody draw that fool into quarters for crying ou loud. I go against my better judgement responding to that clown at all.
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04/07/2004 at 21:10
Albaholic you beat me to hit. I think this description is terrible and doesn't encapsulate the new album at all.
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04/07/2004 at 20:49
I agree with you Albaholic. Looks like it may just be a poorly written promo. It's not a catastrophe, but nevertheless I don't like seeing these kinds of articles.
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04/07/2004 at 19:19
Someone from Epitaph wrote this?... where did they get the info? Graffin himself said several times that BR songs are social commentaries, not political ones. And as far as I've heard, only two songs are specifically about Bush and his decisions...
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04/07/2004 at 18:59
God bless Bad Religion!
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04/07/2004 at 18:12
They truly are the elders of the punk.
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04/07/2004 at 18:11
They truly are the eldrs of the punk.
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