Multiple websites have picked up on this already; so who are we to not also spend some time to reflect on Into The Unknown's 30th birthday? In true BR-nerd-style, of course...
We as The BR Page were never really sure when Into The Unknown was exactly released and even Bad Religion's own website just mentions January 1st 1983. However, a few days ago La Weekly posted this blog because ITU was supposedly released in November of that year... with the always "trustworthy" Wikipedia most likely being source of this info.
There are a couple of reasons why this doesn't really add up, though. First of all there's the "Now Available" ad in Maximum Rocknroll Issue #8 (September 1983).
Either this was just an early ad or perhaps ITU was actually released in September or a bit earlier even? This would also match the review that appeared in the following issue (#9 - October/November 1983).
And secondly, there are the flyers from that period for a show at the VEX on August 13, 1983.
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As it wasn't uncommon at that time for bands to create their own flyers for shows, I wouldn't be surprised if these flyers were also made by someone in the band. I don't remember the exact source of this info, but I recall someone telling me once that the left one is a Graffin-original.
Into The Unknown in a nutshell: you either love it or you hate it. Personally, I love blasting this album from my car speakers at a questionable volume. But what's your opinion?
Fun fact: they already started playing ITU songs as early as March 1983. There's an awesome bootleg out there of the 3/31/1983 Skylite show that contains 3 'new' songs. This bootleg is also known as All Our Yesterdays.
It's Only Over When... @Skylite Club 3/31/1983
...You Give Up (and Latch Key Kids) @Skylite Club 3/31/1983
The Dichotomy @Skylite Club 3/31/1983
And last but not least, don't forget this version of Billy Gnosis from the 80's era show in October 2010.
Billy Gnosis @Irving Plaza 10/20/2010
Tags: into the unknown
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12/11/2013 at 09:39
I love the album, and the live versions actually sound better, to be honest. I'd love a re-record of their first two albums...
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12/09/2013 at 01:49
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12/07/2013 at 11:20
They need to re-record and re-release this, and now they can use one of their many guitar players to take the place of the synth. Modern day ITU would be the shiz.
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12/06/2013 at 05:01
The one time i listened to the whole ITU album i realized that for the first time in my life i was actually jealous of deaf people.
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12/02/2013 at 20:34
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12/01/2013 at 16:40
nerds
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12/01/2013 at 04:07
Into the unknown + fuck Armageddon, part 3, in the night and we're only gonna die would have been the perfect debut album
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12/01/2013 at 02:04
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11/30/2013 at 19:50
Into the unknown is not bad it does not sound like bad religion other than that it's a good pop-rock album and i love it x)
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11/30/2013 at 14:04
Terrible. It is fuckin' godawful.
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11/29/2013 at 23:02
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11/29/2013 at 21:46
Cool to hear the earlier live recordings, I didn't realize those existed! Also, I feel incredibly privileged to have been at that NYC show to hear Billy Gnosis live in 2010. It was worth the 10 hour round trip drive on a work night to attend that show. I didn't sleep at all before work the next day. I'm getting too old for that shit, but I didn't regret it at all.
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11/29/2013 at 13:06
Love it much more than some of their later albums.
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11/28/2013 at 17:51
always love this album until 95 the first time i ear it
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11/28/2013 at 17:19
I've tried to listen to Billy Gnosis live 2010 and now my ears bleed.
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11/28/2013 at 12:00
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11/28/2013 at 11:18
I've never listened to the album.. but then again the only br album I own has that song infected on it
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11/28/2013 at 08:42
LOVE IT!
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11/28/2013 at 02:40
love it
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11/28/2013 at 00:19
Good album. What (more) can I say?...
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11/27/2013 at 20:33
Oooooh. That's why happen
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11/27/2013 at 20:22
Link 1:http://tinyurl.com/pn37tys Link 2: http://tinyurl.com/mgh39zv |
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11/27/2013 at 19:55
I don't understand why frad link happen
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11/27/2013 at 19:54
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11/27/2013 at 19:43
Slid hanging around gravel too much
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11/27/2013 at 16:46
Probably the BR album Ive played most times in my car.
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11/27/2013 at 16:08
My stereo rejects it
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