USA Today review of Empire

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Posted by: admin | 08/03/2004 at 04:43 | 913 views

Bad Religion, The Empire Strikes First (3 stars) In its 24th year, the veteran California punk band hasn't lost its venom, its muscle or its backbone. Empire opens with Overture, a menacing instrumental that sets the stage for a wave of vitriolic assaults. Many of these forceful anthems would dovetail nicely with vignettes in Fahrenheit 9/11, and none of them will be on the sound system at the Republican convention. Singer Greg Graffin unleashes outrage and indignation as he rails against the Bush administration in Let Them Eat War and other teeth-gnashing, guitar-grinding tunes on this seething manifesto. Urgent and timely, Empire also addresses environmental misuse (Los Angeles Is Burning), predatory priests (Sinister Rouge) and science/religion tensions (Atheist Peace), rendering the whines of skateboarder punks feeble and self-involved. The band doesn't leave melody and hooks out of the equation, making Empire one of the year's meatiest punk efforts. ?Gundersen

Posted 8/2/2004 8:47 PM at usatoday.com

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Fergal Guest Location: Ireland	Quote Hes also said its about the media in several interviews. Who knows? 08/05/2004 at 18:45 Hes also said its about the media in several interviews. Who knows?
yup Guest Location: United States	Quote LA is burning is about Brett's experience during the fires in california and how he saw the rest of the world reacting. It's pretty obvious..and he's only said it himself a few times. 08/04/2004 at 23:15 LA is burning is about Brett's experience during the fires in california and how he saw the rest of the world reacting. It's pretty obvious..and he's only said it himself a few times.
Seth Guest Location: United States	Quote I don't think anyone has any clue what LA is Burning is actually about lol 08/04/2004 at 22:11 I don't think anyone has any clue what LA is Burning is actually about lol
Ed Guest Location: United Kingdom	Quote Yeah lets hope people read it, and check TESF out. It deserves to be #1 in the charts! 08/03/2004 at 22:55 Yeah lets hope people read it, and check TESF out. It deserves to be #1 in the charts!
monkey Guest Location: United Kingdom	Quote from the video, i got the impression that LA is Burning was about God raining down fire on LA for everyone being sinners, like he did with the 10 plagues of Israel. 08/03/2004 at 17:46 from the video, i got the impression that LA is Burning was about God raining down fire on LA for everyone being sinners, like he did with the 10 plagues of Israel.
Fergal Guest Location: Ireland	Quote LA Is Burning is about the media, but pretty good otherwise. 08/03/2004 at 17:07 LA Is Burning is about the media, but pretty good otherwise.
Scott from Hell Guest Location: Global Citizen	Quote Right on USA today. 08/03/2004 at 05:35 Right on USA today.