Here's another interview with Jay Bentley from Lollipop.com

Bad Religion
The Empire Strikes First (Epitaph)

An interview with bassist/backup vocalist Jay Bentley
By Tim Den

Seems like, ever since Brett (Gurewitz, guitarist/backup vocalist) rejoined, you've been avoiding playing material that he wasn't involved with.
I like The Gray Race a lot, but I know some of the songs are hard for Greg (Graffin) to sing. They're in a very high register. As for No Substance and The New America, we feel that the songs are okay - they certainly weren't our strongest records - and if we're going to have an hour and 25 minutes to present ourselves, we should choose songs that are more interesting....

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