Artist: Bad Religion

I went on Saturday to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival & it was fantastic, but Sunday was the day that I will remember for all my days. My sister & I arrived early in the morning to make sure we had a good seat at the stage where the Avett Brothers would play later that evening. They were the ones we wished to see most of all, but we were eager to see everything that the festival had to offer. When the Felice Brothers came on, expectations were low. I'd heard of the band from New York in [...]

The Weakerthans has posted his contribution to Germs of Perfection: A Tribute to Bad Religion , a digital compilation in honor of the influential band's 30th anniversary. The band recorded a cover of "Sanity," originally found on Bad Religion's 1989 full-length No Control . The compilation, curated by MySpace Music and SPIN, will be available for free download on October 19. Check it out at The Weakerthans' MySpace page .

Today's Bad Religion tribute track comes from William Elliott Whitmore , who recorded his rendition of "Don't Pray on Me" for Germs of Perfection , the Bad Religion tribute curated by MySpace Music and SPIN Magazine that will be released for free download on October 19. The song originally appeared on BR's 1993 major label debut, Recipe For Hate .

Believe it or not, folks still buy CDs. I know... I'm shocked too. But the weekly Soundscan numbers released by Neilsen actually do include digital downloads too. I know what you're thinking... people still pay for music? I s'pose so. Here are the most recent week's charting hard rock and metal releases, with my own [...]

While for many Bad Religion was their gateway into punk rock, I personally never really got into the band. Sure, they were legendary, influential, blah blah blah... but I just never cared enough to really listen to them, up until about a year ago. And for some reason lately, I've really been on a Bad Religion kick.All Ages was a compilation album that Bad Religion released back in 1995,

While for many Bad Religion was their gateway into punk rock, I personally never really got into the band. Sure, they were legendary, influential, blah blah blah... but I just never cared enough to really listen to them, up until about a year ago. And for some reason lately, I've really been on a Bad Religion kick.All Ages was a compilation album that Bad Religion released back in 1995,

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Spin has posted Ted Leo 's cover of the Bad Religion song "Against The Grain". You can listen to the track here . Spin Magazine is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Bad Religion by releasing a free compilation entitled Germs of Perfection: A Tribute to Bad Religion . Other artists that will appear on the compilation include Tegan and Sara,Polar Bear Club and Frank Turner. The tribute compilation will be available for free download exclusively via Spin.com starting October 19th. Ted Leo recently announced the reunion of Citizens Arrest. Find out more about the [...]

Ted Leo has posted his contribution to Germs of Perfection: A Tribute to Bad Religion . Leo has recorded a somber version of the title track from Bad Religion 's 1990 album Against the Grain . The entire covers album will be released for a free download on October 19, 2010 .

[caption id="attachment_14039" align="alignnone" width="445" caption="Riot Fest Founder Mike Petryshyn"] [/caption] A collection of pioneers and up-and-coming bands from across the country and spanning an array of different branches of punk music will come together this week for the sixth year of Chicago's prominent Riot Fest. It all started in 2005 with a two-day festival of mostly local bands along with some well-known headliners at the Congress Theater. "It happened all accidentally," said Mike 'Riot' Petryshyn, one of the founders of Riot Fest. "I was doing the daily grind as an editor at a [...]

In more ways than one, the release of The Dissent of Man represents an enormous milestone for veteran Southern California punk rockers Bad Religion . Unveiled in the year of the band's 30th anniversary, this new record is not only Bad Religion's fifteenth, but also marks the first time four consecutive albums have been produced by the same steady lineup. Given the nature of punk, in which fervour and energy are favoured above all else, Bad Religion have for some years sounded out to prove that after all this time they "still have it", that stability plus [...]

This year sees the thirtieth anniversary of veteran US punks Bad Religion and to celebrate the fact, Spin Magazine and MySpace are releasing Germs of Perfection: A Tribute to Bad Religion , an album of covers from an unlikely range of fans. Hear tracks from the record here , with a free download to follow on October 19th. Find more artists like Tegan and Sara at Myspace Music

In a new interview for Billboard, Bad Religion talked about their 30th anniversary, their new album, The Dissent of Man , and frontman Greg Graffin 's new book, Anarchy Evolution . Bassist Jay Bentley said this: It doesn't feel like 30 years. It's just been happening and been a big part of my life. It wasn't something that happened 30 years ago that we're celebrating an anniversary of; it's 30 years of this band, 30 years of a scene. That's kind of how we're thinking about it. If we [...]

Another cover of a track from 1992's Generator , with Riverboat Gamblers contributing their version of "Heaven Is Falling." The song is the latest from the series that will make up Germs of Perfection: A Tribute to Bad Religion . The album will be releasing free by Spin and MySpace It's due out October 19, 2010 .

Tegan and Sara, Frank Turner, and New Politics use a variety of approaches to making Bad Religion fresh.

Bad Religion 's Greg Graffin visited MSNBC 's Morning Joe to <a href=" http://www.punknews.org talk about Bad Religion and his new book, Anarchy Evolution . Graffin explains how he reconciles his role as a punk vocalist with his work in the scientific fields. The show is hosted by moderate Republican, Joe Scarborough.

Cobra Skulls "Give You Nothing" (Bad Religion cover) In addition to yesterday's post on the forthcoming Bad Religion tribute album " Germs Of Perfection ", Cobra Skulls' cover of BR's " Give You Nothing " (featuring Fat Mike) is streaming on their myspace.

Bad Religion The Dissent of Man Epitaph Records 27 September 2010 by Hugh Platt Old punk bands never die; they just get endlessly emulated by younger ones. Such is the fate of Bad Religion - pretty much every punk band that's bored you with formulaic pop-punk over the last couple of decades is peddling nine-tenths [...]

The latest cover in the SPIN/MySpace Music-curated Germs of Perfection: A Tribute to Bad Religion has been posted. The contribution comes from Cobra Skulls and features Fat Mike of NOFX . They covered "Give You Nothing," marking the second song from Bad Religion's groundbreaking album, Suffer . The songs are part of the digital compilation set to be released free in honor of the influential band's 30th anniversary.

Greg Graffin was interviewed by the Scientific American in support of his new book Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science and Bad Religion in a World without God , in which he discusses Darwin, science in music, and evolution. Of note is Graffin's comments about how punk and evolution are related: The idea with both is that you challenge authority, you challenge the dogma. It's a process of collective discovery. It's debate, it's experimentation, and it's verification of claims that might be false. Darwin may have been [a] kind of contemplative and pensive anti-authoritarian. [...]