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Bad Religion: "Atheist Peace" from the album "The Empire Strikes First" (2004).

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Bad Religion was formed in Los Angeles in 1979 by high school students Greg Graffin (vocals, keyboards), Jay Bentley (bass), Jay Ziskrout (drums), and Brett Gurewitz, also known as "Mr. Brett" (guitar).

They are often credited for being involved in the revival of punk rock and inspiring several subsequent punk bands during the late 1980s, as well as influencing a large number of other punk and rock musicians throughout their career. In the 32 years since its inception, Bad Religion has had numerous lineup changes, and Graffin has been the only constant member, although the band currently features three of the original members.

Bad Religion has released fifteen studio albums, three compilation albums, two live recordings, and two DVDs since their formation. Almost all of their albums were released on Epitaph Records, started in 1980 by Gurewitz, who still runs the label today.

Bad Religion is considered one of the most successful independent punk acts, selling over 5 million albums worldwide. The band earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and critical acclaim, with their 1988 album Suffer cited by some critics as one of the most important punk rock albums of all time.

Following a series of albums on Epitaph, Bad Religion signed to Atlantic Records in 1993. The band achieved their greatest success with their 1994 album "Stranger Than Fiction", which peaked at number 87 on the Billboard 200, and spawned their well-known hit singles "21st Century (Digital Boy)" and "Infected".

Following Gurewitz's departure in 1994, Graffin took over the majority of the songwriting duties, which lasted for the next three albums. Gurewitz rejoined in 2001, making Bad Religion a six-piece band, and contributed to their four most recent albums (the last being 2010's "The Dissent of Man").

They are particularly known for their use of soaring 3 part vocal harmonies (which they refer to in their album liner notes as the "oozin' aahs"), sophisticated and intellectual lyrics, and political or religious commentary. Their lyrics often relate to matters of social responsibility.

Despite the name of the band, or the band's logo, the members do not consider themselves antitheist. Singer Greg Graffin states that more often than not, the band prefers to use religion as a metaphor for anything that does not allow for an individual's freedom to think or express themselves as they choose. In this way, their songs are more about anti-religion. Contrary to popular belief, Greg Graffin does not identify himself as an atheist, but chooses to identify as a naturalist.

"Faith in your partner, your fellow men, your friends, is very important, because without it there's no mutual component to your relationship, and relationships are important. So faith plays an important role, but faith in people you don't know, faith in religious or political leaders or even people on stages, people who are popular in the public eye, you shouldn't have faith in those people. You should listen to what they have to say and use it."

-- Greg Graffin

Despite this, he did co-author the book Is "Belief in God - Good, Bad or Irrelevant?", which is based on a series of lengthy debates about science and religion between Graffin and historian Preston Jones. In 2010, Graffin released Anarchy Evolution, in which he promotes his naturalist worldview. The band's bassist Jay Bentley has stated that he has spiritual beliefs. Brett Gurewitz is a "provisional deist."

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