published: 23 /
5 /
2022
Philamonjaro photographs LA punk legends Bad Religion at at Republicca in Valencia, Spain.
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Currently on their 40 years + 2 Tour, Bad Religion are travelling across Europe and the UK this spring before continuing back to the US. The plus two part of the tour name accounts for the pause due to COVID. Judging from their concert at Republicca in Valencia, Spain, no momentum was lost during these two years. In fact, early on during COVID lockdown they published their memoir 'Do What You Want - The Story of Bad Religion' with author Jim Ruland.
If anything, the pent up energy from lockdown only added to the show. The house was packed and the audience oscillated with the high voltage music. Greg Graffin (vocals), Jay Bentley (bass), Brian Baker (guitar), Mike Dimkich (guitar) and Jamie Miller (drums) collectively deliver a thunderous sound with machine-gun precision.
Bad Religion have become nothing less than phenomenal as they earned it in their four-plus decade run. Beginning from the early ‘80’s Los Angeles punk scene along with Social Distortion, Agent Orange, T.S.O.L. The Offspring and The Minutemen, Bad Religion have continuously toured and recorded. It is an impressive discography of seventeen studio releases selling over five million copies according to the web site Ultimate Pop Culture.
All this while founding member and lead singer Graffin holds a PHD in Zoology from Cornell University. This puts him in the rarefied air of rock music academics who are experts in fields outside of music. He is in the company of Brian May (PHD in Astrophysics from Imperial College London), Tom Morello (BA in Social Studies from Harvard) and Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (top security clearance with the U.S. Department of Defence).
Beyond all the success and longevity, it was what Graffin stated to the audience that said it all. When he humbly greeted the audience he confessed, “It is because of you, we are here.”
Set List:
Generator
Recipe for Hate
New Dark Ages
Man With a Mission
Punk Rock Song
Los Angeles Is Burning
Struck a Nerve
Suffer
Come Join Us
End of History
Fuck You
We're Only Gonna Die
Dept. of False Hope
Do What You Want
Modern Man
Slumber
Anesthesia
No Control
Atomic Garden
You
Infected
Sorrow
I Want to Conquer the World
21st Century (Digital Boy)
Encore:
American Jesus
Fuck Armageddon... This Is Hell
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https://badreligion.com/
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https://twitter.com/badreligiom
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