Bad Religion discography

Bad Religion discography
Bad Religion performing live in 2004
Studio albums	17
EPs	2
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	4
Singles	29
Video albums	5
Music videos	25

The discography of Bad Religion, an American punk rock band, consists of 17 studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, one box set, two extended plays (EPs), 29 singles, five video albums and 25 music videos. Formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980, the band originally featured vocalist Greg Graffin, guitarist Brett Gurewitz, bassist Jay Bentley and drummer Jay Ziskrout, who released their self-titled debut EP in February 1981 on Gurewitz's label Epitaph Records.^[1] Pete Finestone replaced Ziskrout before the release of the band's full-length debut album How Could Hell Be Any Worse? in 1982.^[1] The following year's Into the Unknown featured bassist Paul Dedona and drummer Davy Goldman, before Bentley and Finestone returned to the band and Greg Hetson joined as second guitarist.^[1]

After a brief hiatus, Bad Religion returned with three albums in three years – Suffer in 1988, No Control in 1989 and Against the Grain in 1990 – before Finestone left again and was replaced by Bobby Schayer.^[1] 1992's Generator charted in the top 50 in Germany, while its 1993 follow-up Recipe for Hate reached the top 40.^[2] After signing with major label Atlantic Records, Bad Religion released its final album with Gurewitz before his departure, Stranger than Fiction.^[1] The album was the band's first commercial success, reaching number 87 on the Billboard 200,^[3] and receiving gold certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Music Canada.^[4][5] Three singles from the album reached the Billboard Alternative Songs (then the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart) top 40.^[6]

After adding Brian Baker as Gurewitz's replacement, the band released three more albums on Atlantic – The Gray Race (1996), No Substance (1998) and The New America (2000) – all of which reached the Billboard 200 top 100.^[3] Gurewitz returned and Brooks Wackerman replaced Schayer in 2001, with this lineup's first album The Process of Belief (2002) being the band's first to reach the US top 50.^[3] The Empire Strikes First (2004) reached the top 40,^[3] while the single "Los Angeles Is Burning" reached number 40 on the Alternative Songs chart and number 3 on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.^[6][7] New Maps of Hell (2007) and The Dissent of Man (2010) both reached number 35, while True North (2013) peaked at number 19.^[3] Also in 2013, the band released an EP of Christmas music titled Christmas Songs that reached number 101 on the Billboard 200.^[3] Bad Religion did not release another full-length studio album, Age of Unreason, until 2019.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		US [3]	AUT [8]	CAN [9]	FIN [10]	GER [2]	JPN [11]	NED [12]	SWE [13]	SWI [14]	UK [15]
How Could Hell Be Any Worse?	Released: January 19, 1982 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, CS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Into the Unknown	Released: November 30, 1983 Label: Epitaph Formats: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Suffer	Released: September 8, 1988 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, CS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
No Control	Released: November 2, 1989 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, CS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Against the Grain	Released: November 23, 1990 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, CS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Generator	Released: March 13, 1992 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, CS	—	—	—	—	49	—	—	—	—	—
Recipe for Hate	Released: June 4, 1993 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, CS	—	—	—	—	34	—	—	—	—	—
Stranger than Fiction	Released: September 6, 1994 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, CS	87	27	—	—	6	—	—	6	28	—	CAN: Gold[16] SWE: Gold[17] US: Gold[4]
The Gray Race	Released: February 27, 1996 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, CS	56	15	41	2	11	—	61	6	21	102	FIN: Gold[18]
No Substance	Released: May 5, 1998 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, CS	78	18	68	17	28	—	—	54	—	—
The New America	Released: May 9, 2000 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, CS	88	47	—	38	16	—	—	53	69	—
The Process of Belief	Released: January 22, 2002 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP	49	41	27	35	13	—	—	39	37	136
The Empire Strikes First	Released: June 8, 2004 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP	40	—	—	—	28	—	99	42	82	122
New Maps of Hell	Released: July 10, 2007 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP	35	64	—	29	37	53	—	41	49	134
The Dissent of Man	Released: September 28, 2010 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, DL	35	61	—	43	33	46	—	56	79	135
True North	Released: January 22, 2013 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, DL	19	27	14	5	10	56	86	31	14	129
Age of Unreason	Released: May 3, 2019 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, DL	73	15	—	12 [19]	8	56	—	58 [20]	16	143

Live albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Hard [21]	US Indie [22]	US Net [23]	US Rock [24]	US Vinyl [25]	AUT [8]	FIN [10]	GER [2]
Tested	Released: February 1997 Label: Dragnet/Epic Formats: CD, 2LP, CS	—	—	—	—	—	49	25	74
30 Years Live	Released: May 18, 2010 Label: Epitaph Format: DL	19	30	16	49	7	—	—	—

Compilations

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [3]	US Alt. [26]	US Hard [21]	US Holi. [27]	US Indie [22]	US Rock [24]	US Taste [28]	US Vinyl [25]	FIN [10]	JPN [11]
80–85	Released: November 12, 1991 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, CS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
All Ages	Released: November 7, 1995 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, CS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20	—
Punk Rock Songs: The Epic Years	Released: April 3, 2002 Label: Epic Format: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Box sets

List of box sets

Title	Album details
Bad Religion	Released: November 30, 2010 Label: Epitaph Format: 15LP

Extended plays

List of extended plays

Title	EP details
Bad Religion	Released: February 1981 Label: Epitaph Format: 7" vinyl
Back to the Known	Released: April 12, 1985 Label: Epitaph Format: 12" vinyl
Christmas Songs	Released: October 29, 2013 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, DL

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Album
		US Alt. [6]	US Main. [29]	US Rock [30]	AUS [31]	FIN [10]	GER [32]	SWE [13]	UK [33]	UK Indie [34]	UK Rock [7]
"Atomic Garden"	1991	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Generator
"American Jesus"	1993	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Recipe for Hate
"Struck a Nerve"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Lookin' In"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Stranger than Fiction"	1994	28	—	—	115	—	—	—	—	—	—	Stranger than Fiction
"21st Century (Digital Boy)"		11	—	—	112	—	—	23	41	—	16
"Infected"		27	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Incomplete"	1995	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"A Walk"	1996	34	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Gray Race
"Punk Rock Song"		—	—	—	191	5	29	21	—	—	—
"The Streets of America"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Dream of Unity"	1997	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Tested
"Raise Your Voice" (Bad Religion with Campino)	1998	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	No Substance
"Shades of Truth"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"New America"	2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The New America
"I Love My Computer"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Sorrow"	2001	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Process of Belief
"Broken"	2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	125	—	12
"The Defense"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Los Angeles Is Burning"	2004	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	67	11	3	The Empire Strikes First
"The Empire Strikes First"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Honest Goodbye"	2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	New Maps of Hell
"New Dark Ages"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Devil in Stitches"	2010	39	—	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Dissent of Man
"Cyanide"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Wrong Way Kids"	2011	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Fuck You"	2012	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	True North
"True North"	2013	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Father Christmas"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	non-album single
"The Kids Are Alt-Right"	2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	non-album single
"The Profane Rights of Man"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	non-album single
"My Sanity"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Age of Unreason
"Chaos From Within"	2019	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Faith Alone 2020"	2020	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	non-album single
"What Are We Standing For"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	non-album single
"Emancipation Of The Mind"	2021	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that market.

Videos

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak
		US [35]
Along the Way	Released: August 25, 1990 Label: Tribal Video/Epitaph Format: VHS/DVD	—
Big Bang	Released: 1992 Label: Tribal Video Format: VHS	—
The Riot	Released: August 29, 2000 Label: Music Video Distribution Format: DVD	—
Punk Rock Songs: The Epic Years	Released: 2004 Label: Sony Format: DVD	—
Live at the Palladium	Released: March 7, 2006 Label: Epitaph Format: DVD	18

Music videos

List of music video, showing year released and directors names

Title	Year	Director(s)	Ref.
"Do What You Want"	1988	unknown
"Atomic Garden"	1992	Gore Verbinski	[36]
"American Jesus"	1993		[37]
"Struck a Nerve"		Darren Lavett	[38]
"Stranger than Fiction"	1994	Gore Verbinski	[39]
"21st Century (Digital Boy)"			[40]
"Infected" (first version)	1995	Carlos Grasso	[41]
"Infected" (second version)		Darren Lavett	[42]
"Incomplete"		Simeon Soffer	[43]
"A Walk"	1996	David Bragger	[44]
"Punk Rock Song"			[45]
"The Streets of America"			[46]
"Ten in 2010"		Francis Lawrence	[47]
"Dream of Unity"	1997	unknown
"Raise Your Voice"	1998	Kai Sehr	[48]
"New America"	2000	Evan Bernard	[49]
"Sorrow"	2002	Boo!	[50]
"Broken"			[51]
"Los Angeles Is Burning"	2004	Lightborne	[52]
"New Dark Ages"	2007	Michael Pinkney, Michael Reich	[53]
"Honest Goodbye"		Lex Halaby	[54]
"Wrong Way Kids"	2011	Nicole Vaskell	[55]
"True North"	2013	Zach Merck	[56]
"The Kids Are Alt-Right"	2018	Antoni Sendra PODENCO	[57]
"The Profane Rights of Man"		unknown	[58]
"Do the Paranoid Style"	2019	Dan Fusselman	[59]

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External links

• Bad Religion official website