Bad Religion is a six-member, six-instrument band with roots in Los Angeles, California dating back to 1979. http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/bad-religion-biographyGreg Graffin is the lead vocalist and plays keyboards. http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/bad-religion-biographyBrett Gurewitz, meanwhile, plays the lead electric guitar and provides backing vocals, while Brian Baker and Greg Hetson provide the backup electric guitars. http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/bad-religion-biographyJay Bentley plays the bass guitar and provides backing vocals, while Brooks Wackerman plays the drums. http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/bad-religion-biographyThe band plays songs with a punk, heavy metal and hard rock sound. http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Bad_Religion/Biography/

Bad Religion's original recording lineup consisted of Graffin, Gurewitz, Bentley and drummer Jay Ziskrout. http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Bad_Religion/Biography/The group has released 15 studio albums on the Epitaph and Atlantic record labels. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discographyFive of their albums were released on Atlantic Records. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discographyThe remaining 10 albums were released on Epitaph Records. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discographyEight of their albums placed on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3611/charts-awardsTwo of those albums, 2007's New Maps of Hell and 2010's Dissent of Man, placed at number 35 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3611/charts-awards

Bad Religion's first album, 1982's How Could Hell By Any Worse, was released on Epitaph Records. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discographyThe band then added current member Greg Hetson as a backup electric guitarist in 1985 http://www.badreligion.com/legacy/The group then toured throughout 1990 in support of their 1989 album, No Control.http://www.badreligion.com/legacy/The song "Struck A Nerve" was released to radio stations in 1993. http://www.badreligion.com/legacy/It was from the band's 1993 album Recipe for Hate.http://www.badreligion.com/legacy/It featured guest vocals from Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and Concrete Blond's Johnette Napolitano. http://www.badreligion.com/legacy/The Recipe for Hate album was written on the piano and recorded with the band's normal instruments. http://www.badreligion.com/legacy/

Current member Brian Baker was added to the band as another backup electric guitarist in 1994. http://www.badreligion.com/legacy/Later that year, the group's album Stranger than Fiction went gold for sales of over 500,000 albums in the United States. http://www.badreligion.com/legacy/Brooks Wackerman joined the band as its drummer in 2001. http://www.badreligion.com/legacy/The group released their Live at the Palladium DVD in 2005. http://www.badreligion.com/legacy/The group's latest album release is 2010's Dissent of Man. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discographyGraffin released a book titled Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science and Bad Religion in a World Without God on September 28, 2010. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography

• Greg Graffin - Lead vocalist, keyboards http://www.badreligion.com/albums/
• Brett Gurewitz - Lead electric guitar, backing vocals http://www.badreligion.com/albums/
• Brian Baker - Backup electric guitar http://www.badreligion.com/albums/
• Greg Hetson - Backup electric guitar http://www.badreligion.com/albums/
• Jay Bentley - Bass guitar, backing vocals http://www.badreligion.com/albums/
• Brooks Wackerman - Drums http://www.badreligion.com/albums/

• 1982: How Could Hell Be Any Worse? http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography
• 1983: Into the Unknown http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography
• 1988: Suffer http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography
• 1989: No Control http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography
• 1990: Against the Grain http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography
• 1992: Generator http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography
• 1993: Recipe for Hate http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography
• 1994: Stranger Than Fiction http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography
• 1996: The Gray Race http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography
• 1998: No Substance http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography
• 2000: The New America http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography
• 2002: The Process of Belief http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography
• 2004: The Empire Strikes First http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography
• 2007: New Maps of Hell http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography
• 2010: Dissent of Man http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-p3611/discography