Greg Graffin het teruggekeer na UCLA waar hy natuurwetenskapkursusse gegee het. Greg Graffin became interested in pop music at a young age by listening to the radio, and when he relocated to California, the LA punk scene was in its infancy. We had a belief that punk music was far more popular than people gave it credit for. He has also co-written a book with Steve Olson, Anarchy Evolution (2010). You see that all the time, not just Van Halen, which is a great example, you wonder why certain guys can’t be in the same band together, Creedence Clearwater Revival, what’s going on there? How did you keep your composure during this period? Bad Religion released more music including Suffer (1988), No Control (1989) and Against the Grain (1990). Around 1994, Bad Religion signed a four-album contract with Atlantic Records — you recorded the first album, Stranger Than Fiction, then shortly after Brett Gurewitz quit the band and you were going through a divorce. During this time, the Epitaph label had signed the band Offspring which found international success. My way of responding to adversity is by not acknowledging, I kind of live in denial. I couldn’t reach Brett and that was kinda weird. The words and ideas for that song are more relevant today than ever. It’s just, if you have too much history and knowledge about it, you realize how bizarre the influences were and what a total “f*** you” it was to the punkers at the time. We got through it and things started to get easier by the time The New America was recorded. The guys never had sour grapes and I didn’t either because we always were really satisfied with our work. Greg Graffin graduated from El Camino Real High School then enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles where he obtained a B.A. And we’ve been very fortunate that other people have recognized that. Graffin has a second career as an esteemed author and academic. Ce livre, paru en septembre 2010, évoque plusieurs sujets comme l'anarchie, la paix, le punk rock et la religion. All the storylines involving crazy drugs stories never really reference you, it’s almost as if you just existed in your own ecosystem... That’s a very good observation — and it’s probably testimony to my own immaturity — even though for all intents and purposes the band is my own — I always looked at it as a free collective of bunch of individuals who are free to destroy it as they see fit. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic), At this point are you scared for your friend? (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for KROQ/Entercom), Forum on December 08, 2018 in Inglewood, California. In 1980, Greg Graffin co-founded Bad Religion with Jay Bentley on bass and guitarist Brett Gurewitz. I won’t say that it also doesn’t come with a lot of burden, it does. Even though we are listed as the authors, Jim really did the work. Now, there are people who are like that: the people who believe in science and then flaunt their arrogance and say, “I told you so.” That’s just as disheartening to me as people who are science deniers. Looking back at the 90s, was that a frustrating reality? November 6, Things got really busy. Did you ever get involved? Despite their independent endeavors, they always found home in Bad Religion. Then how do you feel? Punk rock musician, academic and author Greg Graffin was born Gregory Walter Graffin on the 6 November 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin. Après une période sur le label Atlantic Records, le groupe signera de nouveau sur Epitaph au début des années 2000 et Gurewitz rejoignit de nouveau Bad Religion. When that album came out, everyone was fixed in their categorization of music. The band members changed, with Graffin being the only original for a time during the latter half of the 1980s. (Photo by Gary Leonard/Corbis via Getty Images). You experienced some bullying though, didn’t you? We gave people exactly what they didn’t want to hear. Or did you let everyone deal with their own addictions? But, I feel like in those years specifically, there was nothing I was gonna tell those guys that was gonna get them to sober up. How did Bad Religion survive all these years? He also produced albums for other bands during this time including Bottom 12’s Songs for the Disgruntled Postman (1966). I also was running a household with two little kids in the absence of my first wife. If people don’t want to be with me, I just move on. En 2015, il fait paraitre le livre Population Wars: A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence. Is it angering to see people willfully ignoring science? Our touring activity at that time was at an all-time high even though Brett wasn’t on tour with us. All Rights Reserved, This is a BETA experience. Bad Religion released their 15th album, The Dissent of Man in September 2010. Greg Graffin's first wife was Greta Maurer (m.1988-div.1996). The internal strife dissipated because we weren’t having nightly arguments. You deserve to be taken care of. Renowned singer/songwriter Greg Graffin of the immensely influential rock band Bad Religion has just finished a sold-out tour and in the coming months will be addressing a slightly quieter though no less rapt audience. “It was miserable.”. Graffin would go on to pursue a career in academia as an evolutionary biologist, receiving his Ph.D. from Cornell University. I am a music journalist living in New York City. La dernière modification de cette page a été faite le 23 février 2020 à 13:17. Those sweaty garage sessions were the foundation for an over 40 year career in punk music, as founding members Graffin, guitarist/songwriter Brett Gurewitz, and bassist Jay Bentley, secured Bad Religion’s status as trailblazers of modern punk music. Their discography touts 17 full-length albums. I had to write a whole album. So, luckily, I was focused on my academics and my home life, and Bad Religion was getting ready to get back on tour, too. Band members are left to right: Brett Gurewitz, ... [+] Greg Graffin, Jay Ziskrout and Jay Bentley. They’re gonna feel far more affected by it than anything I could say to them. I know those guys. © 2020 Forbes Media LLC. They formed their indie label Epitaph and released their music including Bad Religion (1981), How Could Hell Be Any Worse (1982) and Into the Uknown (1983). Nobody came to my assistance and he just walked down the hall with his cadre of supporters and acted as though he’d just thrown the winning touchdown. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/WireImage), Greg Graffin, Jay Ziskrout and Jay Bentley. “Hey, I did all the work, why does the f***ing singer get all the credit?”. If anybody is thinking of becoming a popular band, it’s a good study for how not to be popular. My music writing has appeared in Noisey by Vice, Vulture and more. Greg Graffin of Bad Religion performs at The Forum on December 8, 2018 in Inglewood, ... receiving his Ph.D. from Cornell University. Everyone thinks I wrote them because I sing 'em! There may have been resentments, there may have been deep-seeded seething hatred that I missed out on all that drama that was going on in L.A. while I was out here getting my Ph.D. at Cornell. Unfortunately, the band had a friend whose sister was in a coma. Punk, for us at least, it was a fun place to hang out and be with like-minded people — but like-minded did not extend to gang fights, it just wasn’t cool. “It was just this hellacious place to practice,” he says laughing. But I do think people are more open-minded today, so I’m not surprised by the comments because the album itself does sound pretty cool. En 1988, le groupe sort l'album Suffer qui marque le retour du son punk Californien popularisé par le guitariste Brett Gurewitz, après un précédent album Into the Unknown, plus proche du rock progressif ou du hard rock. “I see these facts, I see the sources and I refuse to believe it.” Many of those same people get sick from the virus. We’d started talking with Brett because he decided that he was at a place where he could get back in the band now. In 2006 Greg Graffin's book, Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant?

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