lol no worries, I don't use spell check.

91. Bad Religion Genre (Melodic Hardcore/Punk rock) , California USA era 80's 90's/Present &

D.I. Genre (Punk Rock), California USA, era 80's, 90's

So here it is, probably the biggest low ball on my list considering they would be in the top 10 or 20 for many people. I concede that American Jesus is an amazing song, but overall I think that Bad Religion is the most overrated band in the history of punk rock. Simply put, I do not like this band.

Bad Religions rise to prominence took place in the 90's largely in part because of guitarist Brett Gurewitz ownership of Epitaph that spearheaded hardcore into a softer more commercially viable direction with the signing of The Offspring, and virtually every other notable melodic hardcore band of the 90's.

Instead of the Dead Kennedys, Black Flag & the Exploited we therefore got Bad Religion, The Offspring, Pennywise ect, and although I like the latter two bands, it really marked the taming of hardcore in my opinion.

Bad Religion themselves are remarkably soft sounding for a punk rock band, softer than The Clash in my opinion when you take their different era's into account. This wouldn't be a problem if they had a catalogue of great songs behind them, but unlike The Clash they do not. In short if you are going to tread close to U2, Coldplay territory, than you need to step up to the plate. They have not, and so here they sit at 91, back with the next ten in a bit.


American Jesus



Infected



**** You



D.I.

Okay editing the edit. I originally had Face to Face down, but I can't stand them, and I am running out of room, so I thought I'd stick a worthy band on the list that Bob has already mentioned. The D.I.'s sort of passed me by, though I had this song on....dating myself...cassette!

Ballroom Blitz

Taming says it, there is a certain period of time where all the following hardcore that was coming out started out promising, but they all just went downhill and followed the same similar path, and swept up the rest along with it.

a little harsh but i get what you're saying.....at first i was gonna come in all "come on man....Bad Religion" but too be honest i really only like three of their albums (Suffer, No Control, Against The Grain) and a handful of other tracks....although i do almost always check out their new releases....i see you're point but think you're over simplifying them a bit and i think that the fact that all of your examples are from their later "more toned down albums" tells me you just never really liked them....which i understand.....they are a love or hate band for sure.....

for me it is always about lyrics and lyrical content with this band....although i can't lie i do enjoy the melodic edge in their music.....but i honestly think there are few bands in the punk/hardcore umbrella that can compare to the intelligence in their lyrics....3 examples










seriously find me another band in any genre that uses the word "proliferation", sings songs about the power of entropy, and at the same time can write a brilliant line like "i'll believe in god when one and one are five" :)

It has to be said but I really fucking hate Bad Religion

I agree that they are the one of the most overrated punk bands. Not Sex Pistols-overrated, but up there.

Case in point, this fuckface thinks that they're the greatest punk band ever.
http://www.nndb.com/people/222/00009...ke-2-sized.jpg

This is the only song by them I ever really loved.

Bad Religion - Tiny Voices (with lyrics) - YouTube

who is that?

Fat Mike of this band


NOFX - I Gotta Pee - YouTube

One of those bands like Social Distortion that is very polarizing.

Thank you, okay lets rock.