Bad Religion was formed by high school students in Los Angeles back in 1979. The founding fathers are Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley, Jay Ziskrout, and Brett Gurewitz with their first public performance playing 6 songs for Social Distortion. Their first official show as a band was on November 11, 1980 at Joey Kills Bar in Burbank, California.The band had its own past members for the last 34 years:
Jay Ziskrout
Davy Goldman
Tim Gallegos
Pete Finestone
John Albert
Lucky Lehrer
Bobby Schayer
Paul Dedona
The current members featured in the Christmas Songs album are:
Greg Graffin
Brett Gurewitz
Jay Bentley
Greg Hetson
Brian Baker
Brooks Wackerman
The Bad Religion Discography so far:
Christmas Songs (2013)
True North (2013)
The Dissent of Man (2010)
New Maps of Hell (2007)
The Empire Strikes First (2004)
The Process of Belief (2002)
The New America (2000)
No Substance (1998)
The Gray Race (1996)
Stranger Than Fiction (1994)
Recipe for Hate (1993)
Generator (1992)
Against the Grain (1990)
No Control (1989)
Suffer (1988)
Into the Unknown (1983)
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (1982)
The Christmas Songs Artwork features a boy holding out his leather shoes laughing with the background of a red building not in a face of being grateful but in a feeling of an accomplished child. Christmas Songs will be released on October 29, 2013.The Christmas Songs has nine tracks, including Hark! The Herald Angels Sing as their introductory and American Jesus (The Andy Wallace Mix) as their closing remarks.
Bad Religion - Christmas Songs Tracklist:
1. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
2. O Come All Ye Faithful
3. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
4. White Christmas
5. Little Drummer Boy
6. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
7. What Child Is This?
8. Angels We Have Heard On High
9. American Jesus (Andy Wallace Mix)
As I listen to Christmas Songs tracks, their punk rock version of christmas songs is mostly identical with other rock versions of any christmas songs. Maybe there's no better way to cover a worship song than to respect it and maintain the good vibrations of the Christmas Songs.
