Bad Religion talk the Age of Unreason
"We wanted to, once again, with this record, light the flame"
Long-running punks Bad Religion released their 17th studio album, Age of Unreason, back in May. Met with a positive response, the album continues the band's social commentary wrapped in their trademark soaring melodies and razor-sharp guitar work. This album is possibly their most poignant in recent years and includes songs like "Do The Paranoid Style" (a song that compares crazed conspiracy theories to feverish dance crazes) and "Chaos From Within".
To provide insight on the new album, Epitaph Records and the band have put together a short documentary featuring commentary from members Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley, Brian Baker, and Jamie Miller (who replaced longtime drummer Brooks Wackerman in 2015). The doco sees them talk about some of the songs and their importance and impact in today's society. Most poignantly perhaps, is Graffin's statement that;
"society sucks... if you don't encourage education, and enlightenment, and open-mindedness. Any time you enter a period in society where those messages are crushed or where the inspiration is gone, you enter the darker chapters of history. We wanted to, once again, with this record, light the flame; the candle of enlightenment. And hopefully, people will listen."
Age of Unreason is out now on Epitaph Records. You can watch the film above, and read up on some of our previous Bad Religion coverage below: