The discography of Bad Religion, an American punk rock band, consists of 17 studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, one box set, two extended plays (EPs), 29 singles, five video albums and 25 music videos. Formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980, the band originally featured vocalist Greg Graffin, guitarist Brett Gurewitz, bassist Jay Bentley and drummer Jay Ziskrout, who released their self-titled debut EP in February 1981 on Gurewitz's label Epitaph Records. Pete Finestone replaced Ziskrout before the release of the band's full-length debut album, How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, in 1982. The following year's Into the Unknown featured bassist Paul Dedona and drummer Davy Goldman, before Bentley and Finestone returned to the band and Greg Hetson joined as second guitarist.
After a brief hiatus, Bad Religion returned with three albums in three years – Suffer in 1988, No Control in 1989 and Against the Grain in 1990 – before Finestone left again and was replaced by Bobby Schayer. 1992's Generator charted in the top 50 in Germany, while its 1993 follow-up, Recipe for Hate, reached the top 40. After signing with major label Atlantic Records, Bad Religion released its final album with Gurewitz before his departure, Stranger than Fiction. The album was the band's first commercial success, reaching number 87 on the Billboard 200, and receiving gold certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Music Canada. Three singles from the album reached the Billboard Alternative Songs (then the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart) top 40.
After adding Brian Baker as Gurewitz's replacement, the band released three more albums on Atlantic – The Gray Race (1996), No Substance (1998) and The New America (2000) – all of which reached the Billboard 200 top 100. Gurewitz returned and Brooks Wackerman replaced Schayer in 2001, with this lineup's first album, The Process of Belief (2002), being the band's first to reach the US top 50. The Empire Strikes First (2004) reached the top 40, while the single "Los Angeles Is Burning" reached number 40 on the Alternative Songs chart and number three on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart peak positions for Bad Religion singles: "21 Century (Digital Boy)": "Broken": "Los Angeles Is Burning": New Maps of Hell (2007) and The Dissent of Man (2010) both reached number 35, while True North (2013) peaked at number 19. Also in 2013, the band released an EP of Christmas music titled Christmas Songs that reached number 101 on the Billboard 200. Bad Religion did not release another full-length studio album, Age of Unreason, until 2019.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certificationsTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsUSAUTCANCanadian Albums Chart peak positions for Bad Religion releases: The Gray Race: No Substance: The Process of Belief: The Dissent of Man: True North: FINGERJPNNEDSWESWIUKUK Albums Chart peak positions for Bad Religion releases: All except True North: True North: How Could Hell Be Any Worse?Released: January 19, 1982 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, CS — — — — — — — — — —Into the UnknownReleased: August 19, 1983 Label: Epitaph Formats: LP — — — — — — — — — —SufferReleased: September 8, 1988 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, CS — — — — — — — — — —No ControlReleased: November 2, 1989 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, CS — — — — — — — — — —Against the GrainReleased: November 23, 1990 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, CS — — — — — — — — — —GeneratorReleased: March 13, 1992 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, CS — — — — 49 — — — — —Recipe for HateReleased: September 21, 1993 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, CS — — — — 34 — — — — —Stranger Than FictionReleased: September 6, 1994 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, CS 87 27 — — 6 — — 6 28 — CAN: Gold"Certified Bad Religion Awards SWE: Gold US: GoldThe Gray RaceReleased: February 27, 1996 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, CS 56 15 41 2 11 — 61 6 21 102FIN: GoldNo SubstanceReleased: May 5, 1998 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, CS 78 18 68 17 28 — — 54 — —The New AmericaReleased: May 9, 2000 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, LP, CS 88 47 — 38 16 — — 53 69 —The Process of BeliefReleased: January 22, 2002 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP 49 41 27 35 13 — — 39 37 136The Empire Strikes FirstReleased: June 8, 2004 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP 40 — — — 28 — 99 42 82 122New Maps of HellReleased: July 10, 2007 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP 35 64 — 29 37 53 — 41 49 134The Dissent of ManReleased: September 28, 2010 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, DL 35 61 27 43 33 46 — 56 79 135True NorthReleased: January 22, 2013 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, DL 19 27 14 5 10 56 86 31 14 129Age of UnreasonReleased: May 3, 2019 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, DL 73 15 — 12 8 56 — 58 16 143
Live albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positionsTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUSHardUSIndieUSNetUSRockUSVinylAUTFINGERTestedReleased: February 1997 Label: Dragnet/Epic Formats: CD, 2LP, CS — — — — — 49 25 7430 Years LiveReleased: May 18, 2010 Label: Epitaph Format: DL 19 30 16 49 7 — — —
Compilations + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positionsTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUSUSAlt.USHardUSHoli.USIndieUSRockUSTasteUSVinylFINJPN80–85Released: November 12, 1991 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, CS — — — — — — — — — —All AgesReleased: November 7, 1995 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, CS — — — — — — — — 20 —Punk Rock Songs: The Epic YearsReleased: April 3, 2002 Label: Epic Format: CD — — — — — — — — — —
Box sets + List of box setsTitleAlbum detailsBad ReligionReleased: November 30, 2010 Label: Epitaph Format: 15LP
Extended plays + List of extended playsTitleEP detailsBad ReligionReleased: February 1981 Label: Epitaph Format: 7" vinylBack to the KnownReleased: April 12, 1985 Label: Epitaph Format: 12" vinylChristmas SongsReleased: October 29, 2013 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, DL
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album nameTitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbumUSAlt.USMain.USRockAUSAustralian (ARIA) chart peaks to June 21, 2024: N.B. The High Point number indicates the release's peak on the national chart.FINGERSWEUKUKIndieUKRock"Atomic Garden"1991 — — — — — — — — — —Generator"American Jesus"1993 — — — — — — — — — —Recipe for Hate"Struck a Nerve" — — — — — — — — — —"Lookin' In" — — — — — — — — — —"Stranger than Fiction"1994 28 — — 115 — — — — — —Stranger than Fiction"Infected" 27 33 — — — — — — — —"21st Century (Digital Boy)"1995 11 — — 112 — — 23 41 — 16"Incomplete" — — — — — — — — — —"A Walk"1996 34 38 — — — — — — — —The Gray Race"Punk Rock Song" — — — 191 5 29 21 — — —"The Streets of America" — — — — — — — — — —"Dream of Unity"1997 — — — — — — — — — —Tested"Raise Your Voice"(Bad Religion with Campino)1998 — — — — — — — — — —No Substance"Shades of Truth" — — — — — — — — — —"New America"2000 — — — — — — — — — —The New America"I Love My Computer" — — — — — — — — — —"Sorrow"2001 35 — — — — — — — — —The Process of Belief"Broken"2002 — — — — — — — 125 — 12"The Defense" — — — — — — — — — —"Los Angeles Is Burning"2004 40 — — — — — — 67 11 3The Empire Strikes First"The Empire Strikes First" — — — — — — — — — —"Honest Goodbye"2007 — — — — — — — — — —New Maps of Hell"New Dark Ages" — — — — — — — — — —"The Devil in Stitches"2010 39 — 38 — — — — — — —The Dissent of Man"Cyanide" — — — — — — — — — —"Wrong Way Kids"2011 — — — — — — — — — —"Fuck You"2012 — — — — — — — — — —True North"True North"2013 — — — — — — — — — —"Father Christmas" — — — — — — — — — —"The Kids Are Alt-Right"2018 — — — — — — — — — —"The Profane Rights of Man" — — — — — — — — — —"My Sanity" — — — — — — — — — —Age of Unreason"Chaos From Within"2019 — — — — — — — — — —"Faith Alone 2020"2020 — — — — — — — — — —"What Are We Standing For" — — — — — — — — — —"Emancipation Of The Mind"2021 — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that market.
Videos Video albums + List of video albums, with selected chart positionsTitleAlbum detailsPeakUSAlong the WayReleased: August 25, 1990 Label: Tribal Video/Epitaph Format: VHS/DVD —Big BangReleased: 1992 Label: Tribal Video Format: VHS —The RiotReleased: August 29, 2000 Label: Music Video Distribution Format: DVD —Punk Rock Songs: The Epic YearsReleased: 2004 Label: Sony Format: DVD —Live at the PalladiumReleased: March 7, 2006 Label: Epitaph Format: DVD 18
Music videos + List of music video, showing year released and directors namesTitleYearDirector(s)Ref."Do What You Want"1988colspan="2" "Atomic Garden"1992Gore Verbinski"American Jesus"1993"Struck a Nerve"Darren Lavett"Stranger than Fiction"1994Gore Verbinski"21st Century (Digital Boy)""Infected" (first version)1995Carlos Grasso"Infected" (second version)Darren Lavett"Incomplete"Simeon Soffer"A Walk"1996David Bragger"Punk Rock Song""The Streets of America""Ten in 2010"Francis Lawrence"Dream of Unity"1997colspan="2" "Raise Your Voice"1998Kai Sehr"New America"2000Evan Bernard"Sorrow"2002Boo!"Broken""Los Angeles Is Burning"2004Lightborne"New Dark Ages"2007Michael Pinkney, Michael Reich"Honest Goodbye"Lex Halaby"Wrong Way Kids"2011Nicole Vaskell"True North"2013Zach Merck"The Kids Are Alt-Right"2018Antoni Sendra PODENCO"The Profane Rights of Man""Do the Paranoid Style"2019Dan Fusselman
References
External links Bad Religion official website