Christmas Songs Bad Religion

• 1 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 01:59
• 2 O Come All Ye Faithful 02:05
• 3 O Come, O Come Emmanuel 02:08
• 4 White Christmas 01:49
• 5 Little Drummer Boy 02:05
• 6 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 01:40
• 7 What Child Is This? 01:53
• 8 Angels We Have Heard On High 02:08
• 9 American Jesus 03:17
• Total Runtime 19:04

Info for Christmas Songs

Na, wer hätte das gedacht? Nach drei Millionen verkaufter Alben und 30 Jahren im Punkrockgeschäft veröffentlichen Bad Religion ein Weihnachtsalbum! Aber mal ehrlich? Wer könnte einen durch das Fest der Feste besser begleiten, als eine Band, die mit ihrem Namen sich selbst und ihren Fans jede Gläubigkeit verbietet? Schon lange hatten die US-Punks um Greg Graffin ein Christmas-Album angekündigt, und nun endlich präsentieren uns die Kalifornier acht Festtagsklassiker in ihrem so eigenen Punkrockstil. Von 'White Christmas' (mit einer Verbeugung vor den Ramones) über das jubilierende 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing' bis hin zum heiligen Schmachtfetzen 'O Come All Ye Faithful'. Und als Bonus für alle treuen Fans enthält das Album einen Andy-Wallace-Remix von 'American Jesus'. Merry Christmas!

'Das könnte das umstürzlerischste Album sein, das wir je gemacht haben. Für mich bedeutet das Album, was es indirekt auch aussagt, dass diese Musik, und somit die Welt, stark und schön ohne Gott und Religion sein kann.

Es sind einfach wirklich gute Songs, und eine schon immer unreligiöse Band wie Bad Religion kann sie mit genauso viel Kraft und Gefühl performen wie jeder andere.'

Der Sänger und Co-Songwriter Greg Graffin hat einen persönlichen Bezug zu den Songs. Graffin begann mit dem Gesang als Junge in einem Kirchenchor. Seine Lehrer fanden ihn so bemerkenswert, das er ein Stipendium für eine Chorschule erhielt. So wurde die Stimme von Bad Religion geboren.

Celebrating three decades of influential, thought provoking and groundbreaking punk rock, Bad Religion will release their fifteenth studio album, The Dissent of Man, on September 28. The album’s first single “The Devil in Stitches” made its debut on the world famous KROQ 106.7 in Los Angeles on Tuesday and can be heard now at www.myspace.com/badreligion. Fans can preorder The Dissent of Man now at http://www.badreligionstore.com. Additionally, Bad Religion will kick off a North American tour in October with support from Bouncing Souls and Off With Their Heads. Dates are listed below.

Produced by Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age, Tool), The Dissent of Man finds Bad Religion pushing the boundaries of their music as much today as they did in their formative years as a genre defining punk band. Over the course of making the album, primary songwriters Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz’s songwriting was informed by life changing events, with Graffin writing his forthcoming book “Anarchy Evolution” and Gurewitz embarking on parenthood again.

“These are some of my favorite songs I’ve ever written,” says Gurewitz. “A few of them took me way outside my comfort zone as a writer to a place I haven’t gone since Recipe or Stranger than Fiction.”

The result is one of the band’s most forward thinking and musically varied albums ever. The Dissent of Man is not only a snapshot of the band’s personal experiences of the past years but also of their continued maturity in songwriting, capturing an array of styles ranging from blazing punk rock songs like the opener “The Day That the Earth Stalled” and “Meeting of the Minds” and classic rock-tinged cuts like “Cyanide” and “Turn Your Back on Me” to radio rock ready hits like the first single “The Devil in Stitches.” “I feel like the last couple of records have been amongst our most conservative, never straying too far from a Bad Religion sound,” adds Gurewitz. “Whereas on this one we’re taking the songs to a lot of different places, exploring our influences and trying out some new things in a way we haven’t done in years.”

The Dissent of Man is a testament to why Bad Religion has remained relevant for the better part of three decades. Already having cemented their place in history as a groundbreaking band who helped create a movement in Los Angeles with classic releases like How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, Suffer, Recipe for Hate, Stranger Than Fiction and Process of Belief, Bad Religion continue to inspire and create with a unique style that continues to cross boundaries and transcends genres.

As Bad Religion wraps up their 30th anniversary, they open the next chapter of their storied career with The Dissent of Man.

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