Alright, you all should know who Greg Graffin is. As the lead singer of Bad Religion its hard not to have some cursory knowledge of the dude but I guarantee there is plenty you still don’t know. To help educate you we’ve put together a list of 10 things you probably didn’t know about Greg. Expand your knowledge below.
1. Greg is the only band member to appear on all of Bad Religion’s releases up to date as well as the only member who has not left the band at one point or another.
2. Greg published his book “Anarchy Evolution” in 2010, the same day Bad Religion released their 15th album “The Dissent of Man”. He is currently writing another book, entitled “The Population Wars”.
3. He has released two solo albums. “American Lesion” in 1997, and then “Cold as the Clay” 9 years later.
4. Greg earned a master’s degree in geology from UCLA and received his Ph.D. from Cornell University.
5. Greg was a Life Science 1 teacher at UCLA.
6. Along with his Bad Religion bandmate Brett Gurewitz, Greg made a guest appearance as a backing vocalist on NOFX’s 1989 album “S&M Airlines”. On that album, he sang on the final track “Go Your Own Way”, a Fleetwood Mac cover.
7. He produced Unwritten Law’s 1996 album “Oz Factor”.
8. He filmed and co-produced the television pilot “Punk Professor”.
9. Greg reportedly discovered punk rock by listening to Rodney on the ROQ on Los Angeles radio station KROQ.
10. Greg was 15 years old when he formed Bad Religion with a few high school classmates.
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can be “punk professor” seen anywhere?
knew all of them, but then again, i’m a br nerd.
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You forgot one: he hasn’t sang on a good song since 1982.
What a ridiculous statement, Mike!
Yeah no kidding. Suffer was good too
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I have the utmost respect for this man, most meaningful lyricist for me. Met him once, he’s a really approachable guy, he signed my BR vans. I asked him in a cacophonous tone what Susurrations were (it’s a whisper) lol His sesquipedalian lyrics helped me ace the vocab section on my SAT’s. Bad Religion is the best overall punk band in my opinion, and my favorite all time band.
Didn’t realise there was a new book coming out, really enjoyed his other
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Knew all of these except #7.
RT @DyingScene: 10 things you probably didn’t know about Bad Religion singer Greg Graffin http://t.co/rjY1zmWfmt
I’m surprised he would produce such a shitty band like Unwritten Law.
RT @DyingScene: 10 things you probably didn’t know about Bad Religion singer Greg Graffin http://t.co/rjY1zmWfmt
Surprisingly knew most of these. Didn’t know that he’s writing a new book, so that’s exciting
John Tekiela I bet you know most if not all of this.
No mention of his webcam shenanigans? I’m sure there’s still BR fans out there that don’t know about that!
Ant Day 🙂
6,8,9 only things i didn’t know
no idea he was a Dr of Geology and that he taught at UCLA. pretty bad ass!!!
Knew all of them but #8.
I’m in a Bad Religion tribute band called Generator. Told him all about it too. Throw us a like?
Omg…I love this man
I expected this to be a list of teenagers he has shown his penis to on the internet.
I read somewhere that he’s among the most recognized paleontologists in the world.