Every Friday the punk rock geniuses here at Dying Scene are going to unleash a little bit of punk scene trivia all over your asses. Today’s “fun factoid” is about Bad Religion’s album “Stranger Than Fiction” and it’s spectacular lineup of guest vocalists.

Like most fans of punk rock, you probably also consider yourself a pretty big fan of Bad Religion. Well, here’s a piece of trivia about the punk legends that might surprise even some of you die-hards out there. On the Bad Religion album Stranger Than Fiction Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong makes a guest appearance on the song Television, singing 2 of the song’s verses.  If you knew that already, you might still be surprised to know that former Pennywise lead singer Jim Lindberg also makes a vocal appearance on the album, this time in the form of backup vocals on the song Marked.

If you’re not convinced, listen here and find out for yourself.

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Senses Fail have posted the second tour video from their jaunt to Australia and you can check it out here.  It’s got backstage footage of the guys all being collectively tired (presumably from the other-side-of-the-world time difference) and features some new music off the band’s upcoming album.

Senses Fail plan on releasing their fourth studio album The Fire on October 19th via Vagrant Records.

Australian punk-ska outfit Cap A Capo are streaming two brand new songs on their MySpace page.  “Soul Sucka” is a previously unrleased straight forward punk rock song while “K.O. Ala” is a really random, sorta hip-hop/ska hybrid.  No word on if either track will appear on a forthcoming release.

The band has one previously released full-length album which they’ll send you for free if you hit them up on MySpace.

Nathanael Felon, frontman for The Martyrs and guitarist for The Scarred, has announced plans to release an as-of-yet unnamed solo album.

According to Nathanael, the album won’t be entirely acoustic and will consist of 4 or 5 tracks, all of which will be available as a free download. There exists the possibility that the album is also released on vinyl. Stay tuned for more info as it becomes available.

The Martyrs released If We Fall Tonight on June 14th, while The Scarred’s latest, At Half Mast, came out last June on Basement Records.

Germany’s Small Town Riot has posted a new song on their MySpace. It is the title track from their upcoming November release Suicidal Lifestyle. Check it out right here.

Small Town Riot’s latest release was a compilation called F*** Those Who Go Untried, released on Warbird Entertainment.

News leaked last week that Weezer was in the planning stages of a Pinkerton tour. But apparentlt that’s not all. In a short interview, Weezer lead singer, Rivers Cuomo, expressed hope to have two dates for each city, one night for Pinkerton, and the other for The Blue Album, both played in their entirety.

“We have this really exciting idea to do a tour where we spend two nights in each city, and the first night, we play the entire Blue album, and the second night, we play the entirety of Pinkerton,” said Cuomo to MTV.

Exciting news, but the plans aren’t yet set in stone. “We’re just running it by promoters right now to see if there’s sufficient interest in the markets to do something like that, and if they’re on board, it’s gonna happen,” Cuomo added.

We’ll update you as details unfold.

Weezer’s upcoming album, Hurley will be released September 14th on Epitaph Records.

Ohio’s metalcore group The Devil Wears Prada is releasing an EP called Zombie next Tuesday (the 24th) on Ferret Music. But if you head on over to their MySpace, you can listen to the whole thing right now, free of charge! Can’t beat that, right?

The Devil Wears Prada is currently touring the East Coast, but is about to head over to New Zealand and Australia to tour in mid-September. Check out their Dying Scene shows page for more details.

More than a week before its August 31st release, Canadian hardcore punk group Comeback Kid is allowing the MySpace community to listen to 91% of their upcoming album Symptoms + Cures (yes, only 10 of the 11 tracks are up; the only one I don’t see is the closing track Pull Back The Reins). So head on over to their MySpace and take a listen to their music player, and be treated to some excellent Canadian hardcore.

Comeback Kid will be embarking on a Canadian tour in support of their newest effort next month. Check out their Dying Scene shows page for more details.

Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes upon the shortest music video I’ve ever seen.

Arizona’s hardcore act The Bled have released a music video for the song Mouthbreather off their latest Rise Records release Heat Fetish. Clocking in at just under 1:45, the video is a rush. It is fittingly set in the desert (you know…Heat Fetish? I thought it was fitting). You can check out the video here.

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Bad Religion shredder and Epitaph mastermind Brett Gurewitz is featured on not one, but two videos on Spinner. The first is a straight up interview where Mr. Brett discusses his influences as well as a guest appearance on the track Cyanide on the upcoming Bad Religion album The Dissent Of Man. The second video is a tour of Epitaph’s building, where you get to meet Darth Latte. I am not making this up. Check out the videos here. Both are pretty cool if you are a Bad Religion fan, or just a music fan in general.

Bad Religion’s The Dissent Of Man will be released September 28th.