Against The Grain - Bad Religion

Bas religion are an American punk rock band that have been going for a number of years now, and this was their 5th studio album from them entitled against the grain. It came out nearly 20 years ago now, in 1990 however the recording quality is still great, and the tracks still fantastic. Bad religion have a kind of slow singing style to them, whilst having really fast beat songs, its kind of strange and you might have to give them a listen to see what I mean. The only disadvantage to them is that a lot of their songs do sound similar, and they have done so many songs in the past its hard to remember some from others, but there was certain ones on ...  Read the complete review

'Against the Grain' is the fifth studio album from Bad Religion, a seventeen track album which clocks in at 34 minutes and 27 seconds in length. This is I feel one of the best albums that Bad Religion has ever released as a band; the album originally came out in 1990 through Epitaph Records and is one of my personal favourite punk rock albums of all time. When comparing this album to the bands previous release 'No Control' it must be noted that the pace has slowed a little here; 'No Control' is an album that consists of 15 fast and furious punk rock anthems whereas with this album the band became a little more relaxed, showing a lighter side and more mellow approach to ...  Read the complete review

Eighties punks Bad Religion entered the nineties with a fairly safe but still classic album in their original style, taking a step down from its predecessor 'No Control' in terms of intensity, speed and heaviness, which is a slight disappointment only because the previous album worked so well (and remains my favourite in the discography). 'Against the Grain' may not feature as many memorable songs, but the style continues to develop from their genre-defining 'Suffer,' incorporating further melodic elements and harmonies while also oddly seeming divided into several distinct sections that I'm probably just imagining. Some of the songs in the first third of the ...  Read the complete review