Do What You Want
The Story of Bad Religion
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By Bad Religion
With Jim Ruland
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From their beginnings as teenagers experimenting in a San Fernando Valley garage dubbed "The Hell Hole" to headlining major music festivals around the world, discover the whole story of Bad Religion's forty-year career in irreverent style.
Do What You Want's principal storytellers are the four voices that define Bad Religion: Greg Graffin, a Wisconsin kid who sang in the choir and became an L.A. punk rock icon while he was still a teenager; Brett Gurewitz, a high school dropout who founded the independent punk label Epitaph Records and went on to become a record mogul; Jay Bentley, a surfer and skater who gained recognition as much for his bass skills as for his antics on and off the stage; and Brian Baker, a founding member of Minor Threat who joined the band in 1994 and brings a fresh perspective as an intimate outsider.With a unique blend of melodic hardcore and thought-provoking lyrics, Bad Religion paved the way for the punk rock explosion of the 1990s, opening the door for bands like NOFX, The Offspring, Rancid, Green Day, and Blink-182 to reach wider audiences. They showed the world what punk could be, and they continue to spread their message one song, one show, one tour at a time.
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"[A] fascinating story... the band has overcome a lot of challenges over the years, and this sufficient narrative documents every one of them."Kirkus
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"Ruland serves up a heady, revelatory collaboration with the enduring punk band Bad Religion... his testament to the value of hard work and independent thinking offers a thrilling alternative to the conventional rise-and-fall rock narrative."Publishers Weekly, "Summer Reads Staff Pick"
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"[DO WHAT YOU WANT is] the book treatment their legendary career deserves."Entertainment Weekly
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"A breezy and enjoyable oral history of being in one of the most respected and enduring punk acts in American history."A.V. Club
- On Sale
- Aug 18, 2020
- Page Count
- 336 pages
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780306922244
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