Greg Graffin
The band Bad religion was formed in the
early eighties and has now been around over
15 years and has released over eight albums,
the lead singer has continued his schooling
and now has one bachelors degree ,a masters
and is working on his Ph.D.
Greg Graffin was born in 1965 in
Wisconsin. His mother and father were
divorced after his birth. In 1976 his mother his
brother and him moved to San Fernando
valley California, which is now the punk rock
capital of the world. 'Like millions of other
victims of divorce in the seventies I had to
deal with the fact that my father was now
living far away(In Racine, Wisconsin) and that
I would not get to see him very much.' While
his father was in Wisconsin he began work at
the university of Wisconsin as a professor. He
still works their today. Greg was often picked
on in high school because of his 'Punkness'.
English: Bascom Hall on the campus of the Universi...
English: Photo taken by myself (Richard Acosta) du...
Greg Graffin (singer of Bad Religion)'There were three people at my high school
who were punkers, I mean I got beat up
everyday by long haired people who listened
to Rush and would beat me up because I
didn't. When he was fifteen he started a band
with other social outcasts who didn't quite fit
in. They settled on the name BAD
RELIGION.
Bad Religion does not pertain to any kind
of sacrilegious activities or the like. Instead it
is a statement against any establishment that
promotes dogmatic thinking or punishes
individualism and rewards followers. Greg
once said in an interview 'Instead of
rewarding uniqueness we, for some reason
probably because of cultural and social
necessity, we chastise unique behavior and
reward conformity'. On 15/10/93 Greg said
BR has 108 songs and 5 or 6 are about
religious issues.
Greg has a very different...