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Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion

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.

Jim Rutland

Jim Ruland is the co-author of Do What You Want with Bad Religion, and My Damage with Keith Morris, the founding vocalist of Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and OFF! Ruland has been writing for punk zines such as Flipside and Razorcake for more than 25 years and his work has received awards from Reader's Digest and the National Endowment for the Arts.

"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"

"[A] fascinating story... the band has overcome a lot of challenges over the years, and this sufficient narrative documents every one of them."

Kirkus

"[DO WHAT YOU WANT is] the book treatment their legendary career deserves."

Entertainment Weekly

"A breezy and enjoyable oral history of being in one of the most respected and enduring punk acts in American history."

A.V. Club

"Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion, co-authored by writer Jim Ruland, explores the band's early days, from starting out as teenagers in a San Fernando Valley garage (appropriately nicknamed “The Hell Hole”) to battling for radio play to having run-ins with the police."

Entertainment Weekly

Description

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.

Additional information

Publisher

Hachette Books

Publish Date

August 18, 2020

Pages

336

Dimensions

6.2 X 9.0 X 1.4 inches, 1.35 pounds

Language

English

Type

Hardcover

EAN/UPC

9780306922220

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