Bad
      Religion
      is
      to
      punk
      as
     
     
      pimples
      are
      to
      teenagers.
     
    

    
     
      The
      aging,
      greying
     
     
      punkers,
      great-uncles
      of
      SoCal
     
     
      punk,
      took
      to
      the
      stage
      the
      Verdun
     
     
      ~~
      auditorium,
      last
      week
      in
      Montreal,
     
     
      promoting
      their
      tenth
      album,
      The
     
     
      New
      America,
      released
      in
      May.
     
    

    
     
      Creatures
      of
      habit,
      Bad
     
     
      Religion,
      lead
      by
      lyricist
      and
      evo-
     
     
      lutionary
      biologist,
      Greg
      Graffin,
     
     
      included
      several
      classics
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2875
      x2
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      crowd
      pleasers
      from
      previous
     
     
      albums
      Generator,
      Against
      the
     
     
      Grain,
      and
      Suffer
      (some
      of
      which
     
     
      were
      recorded
      before
      most
      audi-
     
     
      ence
      members
      were
      a
      twinkle
      in
     
     
      their
      parents
      eyes).
     
    

    
     
      Either
      faced
      with
      a
      memory
     
     
      loss
      due
      to
      their
      respectable
      age,
      or
     
     
      the
      monotony
      of
      twenty
      year’s
     
     
      worth
      of
      touring,
      the
      band
      offered
      a
     
     
      mediocre
      performance
      for
      a
      group
     
     
      which
      usually
      awes
      their
      audience
     
     
      with
      _
      pro-
     
     
      voking
     
     
      lyrics
      and
     
     
      catchy
      riffs
     
     
      and
      har-
     
     
      monies.
      The
     
     
      set
      was
     
     
      flawed
      by
     
     
      the
      technical
     
     
      difficulties
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      with
      sound
      (especially
      Bobby
     
     
      Schayer’s
      drums),
      and
      lack
      of
     
     
      enthusiasm
      and
      dedication
      their
     
     
      material
      deserves.
      18
      songs
      were
     
     
      squeezed
      into
      an
      hour
      and
      a
      half
      set
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      which
      did
      not
      compare
      to
      the
      quin-
     
     
      tet’s
      excellent
      performance,
      open-
     
     
      ing
      for
      Blink
      182,
      at
      Toronto’s
     
     
      Molson
      Amphitheatre
      in
      June.
     
     
      Graffin,
      a
      cynical
      man,
      was
     
     
      particularly
      biting
      and
      arrogant
      to
     
     
      an
      audience
      who
      _
      certainly
     
     
      deserved
      more
      respect
      for
      keeping
     
     
      Bad
      Religion
      on
      the
      road
      for
      two
     
     
      decades.
      Graffin
      took
      a
      moment
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      poke
      fun
      at
      national
      “icon”
      Celine
     
     
      Dion,
      and
      the
      Quebec
      Sovereignist
     
     
      movement,
      a
      disappointing
      move
     
     
      from
      an
      intellectual
      praised
      for
      his
     
     
      novel
      ideas
      in
      social
      reform
      and
     
     
      evolution
      of
      the
      human
      and
      animal
     
     
      world.
     
    

    
     
      Despite
      their
      talents
      as
     
     
      musicians
      (and
      their
      wicked
      har-
     
     
      monies),
      other
      band
      members
      were
     
     
      eclipsed
      by
      the
      lead
      man’s
      tower-
     
     
      ing
      presence
      of
      stage.
     
    

    
     
      Gob,
      a
      bland
      second
      help-
     
     
      ing
      of
      brat
      punk’s
      Blink
      182,
      and
     
     
      The
      Promised
      Ring,
      a
      Wheezer
     
     
      meets
      Thrush
      Hermit
      quartet,
     
     
      opened
      the
      show.
      The
      former
      were,
     
     
      to
      put
      it
      gently,
      awful,
      but
      the
      latter
     
     
      offered
      a
      surprising
      and
      interesting
     
     
      performance
      —
      despite
      the
      fact
      that
     
     
      they
      were
      booed
      off
      the
      stage
      by
      an
     
     
      insolent
      teenaged
      audience.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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