Space punks new religion12/18/2023 ![]() I do not think that this is very aggressive, really. In the same way our logo indicates that this is not a good place for religion. The overlined cross logo should preferably be compared to a crossed out P. ![]() Nevertheless, I think that our band name and the logo with an overlined Christian cross have served as good symbols for the band and what we stand for. No, at that time we did hope for stronger reactions. Remember that we were just a group of snotty kids who wanted to provoke, says Graffin.īut people did not get as angry as the bunch of kids had thought or hoped for. This was a fitting target for a punk band. When I grew up in Southern California, the conservative Christian right-wing had a number of TV channels humming and buzzing at all times. Religion was thrown at us from the TV screens. ![]() We hit upon the band name when we were teenagers. What is the origin of the aggressive, anti- religious name of your band? I would like to see that the humanist movement did care a little more about how we should act in order to enable future generations to continue living on this earth, as well, he says. They just continue as if the problem does not exist. few people are aware of the environment challenges. However, he has a piece of advice to organised humanists. This is also precisely what the humanist movement is about, and that is why I think that humanism and punk definitely are connected, Graffin states. For me punk is about a community of people who are tired of passive and accepted truths and want to do something about it. To make a decision and fight intolerance. In all our lyrics you will find a strong trend toward sympathy. We want to provoke people into thinking on their own. Make a decision and raise your consciousness. Bad Religion's music has always been about tackling an untenable situation and doing something about it. Some punks were nihilists, and didn't care about anything. In Graffin's opinion there is an interesting connection between punk and humanism. Punk and humanism - two sides of the same coin In addition to my work as a biology professor at the university, of course. Bad Religion has always been my most important humanist commitment, and will continue to be so. Will you try your hand as an active humanist in the future? My whole life and my education have been aimed in this direction, he says. I must admit that I didn't know about the organised humanist movement until I was awarded this prize. Graffin lets us know that, strictly speaking, Bad Religion has always been a humanist band, although in a somewhat disorganised way. Suddenly, now quite a few clever people know what I am doing, and they did not know this before. Graffin tells us that he has got a lot of publicity because of the award. Of course it is a great honor to receive this prize, the Bad Religion lead singer says to Fritanke.no. Last year the writer Salman Rushdie received the prize. The reason is that Bad Religion's lead singer has won the prize " Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Cultural Humanism" which is awarded annually by The Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard. More than 15 years later I am talking to Greg Graffin on the phone from the U.S. The three classical Bad Religion albums, No Control, Suffer and Against the Grain was quickly included in the CD- collection. " Change of ideas, change of ideas, what we need now is a change of ideas" was what Greg Graffin recited to us at a local record shop in Trondheim one memorable Saturday morning in the early nineties. And the lead singer hit each note perfectly. If the songs had been stripped down and played in slow versions, they would have graced any folk song festival. However, it was the melodies that set them apart from the other punk bands. The drummer using his sticks as quickly as humanly possible, matching the quick stringing of the guitars. Undoubtedly, the music was hard core punk. Earlier this year he was awarded a humanist prize in the U.S. Fritanke.no has talked to Greg Graffin, biology professor and lead singer of the punk band Bad Religion. Punk and humanism are two sides of the same coin.
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