Editing Bad Religion (section)

===Departures of Hetson and Wackerman, and ''Christmas Songs'' (2013–2017)===

Bad Religion played a few shows as a four-piece (without [[Greg Hetson]] and [[Brett Gurewitz]]) in mid April - May 2013—starting with their appearance at "That Damn Show" in Mesa, AZ, on April 20, including some high profile shows such as [[Groezrock]] in Belgium—leading fans to speculate over Greg Hetson's continued involvement in the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skatepunkers.net/2013/05/greg-hetson-left-bad-religion.html |title=Greg Hetson left Bad Religion? |publisher=skatepunkers |date=May 1, 2013 |access-date=December 6, 2013}}</ref>

On May 7, 2013, [[Jay Bentley]] issued a statement to the fan site, which read, "Greg Hetson is dealing with some personal issues, if he wishes to make a statement we will support that, if he chooses not to we will support that. [[Mike Dimkich]] is indeed helping us out right now, and we are genuinely appreciative. Right now we are just looking forward and getting ready to play our shows."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailypunk.com/7216/bad-religions-jay-bentley-addresses-issue-on-greg-hetson |title=Bad Religion's Jay Bentley addresses issue on Greg Hetson |publisher=Daily Punk |access-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211162406/http://www.dailypunk.com/7216/bad-religions-jay-bentley-addresses-issue-on-greg-hetson |archive-date=December 11, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebrpage.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7810&PID=169404&title=the-mysterious-hetson-case |title=Forum &#124; The Bad Religion Page - Since 1995 |publisher=Thebrpage.net |access-date=December 6, 2013}}</ref> The reason Hetson had not been touring with Bad Religion was likely due to the divorce of his second wife Alia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noisecreep.com/bad-religion-greg-hetson-wife-legal-action-against-each-other/ |title=Bad Religion's Greg Hetson + Wife Take Legal Action |publisher=Noisecreep.com |date=July 28, 2013 |access-date=December 6, 2013}}</ref> On January 11, 2014, Bentley confirmed on "thebrpage.net" that Dimkich is a permanent member of the band.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebrpage.net/news/?newsID=2120#comments |title=True North as Team Coco web exclusive |date=January 8, 2014 |website=The Bad Religion Page |access-date=January 17, 2014}}</ref> A few days later, [[Download Festival]]'s official website uploaded a photograph of the new lineup (without Brett Gurewitz).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebrpage.net/news/?newsID=2122 |title=Does this make it official? It seems so |date=January 16, 2014 |website=The Bad Religion Page |access-date=January 17, 2014}}</ref>

Later, in 2022, Hetson appeared on the podcast Fat Mike's Fat Mic stating he was let go due to his admitted addiction to painkillers and the behavior he exhibited due to this addiction.<ref name="fatmikepodcast2-18-2022">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EAcwuPJ46Q&t=1332s&ab_channel=FatWreckChords|title='Fat Mike's Fat Mic - Greg Hetson gets kicked out of Bad Religion for doing painkillers'|work=[[YouTube]]|date=February 18, 2022|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref>

On September 10, 2013, it was announced that Bad Religion would be releasing their first [[Christmas music|Christmas]] album, titled ''[[Christmas Songs (Bad Religion album)|Christmas Songs]]'', on October 29, 2013. It was their first album to not feature [[Greg Hetson]] since 1983's ''[[Into the Unknown (Bad Religion album)|Into the Unknown]]''.<ref name="epitaph9-10-2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.epitaph.com/news/news/3726/BAD_RELIGION_To_Release_Christmas_Songs_On_October_29|title='BAD RELIGION To Release 'Christmas Songs' On October 29|work=[[Epitaph Records]]|date=September 10, 2013|access-date=September 10, 2013}}</ref>

In a November 2013 interview, guitarist [[Brett Gurewitz]] stated that Bad Religion would start writing their seventeenth studio album in 2014,<ref>{{cite web|title=Brett in the media. Plus a first sign of a next album?|url=http://www.thebrpage.net/news/?newsID=2111|publisher=Drew Beringer|access-date=November 27, 2013}}</ref> and guitarist [[Brian Baker (musician)|Brian Baker]] said that he hoped Bad Religion would start recording the album in the fall of 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bad Religion returning to studio!|url=http://www.thebrpage.net/news/?newsID=2145|date=March 21, 2015|access-date=March 21, 2015}}</ref> However, in a September 2015 interview, frontman [[Greg Graffin]] stated that he had been working on his first solo album since 2006's ''[[Cold as the Clay]]'', and that the band would begin writing their new album after the release of his third solo album, ''Millport'',<ref>{{cite web|date=November 9, 2015|title=Greg Graffin Wants to Provoke People to Think|url=http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/Blogs/Cityfiles/Fall-2015/Greg-Graffin-Wants-to-Provoke-People-to-Think/|access-date=November 11, 2015|publisher=[[San Diego Magazine]]}}</ref> so a new Bad Religion album would not be released until around late 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebrpage.net/news/?newsID=2151 |title=New solo album Greg Graffin? |publisher=The Bad Religion Page |date=September 26, 2015 |access-date=October 2, 2015}}</ref> Baker said, however, that the new album would not be released until 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad Religion Planning a New Album for 2017|url=http://www.riffyou.com/bad-religion-new-album-2017/|access-date=April 27, 2016|website=Riffyou.com|date=February 18, 2016}}</ref> Asked in a March 2017 interview about the follow-up to ''True North'', Graffin said, "It's one of the great challenges as artist is to maintain the tradition of his or her prior work. That's hard to do. It normally takes (Bad Religion) two years to put out an album. Why has it taken us four years to release an album after ''True North''? Well, ''True North'' was such a great album — and we owe it to our fans to take it seriously as a great album — that to do another one is going to take a lot more work."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://punx.uk/ds-interview-greg-graffin-on-his-latest-solo-effort-and-new-bad-religion/ |title=DS Interview: Greg Graffin on his latest solo effort and new Bad Religion |publisher=punx.uk |access-date=March 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330091804/http://punx.uk/ds-interview-greg-graffin-on-his-latest-solo-effort-and-new-bad-religion/ |archive-date=March 30, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Millport'' was eventually released on March 10, 2017.

From July to September 2014, Bad Religion embarked on the Summer Nationals Tour with [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]]; their former labelmates the Offspring, [[the Vandals]], [[Stiff Little Fingers]], and [[Naked Raygun]] supported them on selected dates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://offspring.com/news/402/summer-nationals-2014-tour-announcement |title=Summer Nationals 2014 Tour Announcement |date=May 12, 2014 |publisher=Offspring.com |access-date=May 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003101434/http://offspring.com/news/402/summer-nationals-2014-tour-announcement |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebrpage.net/news/?newsID=2130 |title=Summer Nationals tour announced |date=May 12, 2014 |publisher=thebrpage.net |access-date=May 31, 2014}}</ref>

On October 27, 2015, drummer [[Brooks Wackerman]] officially left the band in order to pursue other projects,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t%3D3735295 |title=Brooks Wackerman Leaves Bad Religion - News Article - AbsolutePunk.net |access-date=October 28, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151125123957/http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3735295 |archive-date=November 25, 2015 }}</ref> joining [[Avenged Sevenfold]] a week later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/avenged-sevenfold-recruits-ex-bad-religion-drummer-brooks-wackerman/ |title=Avenged Sevenfold Recruits Ex Bad Religion Drummer Brooks Wackerman |website=Blabbermouth.net |date=November 4, 2015 |access-date=April 27, 2016}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Jamie Miller (US musician)|Jamie Miller]] ([[...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead]], [[Souls at Zero (band)|Souls at Zero]] and [[Snot (band)|Snot]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://shockedblog.com/2016/02/05/jamie-miller-es-el-nuevo-baterista-de-bad-religion/ |title=Jamie Miller es el nuevo baterista de Bad Religion – Shocked |website=Shockedblog.com |access-date=April 27, 2016 |archive-date=May 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530124955/https://shockedblog.com/2016/02/05/jamie-miller-es-el-nuevo-baterista-de-bad-religion/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rockaxis.com/rock/novedades/brian-baker-jamie-miller-es-el-nuevo-baterista-de-bad-religion |title=Brian Baker: "Jamie Miller es el nuevo baterista de Bad Religion" &#124; Novedades &#124; Rock, Xcore |language=es |website=Rockaxis.com |access-date=April 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313043218/http://rockaxis.com/rock/novedades/brian-baker-jamie-miller-es-el-nuevo-baterista-de-bad-religion |archive-date=March 13, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>