Editing Bad Religion (section)

==Style and influences==
Bad Religion has been described as [[melodic hardcore]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barnard|first=Laurent|date=July 9, 2015|title=This Is Hardcore: Bad Religion – "Suffer"|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/this-is-hardcore-bad-religion-suffer|access-date=July 12, 2020|website=[[Louder Sound]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/jul/13/popandrock.shopping2 |title=Bad Religion, New Maps of Hell |work=[[The Guardian]] |last=Thomson |first=Jamie |date=July 13, 2007 |access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-17 |title=Bad Religion – "The Profane Rights Of Man" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2019188/bad-religion-the-profane-rights-of-man/music/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=[[Stereogum]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=2020-01-08 |title=first-ever Bad Religion autobiography coming for band's 40th anniversary |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/first-ever-bad-religion-autobiography-coming-for-bands-40th-anniversary/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=[[BrooklynVegan]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/bad_religion_announce_canadaus_summer_tour |title=Bad Religion Announce Canada/U.S. Summer Tour |work=[[Exclaim!]] |last=Adams |first=Gregory |date=February 17, 2015 |access-date=January 11, 2019}}</ref><ref name="sacher"/> [[punk rock]],<ref name=Nashville/><ref name="Erlewine">{{Cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen|title=Bad Religion|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-religion-mn0000062823|access-date=July 12, 2020|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-03 |title=Bad Religion's Greg Graffin talks about the band's 40 years of punk rock |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2020/06/03/bad-religions-greg-graffin-talks-about-the-bands-40-years-of-punk-rock |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-27 |title=BAD RELIGION - 'Emancipation Of The Mind' A White House Welcome |url=https://www.hysteriamag.com/bad-religion-emancipation-mind-white-house-welcome/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Hysteria Magazine}}</ref> [[skate punk]],<ref name="Erlewine"/><ref name=Nashville>{{cite web|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13047368/how-bad-religion-transcended-the-ages-of-american-punk-rock|title=How Bad Religion transcended the ages of American punk rock|website=Nashvillescene.com|date=March 14, 2013 |access-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cimarusti |first=Luca |date=2019-08-02 |title=Nearly 40 years into their career, Bad Religion are the best west-coast punk band in existence |url=http://chicagoreader.com/music/nearly-40-years-into-their-career-bad-religion-are-the-best-west-coast-punk-band-in-existence/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=[[Chicago Reader]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 14, 2020 |title=Bad Religion Ask 'What Are We Standing For' on New Single |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/bad_religion_ask_what_are_we_standing_for_on_new_single |access-date=May 30, 2023 |website=[[Exclaim!]]}}</ref> and [[hardcore punk]].<ref name="Erlewine"/><ref>{{Cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=March 1, 2017|title=Top 10 Hardcore Punk Bands|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/top-10-hardcore-punk-bands/amp/|url-status=live|access-date=August 29, 2021|website=UDiscoverMusic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407192606/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/top-10-hardcore-punk-bands/amp/ |archive-date=April 7, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="baraz">{{cite web |last1=Baraz |first1=Danny |title=SHOWSBad Religion at The Mayan: Hardcore Punk Lives On Through a Soft Generation |url=https://www.jankysmooth.com/bad-religion-at-the-mayan-fck-all-you-other-fake-a-toys/ |website=Janky Smooth |date=November 11, 2014 |access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref><ref name="sacher">{{cite web |last1=Sacher |first1=Andrew |title=Bad Religion's 'How Could Hell Be Any Worse' turns 40, 'The Process of Belief' turns 20 |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/bad-religions-how-could-hell-be-any-worse-turns-40-the-process-of-belief-turns-20/ |website=[[Brooklyn Vegan]] |date=January 19, 2022 |access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref> The band's major influences stemmed from late 1970s punk acts like the [[Ramones]], the [[Germs (band)|Germs]], the [[Sex Pistols]], and [[the Clash]], along with early 1980s American hardcore bands such as [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]], [[Minor Threat]], and the [[Circle Jerks]]. Unlike many other hardcore bands of the era, they also acknowledged [[proto-punk]] bands like the [[New York Dolls]], [[MC5]], and [[the Stooges]]. Even more unusual for a band of the scene that spawned them, they were also informed by such [[New wave music|new wavers]] as [[Elvis Costello]], [[the Jam]], and [[Nick Lowe]], as well as authors like [[Jack Kerouac]].<ref name="prosody">{{cite web|url=http://thebrpage.net/article/detail.asp?iArt=245&iType=25 |title=Bad Religion's Punk Prosody |first=Sandy|last=Masuo |date=September 1994 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003620/http://thebrpage.net/article/detail.asp?iArt=245&iType=25 |archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref> [[The Beatles]] were also a huge influence on Bad Religion. The band had said that the Beatles were about the only band everyone in Bad Religion really liked.

Reviewers have repeatedly cited an upbeat and positive tone to both the band's melody and lyrics, even when dealing with dark topics.<ref name="Spin review of True North">{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/01/bad-religion-dept-of-false-hope-true-north/ |title=Bad Religion Direct Digital Boy's Lame Dad to the 'Dept. Of False Hope' |date=January 12, 2013 |access-date=April 16, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.craveonline.com/music/reviews/134190-bad-religion-the-dissent-of-man| title=Bad Religion: The Dissent of Man | access-date=April 16, 2014}}</ref>

Greg Graffin called his influences, "Pop-sounding rock tunes that were not necessarily commercial."<ref name="palladium">{{cite video|people=Greg Graffin|title=Bad Religion Live at the Palladium|medium=DVD|publisher=Epitaph Records|date=2005}}</ref> Brett Gurewitz acknowledges attempting to emulate Germs singer [[Darby Crash]] early on in Bad Religion's lyrical style. "He wrote some intelligent stuff and didn't shy away from the vocabulary, which I thought was cool."<ref name="mrbrett">{{cite web|url=http://thebrpage.net/article/detail.asp?iArt=216&iType=21 |title=A Conversation with Mr. Brett |author1=Matt Taylor|author2=Mateo Rojas |date=September 27, 1996 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003514/http://www.thebrpage.net/article/detail.asp?iArt=216&iType=21 |archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref> In addition to their use of unusually sophisticated vocabulary for a punk band, Bad Religion is also known for their frequent use of vocal harmonies. They took their cues from [[the Adolescents]] in the way they used three-part harmonies. Bassist Jay Bentley said, "Seeing the Adolescents live, it was so brilliant. So, in a way, the Adolescents influenced us into saying we can do it too, because look, they're doing it."<ref name="opiateofthemasses" /><ref name="seemag">{{cite web|url=http://www.seemagazine.com/Issues/2005/1103/mus4.htm|title=Acting Their Rage|first=Trent|last=McMartin|date=November 3, 2005|access-date=November 16, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060116025935/http://www.seemagazine.com/Issues/2005/1103/mus4.htm|archive-date=January 16, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>