Editing Bad Religion (section)

===Post-Gurewitz period, departure of Bobby Schayer (1996–2000)===
Bad Religion continued touring and recording without Brett Gurewitz, releasing three more albums for Atlantic, starting with ''[[The Gray Race]]'' (1996), produced by former Cars frontman [[Ric Ocasek]]. Despite never garnering the amount of attention that ''Stranger Than Fiction'' received, it scored Bad Religion a minor U.S. radio hit with the song, "A Walk", as well as the European release of "Punk Rock Song".

[[File:Badr1995.jpg|thumb|[[Brian Baker (musician)|Brian Baker]] (left) with Bad Religion live in the Netherlands, 1995]]
In 1998, Bad Religion released their tenth full-length album, ''[[No Substance]]'', produced by [[Alex Perialas]], Ronnie Kimball, and the band themselves. Although the album was anticipated by music critics and fans alike as a result of the band's previous worldwide successes with ''Stranger Than Fiction'' and ''The Gray Race'', it was given mixed reviews by both critics and fans.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r348580|pure_url=yes}} Ankeny, J: "No Substance" review]</ref> Following the release of ''No Substance'', the band embarked on a year-long tour.

In 1999, Gurewitz reunited with Graffin to co-write a song together called, "Believe It", which would appear on their next album, ''[[The New America]]'' (2000). For this new album, [[Todd Rundgren]], an early musical inspiration for Graffin, was brought in to produce. "Todd was kind of an underground sensation back in 1974. Here's a guy who was making pop music but in a way that you wouldn't hear on the radio. So much of my early musical identity was wrapped up in the way he conducted himself." In the summer of 2000, they set out on a successful 3-month U.S. arena tour opening for [[Blink-182]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebrpage.net/shows/tour.asp?tourID=33|title=2000 - The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show Tour (supporting Blink 182) &#124; Tours & shows &#124; The Bad Religion Page - Since 1995|website=Thebrpage.net|access-date=October 18, 2019}}</ref> Interest in recording the record waned due to Rundgren's poor attitude. Jay Bentley reflects on this by saying, "I didn't feel we were going anywhere and so did Greg. Todd didn't like Greg and that made Greg so mad! He met his idol, and he was a jerk! I don't think Todd gave a shit about anything."<ref name="chartattack">{{cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com/features/1515/bad-religion-the-process-of-labels|title=Bad Religion: The Process of Labels|first=Keith|last=Carman|work=[[Chart (magazine)|Chart]]|date=July 19, 2002|access-date=September 27, 2009|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606183720/http://www.chartattack.com/features/1515/bad-religion-the-process-of-labels|archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref> However, Graffin later writes in his book, "Anarchy Evolution", that, although Rundgren was difficult to work with, he and Graffin remain friends to this day. Meanwhile, [[Bobby Schayer]] left the band following a serious shoulder injury and was replaced by [[Brooks Wackerman]] ([[Suicidal Tendencies]]).