19-07-2016 Bad Religion

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Today, a hot Tuesday night, the Batschkapp was crowded with middle aged punk rock fans. Why? Well, Bad Religion were about to perform on stage. Bad Religion was playing three shows in the area, and almost all of them were sold out. But before the punk rockers went on stage, Rideau was warming up the audience for them.

Rideau is a Swedish rock band from the greater Örebro area. They have just released their debut album and are currently touring with the amazing Bad Religion. Rideau was a four piece and came on stage in button down shirts and ties. The Swedes began right away with their thriving performance. After the first song, the bass player had some technical difficulties. So the rest of the band finished the song and then stood still until the bass player was ready to go again. It looked almost as the performance, The Hives are using during their shows.

On the guys went, rocking their hearts out with their catchy songs. The audience was amazed by Rideau and cheered out loud after each song. Singing and dancing along, the band was warming up the audience quite a bit. Each musician walked up and down on stage, rocking to each side of the audience. The singer even climbed onto the barriers for one song to absolutely close to the audience. The performance of Rideau lasted for about thirty minutes.

Rideau put up an amazing and energetic show. The audience enjoyed it a whole lot and was almost a little bit sad as the show was over. But now it was time for Bad Religion. The venue was absolutely crowded by now and it had gotten quite warm already. But it was about to get hotter. Because Bad Religion entered the stage now.

Bad Religion is an American punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1979. The band makes extensive use of soaring three-part vocal harmonies, guitar solos and lyrics that often contain religious and political commentary. Their lyrics often relate to matters of social responsibility. The band’s lineup has changed several times over its lifespan, with lead vocalist Greg Graffin being the only consistent member; the current lineup, however, features three of the band’s four original members (Graffin, Brett Gurewitz and Jay Bentley).

The audience was going insane, as the band entered the stage. Bad Religion hit it right off. They performed their songs, walking up and down on stage, playing and singing to the fans. They did not jump around, but the audience jumped around even more. In between the songs, the singer of Bad Religion was amazed that he saw quite many familiar faces. He also asked the audience who of them is or was going to one of the shows in the area. Quite some fans were going to all three of them. Pretty impressive.

The fans could sing along to all songs, whether it was new songs or old classics. They danced and cheered, celebrated this night with the legendary Bad Religion.Even though, Bad Religion is celebrating their thirtieth band anniversary, they still don’t lack of energy or passion. Instead it seems, as if both constantly grow. But the thankful audience did not make it too hard to draw energy from them and have a brilliant night, performing this amazing music. The band announced some songs, told stories about one or the other. The audience loved it.

The venue was heated up quite a bit by now, but nobody seemed to care. Bad Religion played for about two hours – including encore – before the show was over. The fans were now soaked in sweat but left with a smile on their faces. Bad Religion is an amazing live band and always will be.

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