"21st Century (Digital Boy)" is a song written by Mr. Brett from the punk rock group Bad Religion. It was originally recorded in 1990 on their fifth full-length studio album Against the Grain and rerecorded on the 1994 album Stranger Than Fiction. Image File history File linksMetadata 21st_Century_(Digital_Boy). ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Bad Religion is an influential punk rock band that was originally formed in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley (bass), Greg Graffin (vocals), Brett Gurewitz (guitars) and Jay Ziskrout (drums). ... Stranger Than Fiction is the eighth full-length studio album by Bad Religion, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Westbeach Recorders is a recording studio in Hollywood, California famous for recording punk rock groups, such as Bad Religion, NOFX, The Offspring and Pennywise. ... ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Brett Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962), also known as Mr. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Andy Wallace is a Grammy Award-winning music studio engineer with a long track record of successful productions, beginning with the early 1980s production of the Run-DMC/Aerosmith collaboration on Walk This Way. ... Bad Religion is an influential punk rock band that was originally formed in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley (bass), Greg Graffin (vocals), Brett Gurewitz (guitars) and Jay Ziskrout (drums). ... Bad Religion is an influential punk rock band that was originally formed in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley (bass), Greg Graffin (vocals), Brett Gurewitz (guitars) and Jay Ziskrout (drums). ... Brett Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962), also known as Mr. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Bad Religion is an influential punk rock band that was originally formed in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley (bass), Greg Graffin (vocals), Brett Gurewitz (guitars) and Jay Ziskrout (drums). ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... Against the Grain is Bad Religions seventh album, released on November 23, 1990. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Stranger Than Fiction is the eighth full-length studio album by Bad Religion, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). ...

The lyrics of the song could be interpreted as a rejection of modern consumerist culture, as exemplified in the lyrics "I'm a 21st Century Digital Boy / I don't know how to live, but I've got a lot of toys". This alienation and rejection of consumerism and mainstream culture is a common theme in the music of Bad Religion. The bridge includes references to the group's two previous records (as of the original recording), Suffer and No Control. It is possible the song is at least a respectful parody of "21st Century Schizoid Man", a song by progressive rock legends King Crimson. Towards the end of the Bad Religion song, lyrics from King Crimson's song are sung in the background: Consumerism is a term used to describe the effects of equating personal happiness with purchasing material possessions and consumption. ... Suffer is a punk album by Bad Religion, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). ... No Control is an album by Bad Religion released by Epitaph Records on July 15, 1989 (see 1989 in music). ... Parody of Back to the Future In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... 21st Century Schizoid Man is a song by progressive rock band King Crimson from their debut album In the Court of the Crimson King. ... For the unrelated Swedish music movement, see progg. ... King Crimson is an English musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969. ...

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Although the Against the Grain version did not receive radio airplay when it was released, the Stranger Than Fiction version was a popular hit. The song was covered in 2006 as "21st Century Digital Girl" by German trance/dance group Groove Coverage. Against the Grain is Bad Religions seventh album, released on November 23, 1990. ... Stranger Than Fiction is the eighth full-length studio album by Bad Religion, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Trance music is a subgenre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

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