Stranger Than Fiction
Studio album by Bad Religion
Released	30 August 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Punk rock
Length	38:28
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer(s)	Andy Wallace and Bad Religion
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (*) link Rolling Stone link
Bad Religion chronology
Recipe for Hate (1993)	Stranger Than Fiction (1994)	All Ages (1995)
Back cover

Stranger Than Fiction is the eighth full-length studio album by Bad Religion, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music). It was the last album with Brett Gurewitz (until their reunion on The Process of Belief), and the first on the Atlantic Records. It found the band retreating from the experimentation of Generator and Recipe For Hate and producing a fast and harmonic punk record, perhaps in response to allegations of the band selling out when they signed with Atlantic Records. Songs like "Stranger Than Fiction," and "Incomplete" became instant fan favorites, and the band scored hits with "Infected" and "21st Century (Digital Boy). This work is copyrighted. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Bad Religion is a 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). ... 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The album is also considered one of the best punk albums of 1994 by many fans, along with Green Day's Dookie, NOFX's Punk in Drublic and The Offspring's Smash. 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. ... Green Day is an American rock band consisting of three core members: Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, lead vocals), Mike Dirnt (bass) and Tré Cool (drums). ... Dookie, released in February 1994, is the third album by the punk rock band Green Day, and it was their first album on Reprise. ... NOFX is a Skate punk band from the Bay Area, California, United States, formed in 1983. ... Punk in Drublic is a music album by punk rock band NOFX. The album was released in 1994 through Epitaph Records. ... For other uses, see Offspring (disambiguation). ... Smash is The Offsprings third album, released on April 19, 1994. ...

The album was certified gold by the RIAA on March 4, 1998.^[1] The RIAA Logo. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Track listing

1. "Incomplete" (Brett Gurewitz) – 2:28
2. "Leave Mine To Me" (Greg Graffin) – 2:07
3. "Stranger Than Fiction" (Gurewitz) – 2:20
4. "Tiny Voices" (Graffin) – 2:36
5. "The Handshake" (Graffin) – 2:50
6. "Better Off Dead" (Gurewitz) – 2:39
7. "Infected" (Gurewitz) – 4:08
8. "Television" (Gurewitz, Johnette Napolitano) – 2:03
9. "Individual" (Graffin) – 1:58
10. "Hooray For Me..." (Gurewitz) – 2:50
11. "Slumber" (Graffin) – 2:39
12. "Marked" (Gurewitz) – 1:48
13. "Inner Logic" (Graffin) – 2:58
14. "What It Is" (Graffin) – 2:08
15. "21st Century (Digital Boy)" (Gurewitz) – 2:47
16. "News From The Front" (Gurewitz, Jay Bentley, Bobby Schayer) – 2:22 (Europe and Japan bonus track)
17. "Markovian Process" (Graffin) – 1:29 (Europe and Japan bonus track)
18. "Leaders and Followers" (Japan only bonus track)

Brett Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962), also known as Mr. ... Dr. Gregory Walter Graffin (born November 6, 1964 in Racine, Wisconsin), better known as Greg Graffin, is the vocalist and co-founder of the punk rock band Bad Religion. ... 21st Century (Digital Boy) is the 1994 single, written by Mr. ... Jay Bentley (born June 6, 1964) is the bassist and co-founding member of the legendary punk rock group Bad Religion. ... Bobby Schayer (born December 23, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) was the drummer for Bad Religion from 1991 to 2001. ...

Personnel

• Greg Graffin – vocals
• Brett Gurewitz – guitar
• Greg Hetson – guitar
• Jay Bentley – bass guitar
• Bobby Schayer – drums
• Tim Armstrong of Rancid – guest vocals on "Television"
• Jim Lindberg of Pennywise – guest vocals on "Marked"
• Andy Wallace – production
• Norman Moore – art direction

Dr. Gregory Walter Graffin (born November 6, 1964 in Racine, Wisconsin), better known as Greg Graffin, is the vocalist and co-founder of the punk rock band Bad Religion. ... Brett Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962), also known as Mr. ... Greg Hetson, playing guitar at a concert. ... Jay Bentley (born June 6, 1964) is the bassist and co-founding member of the legendary punk rock group Bad Religion. ... Bobby Schayer (born December 23, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) was the drummer for Bad Religion from 1991 to 2001. ... Timothy Lockwood Armstrong (born November 25, 1966) is an American musician best known for his work with punk rock bands Rancid, Operation Ivy, and Transplants, as well as his record label Hellcat Records. ... Rancid is a punk rock band, formed in 1991 in Berkeley, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong (former members of Operation Ivy). ... James William Lindberg (born July 26, 1965), better known as Jim Lindberg, is the singer-songwriter for the California punk band Pennywise. ... For the Stephen King creature, see It (monster). ... 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. ...

Notes

1. ^ RIAA Certification

Miscellanea

• Tim Armstrong (of Operation Ivy, Rancid and The Transplants) contributed lead vocals on "Television", which Concrete Blonde's Johnette Napolitano co-wrote with Brett Gurewitz.
• Jim Lindberg (of Pennywise) contributing backing vocals on "Marked"
• The song "21st Century (Digital Boy)" was already released in 1990 on the album Against the Grain; Sony wanted them to release it again because they couldn't "hear a single" on Stranger Than Fiction.
• The Japan only bonus track "Leaders and Followers" was on the movie Clerks.
• The song "Inner Logic" was included on the soundtrack for the video game Crazy Taxi.
• The song "Infected" is one of the first available songs in the video game Guitar Hero.
• Kubo Tite chose "News From the Front" as the theme song of Ichigo Kurosaki, the main character of his manga Bleach.

Timothy Lockwood Armstrong (born November 25, 1966) is an American musician best known for his work with punk rock bands Rancid, Operation Ivy, and Transplants, as well as his record label Hellcat Records. ... Operation Ivy was an influential ska punk band that originated from the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Rancid is a punk rock band, formed in 1991 in Berkeley, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong (former members of Operation Ivy). ... The Transplants are a band featuring Travis Barker of Blink-182 and Box Car Racer, Tim Armstrong from Rancid, and Rob Aston. ... Concrete Blonde is an American. ... Lead singer and songwriter of Concrete Blonde. ... James William Lindberg (born July 26, 1965), better known as Jim Lindberg, is the singer-songwriter for the California punk band Pennywise. ... For the Stephen King creature, see It (monster). ... Against the Grain is Bad Religions seventh album, released on November 23, 1990. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Clerks. ... Crazy Taxi was first released in arcades in 1999 and was ported to the Dreamcast in 2000. ... Guitar Hero is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2 video game console. ... Ichigo Kurosaki ) is the main character of the anime and manga series Bleach. ... Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump Original run August 2001 – (ongoing) No. ...

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

Singles - Billboard (North America)

External links

• Stranger Than Fiction lyrics