The Gray Race
Studio album by Bad Religion
Released	February 27, 1996
Recorded	at Electric Lady Studios, New York City, New York in October and November 1995
Genre	Punk rock
Length	41:22
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer(s)	Ric Ocasek
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (*) link Rolling Stone link
Bad Religion chronology
All Ages (1995)	The Gray Race (1996)	Tested (1997)
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The Gray Race is the ninth full-length album of the punk rock band Bad Religion. This was the first album that was produced after guitarist Brett Gurewitz's departure. It was released on February 27, 1996. Image File history File linksMetadata Thegrayracealt. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... 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). ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Electric Lady Studios, at 52 West 8th Street, in New York Citys Greenwich Village, is a recording studio originally built by the legendary Jimi Hendrix and designed by John Storyk in 1970. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... NY redirects here. ... 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. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... 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. ... Ric Ocasek (born Richard Otcasek on March 23, 1949, in Baltimore, Maryland) is the former vocalist and frontman for The Cars and a producer for several other groups, including Bad Brains and Suicide. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... Robert Christgau (sometimes abbreviated in print to Xgau), born April 18, 1942, is an American essayist, music journalist, and rock critic. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... 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). ... All Ages is Bad Religions compilation album, released on November 7, 1995 with older stuff from 1987 to 1992 from all Epitaph Records albums except Recipe for Hate, plus 2 songs from their first album How Could Hell Be Any Worse?. Track listing I Want To Conquer The World... Tested is a live album by punk rock band Bad Religion that was recorded live in USA, Canada, Germany, Estonia, Denmark, Italy and Austria in 1996 and released in 1997. ... Image File history File links Bad_Religion_-_The_Gray_Race_(back_cover). ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... 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). ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... Brett Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962), also known as Mr. ...

Brett did not like the album and noted that it was "BR's worst selling record to date" and described it as "uninspired." However, it achieved modest success when MTV ran a commercial for the album. It reached # 56 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the moderately successful single "A Walk" in the United States. In Europe, the album would reach the German charts at # 6 as well as earn the group a gold record for sales in Scandinavia. It was also the first album since How Could Hell Be Any Worse? that the band recorded as a group. Part of the reason for this was financial, but Greg Graffin also wanted to foster a sense of unity following Brett's jarring departure. This was also the first album with which Greg solicited the opinions of other band members before recording. Graffin said that collaboration significantly improved the sound and quality of the album. MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... 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. ...

Track listing

1. "The Gray Race" – 2:06
2. "Them And Us" – 2:50
3. "A Walk" – 2:14
4. "Parallel" – 3:19
5. "Punk Rock Song" – 2:27
6. "Empty Causes" – 2:51
7. "Nobody Listens" – 1:57
8. "Pity The Dead" – 2:11
9. "Spirit Shine" – 2:11
10. "The Streets of America" – 3:48
11. "Ten in 2010" – 2:22
12. "Victory" – 2:36
13. "Drunk Sincerity" – 2:13
14. "Come Join Us" – 2:03
15. "Cease" – 2:35
16. "Punk Rock Song [German Version]" (Bonus Track)

Personnel

• Greg Graffin - vocals
• Brian Baker - guitar
• Greg Hetson - guitar
• Jay Bentley - bass guitar
• Bobby Schayer - drums

• Ric Ocasek - production
• George Marino - mastering
• Bruce Calder - engineer
• Frank Gargiulo - art direction, design

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. ... Brian Baker was one of the founding members of the seminal hardcore punk rock band Minor Threat. ... 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. ... Ric Ocasek (born Richard Otcasek on March 23, 1949, in Baltimore, Maryland) is the former vocalist and frontman for The Cars and a producer for several other groups, including Bad Brains and Suicide. ...

Notes/Trivia

• Due to Gurewitz' recent departure, all tracks for this album were written by Greg Graffin.
• The European release of the album contains Punk Rock Song in German as a bonus sixteenth track
• The track 'Cease' was later re-recorded for Greg Graffin's 1997 solo album, 'American Lesion', this time as a piano and vocal arrangement. This version was played by Graffin on their 2006 DVD Live at the Palladium.
• The album liner contains ten portraits of faces in black and white, different versions exist, with different pictures as the front cover
• The album would earn Bad Religion a gold record for sales in Scandinavia and reach # 6 on the German charts for the single "Punk Rock Song".