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Anarchy of Evolution

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Filed under: Blog
by: Karlo Estrada

My knowledge of the band – Bad Religion was they were the legendary punk pioneers in the 80s stemmed from earlier punk acts such as Black Flag, Social Distortion and The Ramones. I was inveigle when I saw their album cover of a burning punk kid standing at a suburban home. I really like the artwork so much that I immediately understood what anarchy means and how I can relate to punk rock appreciably. I inferred from them that punk rock is not just about weird fashion, not about having attitude on stage, being drunk, and spitting on people but it’s about having the courage to question authority and seek answers in life’s big questions.

Haven’t read for quite a time but when I got the chance to read Greg Graffin’s Anarchy Evolution, I just can’t put it down. Now I had strong itch to watch my Bad Religion DVD again

 

Here’s an excerpt interview from Chuck Palahniuk’s site.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of seminal punk rock act Bad Religion. Seminal as in highly influential, but also metaphorically, as in “pertaining to or consisting of semen”, because from an evolutionary standpoint they are the seed that spawned countless bastard musical progeny. That would make co-founder and lead singer, Greg Graffin, the patriarch of modern melodic punk rock, but please, let’s not punish him for the sins of the son. Stubborn children need to learn from their own mistakes.

In addition to fronting the band for longer than the lifespan of The Beatles and Zeppelin combined, Graffin has also found time to pursue his love of science. He received his PhD from Cornell University and currently teaches evolution at UCLA, so that’s Doctor Graffin to you. New book Anarchy Evolution chronicles the convergence of these seemingly disparate interests, and also serves as an exposition of Graffin’s naturalistic worldview.

Having seen Greg speak the night before, I knew what to expect- a down to earth guy lacking the pretension normally associated with both rock stars and intellectuals. We met in the lobby of his hotel to discuss life, the universe and everything, in an attempt to come up with our own version of The Ultimate Answer.

Go here for the interview