Music "Monday": Greg Graffin is my hero

There are few rock musicians whose Wikipedia articles start thusly:

Gregory Walter Graffin, Ph.D. (born November 6, 1964 in Racine, Wisconsin) is an American punk rock musician and college professor.

Greg Graffin, the lead singer for Bad Religion, is a paleontology professor at UCLA on the side. How freaking punk rock is that?

I'm having massive amounts of trouble picking a song to include, so I'm going with multiple songs. First is "Generator," from the 1992 album of the same name. It is awesome.



Next is "New Dark Ages," from 2007's "New Maps of Hell." It is also awesome. Epitaph Records is pretty awesome too, because they let me embed this video, which practically no other labels do.



Finally, we have "All There Is" off of 2004's "The Empire Strikes First." This is probably my favorite Bad Religion song. It is also awesome.



Bad Religion is a pretty good band.

Music "Monday": 1995 redux

Okay, so I missed Music Monday yesterday. Sorry. Like I said, busy weekend bled into busy Monday. So here's the weekly music fix a day late.

I'm going with Green Day this week. I have two reasons for this. First of all, Green Day is awesome. They were my first favorite band back when I was in elementary school, and I still love them, despite the fact that they're way overplayed on the radio. Of course, if you still listen to the radio for music, I guess it's your own fault if you end up with stuff you don't like - but I digress.

The second reason is the fact that Green Day: Rock Band just came out today. If you know my brother, you know that this is pretty much the best day of his life. I, on the other hand, have not gotten to play it yet. Can't wait to see someone try to play these songs on drums.

I went with "Brain Stew," because it was my favorite song in 1995. Also, it's a really cool song, and I'm in the mood for that.

Music Monday: BRUUUUUUUUUCE

This is another thing that I have decided to steal from Twitter, because I like the idea. Since it's Memorial Day, I thought I would choose a song that has some relation to the military, specifically with what happens when soldiers come home. For the inaugural Music Monday, I give you the Boss, with "Born in the U.S.A."

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