"Sell-out" was a phrase tossed around in the 1990s whenever an indie or small-label band jumped to a major record label. Among the most surprising were Bad Religion because their guitarist Brett Gurewitz owned the label they had released their first seven albums on Epitaph Records. While sell-outs were accused of trading integrity for money, Bad Religion's eighth album "Stranger Than Fiction" makes the case that not only was the jump a good move, but helped kick-start the pop-punk takeover of 1994 along with Green Day and The Offspring, who released million-selling albums the same year in "Dookie" and "Smash," respectively. Thanks to a re-recording of "21st Century (Digital Boy)," a song the band was unhappy with the previous studio version, they had a proper radio and MTV single to expose the suburban masses around the United States to a headier lyrical approach backed by sugar-sweet harmonies.
Songs In This Episode
Intro - Incomplete
25:23 - 21st Century (Digital Boy)
30:46 - Stranger Than Fiction
38:39 - Infected
Outro - The Handshake
Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon.
#397: Side Projects Of The 90s
#396: Into The Pink by Verbena
#395: Tin Cans With Strings To You by Far
#394: Interview With Jonny Polonsky
#393: Prick by Prick
#392: Origins - Spoon In The 90s
#391: Six by Mansun
#390: The Infotainment Scan by The Fall
#389: Foma by The Nixons
#388: Wider Screen by Fini Scad
#387: Drummers Of The 90s Roundtable
#386: Munki by Jesus And Mary Chain
#385: Psychohum by Falling Joys
#384: This Will Be Laughing Week by Ultimate Fakebook
#383: From The Choirgirl Hotel by Tori Amos
#382: U2 In The 90s Roundtable
#381: The Proximity Effect by Nada Surf
#380: Shōso Strip by Ringo Sheena
#379: Sophomore Slump Revisited - The Chinese Album by Spacehog
#378: Laid by James
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Derringer Discoveries - A Music Adventure Podcast
One Song
Switched on Pop
R&B Money
Every Single Album