Greg Graffin of Bad Religion to sign his book Saturday in L.A.

Heads up……If you haven’t heard it’s the year of Bad Religion….LA’s punk rock legends are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year with a brand new album, The Dissent of Man, and iconic singer/author/professor Greg Graffin’s new book, “Anarchy Evolution,” which will both be released on Tuesday, Sept 28.

In celebration, Greg Graffin will be doing a free book/CD-signing, a Q&A and Meet & Greet following some introductory remarks on Saturday, October 2nd, at 7:00PM PT in West Hollywood at Book Soup (address: 8818 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA‎ - (310) 659-3110‎). Books will be available at Book Soup for purchase; CD's can be purchased at Amoeba or any other local fine indie-retailers.

WHO: Greg Graffin (Iconic Bad Religion singer, author, professor)

WHAT: “Anarchy Evolution” Book Signing and Q&A

WHEN: Saturday, October 2nd at 7:00PM PT

WHERE: Book Soup (8818 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA‎ - (310) 659-3110‎)

This is the perfect opportunity to promote the band, the album and the book on a local level in their hometown. Please let me know if you are interested in any coverage. Additional information is below.

Stream Bad Religion’s new album The Dissent of Man: www.myspace.com/badreligion
www.badreligion.com
www.anarchyevolution.com

About the Book:
“I’ve always had a problem with authority.” - Greg Graffin

Most people know Greg Graffin as the lead singer of the punk band Bad Religion, but few know that he also received a PhD from Cornell University and teaches evolution at the University of California at Los Angeles. In Anarchy Evolution, Graffin argues that art and science have a deep connection. As an adolescent growing up when “drugs, sex, and trouble could be had on any given night,” Graffin discovered that the study of evolution provided a framework through which he could make sense of the world.

In this provocative and personal book, he describes his own coming of age as an artist and the formation of his naturalist worldview on questions involving God, science, and human existence. While the battle between religion and science is often displayed in the starkest of terms, Anarchy Evolution provides fresh and nuanced insights into the long-standing debate about atheism and the human condition. It is a book for anyone who has ever wondered if God really exists.

About Greg Graffin:
Greg Graffin was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and is the lead vocalist and songwriter of the legendary punk band Bad Religion, which he cofounded in Los Angeles in 1980. Graffin obtained his PhD in zoology at Cornell University. He has served as a lecturer in life sciences and paleontology at UCLA. He splits his time between Ithaca, New York, and Los Angeles.

About Bad Religion’s The Dissent of Man:
Produced by Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age, Tool), The Dissent of Man finds Bad Religion pushing the boundaries of their music as much today as they did in their formative years as a genre defining punk band. Over the course of making the album, primary songwriters Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz’s songwriting was informed by life changing events, with Graffin writing his forthcoming book “Anarchy Evolution” (out Sept 28) and Gurewitz embarking on parenthood again.

“These are some of my favorite songs I’ve ever written,” says Gurewitz. “A few of them took me way outside my comfort zone as a writer to a place I haven’t gone since Recipe or Stranger than Fiction.”

The result is one of the band’s most forward thinking and musically varied albums ever. The Dissent of Man is not only a snapshot of the band’s personal experiences of the past years but also of their continued maturity in songwriting, capturing an array of styles ranging from blazing punk rock songs like the opener “The Day That the Earth Stalled” and “Meeting of the Minds” and classic rock-tinged cuts like “Cyanide” and “Turn Your Back on Me” to radio rock ready hits like the first single “The Devil in Stiches.”

“I feel like the last couple of records have been amongst our most conservative, never straying too far from a Bad Religion sound,” adds Gurewitz. “Whereas on this one we’re taking the songs to a lot of different places, exploring our influences and trying out some new things in a way we haven’t done in years.”

The Dissent of Man is a testament to why Bad Religion has remained relevant for the better part of three decades. Already having cemented their place in history as a groundbreaking band who helped create a movement in Los Angeles with classic releases like How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, Suffer, Recipe for Hate, Stranger Than Fiction and Process of Belief, Bad Religion continue to inspire and create with a unique style that continues to cross boundaries and transcends genres.