''No Substance'' is the tenth full-length

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by the punk rock band

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. It was the band's third (or fourth, if the reissue of ''

Recipe for Hate ''Recipe for Hate'' is the seventh studio album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on June 4, 1993. It was their last album on Epitaph Records for nine years (until 2002's '' The Process of Belief'') and the band had switched to A ...

'' is counted) release on Atlantic Records, and their second studio album since

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Brett Gurewitz Brett W. Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962), nicknamed Mr. Brett, is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist of Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the music label Epitaph Records and a number of sister labels. He has produced albums f ...

's departure. ''No Substance'' was anticipated by both music critics and fans as a result of the band's previous worldwide successes with their 1994 major label debut '' Stranger Than Fiction'' and its 1996 follow up ''

The Gray Race ''The Gray Race'' is the ninth full-length album of the punk rock band Bad Religion, which was released in 1996. It was the follow-up to the band's highly successful 1994 album '' Stranger Than Fiction''. This was the band's first album not re ...

''. The album has been met with mixed reviews and was not as successful as band's past releases. The album was re-released by

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on September 15, 2008. No songs of the album would turn into live staples; "Raise Your Voice" is occasionally played live in Germany due to

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's guest vocals.

Track listing

Personnel

Greg Graffin Gregory Walter Graffin (born November 6, 1964) is an American singer and evolutionary biologist. He is most recognized as the lead vocalist and only constant member of punk rock band Bad Religion, which he co-founded in 1980. He embarked on a s ...

- lead vocals *

Greg Hetson Greg Hetson (born June 29, 1961) is an American guitarist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and has lived in the Los Angeles area since he was 2 years old. Active since 1979, Hetson is best known as the guitarist for the influential hardcore pu ...

- guitar * Brian Baker - guitar, backing vocals *

Jay Bentley Jay Dee Bentley (born June 6, 1964) is the bassist and co-founding member of the punk rock group Bad Religion. He has played with the band through its whole existence with a small break between 1983 and 1985. Along with vocalist Greg Graffin, Bent ...

- bass guitar, backing vocals *

Bobby Schayer Bobby Schayer (born December 23, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) was the drummer for Bad Religion from 1991 to 2001. He was a resident of Encino, a suburb in the San Fernando Valley. He started drumming in 1976 at the age of 10, but it was not ...

- drums, percussion *

from

Die Toten Hosen Die Toten Hosen (literally "The Dead Trousers", figuratively "The Deadbeats") is a German punk rock band from Düsseldorf. History The current members of Die Toten Hosen are Campino (Andreas Frege), Kuddel (Andreas von Holst), Vom (Stephe ...

- guest vocals on "Raise Your Voice!" * Ronnie Kimball - producer, engineer *

Alex Perialas Alex Perialas is an American audio engineer, mixer, and record producer, best known for his extensive work during the "golden age" of thrash metal in the mid–1980s to early–1990s. Having worked with many of the genre's top acts, including Ove ...

- producer, engineer * Gavin Lurssen - mastering *

Chris Lord-Alge Chris Lord-Alge is an American mix engineer. He is the brother of both Tom Lord-Alge and Jeff Lord-Alge, both of whom are also audio engineers. Chris and Tom are known for their abundant use of dynamic compression for molding mixes that play wel ...

- mixing * Jason Arnold - engineer * Mike Dy - engineer * Fred Kevorkian - engineer * Danielle Gibson - art coordination * Steve Raskin - art direction, design * Valerie Wagner - art direction, design *

Terry Richardson Terrence Richardson (born August 14, 1965) is an American fashion and portrait photographer. He has shot advertising campaigns for Marc Jacobs, Aldo, Supreme, Sisley, Tom Ford, and Yves Saint Laurent among others, and also done work for ma ...

- photography * Chris Toliver - photography * Taylor Nidoski - trumpet

Notes

*"The State of The End of The Millennium Address" is written like a speech, very similar to the beginning of "Voice of God is Government" from ''

How Could Hell Be Any Worse? ''How Could Hell Be Any Worse?'' is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on January 19, 1982 by Epitaph Records. Released almost a year after their self-titled EP, it was financed by a $3,000 loan by guitarist ...

''. * If you dial the 800 number, it will link through to ConAgra Foods customer service (No longer in service - April 16, 2017). * On the European release, Campino sings alternating lines on "Raise Your Voice". On the US version, he only provides backing vocals.

References

External links

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