What is Bad Religion?
{{Infobox musical artist |Name = Bad Religion |image =2018 RiP - Bad Religion - by 2eight - 8SC7146.jpg |landscape =yes |caption = Bad Religion in 2018 |Background = group_or_band |Origin = [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California|Woodland Hills]], [[California]], [[United States]] |Years_active = 1979–1984<br>1985–present |Genre = [[Punk rock]]<br>[[Melodic hardcore]]<br>[[Hardcore punk]] |Label = [[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]] (1980 - 1994, 2001 - present)<br>[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] (1994 - 2001) |Associated_acts = [[Bad4Good]]<br>[[Black President (band)|Black President]]<br>[[Circle Jerks]]<br>[[Daredevils (band)|Daredevils]]<br>[[Dag Nasty]]<br>[[Infectious Grooves]]<br>[[Minor Threat]]<br />[[Pennywise]]<br>[[Suicidal Tendencies]]<br>[[The Vandals]] |URL = [http://www.badreligion.com/ Official Website] |Current_members = [[Greg Graffin]]<br />[[Brett Gurewitz]]<br>[[Greg Hetson]]<br>[[Brian Baker (musician)|Brian Baker]]<br>[[Jay Bentley]]<br>[[Brooks Wackerman]] |Past_members = [[Jay Ziskrout]]<br>[[Davy Goldman]]<br>[[Tim Gallegos]]<br>[[Pete Finestone]]<br>[[John Albert (musician)|John Albert]]<br>[[Lucky Lehrer]]<br>[[Bobby Schayer]]<br>[[Paul Dedona]] }} '''Bad Religion''' is an [[United States|American]] [[band]] that plays [[punk rock]] music. They were created in [[Southern California]] in 1979 by [[Jay Bentley]] (bass), [[Greg Graffin]] (vocals), [[Brett Gurewitz]] (guitars) and [[Jay Ziskrout]] (drums). People think that they brought back punk rock and helped [[pop-punk]] bands<ref>{{cite web|url=http://darwin.citysearch.com.au/music/viewContent/1119945819575/1137509637901|title=Bad Religion: New Maps of Hell - Music - Citysearch|publisher=|access-date=2009-02-26|archive-date=2008-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009155020/http://darwin.citysearch.com.au/music/viewContent/1119945819575/1137509637901|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-did-band-bad-religion-contribute-music-468814|title=How did the band Bad Religion contribute to