Bad Religion Into the Unknown RARE kbd nofx punk OOP

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Holy grail for Bad Religion Collectors;
My Listening copy I have had for 24 years now. In EXCELLENT condition considering it's age!
Some minor Ring-wear on the cover. But record stored outside of jacket.
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This may be one of the most infamous recordings that any punk band wishes never existed. Into the Unknown was released by a young and naive Bad Religion in 1983, a band that thought punk meant you could do whatever you wish. The backlash this album received by their fans and press proved them that punk by that point did not mean freedom of musical sound. The band disappeared for a period of time, finally resurfacing with a better understanding of how to work within the expectations of your core audience and still provide challenging, interesting music. Bad Religion has since become one of the most prominent and constantly enjoyable bands in not just punk, but rock music in general. And while you can find every Bad Religion album in print in one form or another, Into the Unknown has unquietly gone out of print forever and trust me, there isn't any chance Brett Gurewitz at Epitaph will be pulling out the master tapes any time soon. So what exactly went wrong with the thought process behind Into the Unknown? The band's 1982 debut LP, How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, was a fairly straight forward semi-melodic hardcore record that conformed, for the most part, with the musical scene around them. The band, quite young at the time, got the idea that punk rock meant following whatever whim came around and their whim in 1983 was to record a neo-70s rock album, complete with vintage sounding keyboards and song structures. With the exception of a couple songs on this album, the result was a hilariously bad record by a band who couldn't quite pull off the performance necessary to at least be convincing. Greg Graffin, who has developed into an excellent and emotive singer over the years, is often so grossly off key that nothing but severe mirth will erupt on the listener's behalf. "Time and Disregard" is utterly belly-busting in how completely incompetent the singing is. And while you may find yourself rolling on the floor in laughter, you also may feel nothing but extreme embarrassment on behalf of Graffin and Gurewitz. The record was so divisive that apparently original bassist Jay Bentley left the band during the recording sessions. In retrospect, he may have been the one sane person during the project. I suspect that he still points at Brett and Greg, laughs, and says, "Maybe I messed up a bass line tonight on stage, but at least I wasn't on Into the Unknown!" At that point, Graffin and Gurewitz, totally mullified, slink away in total shame. But complete fun-making aside, there are some moments on Into the Unknown that aren't all that bad. "The Dichotomy", "It's Only Over When" and "Losing Generation" are actually decent songs that, if Greg Graffin were to make a second solo record, might sound good with twenty years of musical growth behind them. The good songs on the records have good ideas, but the band certainly wasn't capable of doing them justice at the time nor was their audience ready to deal with such an abrupt change. As a result, Into the Unknown is nothing more than an amusing curiosity for the band that, while truly not worthy of the Bad Religion legacy, still deserves a listen by all the band's longtime fans. As Graffin himself sings, "A million days are worth one good laugh" and you'll certainly get one here.




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