My FIRST TIME Hearing BAD RELIGION - "American Jesus" (REACTION!!) 

The song isn't just criticizing religion, it is criticizing our obsession with being "American", which makes this even more relevant today in this ridiculous culture we have. The opening lines "I don't need to be a global citizen, because I'm blessed by nationality." is a great line that backs this up. A lot of this brilliant song is about how we treat our cultural identity as a religion and act like everything "American" is "good", and everything else is "bad". For a song from the early 90s, it has shockingly immense relevance today.

Is it me or is Punk rock much more timeless than a lot of other rock music? Musical as well as lyrical.

"I feel sorry for the Earth's population, so few live in the U.S.A." that lyrics is so motherfuckin epic.

Fun fact: Listening to BR makes you a smarter person.

Now you need to get into some Pennywise, NOFX and Social Distortion.

Greg Graffin, their frontman, is smart as hell. He’s got a PhD in Zoology from Cornell. He’s also a college professor and an author among other things. Love Bad Religion and their message off questioning everything. One of my favorite songs of theirs is “Materialist”

Fun fact: Bad Religion refers to their backing vocals as “Oozin’ Ahs”

Didn’t expect punk!! Check out Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia please!!?

Lost my only son 4 years ago, this band and especially this song was one of his faves. He played it all the time.

Please react to 21st century digital boy by bad religion

A Social distortion Song would be Very much appreciated dude!

Welcome to the world of punk rock! Bad Religion are pioneers of this genre. In the mid 90's, punk rock was the most popular music in the world with bands like Bad Religion, The Offspring, Green Day, NOFX, Pennywise, No Use for a Name, Rancid and Lagwagon. Most of these bands are still active today. I would love to see more reaction to this genre and these bands. Keep up the good job Alex!!

Fit for a king - when everything means nothing Red - feed the machine Starset - manifest

Next up is 21st Century Digital Boy by Bad Religion

React to Sorrow anda Los Angeles is burning from Bad Religion also!!

We need some Halloween themed reactions for this month. Kidnap The Sandy Clawz by Korn, This is Halloween by Marilyn Manson, Scaretale by Nightwish....

Went to their concert again today and must say: Wow! They're still so ALIVE!!!

Dont think I've ever clicked a video so fast. Favorite band

NOFX - The Decline 🤘🏽

Gotta check out Misfits and some old AFI now

I recommend Agent Orange, Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies, the Descendants

You should check out Bad Religion-Sorrow

Bad Religion is my favorite punk band. One of the greats to be sure. Either way, why haven't you reacted to GWAR yet!?

Fit for a King - When Everything Means Nothing Falling in Reverse - losing my life Oceans Ate Alaska - Escapists The music videos for these songs please.

If you like Bad Religion, maybe check out "Generator" or "21st Century Digital Boy." Hell, "Parallel" and "Kerosene" are great, too.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING SOME PUNK ROCK!!! Please react to Strung Out’s Bring Out Your Dead. Super heavy song talking about addiction. Amazing song you should totally hear.

YES!!! FINALLY!! I love your channel! Love this song! Let's GIT IT

Bad Religion- Generator live 96 . That is EPIC!

Eddie Vedder is on backing vocals. Reason Mtv played this. And I discovered them. Great F'n band.

Bad religion has been around since 81 and are bad ass. Greg Graffin their lead singer is a professor at the UCLA. This song came out in the mid 90s and br is one of the best punk bands of all times

Oh man, you’ve just scratched the surface with Bad Religion!! Sooo many great songs!

How did I miss this one?!? Bad Religion is one of my all time favorite bands. Sooooooooo good. And those backup vocals you love are one of their trademarks (the ooohs and ahhhhs they call them).

*OCEANS ATE ALASKA - HANSHA* The song is a great introduction on the band, and then the rest is history.

Fit For A king - When everything Means Nothing Fit For A king - Price Of Agony Fit For A king - Shattered glass Fit For A king - Engraved

Bad Religion is legit, check out anything else, its all pretty damn great

I love this song! Lyrical genius!

I listen to Bad Religion for more than 20 years now and collected all their albums, and I love quite all of their songs. This song is one of my favorites. "10 in 2010" and "21st Century Digital Boy" also are two of their greatest and most popular. The better for me is Generator.

The initial riff of this song is what got me into Bad Religion in particular, and punk in general. 14 years old, and a older kid was dicking around on the auditorium stage with his guitar, and I heard it.... and had to know where it came from. I was not disappointed.

Bad Religion is a very complex band that you should definitely dive deeper into. Anything off of No Control, Suffer, Against the Grain, and Generator is worth looking into. The album the Empire Strikes First was during the Bush era and while the music is a little more mainstream the lyrics are powerful. I would definitely always have their lyrics pulled up when hearing it for the first time. Greg Graffin is a stellar lyricist and always says something worth hearing.

If someone is doing a Bad Religion reaction video then I'm watching.

It's 4:50 a.m and I should be asleep but instead I got a notification that Alex uploaded a new video and now I'm here

Hey! You should react to The Offspring!

Infected is another great song by Bad Religion

About time to react to Punk my man! Please react to NOFX, Rancid, Face to face, Pennywise, Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, Alkaline Trio, The Descendents, All, No Use For A Name just to name a few in the wonderful world of PUNK MUSIC(punk rock/ska/hardcore punk/oi punk, etc.) music. Not to mention the Legends (Ramones,The Clash, Sex Pistols etc.) Yeah Punk Lives forever!

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One of my all time favorite bands.

I hope this will be only the intro to you diving further down the Bad Religion rabbit hole. They have a back catalog stretching back to 1980. Of course, if you're gonna do punk, you need to do Black Flag, Bad Brains, and, the Misfits. Arguably, the three most essential American punk bands.

When I hear the line “see him on the interstate” I think of Big Butter Jesus next to I71 in Ohio. On the other side of the interstate is a Hustler store. Lightning struck Jesus and burned it down a few years ago but left the Hustler sign untouched.

Every Time I Die "Wanderlust"

Bad Religion and rancid were my first two bands to pull me into punk rock. Now, many years later I’ve expanded my horizons, but always come back to Bad Religion. They have always struck a chord with me and I love that you’re delving into it. Definitely check out more from them. I’d love to see more punk rock reactions!

Fun Fact. Brooks Wackerman, the current drummer for Avenged Sevnefold, was in Bad Religion for 15+ years.

From Hip-Hop to Metal, to Hard Rock and now to Punk. Wonderful trip!

I’ve been listening to them since the early nineties and they definitely helped shape my views of the world and this song (and album) are absolutely phenomenal.

Ayy, three years in the future, its a birthday boy watching some golden oldies.

I generally don't like reaction videos but watching people react to Bad Religion and the lyrics in particular is so much fun

Just saw them a few weeks ago. They still kick ass, 39 years down the road!

Fun Fact: Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam is credited for backing vocals on this track.

That era of punk needs to be checked out man!! So many incredible bands

Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage. Avenged sevenfold’s current drummer is Ex-Bad Religion drummer.

One of my Favorite Jams Growing up....

\m/ Props for the BR react! MORE! haha

"only thing on the interstate is billboards and advertising" *Exactly*

Haven't even watched the video yet but I'm gonna say already IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME! Rise Against next! Prayer of the Refugee?

I love this band. I hear Bad Religion since 1996, when I was 16.

Another punk gem, try REFUSED - New noise

Holy S### I came back to your channel too see if you reacted to any more Sabaton and found this! Bad Religion is my all time favorite band and Sabaton second! Awesome reaction and you should totally do more from them!

I’ve heard of Bad Religion when I used to play Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 for the PlayStation 1. Anyone else first heard of Bad Religion from that game?

This song sounds like something that’d be on Ford Racing 2 😂 good ol’ PS2 days

This song was on an album released in 1993, but you are right. Music from the 80s is definitely alive and well... particularly in the goth community.

Awesome video as always Alex!!! You should check out the band Enter Shikari I would say start with either "Zzzzonked" , "Arguing With Thermometers" or "Sorry You're Not A Winner"

In Effingham Illinois, there's a 60' metal cross right off of interstate 57.

this takes me back to my skateboarding days 😁

I love this song

True Classic! Such a brilliant album!

Bad Religion has been around since 1980. I was a freshman in high school and being a local band from the same county as myself I gravitated to them and many more great bands from the called orange county home. These bands were intelligently speaking out against a corrupt government (local and federal) issues that pertained to America's youth. This bad has stayed relevant for over 40yrs and still play shows to this day. By the way the lead singer is a college professor in political science and evolutionary biology at Cornell university.

Will see them for the 3rd time this Saturday. Gunna be dope!

Bad Religion was awesome back in the day. It was pre-grunge alt music. So like B52s, R.E.M, Spin Doctors, Blind Melon... Mc Hammer. This song was also on Tony Hawk Pro Skater videogame.

One of the all time great punk bands. I'd definitely recommend checking out "Supersonic", "Against the Grain", and "Kyoto Now". They were so far ahead of their time.

Will always think of the game Crazy Taxi when I hear this band. The soundtrack was all Bad Religion and The Offspring

Pretty cool that you ventured into the punk genre. There are so many great old bands that I think you might enjoy like 'Agent Orange' and a song 'Bloodstains' from 1981. Fun stuff!

We need Alex to react to some Rise Against ! Some more Woke punk music here: Ready to fall, make it stop, prayer of the refugee, behind closed door and i dont want to be here anymore.

I really hope you react to more from bad religion. I'd suggest something off of No control, suffer, or how could hell be any worse. Keep it up bro!

Top tune. Good effort fella.

You can listens to DYMYTRY. It's Czech band, but they've a song in ENG, name of the song is - DYMYTRY - BEHIND THE MASKS

Not sure of it's already written before in the comments but the guy who made this Bad Religion video is Gore Verbinski and he is behind Movies like Pirates of the Caribbean, The Ring and many more movies! He is supposedly a huge Punk Rock fan!

You should really check out "Against Me!" for the next punk vid. I love them.

Awesome! Bad Religion is a phenomenal band with amazing lyrics.

great song one of my favorite bands of all time. wish youd check out some other songs by them. Also the lead singer is a college professor just an interesting fact.

This song came from a 1993 album. Interestingly enough, one of their former drummer's is now the current drummer for Avenged Sevenfold - Brooks Wackerman....who was previously with Suicidal Tendencies!!! Brooks had been with BR from 2001 till 2015. BR's current drummer is Jamie Miller. Brooks was also with Infectious Groove and Tenacious D.

Included in the backing vocals is Eddie Vedder

Maaan it’s a good day, gibby premieres UtA tonight we ride and then you get some Bad Religion going?? Cheers homeslice

I love how all the punk fans are coming out en masse. Alex PLEASE dive into more punk music!

I got to meet them in 2002 at the Van's warped tour and listening to these guys talk is freaking crazy. You should check out allot of their early stuff from the suffer or no control albums. Some of their best stuff

You should check out "Skyscraper", "wrong way kids" or "Them and us" those are my favorites. :) (with Bad Religon ofcourse.)

The entire song is written as mocking the American ethos and its combination with religion. It's not necessarily about the evils with religion, but rather how Americans treat their patriotism as such. "See him on the interstate" is referring to the interstate markers with red, white, and blue on them. We're obsessed with the American flag and its colors are everywhere. "The preacher on TV" refers to the fact that preachers get on TV and infuse politics and prosperity gospel BS (if you're poor it's because you're not praying or donating enough). "We have a place to go when we die and the architect resides right here" is pointing to the idea that Americans believe that God supports the United States. The blindfolds on people saying the pledge show people don't question our system and we blindly believe that it's the best. The rich work hard, the poor are lazy, and our system is the best. The whole fast part at the end is a list of all the issues that we have in the United States that we gloss over (hence it's quicker than the rest). It's kind of like those RX ads where they read off side effects really fast at the end. Lastly, the symbolism of walking around with a cross is a reference to a sort of "white man's burden." Oh, how hard it is for Americans to have the obligation to civilize everyone else and show them how great our system is.

BR's harmonies are referred to in their album liner notes as "Oozin' Ahhhs".

Killswitch engage - My Curse album version!!

How is this the only reaction on your channel to this fantastic band Alex? It‘s been three years!!

Saw these guys at Warped Tour in Atlantic City this year. Never really listened to them before that but they absolutely killed it and are a really good band

Never heard this before looks old but i like it 👍