Bad Religion - Into The Unknown

Here it is: The forgotten Bad Religion album.
It’s never been released on CD! 10.000 copies have been pressed and just some of them have been sold back in 1983. Rumors say all remaining copies have been destroyed. Truth is that most of them went back to the Epitaph warehouse and have been sold to fans by Mr Brett's girlfriend over the years. She just kept a rest of 300.

If you ask fans from back in the days about the music they will tell you it‘s totally crap. In fact the use of uncommon ínstrumentation like synthesizers & acoustic guitars make this album sounding quite untypical for Bad Religion. The first time I heard this I thought I had purchased a Van Halen album.

The major problem was the first album - a hardcore punk milestone! Most of the fans did expect a second "hell" album. But this was one of the few efforts of Bad Religion to develop their style and not (like nowadays) just play slower from album to album. In a time hardcore was getting harder & faster, it was one of the first bands that was looking out for new influences like Alternative Rock.

If you like to get a copy please be aware of bootlegs! Most of them were poorly made and sounding even worse. Some of them have a bluish color aberration. If you want to be sure your copy is an original pressing compare your copy with images here at discogs and probably check the runout groove etchings. For a nice copy with insert expect to pay around 100$ - 200$.