Bad Religion: The Easiest Thing To Do

Bad Religion w/ OFF! and The Hollowpoints
Showbox Sodo, Seattle, WA
03.24.15

The intellect, the driving guitars, the bursting melodies – all were present Tuesday night for the unsurprisingly sold out Bad Religion show. The classic Southern California punk rock band packed the Showbox Sodo with their densely charged sound as both new and old fans alike pumped their fists in the air and kept up a massive pit for the entirety of their set.

For a band rolling through their 35^th year, Bad Religion hasn’t lost a step, tearing down any ideas you might have had about punk music being a young gun’s game. Their frenetically brilliant musicianship and immaculate delivery, combined with an artfully prepared set list, made for a ferociously pleasing show.

Crowd favorites like “Stranger Than Fiction” and the propulsive “Fuck You” had the crowd rallying from the get go – the band completely in their element – and the stripped-down, heartrending “Sorrow” had everyone in the palms of their hands. The celebrations of social dissent and the search for purpose are just as relevant today as they were thirty years ago, as we all grapple together with the constraints and absurdities of modern life.

Openers Off! and Seattle locals The Hollowpoints made for a conclusively impressive night.

Bad Religion Set List
Spirit Shine
Supersonic/Prove It/Can’t Stop
Stranger Than Fiction
New America
Kyoto Now
Fuck You
Dharma And The Bomb
Social Suicide
The Gray Race
Atomic Garden
Hopeless Housewife
LA Is Burning
Change Of Ideas/Big Bang
Dearly Beloved
You Are The Government
1,000 More Fools
How Much Is Enough
Best For You
Suffer
Do What You Want
Sorrow
The Handshake
Billy
Generator
American Jesus
Infected
Fuck Armageddon
Fields Of Mars