30 Years Live

30 Years Live
30 Years Live
Live album by Bad Religion
Released	May 18, 2010
Recorded	March 17 – April 17, 2010
Venue	House of Blues, Los Angeles; House of Blues, Las Vegas; House of Blues, Anaheim;
Studio	Sunset Lodge Studio, Los Angeles
Genre	Punk rock
Length	41:54
Label	Epitaph
Producer	Bad Religion
Bad Religion chronology

30 Years Live is the second live album from the band Bad Religion, which was released on May 18, 2010, therein documenting the band's 30th anniversary tour. It is the band's first live album in 13 years, since Tested in 1997. Rather than a standard release, it was originally available for free download to members of Bad Religion's official mailing list.

The Bad Religion albums that do not have songs represented in this album are the Bad Religion EP, Into the Unknown, Back to the Known, No Control, No Substance, The New America and The Process of Belief, even though songs from some of those albums were performed live on the 30th anniversary tour.

Background

On March 4, 2010, it was announced on the band's website that they would be recording a new live album during their spring tour of 2010. The official quote from the website reads:

"To celebrate three decades of Bad Religion, we'll be recording a live album during our spring 2010 tour, and offering it as a free "thank you" to the loyal fans who've been with us through all the sweat and mayhem. So let us know who you are by joining our mailing list below, and sometime late spring we'll let you know how you can get your free Bad Religion 30 Years Live download. We'll be playing a few tracks at the shows from our new album, coming this fall, so this will be a great way to get a preview of the new tunes.
Thanks again to the greatest and best-looking fans a band could hope for."

The song "Won't Somebody" was previously released as an acoustic bonus track on the New Maps of Hell Deluxe Edition. An electric version was later featured on their 2010 studio album, The Dissent of Man. A studio version of "Resist-Stance" also later appeared on The Dissent of Man.

To commemorate their 30 years as a band, Bad Religion planned a 30 song set each night. According to Graffin, this went against their long held belief that "punk shows shouldn't be longer than an hour". This 30 song set included standard openings and encores with various songs played between. The same set was never played twice. Despite playing 30 songs live in all but one concert, the album includes only 17 tracks.

The album was recorded in spring 2010 at the House of Blues in Hollywood, Las Vegas, and Anaheim, with additional recording done at Sunset Lodge Studio in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. It was mixed at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, Canada.^[1]

Release

The live album has not been sold in stores. Instead, it was released as a free download for fans who had signed up on the mailing list at the band's website.

On March 8, 2010, it was announced on the Epitaph Blog that the album would be released on May 18, 2010 for a short period only.

In 2016 the album was released on vinyl^[2]

Tour dates

Anaheim, California – House of Blues – March 17, 2010
Anaheim, California – House of Blues – March 18, 2010
San Diego, California – House of Blues – March 19, 2010
San Diego, California – House of Blues – March 20, 2010
San Diego, California – House of Blues – March 21, 2010
Los Angeles, California – House of Blues – March 24, 2010
Los Angeles, California – House of Blues – March 25, 2010
Las Vegas, Nevada – House of Blues – March 26, 2010
Las Vegas, Nevada – House of Blues – March 27, 2010
Anaheim, California – House of Blues – March 31, 2010
Anaheim, California – House of Blues – April 1, 2010
Anaheim, California – House of Blues – April 2, 2010
Los Angeles, California – House of Blues – April 3, 2010
Los Angeles, California – House of Blues – April 4, 2010
Anaheim, California – House of Blues – April 8, 2010
Anaheim, California – House of Blues – April 9, 2010
Los Angeles, California – House of Blues – April 10, 2010
Anaheim, California – House of Blues – April 15, 2010
Los Angeles, California – House of Blues – April 16, 2010
Los Angeles, California – House of Blues – April 17, 2010

Track listing

Songwriting credits adapted from the album liner notes.^[1]

All tracks are written by Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fuck Armageddon...This Is Hell"	Graffin	3:18
2.	"Dearly Beloved"		2:14
3.	"Suffer"		1:55
4.	"Man With a Mission"	Gurewitz, Russ Tolman	3:32
5.	"New Dark Ages"		2:42
6.	"Germs of Perfection"		1:31
7.	"Marked"	Gurewitz	2:07
8.	"A Walk"	Graffin	2:31
9.	"Flat Earth Society"	Gurewitz	2:27
10.	"The Resist Stance"		2:24
11.	"American Jesus"		3:11
12.	"Social Suicide"		1:35
13.	"Atheist Peace"		1:40
14.	"Tomorrow"	Graffin	1:57
15.	"Won't Somebody"		3:02
16.	"Los Angeles Is Burning"		3:20
17.	"We're Only Gonna Die"	Graffin	2:29

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.^[1]

Bad Religion

Greg Graffin – vocals
Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals
Brian Baker – guitar, backing vocals
Greg Hetson – guitar
Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals
Brooks Wackerman – drums

Technical

Ron Kimball – recording
Matt Neth – recording
Andrew Heilprin – recording
Chris Rakestraw – additional engineering
Mike Fraser – mixing
Dave Collins – mastering
Nick Pritchard – cover art
Jason Link – layout
Gary Leonard – photography

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[3]	30
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)^[4]	19
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[5]	49

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 30 Years Live (Media notes). Bad Religion. Epitaph. 2016.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Bad Religion – Latest News – 30 Years Live on limited vinyl!". Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
^ "Bad Religion Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ "Bad Religion Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
^ "Bad Religion Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.

[AV-1] 30 Years Live (Media notes). Bad Religion. Epitaph. 2016.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[2] "Bad Religion – Latest News – 30 Years Live on limited vinyl!". Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.

[ac_BillboardIndependent_Bad_Religion-3] "Bad Religion Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.

[ac_BillboardHardRock_Bad_Religion-4] "Bad Religion Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.

[ac_BillboardRock_Bad_Religion-5] "Bad Religion Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2024.

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v t e Bad Religion
Greg Graffin Brett Gurewitz Jay Bentley Brian Baker Mike Dimkich Jamie Miller Jay Ziskrout Pete Finestone Paul Dedona Davy Goldman Greg Hetson Tim Gallegos John Albert Lucky Lehrer Bobby Schayer Brooks Wackerman
Studio albums	How Could Hell Be Any Worse? Into the Unknown Suffer No Control Against the Grain Generator Recipe for Hate Stranger Than Fiction The Gray Race No Substance The New America The Process of Belief The Empire Strikes First New Maps of Hell The Dissent of Man True North Age of Unreason
EPs	Bad Religion Back to the Known Christmas Songs
Other releases	80–85 All Ages Tested Punk Rock Songs 30 Years Live
Videos and DVDs	Along the Way Live at the Palladium
Singles	"American Jesus" "21st Century (Digital Boy)" "Infected" "Stranger than Fiction" "A Walk" "Punk Rock Song" "Sorrow" "Los Angeles Is Burning" "The Devil in Stitches"
Related articles	Discography Members Epitaph Records Punk rock in California Hardcore punk Warped Tour
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