Bad Religion Performs "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" On Late Night TV
Esteemed punk legends Bad Religion performed their version of "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", from their newest album Christmas Songs, last night on Conan. Watch the video at href="http://teamcoco.com/video/bad-religion-12-18-2013">TeamCoco.com> now.
Bad Religion's well-received Christmas album, Christmas Songs, was released earlier this year on Epitaph. In January the band also released their 16th studio album, True North, making 2013 a monumental year of two special Bad Religion records.
This week, Christmas Songs came in at number 7 on the Billboard Hard Rock chart and number 17 on the Billboard Independent Album chart. And in the true spirit of giving, 20% of proceeds from Christmas Songs will be donated to SNAP, Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. Additionally, Bad Religion has bestowed daily "gifts" to fans, via their own Bad Religion advent calendar, launched on December 1. Fans are encouraged to visit the site badreligion.com to "unlock" daily reveals. Gifts have included free track downloads, merchandise coupons, a holiday card generator, and the most popular gift - a per click donation from Bad Religion to a food bank, generating approximately $10k for charity, crashing the site, and seeing the band at number 1 on Reddit.com for the day.
Co-songwriter and guitarist Brett Gurewitz calls Christmas Songs the "most subversive album we've done". While co-songwriter and vocalist Greg Graffin got his start singing in grade school and has a personal connection to these songs. Listen to Gurewitz and Graffin talk about Christmas Songs on NPR Weekend Edition with host Rachel Martin href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=249570011">here>.
In a world still brimming with rampant anti-intellectualism, inequality and oppression, Bad Religion's signature brand of sonically charged humanist dissent is as relevant as ever. And this Christmas season, just a little more ironic.
Fans are invited to order the album, just in time for holidays, by visiting href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/christmas-songs/id701162374">iTunes> or badreligionstore.com.
Press Accolades for Christmas Songs:
"The album is definitely tongue-in-cheek but suggests a real affection for these standards, putting Bad Religion in a long line of acts that find religion interesting even if they don't believe in it for a second." - Los Angeles Times
"It's goddamn Bad Religion playing goddamn Christmas songs and sounding like they're having a great time doing it." - Popmatters