No Substance
Punk ain't dumb. Not with a creative lineage that includes everything  from the Clash to Nirvana. Bad Religion has been part of that history since  1980. Whatever they lack in instrumental virtuosity is made up for here in  singer Greg Graffin's urgent two-minute manifestos on society and world  politics. As on other Bad Religion releases in the '90s,No Substancepreaches militant social consciousness to the punk masses, imploring the youth  to "raise your voice!" There was more variety in Bad Religion's sound  when guitarist Brett Gurewitz was still in the band, but the band has taken  their relatively simple musical formula to a sophisticated level here, crafting  tight, intelligent nuggets of punk.--Steve Appleford