Bad Foundation

Bad Foundation are a punk rock band in the City. They are known for their fast, aggressive melodic music and lyrics that cover social, political and religious issues, and are notorious for their strong criticisms of the Church of Founder and the City's government. They are a long-running band, having been active 20 years already by C.S.Y. 0.

## Formation and early years

The band was formed by singer and frontman *Graf Gregory*, bassist *Deedee Royce*, guitarist *Kurt Brewitz* and drummer *Mitch Barker* while they were all in first year of college. They recorded released their debut self-titled album under their own label, *Obituary Records*. Their recording studio was very improvised, located in the basement of *Brewitz's* parent's house. The recording equipment was old, acquired via dumpster diving, and the bandmembers distributed the records themselves, offering them to other college kids and teens in exchange for whatever spare change they had. The album quickly gained notoriety and popularity amongst the rebellious youth, and they were soon selling them quicker thank they could make copies. In just one year, they saved up enough money from record sales and part-time jobs to fix up their equipment, and even moved their studio to North Town, to the recording complex on Chord Avenue where basically all of the City's studiios and record labels are located. There, they rented a small unused studio from a bigger label and got to work on their second album.

## Rise to fame

The wheels really started turning when they released their second album, *Damnation Can't Be Worse,* in C.S.Y. -19. The album was distributed through actual music stores this time, and sold so well that, they managed to buy their studio space off the other label from the profits. The next two years were spent concerting, mostly in underground clubs, but they had two major gigs as well. Soon, they were joined by another guitarist, Tom McKich and began working on their third studio album, *Penance,* in C.S.Y. -17. But by this time they already caught the attention of the Church of Founder, and when *Penance* was released in C.S.Y. -16, it was widely boycotted by them, any many stores ran by Founationalists refused to stock and sell the album. Some orthodox Foundationalists even picketed in front of their studio and before their concerts, and the band was publicly denounced as "music for damnation" by preachers on the Church's radio and TV stations. Fliers were printed and distributed to the youth, warning them of the evils of the band's music, and their records were banned at Founder's Blessing, but this all only served to further fan their flames of popularity. *Penance* sold like hotcakes, and so did *Manual For Resentment,* released in C.S.Y. -14, to exactly the same reception.

## Mainstream Success

No new albums were released up until C.S.Y. -10 when *Barrier is Breaking* saw the light of the world. For this album they were joined by a third guitarist, Timothy Bombastic. This album was another breakthrough, thanks to choir-like backing vocals and harmonic double (sometimes even triple) lead guitars. But despite their switch to more melodic style, the band's music remained hard and fast. Obituary Records grew into a arge, respectable brand with multiple studios at this point, and started signing other underground acts, many of them inspired by Bad Foundation. Guitarist *Kurt Brewitz* quit the band to focus on leading the record company in C.S.Y. -9, and was replaced by *Ramon Johnson.* This lineup remains consistent to this day.

In C.S.Y. -8 their fourth studio album, *Nonsubstantial* was released. It was the first album to climb mainstream rock music charts, reaching #3 spot, and subsequently, *The New City* ithat came out in C.S.Y. -6, even managed to top the charts. Later albums also found success in mainstream charts, with *Process of Founding* climbing to #4 in C.S.Y. -4 and *Damnation, Again* reaching #2 after being released in C.S.Y. -2.

ln present day in-universe, the band is working on a new album, with title and release date that are to be announced yet.

## Logo

The band is know by their logo called *Founderbuster,* which is a black icon of the Church of Founder on a white background with the red cancellation mark over it. According to *Gregory,* their parents are strong believers of Founder and they chose the logo and band name specifically to irk them.

## Discography

* C.S.Y. -20: Bad Foundation
* C.S.Y. -19: Damnation Can't Be Worse
* C.S.Y. -16: Penance
* C.S.Y. -14: Manual For Resentment
* C.S.Y. -10: Barrier is Breaking
* C.S.Y. -8: Nonsubstantial
* C.S.Y. -6: The New City
* C.S.Y. -4: Process of Founding
* C.S.Y. -2: Damnation, Again
* C.S.Y. 0: TBA

## Fans among characters

**This is a list of characters who are considered fans of the band. Feel free to add your OCs.**

* Sylvester
* Lunica Mills
* Lynn Doven
* Tana Barros
* Maria Greene
* Crystal Nieves
* Lydia Nikolayeva
* Dawn O Sullivan
* Danielle Gardner

## Trivia

* *Bad Foundation, along with their discography and members, are based on the real life California-based punk rock band Bad Religion, with some of the members based off the members of other punk bands - Rancid (Timothy Bombastic) and Ramones (Ramon Johnson)*