10 Biggest Drop-offs In Rock History
7. Bad Religion
When looking at the genesis of hardcore punk, Bad Religion make for a nice crossroads for the more uninitiated fans of the genre. As much as their abrasive sound on How Could Hell Be Any Worse struck a nerve with the hardcore scene, the firm grasp on melodic structures gave them a bit of musical credibility among their peers. So...what do you do when you have one of the best debuts of the decade? Well...assume it's a fluke I guess.
Given how young they were, both Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz were convinced that they had captured lightning in a bottle and could never top what they already did. Looking to almost self sabotage their own sound, Into the Unknown is one of the most perplexing albums of the '80s, as Bad Religion trade in their chunky power chords and raw production for some of the squelchiest synth tones ever conceived by man.
Seriously, some of these progressive style production choices on here would even have acts like A Flock of Seagulls telling you to tone things down a little bit. It would seem Graffin and Gurewitz knew they had a dud on their hands, considering they nearly broke up and never even mention the album as part of their main discography anymore. Even though something like this is not Bad Religion by any stretch, it's still worth revisiting if not for the sheer weirdness factor alone.