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Against the Grain by Bad Religion
Against the Grain is an album by Bad Religion, released in 1990. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 32 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “21st Century Digital Boy”, on 32 lists with a best position of #26.
Against the Grain, Bad Religion's fifth album, came out on Epitaph on November 23, 1990, the band producing itself on the label Brett Gurewitz ran. For once the lineup held steady from the two records before: Greg Graffin singing, Gurewitz and Greg Hetson on guitars, Jay Bentley on bass and Pete Finestone on drums. It was Finestone's last, as he left in 1991 for his new project the Fishermen, and the band would take a turn on Generator.
The sound is the one they'd been sharpening all along: breakneck melodic hardcore topped with those three-part harmonies, with lyrics that go after religion, politics, society, the media and science. "21st Century Digital Boy" first turned up here; four years later a re-recorded version became one of their best-known songs on Stranger than Fiction. With no radio or TV push behind it, the album still sold more than 100,000 copies.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Against the Grain on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21st Century Digital Boy | 32 | #26 | – | 1994–2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.