Term Papers on Greg Graffin

Term Paper Title	Greg Graffin
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Greg Graffin

     The band Bad religion was formed in the early eighties and has now been
around over 15 years and has released over eight albums, the lead singer has
continued his schooling and now has one bachelors degree ,a masters and is
working on his Ph.D.

     Greg Graffin was born in 1965 in Wisconsin.  His mother and father were
divorced after his birth. In 1976 his mother his brother and him moved to San
Fernando valley California, which is now the punk rock capital of the world.
"Like millions of other victims of divorce in the seventies I had to deal with
the fact that my father was now living far away(In Racine, Wisconsin) and that I
would not get to see him very much." While his father was in Wisconsin he began
work at the university of Wisconsin as a professor.  He still works their today.
Greg was often picked on in high school because of his "Punkness". "There were
three people at my high school who were punkers, I mean I got beat up everyday
by long haired people who listened to Rush and would beat me up because I didn't.
When he was fifteen he started a band with other social outcasts who didn't
quite fit in.   They settled on the name BAD RELIGION.

     Bad Religion does not pertain to any kind of sacrilegious activities or
the like.  Instead it is a statement against any establishment that promotes
dogmatic thinking or punishes individualism and rewards followers.  Greg once
said in an interview "Instead of rewarding  uniqueness we, for some reason
probably because of cultural and social necessity, we chastise unique behavior
and reward conformity". On 15/10/93 Greg said BR has 108 songs and 5 or 6 are
about religious issues.

     Greg has a very different view point about education then most punks.
When the band broke up in 1983 he moved back to Wisconsin and attend the
university of wisconsin-madison. soon the administration had found out that he
was not an official resident any longer so he was kicked out. (he had recently
spent several years as a California resident) He traveled back to California
where he was a resident and attended school at UCLA.  in 1987 he received his
masters degree in geology.  He had previously received his Masters degree in
Anthropology and a his B.Sc. in geology.  This work was very field oriented
since he had to study fossils to get the degrees.  In 1990 he transferred to
Cornell University (in Ithica where he currently lives) for a Ph.D..  It will be
a biology degree, but since he studie...

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