Bad Religion is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles in the early 1980s around Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz and Jay Bentley. Their music blends melodic punk, hardcore punk and distinctive vocal harmonies, with lyrics often focused on religion, politics, science, inequality and contemporary society. With albums such as Suffer, No Control and Against the Grain, Bad Religion became one of the most influential bands in American melodic punk.