American Lesion

American Lesion is a Solo Album by Greg Graffin, lead singer of the band Bad Religion. Like the album Into the Unknown, this album is a massive departure for Graffin, whose songs generally revolve around loud guitars and melodies (known as the Oozin' Ahh's). American Lesion for the most part features Graffin's voice alone, and each song is based around a piano rather than a guitar.

Related Topics:
Greg Graffin - Bad Religion - Into the Unknown

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The song Cease (track 6 on this album) is a slow piano ballad that is also featured on Bad Religion's album The Gray Race as a fast Punk Rock song.

Related Topics:
Cease - The Gray Race - Punk Rock

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The lyrical content can also be seen as a departure for Graffin. In most Bad Religion songs he deals with subjects such as Mass Globalisation (in American Jesus) or World Pollution (in Kyoto Now). The songs on American Lesion are much more personal; the songs were apparently written right around the time his marriage was falling apart, making the album very emotional

Related Topics:
American Jesus - Kyoto Now

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• Opinion (3:14)
• Fate's Cruel Hand (4:43)
• Predicament Graffin (3:13)
• The Fault Line (3:03)
• When I Fail (3:41)
• Cease (4:33)
• Maybe She Will (4:28)
• The Elements (3:50)
• In the Mirror (2:43)
• Back to Earth (4:08)
• Released: 7 November 1997 on Atlantic Records
• Genre: Rock
• Styles: Singer/songwriter
• Moods: somber, weary, intimate, ernest, bitter, reflective

All songs composed and performed by: Greg Graffin

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