Greg Graffin
Author of Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God
About the Author
Gregory Walter Graffin (born November 6, 1964 in Racine, Wisconsin) is an American punk rock musician and college professor. He is most recognized as the lead vocalist and songwriter of the noted Los Angeles band Bad Religion, which he co-founded in 1979. Graffin double-majored in anthropology and show more geology as an undergraduate at the University of California, Los Angeles. He went on to earn a master's degree in geology from UCLA and received his Ph.D. from Cornell University. He spends most of his time in Upstate New York, and teaches Life Science and Earth & Space Science (paleontology) at UCLA during one of the school quarters each year. Anarchy Eveolution is his first book. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Photo taken by Richard Acosta during Bad Religion's concert at the Starland Ballroom in New Jersey.
Works by Greg Graffin
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- Canonical name
- Graffin, Greg
- Legal name
- Graffin, Gregory Walter
- Birthdate
- 1964-11-06
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Racine, Wisconsin, USA
- Places of residence
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles (BA - Anthropology and Geology, MA - Geology)
Cornell University (PhD - Zoology) - Occupations
- musician
professor (Biology)
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Reviews
Punk Paradox: A Memoir by Greg Graffin
Greg Graffin's Punk Paradox is a very good memoir that crosses into cultural criticism as well. Great for fans of the band Bad Religion as well as music lovers in general.
I enjoyed this book more than the last Bad Religion book I read (Do What You Want) even though I enjoyed it as well. But where the other is a history of the band (written by the band with Jim Ruland) this focuses on Graffin and one person's inside story of the band and punk music as a whole.
I was probably as intrigued by some of his thoughts that tended toward the more abstract, from rationales for songs or the scene itself to looking reflectively at his own life. While those who are fans may well enjoy it for nothing more than learning more about them (nothing wrong with that, that's what fans do) those who are more casual fans will find a lot here to keep them engaged as well.
Highly recommended for fans of Bad Religion, from the most casual to the most diehard, as well as any readers who enjoy memoirs about stars in the music industry. If you've read Do What You Want I would also recommend this as a great companion book, offering a bit more depth and a lot more personal perspective.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (more)
I enjoyed this book more than the last Bad Religion book I read (Do What You Want) even though I enjoyed it as well. But where the other is a history of the band (written by the band with Jim Ruland) this focuses on Graffin and one person's inside story of the band and punk music as a whole.
I was probably as intrigued by some of his thoughts that tended toward the more abstract, from rationales for songs or the scene itself to looking reflectively at his own life. While those who are fans may well enjoy it for nothing more than learning more about them (nothing wrong with that, that's what fans do) those who are more casual fans will find a lot here to keep them engaged as well.
Highly recommended for fans of Bad Religion, from the most casual to the most diehard, as well as any readers who enjoy memoirs about stars in the music industry. If you've read Do What You Want I would also recommend this as a great companion book, offering a bit more depth and a lot more personal perspective.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (more)
Can’t we all just get along?
Population Wars: A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence by Greg Graffin (Thomas Dunne Books, $27.99).
Greg Graffin isn’t just the frontman for punk rock band Bad Religion. He’s also got a Ph.D. in evolutionary science and lectures at Cornell University, so when he writes about the evolutionary advantages of assimilating the losers in wars rather than annihilating them, it’s worth a read.
Population Wars: A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence suggests that cooperation plays a greater role in evolution than competition, despite the old “survival of the fittest” meme.
That’s an interesting—and debatable—point; the problem arises when some of his other points seem to contradict each other. Perhaps the difference between human cultures, which can cooperate, and human genes, which always compete, could have been drawn more clearly to avoid the confusion.
(Reviewed on Lit/Rant: www.litrant.tumblr.com)… (more)
Population Wars: A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence by Greg Graffin (Thomas Dunne Books, $27.99).
Greg Graffin isn’t just the frontman for punk rock band Bad Religion. He’s also got a Ph.D. in evolutionary science and lectures at Cornell University, so when he writes about the evolutionary advantages of assimilating the losers in wars rather than annihilating them, it’s worth a read.
Population Wars: A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence suggests that cooperation plays a greater role in evolution than competition, despite the old “survival of the fittest” meme.
That’s an interesting—and debatable—point; the problem arises when some of his other points seem to contradict each other. Perhaps the difference between human cultures, which can cooperate, and human genes, which always compete, could have been drawn more clearly to avoid the confusion.
(Reviewed on Lit/Rant: www.litrant.tumblr.com)… (more)
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