No Substance

No Substance
Studio album by Bad Religion
Released	May 15, 1998
Recorded	1997-1998 at Pyramid Sound, Polypterus Studio, Ithaca, New York
Genre	Punk rock
Length	41:53
Label	Atlantic (Original) Epitaph (Re-release)
Producer	Bad Religion, Alex Perialas, Ronnie Kimball
Bad Religion chronology
Tested (1997) No Substance (1998) The New America (2000)

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No Substance is the tenth full-length album by the punk rock band Bad Religion. It was the band's third (or fourth, if the reissue of Recipe for Hate is counted) release on Atlantic Records, and their second studio album since guitarist Brett Gurewitz's departure.

No Substance was anticipated by both music critics and fans as a result of the band's previous worldwide successes with their 1994 major label debut Stranger Than Fiction and its 1996 follow up The Gray Race. The album has been met with mixed reviews and was not as successful as band's past releases. The album was re-released by Epitaph Records on September 15, 2008.

Album cover

The actress on the album cover is Kristen Johnston, who is best known for her roles as Sally Solomon in the late 1990s sitcom 3rd Rock From The Sun and as Wilma Flintstone in the 2000 film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hear It"	Graffin	1:49
2.	"Shades of Truth"	Graffin	4:01
3.	"All Fantastic Images"	Graffin, Baker	2:08
4.	"The Biggest Killer in American History"	Graffin	2:14
5.	"No Substance"	Graffin	3:04
6.	"Raise Your Voice!" (ft. Campino of Die Toten Hosen)	Graffin	2:55
7.	"Sowing the Seeds of Utopia"	Graffin	2:01
8.	"The Hippy Killers"	Graffin	3:01
9.	"The State of the End of the Millennium Address"	Graffin, Baker	2:22
10.	"The Voracious March of Godliness"	Graffin	2:27
11.	"Mediocre Minds"	Graffin, Hetson	1:56
12.	"Victims of the Revolution"	Graffin, Baker	3:17
13.	"Strange Denial"	Graffin	3:02
14.	"At the Mercy of Imbeciles"	Graffin, Baker, Hetson	1:34
15.	"The Same Person"	Graffin, Baker, Bentley	2:49
16.	"In So Many Ways"	Graffin	3:04

Japanese Version
No.	Title	Length
17.	"Dream Of Unity"	2:50

Bonus B-Side Disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Universal Cynic"	2:18
2.	"Markovian Process"	1:30
3.	"News From The Front"	2:23
4.	"Leaders And Followers"	2:42
5.	"Dream Of Unity"	2:52
6.	"Tested"	3:04
7.	"The Answer" (Live)	3:11
8.	"The Dodo"	2:10
9.	"Follow The Leader"	4:28

Personnel

• Greg Graffin - lead vocals
• Greg Hetson - guitar
• Brian Baker - guitar, backing vocals
• Jay Bentley - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Bobby Schayer - drums, percussion

• Campino from Die Toten Hosen - guest vocals on "Raise Your Voice!"
• Ronnie Kimball - producer, engineer
• Alex Perialas - producer, engineer
• Gavin Lurssen - mastering
• Chris Lord-Alge - mixing
• Jason Arnold - engineer
• Mike Dy - engineer
• Fred Kevorkian - engineer
• Danielle Gibson - art coordination
• Steve Raskin - art direction, design
• Valerie Wagner - art direction, design
• Terry Richardson - photography
• Chris Toliver - photography
• Taylor Nidoski - trumpet

Notes

• "The State of The End of The Millennium Address" is written like a speech, very similar to the beginning of "Voice of God is Government" from How Could Hell Be Any Worse?.
• If you dial the 800 number, it will link through to ConAgra Foods customer service.
• On the vinyl release, a guest vocalist sings alternating lines on "Raise Your Voice". On the CD version, he only provides backing vocals.