Greg Graffin has conquered the world of music, academia and literature.

Graffin has fronted the legendary punk rock band Bad Religion, which has elevated punk on an intellectual and sonic level, for over 30 years of its storied career. Also in Graffin’s vast repertoire of accomplishments outside of Bad Religion’s legacy, is a Ph.D, years as an instructor at UCLA and Cornell, and a best-selling author. Graffin is entering the next stage of his life, which is a lot calmer than the Los Angeles punk scene in the 1980s he grew up in.The college professor is working on some solo folk material with his friends in Social Distortion, as well as planning on writing a fiction book, which is a departure from his non-fiction texts about population and evolution. Graffin has also finally got an Instagram to show off his photography.

Before the band hit the stage Friday at Warehouse Live in Houston with Against Me! and Dave Hause at the “Vox Populi Tour”, Graffin sat down to answer a few questions about what the future holds for Bad Religion, the current state of U.S. politics, and the next book he will write.

On songwriting



New Bad Religion music?

The state of American politics

The next book

Is there intelligent life in the universe?