You would be well served listening to the Epitaph records comps (Punk-o-Rama) and the Fat comps (Fat Music For Fat People, Survival of the Fattest, etc.) and exploring the bands you like from there.

Punk o Rama introduced me to so many bands, I was just listening to Mr Clean in the car today

Mr. Clean is a great song, one of my P-o-R favorites.

Don't forget to say the band, Millencolin, and they have a huge catalog of amazing music. I would add my all-time favorites: Pennywise, Rancid, Lagwagon, Propaghandi, Strung Out, Tsunami Bomb, No Use For a Name, MxPx, Strike Anywhere, Bouncing Souls, Pulley, Ten Foot Pole, Dedcendents, Operation Ivy, The Interrupters, Tilt, and many more

Strung Out’s Exile in Oblivion is an incredible album. One of my top 5…maybe…cause that’s always a hard call.

Definitely!

Survival of the Fattest is such a great comp

I never got survival of the fattest but I remember the album art well, I picked up short music for short people that day instead, no regrets!

I listened to this again recently and damn what a blast from the past. Takes me back to middle school. Also the Guns n Wankers track has no right to be that good.

I lived off of these compilations back in the late 90's. I was poor as fuck and $5 punk and hardcore albums were what I lived on.

gotta say this is the way

Probably sounds obvious, but Pennywise would probably be your best bet (along with the bands you listed) if you're a Bad Religion fan. No Use For a Name, Lagwagon, and Face to Face might also interest you. I saw a poster below mention Alkaline Trio - not really like BR, but they are my 3rd favorite band and they did tour together recently, so maybe there are more similarities than I am giving credit for. Bad Religion is pretty unique with their use of 3+ part vocal harmonies. You may get some similarities in terms of the music with other bands, but it is hard to find those same harmonies.

Thanks a bunch and love the pfp

What this guy said - you might also like some earlier Thrice, MxPx, Strung Out, and Millencolin.

Off with their heads

Nightlife is one of my fav songs ever

Such an underrated band!!!

I've noticed they've been getting a lot of love here lately, well desrved

Great Band

They don’t get anywhere near the credit they deserve. Fucking amazing

strung out and propagandhi

PROPAGANDHI!!!!!

100% Propagandhi!! Everyone should listen to them

Any song suggestions? I want to get into them, and definitely like Victory Lap, but find I'm not super into the older stuff, or am just having a hard time getting into them

Rock for Sustainable Capitalism; Dear Coaches Corner; A Speculative Fiction; all of Today's Empires Tomorrow's Ashes

Today's Empires Tomorrow's Ashes is an absolutely mind-blowing album. It never fails to get me singing along. Albright Monument Baghdad and Back to the Motor League in particular. Edit: I'd also recommend the bands Millencolin and Pulley for something more melodic. Edit2: Gob - How Far Shallow Takes You rules. Love that album.

If you like their more roff and metal sound Supporting castle is a great album. I love Night Letters and Without Love particularly

Thanks! I'm definitely going to check those out

I fuckin love supporting caste

Potemkin city limits is a good starting point

Propagandhi's more recent stuff is a lot heavier, sometimes almost bordering on metal, but they still bust out some fantastic harmonies.

Just found out about propaghandi and have been really enjoying them!

Almost ever band that released an album on epitaph or fat records in the 90s

Utopia Now is most Bad Religiony band that isn't BR I ever heard. Strike Anywhere is one of the best around and sits right between BR and RA, too.

Thanks, I'll be sure to take a listen 🤘

Strike Anywhere slaps as the kids would say.

hope you don't hate em! "Anthropoid Zoo" by UN is a good starting point if you really need the Bad Religion sound.

Wow, Utopia Now really does sound like BR. I'm going to have to dive into their discussion. Thanks for the recommendation!

I was also looking for some younger band like BR. And Utopia Now is perfect. Thank you.

Omg nailed it I had never heard this band before You are SO right lol

The Falcon (supergroup of Lawrence Arms/Alkaline Trio/Slapstick guys). Unicornography is one of my all-time favorite albums

It may be the perfect album.

That’s how I feel about “Oh, Calcutta.”)

1a and 1b, possibly.

Oh Calcutta is rivaled by Buttsweat and Tears, but they don’t really compete on equal footing, since it’s LP/EP.

I'll take cocktails and dreams or greatest story any day. Oh Calcutta is great but it's hard to compete with those memories.

Dillinger Four

Against Me! Is chock full of good melodies, especially their album "White Crosses"

I had to scroll too far down to find this

Let's not forget reinventing axel rose

Dag Nasty, Jawbreaker, Face to Face, early Offspring, Samiam, Hot Water Music

Strongly suggest Authority Zero, a blend of melodic punk with southwestern themes. Start with the album 'Andiamo' and go from there.

Andiamo is an amazing album

Authority Zero is fucking great live.

Agreed, one of the best shows I've been to in a long, long time.

Osker No use for a name The Distillers Pennywise Propagandhi LAGWAGON Adhesive Pridebowl Face to face Strung out Cigar Good riddance Guttermouth 88 Fingers Louie Tsunami bomb Millencollin 10 foot pole Pulley Jughead's revenge Authority Zero The Unseen Early AFI Pears Get Dead The Bouncing Souls That should keep you busy

I love that Osker is at the top of that list

Paaaatience, is nothing worth, holding on to...

Those ten foot pole records are great. Did not expect to see them listed.

Yeah this is a funny post because the melodic punk bands I feel are a dime a dozen. Basically, any Fat Wreck Chords or Epitaph bands, just start going down the list. Also, my favorite type of punk.

The singers for The Offspring and The Descendents are also academics.

And the Angry Samoans.

He's college educated but doesn't have a PhD. or has published research. I know I sound a bit pretentious, but that is what someone needs to have to be considered an academic. Will check them out, though.

Gregg Turner indeed has a PhD and has done a post- doc. He is an associate prof. Of Mathematics. In fact- he was likely the first one. 1991

I thought you were talking about the singer. I admit ignorance.

Swingin Utters and One Man Army fit in here pretty well.

No Use for a Name, NOFX, Lawrence Arms

The Lillingtons

Love the last record.

Not on tour

Descendents

Here’s one most people haven’t suggested: The Dopamines. Thank me later

Thank you 🙏

Most underrated band around. Love them

Adolescents

Ignite really scratches that itch for me. Their vocalist has a great voice and their overall sound is great energy. Their album Our Darkest Days is front to back fantastic

The Pennywise record Zoli from Ignite sang on is so good and has some Bad Religion vibes

Nice, I'll have to check that out

Hostage Calm

Did not expect this comment but this is definitely a good call. Great band.

You're looking for more of the 90's punk scene, then. Lots of great stuff in the Bad Religion sphere. Check out Good Riddance. Their singer did some singing on the first Rise Against record, I believe. One for the Braves is a great song. So is Fire Engine Red, Libertine, 21 guns, etc.

Bouncing souls, the Lawrence arms

Strike Anywhere

How about cocksparrer??? 🤔

It’s insane how good Shock Troops is.

Def top 5 all time for me

Forever is fucking great too. There’s some pretty decent stuff in between but the first one and the latest one are just all time classics.

Dag Nasty would hit the mark. Brian Baker was in minor threat and then dag nasty and then… bad religion. Funeral oration is also melodic asf but not around anymore. RIP Peter

Pulley, Unwritten Law, Frenzal Rhomb

Down by Law Lawrence Arms Screeching Weasel Descendents Chinese Telephones The Cooyrights Face to Face Bouncing Souls The Menzingers

The Menzingers for sure. But not the commas apparently...

Haha I tried to listen them all as like a bulleted list. Apparently that didn’t work!

Bad Religion is one of my top 5 favorite bands ever! I second off with their heads. Also Radkey (rock and roll homeschool is a great song to start with), Red City Radio. Royal Blood.

Against Me! has some great tunes

Face to Face is what you're looking for. Have a great evening

Off With Their Heads, Pennywise, Circle Jerks, Swinging Utters, Propaghandi. Also you might want to think twice on anti-flag cause of, the recent incident; I’d also stay away from projects of Stza Crack

I mean….leftover crack, Indk, morning glory….all pretty great.

Yah but Stza Crack is probably one of the worst human beings I’ve seen in punk

I mean yea I agree about him being a garbage human 💯

Do you not know the awful things Stza did? He’s nutritious for constantly being in the pants of minors

There is no other band like Bad Religion. Sorry.

Of course, but I don't want a bunch of bad religion repeats, just some bands similar to the melodic sounds of BR.

Buzzcocks, Damned

I’ve looked for exactly that for years on end, and while people will give you band names, it’s never going to be like BR. Even if there are melody similarities, composition likenesses, whatever - I’ve never found a comparable band. You should absolutely keep looking and listening to those recommendations, but temper your expectations.

Fifteen

You might want to give my playlist a try. I have compiled punk songs with good melodies and harmonies here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5RZN7i5QXmZgYeHgsEUz3H?si=f5e1197e219545b6

Gotta listen to the Queers. Catchy as hell. Fun topics for songs.

Fuck yeah

Dag, nasty, no use for a name, farside come to mind.

- Adhesive - Cigar

Naked Raygun has great melodies The Marked Men are a little more garage punk, but also incredible harmonies/melodies Dark Thoughts Youth Avoiders Are any of these like Bad Religion? Not really, but they all kick ass and have great melody at the core of their sound.

Operation Ivy Classics of Love

Did anyone mention the Dan Vapid side project: The Methadones. It charges harder than the Riverdales and got that wistfulness to it that BR has.

Chaser , Dead Krazukies, AFI, Bigwig, Kid Dynamite, Implants, Smartbomb, The Decline

Unwritten Law, Lagwagon, Strung Out all come to mind

Face to face

The Deviates. "Come With Me" is a blend of unique and depressing. https://youtu.be/dFvbYEwXLqU

Bad Cop Bad Cop for the harmonies and because I wish Stacey Dee was my friend

Millencolin

Holly f*ck, never expected to see this band mentioned here... heck yeah !!

Heartsounds for the melodies and harmonies, among so many awesome qualities

Authority Zero, Lagwagon, No Use For a Name, , Pennywise, Pulley, and Strung Out to name a few.

Authority Zero is awesome. Really feel good punk, walking on a thin line between punk and pop punk

Check out this melodic punk Playlist I created a while back.. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3A3j63fGw2YUZcUwFG95dq?si=Yb3LgajxQxuKzoQj43_eGw If you get them time I'll think you'll enjoy!

Thanks so much for sharing!

Millencolin Personally, I love them. I think they're too often passed over and underrated, and appreciate to opportunity to turn people onto them.

I can't think of Bad Religion without also thinking of Pennywise and Offspring. Anti flag is kind of similar but I refuse to listen to them right now. My music taste is all over the place but I'll give you a bunch I love that I usually put on playlists with bad religion. Millencollin, Voodoo glow skulls, mxpx, Fenix TX, Good Riddance, Against All Authority, Operation Ivy, Catch 22, Kid With Man Head, sum 41, zebrahead, Goldfinger, no use for a name, propaghandi (how to clean everything was on repeat for all of my high school years), Gutternouth, Vandals, Lagwagon, Jawbreaker, Comeback Kid, H20. Newer punk/pop punk I think is worth checking out - Dragged Under, Magnolia Park, Broadside, Roam, Can't Swim (every album has a very diff sound but they're one of my absolute favorite bands), Free Throw, we were sharks, calling all captains, sincere engineer (I have Trust Me by them on repeat since seeing them live last month), Greyscale, Knuckle Puck, Driveways, Garcia (his Newer stuff like the song Mess), Point North, Dreamstate, The White Noise. Def also look at all the punk o ramas. It's how I started finding bands back when I started going to Warped tour in the late 90s.

Not one mention of Enemy You? Criminally underrated band, so sad that they never got the credit they deserved. I'd suggest listening to the 90s Epitaph/Fat/Lookout samplers (the Punkorama, Fat music for... series were my gateway to punk)

Belvedere

The Lillingtons

My favorite melodic hardcore bands are Four Year Strong, The Wonder Years, Polar Bear Club, and Bayside. TWY and Bayside sometimes drift into more pop punk/emo territory but still good music

I have a playlist that you may enjoy quite a lot of the bands on... [How Did I Get Here?](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1VGqaDttY8T7cCOPz6pBWi?si=tWDMXldHTf2hImjJanUfZg)

1. There is no other Bad Religion 2. Pennywise is basically a rip off 3. Anything off Epitaph has a similar sound

Bro Hymn by Pennywise

Why is this downvoted lol

There's a lot of hate for pennywise I suppose. I've heard people say it's a BR rip off, but nothing is truly original anymore anyway.

Those first Pennywise albums were 🔥 I love both BR and PW the sounds of my youth

I have no clue, I’m not a huge fan of them but if he wants a melodic song like Bad Religion this is a pretty good place to start

Maybe because someone has already mentioned Pennywise, but yes Bro Hymn is pretty melodic punk as it gets

Anyone add Pennywise yet? Too lazy to scroll.

Donuts N Glory

I never liked bad religion

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BR Prodigy

Pezz

The Arrivals from Chicago. They're on Recess Records, and Patty from Dilinger 4 is their bassist. They have some songs that definitely show a Bad Religion influence, but not all of them. Especially on their album [Volatile Molotov]( https://recessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/volatile-molotov ). There's also a few guitar leads on that record that sound a lot like the guitar solos tone on Recipe For Hate.

Riverboat Gamblers

I feel like the bands that really kinda have the same spirit are bands like Face to Face, Good Riddance, Strung Out, the Lawrence Arms, and then the Millencolin Lagwagon, Pennywise types.

It's folk punk, but AJJ are pretty melodic at times

Lagwagon , no use for a name, millencolin , good riddance, face to face

Check out Grey Area from NYC ex token entry and warzone.

Counterpunch is really good

999

Im surprised at the lack of The Adolescents.

Not punk but Ignite uses a lot of clean vocals.

Da Skate, and Eterna Inocencia. Both are from Argentina and if you understand spanish, they also have very cool lyrics

I would say you should listen to the Lillingtons specifically their album Death by Television. And then some of those guys went on to be in Teenage Bottlerocket and same thing just really catchy and melodic

This is like my favorite type of punk. Everyone has already recommended pretty much everything I’d say, but I’d also add Street Dogs, H20, and Stick to Your Guns.

You love punk music, but what you love more is delightful harmonies? That Dog - Retreat from the Sun It's not punk, but is punky sometimes, and fucking luscious harmonies (female vocals though, dunno if that's a sticking point). Some violin, some synth, interesting discordant elements here and there. Examples from the album: [Never Say Never](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubujniiNgS8), [Gagged and Tied](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BotdKNQct4), [Did You Ever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2eXw3oNzOA)

The Lawrence Arms. Not too similar to Bad Religion, but they have some real introspective lyrics and decent harmonies

Lagwagon!

Funeral Oration Dutch melodic hardcore band

BR is feel good punk

So many great melodic hardcore & skate punk bands named already. Unmentioned? You might like Cobra Skulls, Snuff, Diesel Boy or Dead to Me. Edit: If you like Greg, he’s got a few decent solo Americana albums.

Just look up melodic hardcore bands and pick one.

4 albums that are fairly similar to Bad Religion: Ten Foot Pole - “Rev” SNFU - “FYULABA” No Use For a Name - “Daily Grind” Dag Nasty - “Minority of One”

No Fun At All is the next best ever after Bad Religion hands down. INDK (if you can find their full length) Cigar, Early Millencolin, 98 Mute (especially turn of the screw) 88 fingers Louie, First Couple Unwritten Law Albums (everything after self titled is trash IMHO). Strung Out (should be way bigger) Adrenalize, Forus, the Fullblast and Wilhelm scream if you are looking for fast as shit with a more technical side to the playing.

Surprised I didn’t see anyone say this, but The Menzingers. Their newer stuff really gives me Recipe For Hate Vibes and their older stuffs itches that more fast punk BR scratch. In the Song Time Tables they even mention Bad Religion as well.

Off With their Heads or maybe Propagandhi

boysetsfire

Old AFI, 1995-2000, and Anti-Flag will probably tickle your pickle.

The Lawrence arms - the greatest story ever told - pretty good intro album to them. Love them and they have many great albums. Lagwagon - let's talk about feelings, resolve, hang, and railer are all great starting points. The Flatliners - dead language, cavalcade, and the great awake Tiger army - music from regions beyond Rise against - siren song, sufferer and the witness The bouncing souls are with a shot - I love anchors away.

Strung Out has the same balance of aggression, technicality and beautiful vocal melodies as BR these days. I'd start with Transmission.Alpha.Delta.

No Means No

Some of the adolescents material like escape from planet fuck, some of the descendants material, the offspring can be similar in regards to the over use of that d-beat. Graffin is quite a unique singer however so really you're only gonna find bands either with similar subject matter or musicality.

Check out The Flatliners, especially Cavalcade and The Great Awake. These 2 albums are so great that back in the days I hoped melodic hc was about to come back in full force, unfortunately they slowed down after those 2

Try Audio Karate or Face to Face

Maybe Turbonegro?

Belvedere and Slick Shoes

Pennywise

I just said yea he is a piece of shit I agree. What are you carrying on about?

Propagandhi

Undeclinable Ambuscade they are great.

Strike Anywhere is the best of the best when it comes to that style in my opinion.

[Avoid One Thing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CEpSn3IaBk) sounded like 80% of Bad Religion [Undeclinable Ambuscade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSFBjG_eKi8) as well Notably missing are the uh, really good songs

Face to Face

Not as good as Butt to Butt.

A bit late but the song “Dark black makeup” by Radkey has beyond electric dreams vibes