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''The Process of Belief'' is the twelfth studio album by the American punk rock band Bad Religion. It was produced by its leaders Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz, and was released on January 22, 2002 through Epitaph Records. After touring in support of its previous full-length studio album, ''The New America'' (2000), Gurewitz rejoined Bad Religion in 2001 after a seven-year hiatus. The band re-signed with Epitaph, and then began work on its first album for the label in over eight years. The album also marked the first album to feature Brooks Wackerman, who replaced former drummer Bobby Schayer. ''The Process of Belief'' was another huge success (debuting at #49 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart〔 〕) and it was well received by both critics and fans. The album has sold more than 220,000 units worldwide.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=AllBusiness.com )〕 ''The Process of Belief'' features one of Bad Religion's well-known songs "Sorrow", the band's first to chart in the US in six years, since "A Walk" (from 1996's ''The Gray Race''). "Broken", "The Defense" and "Supersonic" also received radio airplay, but all failed to make any national chart (although "Broken" reached #125 on the UK Singles Chart). The album marked the return to the faster and more energetic songwriting style of Bad Religion's earlier albums, and many have compared it favorably to their past releases. Multiple songs of the album have become live staples of the band's shows, most notably "Sorrow". "Broken" and "Kyoto Now!" are also commonly played live, as well as the album's first three tracks, which are usually performed in one go. ==Background and recording== After a five-year hiatus, Brett Gurewitz reunited with Greg Graffin in 1999 to write and record the song "Believe It" for the next Bad Religion album, ''The New America'' (2000). After embarking on multiple worldwide tours in support of ''The New America'' during 2000 and 2001, Gurewitz decided to rejoin Bad Religion permanently, and after fulfilling their contract with Atlantic Records, the band decided to resign with Epitaph. In June 2001, it was announced that former drummer Bobby Schayer had "experienced a most unfortunate career-ending injury" and could no longer drum, which forced him to leave the band.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=TheBRPage.net )〕 Without a new drummer, Bad Religion had booked a few weeks of rehearsal studio time in Los Angeles to record their next album, with an October 2001 release planned. However, instead of booking studio time for rehearsals, it became an audition session. Five people tried out for auditions including Brooks Wackerman, formerly of Suicidal Tendencies and The Vandals. Graffin said that Wackerman was a good drummer, they only had to hear him play one or two songs before they knew that he was "the best drummer we had ever heard". Graffin informed Wackerman that Bad Religion was without a drummer and asked him if he wanted to be in the band for touring and for recording, and Wackerman's answer was "a big YES".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=TheBRPage.net )〕 In June 2001, Punkbands.com reported that Bad Religion's twelfth studio album would be titled ''The Process of Belief'' and was scheduled for an October 23 release.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Punknews.org )〕 However, bassist Jay Bentley told fan site The Bad Religion Page's chat room that the album would not be released until January 2002, as the band was running behind schedule.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Punknews.org )〕 In August, it was reported that ''The Process of Belief'' would be released on February 5, 2002,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Punknews.org )〕 but then the Epitaph newsletter reported that the release date for the album had been pushed back to January 22.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Punknews.org )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Process of Belief」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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