Suffer Tour

The Suffer Tour was a tour by punk rock band Bad Religion in support of their third album, Suffer. This was the band's first tour in support of an album. Prior to this, the band mainly only played shows within their home state of California, however they had previously played near-by states such as Nevada,^[1] Texas^[2] and Arizona,^[3] as well as a short East Coast tour in 1986.^[4]

This also marked the first time the band toured Europe, which was documented in the concert video, Along the Way, released the following year, in 1990.

According to bass player, Jay Bentley after the North American leg of the tour, the band had individually lost $1000 each, due to the expenses of travelling and renting equipment. Bentley, who was working at Epitaph at the time, got a call from a European promoter, asking if Bad Religion would come over to Europe. Initially, due to the monetary loss of the North American tour, Bentley declined the offer, but the band was eventually convinced and were surprised at the level of interest they had in Europe, with each show being filled.^[5] Brett Gurewitz recalled a similar experience from their first European tour in an interview for German television in 2007.^[6]

The footage from the European leg of the tour was used for Bad Religion's first concert film, Along the Way. Brett missed the final two dates on this leg of the tour to get married.

Band Members

Greg Graffin - Vocals
Brett Gurewitz - Guitar
Greg Hetson - Guitar
Jay Bentley - Bass
Pete Finestone - Drums
Karat Faye - F.O.H. Engineer

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