re-released remastered versions

In April 2004, the band also re-released digitally-remastered versions of all of their first six studio albums on Epitaph Records (except Into the Unknown ). The How Could Hell Be Any Worse? reissue, though reclaiming the original title of the band’s debut LP, contained all of the same material as the previously issued 80–85 compilation, including their first EP, the Public Service EP (with different versions of the songs Bad Religion, Slaves, and Drastic Actions than the self-titled EP) and the “Back to the Known” EP. To coincide with the reissues, they also released their long out-of-print live VHS, Along the Way , on DVD for the first time. Recipe for Hate , though, could not be re-issued, even though it was originally released on Epitaph, due to the fact that it had already been re-issued through Atlantic, and so problems with rights ownership made a reissue unlikely.