released Stranger Than Fiction

Recipe for Hate was followed up by Bad Religion’s eighth studio album Stranger Than Fiction . The album met high critical reception upon its release in September 1994, and was their most successful album at the time, scoring such hits as ” Stranger Than Fiction “, ” Infected “, and a re-recording of ” 21st Century (Digital Boy) “, which was originally released on Against the Grain . The band also recorded the song “Leaders and Followers” (which later appeared as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Stranger Than Fiction ) for the soundtrack for the Kevin Smith film, Clerks . The album was Bad Religion’s first to enter the Billboard 200 ; the release peaked at number 87, and was awarded gold certification on March 4, 1998, for sales of over half a million copies. With the success of that album, Bad Religion became a key member of the 1990s commercial punk rock explosion, alongside Green Day and fellow Epitaph bands such as the Offspring , Rancid , and NOFX .