We're Only Gonna Die

Infobox Song
Name = We're Only Gonna Die


Artist = Bad Religion
Album = How Could Hell Be Any Worse?
Released = 1982
track_no = 1
Recorded = 1981
Genre = Punk rock
Hardcore punk
Length = 2:12
Writer = Greg Graffin
Label = Epitaph
Producer = Bad Religion
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Name = We're Only Gonna Die for Our Arrogance


Artist = Sublime
Album = 40 Oz. to Freedom
Released = 1992
track_no = 4
Recorded = 1991-1992 at Mambo in Long Beach, California
Genre = Ska punk
Length = 3:07
Writer = Greg Graffin
Label = Skunk Records, Gasoline Alley/MCA
Producer = Sublime
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"We're Only Gonna Die" is a song penned by frontman Greg Graffin for Bad Religion's debut album "How Could Hell Be Any Worse?", which was released in 1982. It is the album's opening track, as well as the now-out of print "80-85" compilation, which was released in 1991.

The song is often referred to only by the name, "Gonna Die". The liner notes to the "How Could Hell Be Any Worse" album lists the title as "We're Only Gonna Die from Our Own Arrogance". Graffin occasionally introduces the song with this complete title. The band also called the song "Modern Man" before the release of their 1990 fifth album "Against the Grain", which contained a track by that name.

The song can also be heard in the movie "Glory Daze". It also appears on the soundtrack of the videogame, Tony Hawk's "American Wasteland".

More than over 25 years after its release, "We're Only Gonna Die" became a fan favorite and remains one of the band's concert staples.

Cover versions

The song was covered by the band Biohazard who called it "We're Only Gonna Die from Our Own Arrogance". Bad Religion and Biohazard played this song live together during a show in the late '90s.

The ska punk band Sublime also covered this song, calling it "We're Only Gonna Die for Our Arrogance", on their 1992 debut "40 Oz. to Freedom". The band played this song live at numerous shows during their career, prior to frontman Bradley Nowell's 1996 death.

The alternative rock band Tripping Daisy also covered "We're Only Gonna Die" as the closing track on their 1994 live album "Get It On".