Atomic Garden (song)

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“Atomic Garden”
Single by Bad Religion from the album Generator
Released	1992
Format	Vinyl
Recorded	May 1991 at Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre	Punk rock
Length	3:10
Label	Epitaph Records
Writer(s)	Brett Gurewitz
Producer	Bad Religion
Bad Religion singles chronology
"Atomic Garden" "American Jesus"
Generator track listing
"Generator" "Too Much to Ask" "No Direction" "Tomorrow" "Two Babies in the Dark" "Heaven Is Falling" "Atomic Garden" "The Answer" "Fertile Crescent" "Chimaera" "Only Entertainment"

"Atomic Garden" is the seventh track on Bad Religion's sixth full-length album Generator, which was released in 1992. It was also the band's first official song to be released as a single. According to The Bad Religion Page, guitarist Brett Gurewitz, who wrote this song, claims that "Atomic Garden" is about "nuclear proliferation".^[1]

More than a decade after its release, "Atomic Garden" has been labeled as one of Bad Religion's best known songs and remains a concert staple. A live version can also be heard on their 2006 DVD Live at the Palladium. There is a video clip (filmed and edited by Gregor Verbinsky) that can be found in the band's 1991 long out of print live video Big Bang.^[1]

A video for "Atomic Garden" was also made. It is available for watching here.

This song was also included on the game NCAA Football 2006.

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