Against the Grain may refer to:

Broadcast media

• Against the Grain (TV series), 1993 NBC drama series with Ben Affleck
• Against the Grain (radio program), an interview program on Pacifica Radio station KPFA, Berkeley, hosted by C.S. Soong

Music

• Against the Grain (Redgum album) a 2004 Redgum greatest hits album
• Against the Grain (The Veer Union album), 2009 album by The Veer Union
• Against the Grain (Snakefinger album), 1983 album by the musician Snakefinger
• Against the Grain (Bad Religion album), 1990 album by the band Bad Religion
• Against The Grain (Acoustic Alchemy album), 1994 album by the band Acoustic Alchemy
• Against The Grain (Rory Gallagher album), album by Rory Gallagher
• Against The Grain (Phoebe Snow album), 1978 album by Phoebe Snow
• "Against the Grain", song by country-western singer Garth Brooks on his 1991 album Ropin' the Wind
• "Against the Grain", a song by R&B singer Akon on his 2008 album Freedom

Books

• Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood, edited by Bhob Stewart
• Against the Grain, one English title of À rebours, Symbolist novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans, also known as Against Nature, the second English title
• Against the Grain: An Autobiography, by Boris Yeltsin
• Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization, by Richard Manning
• Against the Grain: Biotechnology and the Corporate Takeover of Your Food, by Marc Lappe
• Against the Grain: The New Criterion on Art and Intellect at the End of the Twentieth Century, edited by Hilton Kramer
• Against the Grain: Southern Radicals and Prophets, 1929-1959, by Anthony P. Dunbar
• Against the Grain: Agri-Environmental Reform in the United States and the European Union, by Clive Potter
• Against the Grain: Parody, Satire, and Intertextuality in Russian Literature, edited by Janet G. Tucker
• Against the Grain: New Anthology of Contemporary Austrian Prose, edited by Adolf Opel
• Against the Grain: An Irreverent View of Alberta, by Catherine Ford

Against the Grain is the fifth album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on the Californian independent record label Epitaph Records on November 23, 1990. After the release of this album, drummer Pete Finestone left Bad Religion in 1991 to concentrate with his new project The Fishermen. Following his departure, their music would take a different direction on their next album, 1992's Generator.

Against the Grain was highly anticipated by both music critics and fans as a result of the band's success with their last two albums, Suffer and No Control. Even though Against the Grain still did not break Bad Religion into mainstream audiences, it was the first 100,000 seller, and showed how quickly they were growing.

The album's 13th track, "21st Century (Digital Boy)", was re-recorded and appeared on their eighth full-length studio album Stranger Than Fiction. The Stranger Than Fiction version of that song made Bad Religion even more popular.

Track listing

Personnel

• Greg Graffin – vocals
• Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals
• Greg Hetson – guitar
• Jay Bentley – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Pete Finestone – drums
• The Legendary Starbolt – mixing
• Eddie Schreyer – mastering
• Joy Aoki – art direction

References