Against the Grain Tour

Against the Grain Tour

Tour by Bad Religion
Associated album	Against the Grain
Start date	June 7, 1991
End date	July 6, 1991
Legs	2
Number of shows	4 in United States 1 in Canada 23 in Europe 28 in total
Bad Religion concert chronology

The Against the Grain Tour was a concert tour by punk rock band Bad Religion in support of their album, Against the Grain.

It marked the first tour of new drummer, Bobby Schayer who had played his first show at a gig at Al's Bar in Los Angeles on May 22, 1991.

The European leg was recorded for the Tribal Area release, Big Bang, a concert film released in 1992.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Notes
North America
June 7, 1991	Buffalo	United States	Randall's Rehearsal Hall	Support from Burn
June 8, 1991	Detroit		Saint Andrew's Hall	Support from Cold as Life and Pitbull
June 9, 1991	Chicago		Medusa's
June 10, 1991	Cleveland		Peabody's Down Under
June 11, 1991	Toronto	Canada	Opera House
Europe
June 13, 1991	Berlin	Germany	Metropol	Support from NOFX The band was originally booked to play Neue Welt
June 14, 1991	Hildesheim		Vier Liden
June 16, 1991	Bremen		Aladin Music Hall	Support from NOFX and Baffdicks
June 17, 1991	Hamburg		Markthalle	Support from NOFX and Condition Red
June 18, 1991				This was an evening show, added due to the original two shows at the Markthalle on the 17th and 18th being sold out Due to poor advertising for this show, only about 200 people turned up The band took requests from those in the crowd and let them come up on stage and sing some of the songs
				Night show Support from Mucky Pup
June 19, 1991	Coesfeld		Fabrik
June 20, 1991	Herford		Rock Heaven	Support from Mind Over Board
June 21, 1991	Frankfurt		Volksbildungsheim	Support from Negazione
June 22, 1991	Nuremberg		Serenadenhof
June 23, 1991	Munich		Theaterfabrik	Support from No Twist
June 24, 1991	Kaufbeuren		Zeppelinhalle
June 26, 1991	Zürich	Switzerland	Rote Fabrik
June 27, 1991	Stuttgart	Germany	LKA Longhorn
June 28, 1991	Kirrlach		Rheintalhalle	Support from Baffdecks, Happy Hour and Dead Monroes
June 29, 1991	Giessen		VFB Waldstadion	Part of the Bizarre Festival Of the eleven bands playing the Saturday, Bad Religion were fifth on the line-up, behind Pixies, Danzig, Stiff Little Fingers and The Alarm
June 30, 1991	Cologne		Rose Club
July 1, 1991	Oberhausen		Music Circus Ruhr	Support from The Dickies and Noise Annoys
July 2, 1991	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Doornroosje
July 3, 1991	London	United Kingdom	The Dome	Support from Inside Out, Sleep and Adversary
July 4, 1991	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Melkweg
July 5, 1991	Marl	Germany	Schacht 8	Support from Noise Annoys Release party for Tribal Area 5.
July 6, 1991	Berlin		Stadtpark Weissensee	Day two of the two-day Rock Together Open Air festival Bad Religion headlined the Saturday night, over Napalm Death and Discharge

Band Members

Greg Graffin – Vocals
Brett Gurewitz – Guitar, back-up vocals
Greg Hetson – Guitar
Jay Bentley – Bass, back-up vocals
Bobby Schayer – Drums
Karat Faye - F.O.H.- Engineer