Do What You Want

From their beginnings as teenagers experimenting in a San Fernando Valley garage dubbed “The Hell Hole” to headlining major music festivals around the world, discover the whole story of Bad Religion’s forty-year career in irreverent style.

• "Ruland serves up a heady, revelatory collaboration with the enduring punk band Bad Religion... his testament to the value of hard work and independent thinking offers a thrilling alternative to the conventional rise-and-fall rock narrative."
  Publishers Weekly, "Summer Reads Staff Pick"
• "[A] fascinating story... the band has overcome a lot of challenges over the years, and this sufficient narrative documents every one of them."
  Kirkus
• "[DO WHAT YOU WANT is] the book treatment their legendary career deserves."
  Entertainment Weekly
• "A breezy and enjoyable oral history of being in one of the most respected and enduring punk acts in American history."
  A.V. Club
• “The first exhaustive examination of one of California’s greatest punk rock bands. Members open up to Ruland in ways they never have in the past, with each sharing their own insights into the band’s long and not always easy history.”
  New Noise