Along the Way


Along the Way is the first live concert DVD from punk band Bad Religion. The concert footage was taken from fourteen different European stops on their 1989 tour for the album, Suffer. It was originally released on VHS in Germany in 1990 and in the United States in the following year, and on DVD for the first time in 2004, coinciding with the reissues of the band's pre-Recipe for Hate albums. Both the VHS and DVD have the same cover shown on the right, which depicts Jay Bentley with his bass, while the European VHS depicts guitarist Brett Gurewitz and singer Greg Graffin singing along with each other.
The format of the video consists of live concert performances interspersed with short interview clips of the band members. The live footage is mixed from fourteen different shows, and jumps between them for each different cut and camera angle. Although the video remains synchronized with the audio track, it is not uncommon for the band members shirts to appear to change many times during the same song. The concert featured no songs from the band's 1983 album Into the Unknown or No Control, although the latter album was released shortly after the European tour.
Title of the release is taken from the band's song of the same name, which appears on their 1985 long-out of print EP Back to the Known. This song was also played live at the concert.

Brett Gurewitz on his drug habit

One of the interview portions of the video poses a question to guitarist Brett Gurewitz concerning his addiction to crack cocaine and other hard drugs.

Tour

The following are the tour dates of the European Suffer Tour of 1989, where the footage was filmed.
Audio from the show in Bremen was used for the live footage.
NOTE: Any date with an asterisk means no footage was filmed there for the documentary, according to the credits.
DateCityCountryVenue
August 16, 1989AmsterdamNetherlandsMelkweg
August 17, 1989GroningenNetherlands:nl:Vera |Vera
August 18, 1989AalstBelgiumNetwerk*
August 19, 1989EssenWest GermanyZeche Carl*
August 20, 1989CologneWest GermanyRose Club*
August 21, 1989BielefeldWest GermanyAJZ Bielefeld
August 22, 1989HannoverWest GermanyUJZ Korn
August 23, 1989BerlinWest GermanyQuartier Latin
August 24, 1989HamburgWest GermanyFabrik
August 25, 1989BremenWest Germany:de:Kulturzentrum Schlachthof #Kesselhalle|Kesselhalle
August 26, 1989FrankfurtWest GermanyBatschkapp
August 27, 1989LeonbergWest GermanyBeatbaracke
August 28, 1989ViennaAustria:de:Arena |Arena
August 29, 1989St. GallenSwitzerlandVenue Unknown*
August 30, 1989PisaItalyMacchia Nera*
August 31, 1989MunichWest GermanyKulturstation
September 1, 1989KaiserslauternWest Germany:de:Kulturzentrum Kammgarn|Kammgarn
September 2, 1989BerlinWest GermanyThe Loft
September 3, 1989LondonUnited KingdomBoston Arms*

Track listing

Personnel