Bad Religion reissue of "Into the Unknown" sells out within hours

Bad Religion have reissued "Into the Unknown", the band's second and most divisive album, and the entire pressing was gone almost as soon as it was announced. The new version arrived through Epitaph in remastered form, capped at 1,000 copies.

The package came with an unusual addition: an apology letter signed by Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin, a nod to the backlash the record drew from punk listeners when it first appeared and the stylistic turn that followed the band's debut.

Epitaph billed the run as a one time only pressing, with no further copies planned. Given how quickly the stock disappeared, a repress is not out of the question, though the label has made no announcement to that effect.

"Into the Unknown" has long been the outlier in the Bad Religion catalog, circulating mostly through expensive original copies on the collector market. The reissue answered a request fans had been making for years, only to run straight back into the same scarcity problem.