Brian Baker (musician)

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Brian Baker
Brian Baker playing with Bad Religion live in Englishtown, NJ, for the 2007 Warped Tour.
Background information
Born	25 February 1965 (1965-02-25) (age 43)
Genre(s)	Hard rock, hardcore punk, heavy metal, punk rock
Occupation(s)	Guitarist, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Bass Guitar,
Years active	1980–present
Associated acts	Minor Threat, Samhain, Dag Nasty, The Meatmen, Bad Religion, Government Issue, Junkyard
Notable instrument(s)
Gibson Les Paul

Brian Baker (born February 25th, 1965) is an American punk rock musician. He is best known as of the founding members of the hardcore punk band Minor Threat, and as a guitarist in Bad Religion since 1994 alongside Greg Hetson and later Brett Gurewitz as well. In Minor Threat he originally played bass guitar before switching to guitar in 1982 when Steve Hansgen joined the band, and then moved back to bass after Hansgen's departure. He also founded Dag Nasty in 1985, was part of the original line-up of Samhain, and has had stints in Doggy Style, The Meatmen (with fellow Minor Threat member Lyle Preslar), Government Issue, and Junkyard (a hard rock band).

In 1994, he was offered a touring spot with R.E.M. but declined, opting instead to join Bad Religion as Brett Gurewitz's replacement. In early 2000, he was asked to join Guns n' Roses by Axl Rose but he declined, saying that he would stay in Bad Religion no matter how much money he was offered. He has also in the past experimented with a more pop direction influenced by U2, with a band called 400. Baker briefly toured with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes in 2005 and appeared on Canadian punk band Penelope's second album (Face au silence du monde).

[edit] Discography

[edit] Bad Religion

• The Gray Race (1996)
• Tested (1997)
• No Substance (1998)
• The New America (2000)
• The Process of Belief (2002)
• The Empire Strikes First (2004)
• New Maps of Hell (2007)
• TBA (2009)^[1]

[edit] Dag Nasty

• Can I Say (1986)
• Wig Out at Denko's (1987)
• Field Day (1988)
• 'Four on the Floor (1992)
• Minority of One (2002)

[edit] Minor Threat

• Minor Threat (1981)
• In My Eyes (1981)
• Out of Step (1983)
• Salad Days (1985)
• Complete Discography (1989)

[edit] Junkyard

• Junkyard - 1989
• Sixes, Sevens & Nines -1991
• Shut Up - We're Trying To Practice! - 2000
• Tried and True - 2003

[edit] References

1. ^ Punknews.org - Bad Religion looks ahead to 2009 album

[edit] Sources

• American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush 336 pages Feral House
• MisfitsCentral.com
• The Bad Religion Page
• Bad Religion Tribute All About Bad Religion
• [1]Montreal Mirror