Brian Baker (musician)

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)
Genres	Hardcore punk, heavy metal, punk rock
Occupations	Guitarist, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, bass guitar, vocals
Years active	1978–present
Associated acts	Minor Threat, Samhain, Dag Nasty, The Meatmen, Bad Religion, Government Issue, Junkyard
Notable instruments
Gibson Les Paul Fender Precision Bass

Brian Baker (born February 25, 1965) is an American punk rock musician. He is best known as one of the founding members of the hardcore punk band Minor Threat, and as a guitarist in Bad Religion since 1994 alongside Greg Hetson. 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,^{[citation needed]} opting instead to join Bad Religion as Brett Gurewitz's replacement. In early 2000, he was asked to try out for Guns N' Roses by Tommy Stinson 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).

Discography

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)
• The Dissent of Man (2010)

Doggy Style

• The Last Laugh (1986)

Dag Nasty

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

The Meatmen

• War of the Superbikes (1984)

Minor Threat

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

Junkyard

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

References

• Long Baker interview with the Washington Post's Express

Sources

• Azerrad, Michael (2001). Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-78753-1. 
• Blush, Steven (2001). George Petros. ed. American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Feral House. ISBN 9780922915712. 
• Cogan, Brian (2008). The Encyclopedia of Punk. Sterling. ISBN 978-1402759604. 
• [1] Montreal Mirror
• http://www.badreligion.com/legacy/