Baker joined Bad Religion after Brett Gurewitz left to focus on his own record label ( Epitaph Records ) and continued to play in the band when Gurewitz rejoined.

In March 2012, Niles joined Halo-8 president / Godkiller writer-creator Matt Pizzolo and Epitaph Records owner / Bad Religion guitarist-songwriter Brett Gurewitz to form Black Mask Studios with the mandate of developing new ways to support creators and reach broader audiences beyond fandom.

* 1962 – Brett Gurewitz, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer ( Bad Religion, Daredevils, and Error )

Epitaph Records, founded by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, was the base for many future pop punk bands, including NOFX, with their third wave ska – influenced skate punk rhythms.

Other California punk bands on the independent label Epitaph, run by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, also began achieving mainstream popularity.

" SST was followed by a number of other successful artist-run labels — including BYO Records ( started by Shawn and Mark Stern of Youth Brigade ), Epitaph Records ( started by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion ), New Alliance Records ( started by the Minutemen's D. Boon ) — as well as fan-run labels like Frontier Records and Slash Records.

* California-based punk rock band Bad Religion include a song entitled " Flat Earth Society " on their 1990 album Against the Grain, as well as their compilation album All Ages and their live release 30 Years Live, written by Brett Gurewitz.

It was one of the first releases to be put out by the Epitaph label, founded in 1981 by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion.

Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz.

Brett Gurewitz formed Epitaph Records as a vehicle for releases by his band Bad Religion.

After Gurewitz had cleaned up his drug issues, both Epitaph and Bad Religion were revived in 1987.

They released their Epitaph debut S & M Airlines that same year, featuring the video for its title track and the cover of Fleetwood Mac's " Go Your Own Way ", which featured guest vocals by Gurewitz and Greg Graffin, who is also a member of Bad Religion.

Brett Gurewitz is thought to have left Bad Religion as a result of internal disputes, but actually left the band in 1994 so he could run Epitaph full time.

Bad Religion was formed in Los Angeles in 1979 by high school students Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley, Jay Ziskrout, and Brett Gurewitz.

Soon after, Graffin reassembled Bad Religion with Circle Jerks guitarist Greg Hetson replacing Gurewitz, who had gone into rehab for his drug problem.

A freshly rehabilitated Gurewitz was eventually convinced to come back aboard, and with Pete Finestone returning on drums and Greg Hetson on second guitar, Bad Religion was back.

Since Greg Graffin and Gurewitz had split songwriting duties, Graffin was now Bad Religion's primary songwriter.

Bad Religion continued touring and recording without Brett Gurewitz and released three more albums for Atlantic, starting with The Gray Race ( 1996 ), produced by former Cars frontman Ric Ocasek.

In June 2008, Jay Bentley said in an interview at the Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands that Gurewitz had already begun writing new material for the next Bad Religion album.

In August 2009, guitarist Brett Gurewitz sent an email to a fan site mentioning he was writing new material for the next Bad Religion album.

" Brett Gurewitz acknowledges attempting to emulate Germs singer Darby Crash early on in Bad Religion's lyrical style.

The band then signed with Columbia Records in 1996 ( although Dexter claims that Brett Gurewitz, owner of Epitaph and guitarist for Bad Religion, sold the contract to Columbia ) for whom they released their next six albums, Ixnay on the Hombre ( 1997 ), Americana ( 1998 ), Conspiracy of One ( 2000 ), Splinter ( 2003 ), Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace ( 2008 ), and their most recent, Days Go By ( 2012 ).

Brett Gurewitz ( Bad Religion ) reunited with Rancid and became their producer for this album.

However, Bad Religion reformed in 1986 with a new line-up, consisting of Graffin on vocals, Brett Gurewitz and Greg Hetson on guitars, Jay Bentley on bass, and Pete Finestone on drums.

Despite Bad Religion's many member changes over their 30-year history, the current line-up of Graffin, Gurewitz, Hetson, Brian Baker, Jay Bentley and Brooks Wackerman has remained constant since 2001.

After a stint with major label Atlantic Records ended in the early 2000s, Bad Religion re-signed with Epitaph and Gurewitz rejoined.

* Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz recorded a cover version of " Pictures of Matchstick Men ", on his 1985 solo album Seeing Eye Gods.

Brett W. Gurewitz ( born May 12, 1962 ), nicknamed Mr. Brett, is the guitarist and a songwriter of Bad Religion.

After releasing two albums and one EP, Gurewitz left Bad Religion in 1983, but rejoined three years later when the How Could Hell Be Any Worse?

Then-17 year old Brett Gurewitz formed Bad Religion in Woodland Hills in 1979 with Greg Graffin ( vocals ), Jay Ziskrout ( drums ) and Jay Bentley ( bass ).

Jay Ziskrout ( born September 8, 1962 ) was the first drummer for Bad Religion, forming the group with schoolmate Brett Gurewitz in 1979 when he was 17 years old.

It was rumored that Epitaph would not sign All without getting the Descendents as well, but Stevenson explained that the arrangement was made because Epitaph head Brett Gurewitz would allow both bands to make albums at their discretion:

The album was recorded almost live in the studio, because, at the time, Gurewitz had moved Westbeach to larger premises, and for the first time, the entire band could play in the studio at the same time.

Generator was recorded almost live in the studio, because, at the time, guitarist Brett Gurewitz had moved Westbeach to larger premises, and for the first time, the entire band could play in the studio at the same time.

Gurewitz continued working at Epitaph after his departure from Bad Religion, and released the " Hate You " single in 1996 with his one-off project Daredevils.

After the album was completed, Gurewitz soon left Bad Religion to concentrate on the future of Epitaph, citing the increasing amount of time he was spending at Epitaph's offices as The Offspring became one of the biggest bands of the mid-1990s.

After the album was completed, longtime guitarist Brett Gurewitz soon left Bad Religion to concentrate on the future of Epitaph, citing the increasing amount of time he was spending at Epitaph's offices as The Offspring became one of the biggest bands of the mid-1990s, but it was well known that his departure was not on good terms.

The band met success when a series of chance happenings lead Epitaph Records boss Brett Gurewitz to hear their second album, Skeleton Jar in 2004 and release it in the U. S. in 2005.

However, when Dexter offered to play it for Epitaph owner and Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, he was told to " play it on acoustic later or something.

Gurewitz also had a project called Error, which also featured Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, and Greg Puciato.

The band's website offers commentaries from Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz.

The band's current line-up now includes Greg Graffin ( vocals ), Gurewitz, Hetson, Baker ( all on guitar ), Jay Bentley ( bass ) and Brooks Wackerman ( drums ).

As with guitarist Brett Gurewitz and lead singer Greg Graffin, Jay was also a student of El Camino Real High School.

** Bad Religion's founding guitarist Brett Gurewitz and vocalist Greg Graffin reunite in the studio to record the song " Believe It " for their new record The New America.