List of Bad Religion members

Bad Religion in 2013, left to right: Brian Baker, Brooks Wackerman, Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Jay Bentley.

Bad Religion is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1980, the group originally included vocalist Greg Graffin, guitarist Brett Gurewitz, bassist Jay Bentley and drummer Jay Ziskrout.[1] Ziskrout left the band halfway through the recording of their debut full-length album How Could Hell Be Any Worse? and was replaced for the rest of the sessions by Pete Finestone.[2] 1983's Into the Unknown featured bassist Paul Dedona and Davy Goldman, both of whom left after the album was released.[1] Bad Religion briefly broke up in 1984, as Gurewitz left the band to focus on his record label Epitaph Records and recording studio Westbeach Recorders, before returning with guitarist Greg Hetson, bassist Tim Gallegos and drummer Finestone for the 1985 EP Back to the Known.[2]

Bentley and later Gurewitz returned to Bad Religion in 1986, with the five-piece lineup releasing three albums in three years before Finestone left again in 1991.[2] He was replaced by Bobby Schayer, whose first album with the band was Generator in 1992.[2] After Bad Religion signed to Atlantic Records and released Stranger than Fiction in 1994, Gurewitz left the band again.[3] Shortly after the album's release, Brian Baker took Gurewitz's place in the group.[4] After three more albums, Schayer departed the band in 2001 due to a shoulder injury, and was replaced by Brooks Wackerman.[5] Around the same time, Gurewitz returned to the band for a third time.[6] Longtime guitarist Hetson left in 2013 and was replaced by Mike Dimkich,[7] and in 2015 Jamie Miller replaced Wackerman after he joined Avenged Sevenfold.[8]

Band members

Current members

Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
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 Greg Graffin 1980–present all Bad Religion releases
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 Brett Gurewitz
  • 1980–1984
  • 1986–1994
  • 2001–present
 all Bad Religion releases from Bad Religion (1981) to Into the Unknown (1983), from Suffer (1988) to Stranger than Fiction (1994), and from The Process of Belief (2002) to present
13-08-10 Taubertal Bad Religion Jay Bentley 1.JPG
 Jay Bentley
  • 1980–1982
  • 1986–present
all Bad Religion releases except Into the Unknown (1983) and Back to the Known (1985)
13-08-10 Taubertal Bad Religion Brian Baker.JPG
 Brian Baker 1994–present
  • guitar
  • backing vocals
 all Bad Religion releases from The Gray Race (1996) to present
13-08-10 Taubertal Bad Religion Brett Gurewitz 1.JPG
 Mike Dimkich 2013–present guitar none
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 Jamie Miller 2015–present

Former members

Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
Jay Ziskrout 1980 drums
Pete Finestone
  • 1981–1982
  • 1984–1991
 drums
Paul Dedona 1982–1984 bass Into the Unknown (1983)
Davy Goldman drums
Greg Hetson Rocco del Schlacko.jpg
 Greg Hetson 1984–2013
  • guitar
  • backing vocals
 all Bad Religion releases from Back to the Known (1985) to True North (2013)
Tim Gallegos 1984–1985 bass Back to the Known (1985)
John Albert 1985 drums none
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 Lucky Lehrer 1986
Bobby Schayer 1991–2001
  • drums
  • percussion
 all Bad Religion releases from Generator (1992) to The New America (2000)
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 Brooks Wackerman 2001–2015 all Bad Religion releases from The Process of Belief (2002) to Christmas Songs (2013)

Timeline

References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Bad Religion: Biography & History". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Gormely, Ian (March 4, 2013). "Bad Religion: Empire State of Mind". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ "A fitting Epitaph: Brett Gurewitz on punk rock, independence and making it big". PIAS Recordings. November 30, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Brian Baker: 'I Never Tried Out For Guns N' Roses'". Ultimate Guitar Archive. March 1, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  5. ↑ D'Angelo, Joe (June 22, 2001). "Bad Religion Drummer Forced Into Retirement". MTV. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  6. ↑ Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric (May 10, 2001). "Bad Religion Reunited With Brett Gurewitz, Epitaph Records". MTV. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  7. ↑ Hartmann, Graham (May 7, 2014). "Longtime Bad Religion Guitarist Greg Hetson Confirms Departure From Band". Loudwire. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  8. ↑ Frankel, Ricky (February 17, 2016). "Drummer Jamie Miller joins Bad Religion". Punknews.org. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
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