Brett Gurewitz

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Brett Gurewitz
Background information
Birth name	Brett Gurewitz
Also known as	Mr. Brett
Born	May 12, 1962
Origin
Genre(s)	Punk rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, Ownership of Epitaph Records
Instrument(s)	Guitars, Vocals
Years active	1980 - present
Label(s)	Epitaph Atlantic
Associated acts	Bad Religion (1980-1994, 2001-present) Daredevils (1995-1996)

Brett Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962) Los Angeles,CA. Also known as Mr. Brett or Brett Religion, is the guitarist and songwriter for Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the record label Epitaph Records. Brett is from the town of Woodland Hills,CA.(a suburb of L.A.'s San Fernando Valley)

Bad Religion was founded in Woodland Hills,CA. in 1980 with Greg Graffin, Jay Ziskrout and Jay Bentley.All four attended El Camino Real High School.They released their first album in 1981. He has produced albums for his own Bad Religion as well as Epitaph Records labelmates NOFX, Rancid and Pennywise, among others. He was replaced by Brian Baker in 1994 during the Stranger Than Fiction tour and started a new band, Daredevils, but rejoined Bad Religion in 2001 when they soon recorded their 2002 comeback album The Process of Belief.

During 2003, Gurewitz started a new band called Error together with Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross and Greg Puciato, but remained with Bad Religion for two more albums The Empire Strikes First (2004) and New Maps of Hell (2007).

Brett now lives in Hollywood Hills, California, with his wife Gina and two kids, Max and Frida.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Criticism

The alternative metal band Snot, from their 1997 album Get Some denounces Gurewitz with the track Mr. Brett. An excerpt from the song proclaims:

Mr. Brett, we won't pay that fee to keep you
Livin' in luxury.
Some say genius, some say mistake
But you've become what you used to hate.

Particularly, Snot takes offense to what leader singer, Lynn Strait, sees as an over-commercialization of punk music in the industry, in which Gurewitz is a leading contributor. The song goes on aiming at Girewitz's carefree upbringing which is seen, by some, as a forgotten element in his lyrics.

[edit] Selected discography

Album Cover	Album Year	Album Name	Band	Record Label	Credits
	1981	Bad Religion	Bad Religion	Epitaph	Producer and guitars
	1982	How Could Hell Be Any Worse?	Bad Religion	Epitaph	Producer and guitars
	1983	Into the Unknown	Bad Religion	Epitaph	Producer and guitars
	1984	Back to the Known	Bad Religion	Epitaph	Producer
	1988	Suffer	Bad Religion	Epitaph	Producer, guitars and background vocals
	1988	L7	L7	Epitaph	Producer
	1988	Liberal Animation	NOFX	Epitaph	Producer
	1989	No Control	Bad Religion	Epitaph	Producer, guitars and background vocals
	1989	S&M Airlines	NOFX	Epitaph	Producer
	1990	Against the Grain	Bad Religion	Epitaph	Producer, guitars and background vocals
	1990	Incognito	No Use for a Name	Epitaph	Producer, engineer and background vocals
	1991	80-85	Bad Religion	Epitaph	Producer, guitars and background vocals
	1991	Down by Law	Down by Law	Epitaph	Producer, guitars and background vocals
	1991	Ribbed	NOFX	Epitaph	Producer
	1991	Soar	Samiam	New Red Archives	Producer
	1992	Generator	Bad Religion	Epitaph	Producer, guitars and background vocals
	1992	Chemical People	Chemical People	Cruz	Background vocals
	1992	Blue	Down by Law	Epitaph	Producer and engineer
	1993	Recipe for Hate	Bad Religion	Epitaph	Producer, guitars and background vocals
	1993	Rancid	Rancid	Epitaph	Backing vocals
	1994	Stranger Than Fiction	Bad Religion	Atlantic	Producer, guitars and background vocals
	1994	Let's Go	Rancid	Epitaph	Producer, Engineer
	1995	All Ages	Bad Religion	Epitaph	Producer, guitars and background vocals
	1995	About Time	Pennywise	Epitaph	Producer
	1995	...And Out Come the Wolves	Rancid	Epitaph	Engineer
	1996	Hate You	Daredevils	Epitaph	Guitars and vocals
	1997	Full Circle	Pennywise	Epitaph	Mixer
	1997	Willis	The Pietasters	Hellcat	Producer and engineer
	1999	F.T.T.W.	H2O	Epitaph	Producer
	1999	Awesome Mix Tape vol. 6	The Pietasters	Hellcat	Backing vocals, additional percussion, producer and engineer
	2000	The New America	Bad Religion	Atlantic	Co-wrote and played guitar on the song "Believe It".
	2000	Pennybridge Pioneers	Millencolin	Epitaph	Producer
	2001	Land of the Free?	Pennywise	Epitaph	Co-wrote "Who's on Your Side"
	2002	The Process of Belief	Bad Religion	Epitaph	Producer, guitars and background vocals
	2002	Sing Sing Death House	The Distillers	Epitaph	Engineer and mixing
	2003	West For Wishing	Matchbook Romance	Epitaph	Producer, engineer and mixer
	2003	Indestructible	Rancid	Hellcat	Vocals, producer, engineer and mixing
	2004	The Empire Strikes First	Bad Religion	Epitaph	Producer, guitars and background vocals
	2005	State of Discontent	The Unseen	Hellcat	Mixer
	2006	Decomposer	The Matches	Epitaph	Producer
	2006	Cold as the Clay	Greg Graffin	ANTI-	Producer and background vocals
	2007	New Maps of Hell	Bad Religion	Epitaph	Guitars and background vocals

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Discography
Bad Religion
Greg Graffin \| Brett Gurewitz \| Greg Hetson \| Brian Baker \| Jay Bentley \| Brooks Wackerman
Past members: Paul Dedona \| Tim Gallegos \| Jay Ziskrout \| Davy Goldman \| John Albert \| Lucky Lehrer \| Pete Finestone \| Bobby Schayer
Full-lengths: How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (1982) \| Into the Unknown (1983) \| Suffer (1988) \| No Control (1989) \| Against the Grain (1990) \| Generator (1992) \| Recipe for Hate (1993) \| Stranger Than Fiction (1994) \| The Gray Race (1996) \| No Substance (1998) \| The New America (2000) \| The Process of Belief (2002) \| The Empire Strikes First (2004) \| New Maps of Hell (2007)
EPs: Bad Religion (1981) \| Public Service (1981) \| Back to the Known (1984)
Live and compilation albums: 80-85 (1991) \| All Ages (1995) \| Tested (1997) \| Punk Rock Songs (2002)
Videos and DVDs: Along the Way (1992) \| Live at the Palladium (2006)
Concert Tours
Early Shows (1980-85) \| Suffer Tour (1988-89) \| No Control Tour (1989-90) \| Against the Grain Tour (1990-91) \| Generator Tour (1992) \| Recipe for Hate Tour (1993-94) \| Stranger Than Fiction Tour (1994-95) \| The Gray Race Tour (1996-97) \| No Substance Tour (1998-99) \| The New America Tour (2000-01) \| The Process of Belief Tour (2002-03) \| The Empire Strikes First Tour (2004-06)
Related articles
The Epitaph Records Portal Black President \| Circle Jerks \| Dag Nasty \| Minor Threat \| Epitaph Records \| California punk scene \| Hardcore punk
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