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'{{More footnotes|date=March 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Brian Baker | image = Brianbaker2007.jpg | caption = Baker performing with Bad Religion live in [[Englishtown, New Jersey]] at the 2007 [[Warped Tour]]. | image_size = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|2|25}} | instrument = [[Guitar]], [[bass guitar]], [[Singing|vocals]] | genre = [[Hardcore punk]], [[punk rock]] | occupation = [[Guitarist]], [[songwriter]] | years_active = 1978–present | label = [[Dischord Records|Dischord]], [[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]], [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] | associated_acts = [[Minor Threat]], [[Samhain (band)|Samhain]], [[Dag Nasty]], [[The Meatmen]], [[Bad Religion]], [[Government Issue]], [[Junkyard (band)|Junkyard]] | website = | notable_instruments = [[Gibson Les Paul]]<br/>[[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 (band)|Samhain]], and has had stints in Doggy Style, [[The Meatmen]] (with fellow Minor Threat member [[Lyle Preslar]]), [[Government Issue]], and [[Junkyard (band)|Junkyard]] (a [[hard rock]] band). In 1994 Baker was offered a touring spot with [[R.E.M.]] but declined,{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}} opting instead to accept a position in Bad Religion as [[Brett Gurewitz]]'s replacement. He has also 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 (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) * ''[[True North (album)|True North]]'' (2013) ===Doggy Style=== * ''The Last Laugh'' (1986) ===Dag Nasty=== * ''[[Can I Say]]'' (1986) * ''[[Wig Out at Denko's]]'' (1987) * ''[[Field Day (Dag Nasty album)|Field Day]]'' (1988) * ''[[Four on the Floor (Dag Nasty album)|Four on the Floor]]'' (1992) * ''[[Minority of One]]'' (2002) ===The Meatmen=== * ''[[War of the Superbikes]]'' (1984) ===Minor Threat=== * ''[[First Two 7"s on a 12"|Minor Threat]]'' EP (1981) * ''[[First Two 7"s on a 12"|In My Eyes]]'' EP (1981) * ''[[Out of Step (album)|Out of Step]]'' (1983) * ''[[Salad Days (EP)|Salad Days]]'' EP (1985) ===Junkyard=== * ''Junkyard'' (1989) * ''Sixes, Sevens & Nines'' (1991) * ''Shut Up – We're Trying To Practice!'' (2000) * ''Tried and True'' (2003) ==Further reading== *{{cite book |last=Azerrad |first=Michael |title=Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981–1991 |year=2001 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |isbn=0-316-78753-1}} *{{cite book |last=Blush |first=Steven |title=American Hardcore: A Tribal History |year=2001 |publisher=Feral House |isbn=978-0-922915-71-2 |editor-first=George |editor-last=Petros}} *{{cite book |last=Cogan |first=Brian |title=The Encyclopedia of Punk |year=2008 |publisher=Sterling |isbn=978-1-4027-5960-4}} ==External links== *[http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2007/07/vans_warped_tour_bad_religion.php Long Baker interview with the Washington Post's Express] *[http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2002/011702/music4.html Montreal Mirror] *[http://www.badreligion.com/legacy/] {{BadReligion}} {{Minor Threat}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Baker, Brian | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = February 25, 1965 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Brian}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American bass guitarists]] [[Category:American rock guitarists]] [[Category:American rock bass guitarists]] [[Category:Bad Religion members]] [[Category:Musicians from Michigan]] [[Category:American punk rock guitarists]] [[pt:Brian Baker]]'