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Brett Gurewitz

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, California, 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 then-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]

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 Gurewitz's carefree upbringing which is seen, by some, as a forgotten element in his lyrics.

Selected discography

Album Cover Album Year Album Name Band Record Label Credits
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 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
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 1984 Back to the Known Bad Religion Epitaph Producer
1988 Suffer Bad Religion Epitaph Producer, guitars and background vocals
1988 L7 L7 Epitaph Producer
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 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
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 1990 Incognito No Use for a Name Epitaph Producer, engineer and background vocals
1991 80-85 Bad Religion Epitaph Producer, guitars and background vocals
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 1991 Down by Law Down by Law Epitaph Producer, guitars and background vocals
1991 Ribbed NOFX Epitaph Producer
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 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
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 1992 Blue Down by Law Epitaph Producer and engineer
1993 Recipe for Hate Bad Religion Epitaph Producer, guitars and background vocals
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 1993 Rancid Rancid Epitaph Backing vocals
1994 Stranger Than Fiction Bad Religion Atlantic Producer, guitars and background vocals
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 1994 Let's Go Rancid Epitaph Producer, Engineer
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 1995 All Ages Bad Religion Epitaph Producer, guitars and background vocals
File:Pennywise About Time.jpg
 1995 About Time Pennywise Epitaph Producer
1995 ...And Out Come the Wolves Rancid Epitaph Engineer
1996 Hate You Daredevils Epitaph Guitars and vocals
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 1997 Full Circle Pennywise Epitaph Mixer
1997 Willis The Pietasters Hellcat Producer and engineer
1999 F.T.T.W. H2O Epitaph Producer
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 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".
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 2000 Pennybridge Pioneers Millencolin Epitaph Producer
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 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
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 2003 West For Wishing Matchbook Romance Epitaph Producer, engineer and mixer
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 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
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 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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