Brian Baker was one of the founding members of the seminal hardcore punk rock band Minor Threat. He first played bass, but in 1982 moved to guitar when Steve Hansgen joined the band, then back to bass after Hansgen's departure. He later formed Dag Nasty in 1985, had stints in: Doggy Style, The Meatmen (with fellow Minor Threat member Lyle Preslar), Government Issue, and Junkyard (a hard rock band). In 1994, he was offered a touring spot with R.E.M. but declined, accepting instead an offer to replace Brett Gurewitz as a guitarist in Bad Religion, alongside guitarist Greg Hetson. He continues to play in Bad Religion. Hardcore punk (aka Hardcore) is a subgenre of punk rock, the sound is thicker, heavier, and faster than punk rock and implimented 1970s heavy metal influences in its music. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Minor Threat was a short-lived but incredibly influential hardcore punk band from Washington DC, often credited with starting the straight edge movement. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Different kinds of guitars The guitar is a fretted and stringed musical instrument, used in a wide variety of musical styles, and is also widely known as a solo classical instrument. ... Steve Hansgen is probably most famed for playing bass in Minor Threat. ... Dag Nasty was a punk/hardcore band formed in 1985 by Brian Baker (guitar) of Minor Threat, Colin Sears (drums) and Roger Marbury (bass), both of Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, and Shawn Brown (vocals). ... The Meatmen were a Michigan, USA punk band headed by Tesco Vee from 1980 to 1995. ... Lyle Preslar played guitar in the seminal hardcore band Minor Threat. ... Government Issue (often just GI) were an American straight edge hardcore punk band originating from the Washington DC scene, formed in 1980 and signed to Dischord Records. ... Junkyard is a hard rock band formed in Los Angeles by two Texans, David Roach (vocals) and Chris Gates (guitar, ex-Big Boys). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... It has been suggested that Hornets Attack Victor Mature be merged into this article or section. ... Brett Gurewitz (aka: Mr. ... Bad Religion is a hardcore punk/punk rock band that was originally formed in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley (bass), Greg Graffin (vocals), Brett Gurewitz (guitars) and Jay Ziskrout (drums). ... Greg Hetson, playing guitar at a concert. ...

After Minor Threat broke up, Baker & Preslar were recruited by Glenn Danzig to form the first version of the band Samhain. He tried a more pop direction influenced by U2, with a band called 400, before joining The Meatmen. Glenn Danzig (born Glenn Allen Anzalone on June 23, 1955 in Lodi, New Jersey, USA), is an American singer, songwriter and musician who is largely considered to be one of the fathers of the Horrorpunk genre of music. ... Samhain was a deathrock/Horror punk band formed by Glenn Danzig in 1983 as The Misfits were in major turmoil and close to disbanding. ... U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland, featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, rhythm guitar and harmonica; The Edge (David Howell Evans) on lead guitar, keyboards and vocals; Adam Clayton on bass guitar; and Larry Mullen, Jr. ... The Meatmen were a Michigan, USA punk band headed by Tesco Vee from 1980 to 1995. ...

Brian also appeared on Canadian Punk band Penelope's second album (Face au silence du monde). Drummer Eric Roberge said about Baker's appearance that “It happened as more of an accident. I was asking Dave if he knew of anybody who had any pot and he phoned up Brian. He didn’t have any pot but he ended up coming down the next day and played guitar on three songs in about two hours." (Montreal Mirror). Penelope is a Quebec punk band formed in 1999 and dissolved in 2003. ...

Trivia

As a 12 year-old living in Michigan, Brian had once actually jammed on stage with guitar legend Carlos Santana. Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947 in Autlán de Navarro, Mexico) is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican American musician and Latin-rock guitarist. ...

He was a founding member of the band Samhain and toured with the punk rock cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes in 2005. Samhain was a deathrock/Horror punk band formed by Glenn Danzig in 1983 as The Misfits were in major turmoil and close to disbanding. ... Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is a punk rock cover band that formed in 1995. ...

In early 2000, Brian got a phone call from Axl Rose inviting him to join the reincarnated Guns N' Roses. Brian is a personal friend of both Izzy Stradlin, Guns N' Roses original rhythm guitarist who played on Appetite for Destruction, an album Brian really likes, and Gilby Clarke, Stradlin's replacement who played during the Use Your Illusion tour after Izzy quit the band. Brian declined the offer, saying that he would stay in Bad Religion no matter how much money he was offered. Axl Rose (born William Bruce Rose, Jr. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band that gained fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Izzy Stradlin is an American musician best known as the rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N Roses. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band that gained fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Appetite for Destruction was rock and roll band Guns N Roses debut album. ... Gilby Clarke Gilby Clarke is a guitarist, born in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 17, 1962. ... Bad Religion is a hardcore punk/punk rock band that was originally formed in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley (bass), Greg Graffin (vocals), Brett Gurewitz (guitars) and Jay Ziskrout (drums). ...

Sources

• American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush 336 pages Feral House
• MisfitsCentral.com
• The Bad Religion Page