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Brett W. Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962),〔A number of sources mistakenly list 1964 as his year of birth. According to Family Tree Legends, a "Brett W Gurewitz" was born on May 12, 1962 in Los Angeles County. ()〕 nicknamed Mr. Brett, is the guitarist and a songwriter of Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the music label Epitaph Records (which has handled many Bad Religion releases) and sister-labels ANTI-, Burning Heart Records, Fat Possum Records, and Hellcat Records.〔Epitaph Records Wikipedia page.〕 He has produced albums for Bad Religion as well as Epitaph Records labelmates NOFX, Rancid, and Pennywise, among others. Gurewitz also had a project called Error, which also featured Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, and Greg Puciato. Gurewitz joined Bad Religion in 1979 at the age of 17, when he, Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley and Jay Ziskrout agreed to form a band. After releasing two albums and one EP, Gurewitz left Bad Religion in 1983, but rejoined three years later when the ''How Could Hell Be Any Worse?'' line-up (adding guitarist Greg Hetson as the second guitarist) was reuniting, and recorded five more albums with the band before they signed to Atlantic Records in 1993. Their Atlantic debut, ''Stranger Than Fiction'' (1994), was a breakthrough success, scoring their biggest hits "21st Century (Digital Boy)" and "Infected". However, he was overwhelmed by Epitaph's new popularity (including the unexpected success of the label's then-current acts The Offspring and Rancid) and decided to quit Bad Religion once again in 1994. Gurewitz continued working at Epitaph after his departure from Bad Religion, and released the "Hate You" single in 1996 with his one-off project Daredevils. During that time, he entered a period of drug addiction. By 1999, Gurewitz had successfully completed drug rehabilitation and reconciled with Graffin to co-write a song "Believe It", which appears on Bad Religion's 2000 album ''The New America''. He eventually rejoined the band in 2001 to write and record the album ''The Process of Belief'' (2002). He remains with the band today, but only occasionally joins them live, such as when they are performing near his hometown or for televised appearances. Bad Religion has since released four more albums: ''The Empire Strikes First'' (2004), ''New Maps of Hell'' (2007), ''The Dissent of Man'' (2010), and ''True North'' (2013). Brett hasn't played lead guitar at live performances with Bad Religion since 2007, however he occasionally contributes lead guitar to songs on some records. He did the solo in the song "Sorrow", as well the last lead parts of "Only Rain", "Ad Hominem", and "My Head Is Full Of Ghosts". Needless to say however, he has rarely done solos since Brian Baker came into the band. He played no lead guitar on the albums "New Maps Of Hell" and "The Empire Strikes First". In the past, Brett has engineered several albums using the pseudonym "The Legendary Starbolt".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nicknames - The Answer - The Bad Religion Page - Since 1995 )〕 ==Life and career== Gurewitz was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Woodland Hills, California where he was brought up Jewish. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brett Gurewitz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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