Brett Gurewitz

guitar

b. 1962 in Los Angeles

Founded Bad Religion

Brett W. Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962), nicknamed Mr. Brett, is an American musician and record producer, best known as the co-founder and guitarist of the punk band Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the music label Epitaph Records and a number of sister labels. 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. He is also the co-founder of comic book and graphic novel publisher, Black Mask Studios. Gurewitz founded Bad Religion in 1980 with Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley and Jay Ziskrout.

Personal life

Gurewitz grew up in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, where he was brought up Jewish. In 1997, Gurewitz temporarily left Epitaph to undergo treatment for addiction. He is married to Gina Davis, who had worked at Epitaph, and they live in California. He is a deist.