Brian Baker: podcast appearances and interviews

Brian Baker, born on February 25, 1965, is an American musician known primarily as a guitarist and bassist. His musical career includes being a founding member of the hardcore punk band Minor Threat, where he initially played bass guitar before switching to guitar and then returning to bass after a band member's departure. He also founded the band Dag Nasty in 1985 and was part of the original line-up of Samhain. Baker has been involved with several other bands, including Doggy Style, The Meatmen, Government Issue, and Junkyard. In 1994, he joined Bad Religion as a guitarist, replacing Brett Gurewitz, after turning down an opportunity to tour with R.E.M. Baker has experimented with different styles, including a more pop-oriented direction influenced by U2 through his band 400. He has also toured briefly with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and appeared on albums by various artists such as Blood Bats, Tesco Vee, Ric Ocasek, Teenage Time Killers, and many others. Baker is a member of supergroups like Foxhall Stacks, which released their debut album The Coming Collapse in 2019, and Fake Names, formed in 2018, which released a self-titled album in 2020. Throughout his career, Baker has been a frequent guest guitarist, contributing to a wide array of musical projects across multiple genres.