1. Brett Gurewitz is the owner of the music label Epitaph Records and a number of sister labels.
12 Facts About Brett Gurewitz
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Brett Gurewitz has produced albums for Bad Religion as well as Epitaph Records labelmates NOFX, Rancid, and Pennywise, among others.
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Brett Gurewitz is the co-founder of comic book and graphic novel publisher, Black Mask Studios.
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Brett Gurewitz founded Bad Religion in 1980 with Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley and Jay Ziskrout.
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The success of his record label Epitaph prompted Brett Gurewitz to leave Bad Religion in 1994, and run the label on a full-time basis.
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Brett Gurewitz was replaced by Brian Baker during the Stranger Than Fiction tour and Bad Religion recorded two albums without him.
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In 1999, after a five-year hiatus from the band, Brett Gurewitz reunited with Graffin and co-wrote the song "Believe It", which appeared on Bad Religion's 11th album The New America.
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Two years later, after parting ways with Atlantic Records, Brett Gurewitz was officially back in the band and Bad Religion resigned to Epitaph.
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In 2003, Brett Gurewitz was recruited by 12 Rounds member and Nine Inch Nails collaborator Atticus Ross and his younger brother Leopold to play guitar and bass in an electro-hardcore project called Error.
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Brett Gurewitz grew up in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, where he was brought up Jewish.
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In 1997, Brett Gurewitz temporarily left Epitaph to undergo treatment for addiction.
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Brett Gurewitz is married to Gina Davis, who had worked at Epitaph, and they live in California.