Brett Gurewitz was born in Los Angeles. He was brought up Jewish and grew up in Woodland Hills, a suburb of the San Fernando Valley. Brett became interested in rock music at an early age and later taught himself how to play guitar, and for the next several years he would spent some his time practicing. It was Brett's father, Richard "Dick" Gurewitz, who financed the first album with a $1,000 loan. The record was released by Epitaph Records, a label founded by Brett and Greg. Brett became the owner of the label, but he also started to work for another label, Chameleon, when he dropped out of high school. Brett often stated that he had formed his own label so that he wouldn't have to get an office job. He promised himself that if the first release didn't work out well, he would go and get himself a proper job. In 1985, Brett released a five track album at Epitaph named "The Seeing Eye Gods". It was put out as a 12 inch picture disc and Brett composed, recorded, engineered and produced it all alone using his nickname Billy Pilgrim. Brett had jammed with Greg and Jay many times after before he rejoined Bad Religion in 1987. During that time, Brett set up together with Donnell Cameron a studio called West Beach Recorders, which later became the new home of the revived Epitaph Records. In 1988, "Suffer", the band's first reunion, was released to positive reviews and became a best-seller for Epitaph. In 1989, they released their second reunion album "No Control", Brett married his wife Maggie. Together, they had two children: Max (born 1991) and Freida. With the success of the band's Atlantic debut and Brett's last with them for eight years, "Stranger Than Fiction" (1994), Brett decided to leave Bad Religion to fully concentrate on his label because of the rising popularity of The Offspring , who had just released their platinum-selling record "Smash". A second reason was the tensions between him and some other band members - especially with Jay - that had led to some hideous fights. He played his last show with the band on July 30, 1994. In 1995, Brett got a divorce from his wife after six years together and got into a relationship with longtime good friend Gina Davis , who also worked at Epitaph Records and would eventually become his second wife in 2003. In 2001, he returned to Bad Religion. He co-wrote "Believe It" with Greg, which appears on the band's 2000 album "The New America". Brett has since recorded more albums with Bad Religion and is still a member today.
Owner of Epitaph Records, possibly the largest independent record label in the world.Founding member of the band Bad Religion.His band, Bad Religion 's 1988 album, "Suffer", is considered one of the top selling punk albums sold in the world, containing highlighted songs as "You Are (The Government)", "Give You Nothing", "Best for You", "Suffer" and "Do What You Want".Left Bad Religion in 1994 to concentrate on the future of Epitaph and was replaced by current guitarist Brian Baker . The band recorded three albums without him before he returned in 2001. Brett is still a member of the band as of 2010.Children: Max (b. 1991), Frida (b. 1994), Nico (b. 2009).
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