List of Bad Religion members

Ziskrout left the band halfway through the recording of their debut full-length album How Could Hell Be Any Worse? and was replaced for the rest of the sessions by Pete Finestone.^[2] 1983's Into the Unknown featured bassist Paul Dedona and Davy Goldman, both of whom left after the album was released.^[1] Bad Religion briefly broke up in 1984, as Gurewitz left the band to focus on his record label Epitaph Records and recording studio Westbeach Recorders, before returning with guitarist Greg Hetson, bassist Tim Gallegos and drummer Finestone for the 1985 EP Back to the Known.^[2]

Bentley and later Gurewitz returned to Bad Religion in 1986, with the five-piece lineup releasing three albums in three years before Finestone left again in 1991.^[2] He was replaced by Bobby Schayer, whose first album with the band was Generator in 1992.^[2] After Bad Religion signed to Atlantic Records and released Stranger than Fiction in 1994, Gurewitz left the band again.^[3] Shortly after the album's release, Brian Baker took Gurewitz's place in the group.^[4] After three more albums, Schayer departed the band in 2001 due to a shoulder injury, and was replaced by Brooks Wackerman.^[5] Around the same time, Gurewitz returned to the band for a third time.^[6] Longtime guitarist Hetson left in 2013 and was replaced by Mike Dimkich,^[7] and in 2016 Jamie Miller replaced Wackerman after he joined Avenged Sevenfold.^[8]

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Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
Greg Graffin	1980–present	lead vocals keyboards piano acoustic guitar	all Bad Religion releases
Brett Gurewitz	1980–1984 1988–1994 2001–present (inactive on tours since 2001)	guitar backing vocals	all Bad Religion releases from Bad Religion (1981) to Into the Unknown (1983), from Suffer (1988) to Stranger than Fiction (1994), and from The Process of Belief (2002) to present
Jay Bentley	1980–1982 1986–present	bass backing vocals	all Bad Religion releases except Into the Unknown (1983) and Back to the Known (1985)
Brian Baker	1994–present	guitar backing vocals	all Bad Religion releases from The Gray Race (1996) to present
Mike Dimkich	2013–present	guitar	all Bad Religion releases from Age of Unreason (2019) to present
Jamie Miller	2016–present	drums

Former

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Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
Jay Ziskrout	1980	drums	Bad Religion (1981) How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (1982)
Pete Finestone	1981–1982 1984–1987 1988-1991	drums	How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (1982) Back to the Known (1985) Suffer (1988) No Control (1989) Against the Grain (1990)
Paul Dedona	1982–1984	bass	Into the Unknown (1983)
Davy Goldman	1982–1984	drums	Into the Unknown (1983)
Greg Hetson	1984–2013	guitar occasional backing vocals	all Bad Religion releases from Back to the Known (1985) to True North (2013)
Tim Gallegos	1984–1985	bass	Back to the Known (1985)
John Albert	1984–1985	drums	none
Lucky Lehrer	1987		none
Bobby Schayer	1991–2001		all Bad Religion releases from Generator (1992) to The New America (2000)
Brooks Wackerman	2001–2015		all Bad Religion releases from The Process of Belief (2002) to Christmas Songs (2013)

Period	Members	Releases
Mid – late 1980	Greg Graffin – lead vocals Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals Jay Ziskrout – drums	Bad Religion (1981) How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (1982)
January 1981 – late 1982	Greg Graffin – lead vocals Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals Pete Finestone – drums	none
Late 1982 – early 1984	Greg Graffin – lead vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals Paul Dedona – bass Davy Goldman – drums	Into the Unknown (1983)
Band inactive early – late 1984
Late 1984 – mid-1985	Greg Graffin – vocals Greg Hetson – guitar Tim Gallegos – bass Pete Finestone – drums	Back to the Known (1985)
Band inactive mid-1985 – early 1986
Early 1986 – September 1987	Greg Graffin – lead vocals Greg Hetson – guitar Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals Pete Finestone – drums	none
September 1987 – early 1988^[9]	Greg Graffin – lead vocals Greg Hetson – guitar Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals Lucky Lehrer – drums	none
Early 1988 – April 1991	Greg Graffin – lead vocals Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals Greg Hetson – guitar Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals Pete Finestone – drums	Suffer (1988) No Control (1989) Against the Grain (1990)
April 1991 – summer 1994	Greg Graffin – lead vocals Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals Greg Hetson – guitar Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals Bobby Schayer – drums, percussion	Generator (1992) Recipe for Hate (1993) Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Summer 1994 – May 2001	Greg Graffin – lead vocals Greg Hetson – guitar Brian Baker – guitar, backing vocals Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals Bobby Schayer – drums, percussion	The Gray Race (1996) Tested (1997) No Substance (1998) The New America (2000)
May – June 2001	Greg Graffin – lead vocals Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals (inactive on tours) Greg Hetson – guitar Brian Baker – guitar, backing vocals Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals Bobby Schayer – drums, percussion	none
June 2001 – April 2013	Greg Graffin – lead vocals Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals (inactive on tours) Greg Hetson – guitar Brian Baker – guitar, backing vocals Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals Brooks Wackerman – drums, percussion	The Process of Belief (2002) The Empire Strikes First (2004) New Maps of Hell (2007) 30 Years Live (2010) The Dissent of Man (2010) True North (2013)
April 2013 – October 2015	Greg Graffin – lead vocals Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals (inactive on tours) Brian Baker – guitar, backing vocals Mike Dimkich – guitar Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals Brooks Wackerman – drums, percussion	none
February 2016 – present	Greg Graffin – lead vocals Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals (inactive on tours) Brian Baker – guitar, backing vocals Mike Dimkich – guitar Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals Jamie Miller – drums, percussion, backing vocals	Age of Unreason (2019)

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^ "A fitting Epitaph: Brett Gurewitz on punk rock, independence and making it big". PIAS Recordings. November 30, 2015. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

^ "Brian Baker: 'I Never Tried Out For Guns N' Roses'". Ultimate Guitar Archive. March 1, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

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^ Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric (May 10, 2001). "Bad Religion Reunited With Brett Gurewitz, Epitaph Records". MTV. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

^ Hartmann, Graham (May 7, 2014). "Longtime Bad Religion Guitarist Greg Hetson Confirms Departure From Band". Loudwire. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

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