Ep351: Brian Baker - Minor Threat, Bad Religion & more
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2022
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Brian Baker of Bad Religion, Beach Rats, Fake Names and formerly of Minor Threat, Dag Nasty and The Meatmen discusses the collectable records of his career and shares some stories of a life making music.
Topics include:
- Brian's early collection
- Why Brian sold his records
- Modern record shopping
- Piecing together some collectable records of his career
- Ian comes through with a Red Minor Threat EP
- Minor Threat touring as minors
- Brian joining Minor Threat
- The early 3 string Minor Threat bass
- What came first: Band name 'Minor Threat' or song 'Minor Threat'?
- The interest of Minor Threat 40 years on
- Possible other names considered for 'Minor Threat'
- Brian doesn't listen to the words
- The rehearsals before recording the 1st EP
- The intent of Dischord to document the music scene
- Brian defers a lot of questions to Ian
- Memories of recording the 1st Minor Threat EP
- The songs for "In My Eyes" EP
- Did they refer to the 1st EP as "Filler"?
- The band's reaction about the early demand for the 1st EP
- How did the band sell/distribute the 1st EP?
- Memories of the assembly and folding parties
- The multiple repressings funded other Dischord records
- Lyle goes to College
- Brian's time with Tesco Vee and The Meatmen
- Jello Biafra's contributions to Minor Threat
- When did Bad Religion get on Brian's radar?
- Joining Bad Religion, Atlantic, replacing Mr Brett
- Backing out of REM tour
- Collaborating with songwriters in Minor Threat & Bad Religion
- Brian doesn't like writing lyrics
- Any guilty pleasure music?
- Brian's love and history for The Beatles
- Brian's love for AC/DC
- Malcolm Young tattoo, funeral service
- Brian playing with Santana at age 12
- Let's find this Santana bootleg
- What's next for Bad Religion?
- Other records Brian is on: Beach Rats and Fake Names
- Interview wrap up
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Groove Washer, the best record cleaners and protective sleeves for your vinyl collection. |
| 0:05.6 | Ask for the Groove washer from your local shop or go to groove washer.com. |
| 0:09.7 | Discount code, Vinyl Guide 10. |
| 0:12.3 | And now, on with the show. |
| 0:16.4 | Well, hey, everyone, it's Nate. |
| 0:18.7 | Welcome to episode 3, 5, 1 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:25.6 | And guess what, gang, we've got a fantastic guest today. |
| 0:29.0 | Talking Records, Vinyl, collectibles, music, and more, Mr. Brian Baker. |
| 0:34.6 | Now, Brian, as you probably know, he's spent time in heaps of bands that we love |
| 0:39.1 | and collect, bands like bad religion, minor threat, fake names, Dag Nasty, The Meatmen, Beach |
| 0:46.5 | Rats, and lots more. So there is a lot to cover. Today we talk to Brian about the early days, |
| 0:52.7 | joining Minor Threat, the adventures of touring as a teenager, |
| 0:56.6 | making the first Minor Threat EP, the DIY assembly at Discord House, joining the meetmen, bad |
| 1:02.5 | religion, his records with the beach rats, fake names, and lots more. Now, Brian is very funny, |
| 1:08.8 | very engaging, and of course, grateful for his amazing career, |
| 1:12.4 | an absolute gem of a guy. And I think everyone, punk rock fan or not, will enjoy this conversation. |
| 1:19.4 | And hey, speaking of enjoying this conversation, there is more of it up at patria.com slash |
| 1:26.0 | vinyl guide. An extended version of this interview, it's commercial free, it's high resolution for you |
| 1:32.1 | audio files, and I do that kind of thing with just about all our vinyl guide episodes. |
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| 1:42.2 | If you like this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at patreon.com slash vinyl guide. |
| 1:48.9 | Five bucks or ten bucks a month or whatever you could afford goes a long way to help support this show. |
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