Brett Gurewitz

Brett Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962) is a guitarist and songwriter in Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the record label Epitaph.

Gurewitz owns Westbeach Recorders and has engineered several Bad Religion records using he pseudonym "The Legendary Starbolt".

Brett co-founded Bad Religion in 1980, along with The Offspring, but it was later revealed that the real reason had to do with personal tension within the group and a blow-out fight with Jay Bentley was the final straw. In 1996, Brett launched the Daredevils, who released a 7" called "Hate You", whose title track was said to be aimed at Bentley. That group was sidetracked when Brett relapsed into drug abuse. Brett eventually landed in jail on a drug possession charge before getting sober again. In 2001, he reed Bad Religion. However, his participation is limited to writing and studio work, as his focus is still on running Epitaph. He has completely retired from performing.