Current members (other than Brett Gurewitz), guitarist Greg Hetson (left in 1982
and came back in 1984) and bassist 'Jay Bentley' (replaced by Paul
Dedona in 1982 and came back in 1986) have both been replaced from
the band for a while during the 80's.
Past members of the band are: Paul Dedona (bass, 1982-1984) Tim Gallegos
(bass, 1984-1986), Jay Ziskrout (drums, 1980-1981), Peter Finestone (drums,
1981-1982, 1984-1991), Davy Goldman (drums, 1982-1984), Bobby Schayer
(drums, 1991-2001).
Their older albums on Epitaph Records (except for 1993's
"Recipe for Hate", which would later be re-released by Atlantic) were
digitally-remastered. The albums are "How Could Hell Be Any Worse?"
(1982), "Suffer" (1988), "No Control" (1989), "Against the Grain"
(1990) and "Generator" (1992).
(To date) "Suffer" (1988) and "No Control" (1989) are considered the
band's best known works and top selling albums sold in the history of
punk music.
The band's original label, Epitaph Records, was founded by Brett Gurewitz in
1980. After the release of their 1993 album "Recipe for Hate", they
departed from that label and signed to Atlantic, then Brett soon left
the band in 1994 to concentrate on the future of Epitaph. However, he
rejoined Bad Religion in 2001, then they re-signed to Epitaph.