Brian Baker has been in more great punk bands than anybody else in the history of society. From Minor Threat to Government Issue to The Meatmen to Dag Nasty to Bad Religion (and a couple of non-punk stops in betwees), it's darn near impossible to find a record featuring this blonde bombshell that doesn't tear rockin' ass out of melodic fast good world thing. As his fifth Bad Religion album, The Empire Strikes First hit the street mid-'04, he was kind enough to engage in a half-hour phone interview with yours sincerely. I unfortunately didn't realize he had a call right afterwards - I was cut off midstream before getting to several other questions I wanted to ask! Here we are getting all involved in this nonmusical political discussion (with me sounding as stupid and oblivious as ever!), and I never even got to ask him which album he is most proud of! Or if he knows why Graffin and Gurewitz won't stop being nogoodnicks and just re-release Into The Unknown for Christ's sake!? Or (other questions as well)! Regardless, he was a very pleasant man, and our conversation can be enjoyed below.

Read the interview here

Thanks to Mark Prindle for this news!