Jay Bentley

Jay Bentley

Jay Bentley playing with Bad Religion at the Starland Ballroom
Background information
Born (1964-06-06) June 6, 1964
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Origin Saugus, California, U.S.
Genres Punk rock
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Bass guitar, guitar, vocals
Years active 1979–present
Labels Epitaph
Atlantic
ANTI-
Associated acts Bad Religion

Jay Dee Bentley (born June 6, 1964, Wichita, Kansas) is the bassist and co-founding member of the punk rock group Bad Religion.[1] He has played with the band through its whole existence with a small break between 1983 and 1985.

Career

Jay Bentley grew up in Saugus, California, and later moved to Woodland Hills. As with guitarist Brett Gurewitz and lead singer Greg Graffin, he was a student of El Camino Real High School. He played in Bad Religion for three years (1980-83),[2] and left while the band was in the midst of writing and recording their second album, Into the Unknown.

Bentley was a onetime member of such notable L.A. groups as Wasted Youth, T.S.O.L., The Circle Jerks and Cathedral Of Tears. He rejoined Bad Religion in late 1985 while the How Could Hell Be Any Worse? line-up – adding Circle Jerks' Greg Hetson as the band's second guitarist – was reuniting to record the first three reunion albums, Suffer, No Control and Against the Grain, which are often considered their best releases. Today, Bentley continues touring and recording with Bad Religion. He has appeared on every Bad Religion release, with the exceptions of Into the Unknown (1983) and the Back to the Known (1985) EP. The band's most recent studio album, True North, was released on January 22, 2013.[3]

Personal life

Bentley has two sons: Miles (born 1991) and Hunter (born 1993)[4] He also has a minor daughter and lives with his partner Natalia Fabia in Costa Mesa, California.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography: Bad Religion". AMG. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Bad Religion – 30 Years". BadReligion.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  3. ↑ "Bad Religion - True North". epitaph.com. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
  4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/HunterBentleyMusic
  5. ↑ Fadroski, Kelli Skye (July 19, 2014). "Bad Religion has good fun in Costa Mesa". The Orange County Register. p. Life 2.
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