20 Jul

Interview: Jay Bentley – “Bad Religion”

Here is a interesting interview taken from the Epiphone website with Jay Bentley from Bad Religion.

You can find the orignal here: http://www.epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=1578

In a time when much of American radio was dominated by highly produced, cookie-cutter, pop artists, four young musicians in Southern California were drawing their inspiration from underground cult bands like The Ramones, The Clash and the Sex Pistols. But in 1980, members of the newly formed Bad Religion had no way of knowing that their raw energy would lead to the revival of the entire “punk rock” scene. 14 albums later, the band continues to create great music, tour extensively and inspire generations of musicians.

Epiphone’s Don Mitchell recently caught up with founding member and bassist Jay Bentley just as the band was wrapping up rehearsals for the 2009 Vans Warped Tour.

Read the rest of the interview here: http://www.epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=1578