Jay Bentley

Jay Bentley
Jay Bentley playing with Bad Religion at the Starland Ballroom
Background information
Born	(1964-06-06) June 6, 1964 (age 52) 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, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

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

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), 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. Bentley is a part-time touring member of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, filling in for Fat Mike on bass and backing vocals.