Many fans and general public associate glamour, sleaze, or some combination of the two with the touring musician, but Brian's photos touch on the wondrously mundane and gritty day-to-day world of the road. It sounds like the kind of project anyone could do, but Brian Baker has shown a canny eye for evoking fascination and relevance from the barely-visible, disregarded objects of the world . . . Akashic Books have produced a gorgeous, sturdy tome, sure to draw attention on your coffee table or bookshelf.-- "Support Life and Music"

The book is a collection of a hundred or so of the iPhone images Baker has captured over the years, mostly presented without context. This creates the effect of encouraging the viewer to tell their own story as to what that particular sign was saying, or where that particular building is, or why that particular doll's eyes look so blank and creepy . . . To try to define Baker's eye for photography--and his ear for writing guitar hooks--is to strip some of the magic away from the process itself. Whether they're pictures of guitars or road signs or gravestones or old plaster masks, there's something compelling in each and every photo chosen for the book.-- "Dying Scene"

As a guitarist, Brian Baker has punk rock and hardcore credentials that are unparalleled. From effectively launching "hardcore" as a genre with Minor Threat when he was a teenager to bringing in the more melodic side of the scene with Dag Nasty and then joining Bad Religion in the mid '90s, it's hard to argue that any guitarist has been more influential to their scene than Baker . . . Baker recently released a new project--one that he's worked on for almost 20 years during his ongoing run with Bad Religion. Every time the legendary Los Angeles punk band goes on the road, Baker (like most touring musicians) finds himself with entirely too much time to kill before and after their nightly performances. To fill those long hours in strange cities . . . Baker discovered a new passion for photography, constantly using each and every camera lens on the iPhones that have been in his pocket since the original released in the late 2000s . . . Aside from his photography skills, the release of The Road has also allowed Baker to flex his storytelling muscles at the various bookstores, record shops and more that he's hitting this fall.-- "Los Angeles Times"

Brian Baker is a versatile guitarist whose CV is bursting with stints in Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, Government Issue, Bad Religion, and beyond. 'This whole journey is based on right place, right time, and luck, for the most part. I didn't realize I was a professional musician until I'd been one for 20 years, ' he told Guitar World in 2022. That journey mainly started when he joined Carlos Santana onstage in Detroit when he was 12, jamming along to 'Black Magic Woman' and bolstering the idea that becoming a working musician was a possibility.-- "Alternative Press's Fan Poll: 5 Best Punk Guitarists of All Time" (3/4/2024 12:00:00 AM)

A highly recommended and unique pick for personal, professional, community, and college/university library Contemporary Photography collections, this large format (11.2 x 0.9 x 8.8 inches, 2.07 pounds) hardcover edition of The Road from Akashic Books showcasing the photography and visually documented the career of rock musician Brian Baker is essential reading for this legions of fans-- "Midwest Book Review"

Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.

Pub date: 2025-11-04

Length: 128 pages