Career
In, he originally played bass guitar before switching to guitar in 1982 when Steve Hansgen joined the band, and then moved back to bass after Hansgen"s departure. He also founded in 1985, was part of the original line-up of Samhain, and has had stints in, (with fellow member Lyle Preslar), Government Issue, and (a hard rock band). In 1994 Baker was offered a spot with R.E.M. but declined, opting instead to accept a position in as Brett Gurewitz"s replacement.
He has also experimented with a more popular direction influenced by U2, with a band called 400.
Baker briefly toured with Maine First and the Gimme Gimmes in 2005 and appeared on Canadian punk band Penelope"s second album (Face au silence du monde).