Brad Warner

Biography

Brad Warner was born in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1964. His family traveled for his father's job and Warner spent some time in Nairobi, Kenya, but grew up mainly near Akron, Ohio, and attended Kent State University. As a teenager Warner got into the music of the 1980s and hardcore punk, and a friend of his took him to a show by Zero Defex. He auditioned for and joined the band after finding out they needed a bass guitarist. He agreed to write articles for SuicideGirls, an online soft porn site but stopped after a few years.

Warner has played with Dimentia 13. After the financial failure of his Dimentia 13 albums, Warner got a job in Japan with the JET Programme, and then later in 1994 with Tsuburaya Productions, the company behind Ultraman. Warner played the roles of various foreigners in their programs.

In 2007 he directed the documentary film Cleveland’s Screaming, which depicts the punk rock scene in Akron and Cleveland in the 1980s.

In 2008 Warner lost his job with the Japanese company he had been working for in the States and as of January 2009 he was self-employed.

Zen Buddhism

Warner began practicing Zen Buddhism under his first teacher, Tim McCarthy. Warner later studied with Gyomay Kubose. While in Japan, he met and trained with Gudo Wafu Nishijima, a student of Rempo Niwa Zenji, who ordained him as a priest and named him as his dharma heir in 2000.

In 2007, Gudo Wafu Nishijima named Warner the leader of Dogen Sangha International which Nishijima had founded. Warner dissolved the organization in April 2012.

In 2012, Warner moved to California and started Dogen Sangha Los Angeles.

In 2013, Pirooz Kalayeh directed a film about Warner entitled Brad Warner's Hardcore Zen The film premiered on October 5, 2013 in Amsterdam at the Buddhist Film Festival of Europe.

Bibliography

Fiction

Non-fiction

Discography

;Compilations

;Dimentia 13

;Guest appearances

;0DFx

• (1982 demo reissue)
• (1982 demo and 1983 debut, 2 CD)
• (1983 debut reissue)
• (New recordings 2007/2008)

References

References

1. "Brad Warner Articles".
2. Warner, Brad. (2007). "[[Sit Down and Shut Up". New World Library.
3. (November 18, 2011). "Zen and the art of punk rock . . .". Manchester Evening News.
4. (2007). "[[Sit Down and Shut Up". New World Library.
5. [http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=9,4807,0,0,1,0 "'Question of Authority' ...?"] Interviewed by [[Gary Gach]] in The Buddhist Channel, Sep. 6, 2007
6. Hynes, Mary. (2007-08-14). "Interview with Brad Warner". [[Tapestry (CBC radio).
7. [http://suicidegirls.com/news/contributors/brad_warner/ Brad Warner's articles] for [[Suicide Girls]]
8. (September 2018). "Cleveland's Screaming!". Distrify }}{{Dead link.
9. Tone, Joe. (October 3, 2007). "Cleveland's Screaming: New Doc Looks at 80s Punk Scenes". [[Cleveland Scene]].
10. "Sex, Sin & Zen: Brad Warner and the Lust for Enlightenment". [[The Huffington Post]].
11. Clarke, Liam. (June 15, 2010). "Meet Brad, the bad boy of Zen Buddhism". [[Belfast Telegraph]].
12. (2013-07-15). "Brad Warner: 07-10-2013: There Is No God and He Is Always With You - Upaya Zen Center". Upaya Zen Center.
13. (2003-09-26). "Hardcore Zen (Interview)". [[Here and Now (Boston).
14. "Dogen Sangha International is No More". Hardcorezen.blogspot.com.
15. "Dogen Sangha International Post Mortem". Hardcorezen.blogspot.com.
16. (April 28, 2012). "Going to California". Hardcorezen.
17. (July 6, 2012). "I Love L.A.". Hardcorezen.
18. "Dogen Sangha Los Angeles".
19. "Hardcore Zen: The Movie". Hardcorezen.
20. (January 11, 2014). "Zen's bad boy Brad Warner translates to film". [[Daily Camera]].