Pat Badger
{{Short description|American musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Pat Badger
| image = Pat Badger-Extreme-1.jpg
| image_size =
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = Patrick John Badger
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|7|22}}
| birth_place = Groveland, Massachusetts, United States
| instrument = Bass guitar
| genre = Hard rock, funk metal, blues rock, heavy metal, glam metal
| occupation = Musician, songwriter
| years_active = 1985–present
| label = A&M
| associated_acts = Extreme, Tribe of Judah, Dark Desert Eagles
| website = {{URL|http://www.extreme-band.com}}
{{URL|http://www.darkdeserteagles.com/}}
}}
Patrick John Badger (born July 22, 1967) is a musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the bass guitarist in the band Extreme.
He has also performed in groups such as Tribe of Judah and Dark Desert Eagles.
Early life
Badger was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Al Badger and Lily Badger ({{nee}} Aguilar).{{cite web| url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=lily-l-badger-aguilar&pid=144751455| title=Lily L. (Aguilar) Badger| date=August 17, 2010| publisher=Legacy.com}} He is of Irish and Honduran descent.{{cite book| author=Al Badger| title=Voyages: An Unexpected Life| date=2020| publisher=Page Publishing| place=Conneaut Lake, PA}}
Music
He sang backing vocals on both Dweezil Zappa's album Confessions and the Danger Danger album, Screw It!, along with his Extreme bandmates Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt. He has also sung back-up on a live version of the Van Halen song, "When It's Love" on Sammy Hagar's live album, Live: Hallelujah, on which Cherone sang co-lead vocals with Hagar.{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24751217.html?dids=24751217:24751217&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+18%2C+1991&author=Brenda+Herrmann.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=One+Extreme+A+hit+single+forces+a+metal+band+to+reassert+its+true+identity&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604103307/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24751217.html?dids=24751217:24751217&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+18,+1991&author=Brenda+Herrmann.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=One+Extreme+A+hit+single+forces+a+metal+band+to+reassert+its+true+identity&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |title=One Extreme A hit single forces a metal band to reassert its true identity |work= Chicago Tribune|accessdate=2010-02-09 | first=Brenda | last=Herrmann | date=July 18, 1991}}
In 2013, Badger initiated a PledgeMusic campaign.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/badger/ |title=Badger: Debut Album on PledgeMusic |access-date=2014-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121002317/https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/badger |archive-date=2018-01-21 |url-status=dead }} This helped him release his first solo record, Time Will Tell. By offering exclusive content to listeners who pledged and providing updates related to the project to his following, the campaign reached its goal and the record entitled Time Will Tell was released in late 2014.[http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/badger/updates] Badger PledgeMusic updates In 2016 he followed up with a second PledgeMusic campaign for his second solo album Take What We Want (under the name Nasty Ass Honey Badgers).{{cite web| url=http://ampsandgreenscreens.com/2016/12/04/extremes-pat-badger-on-25-years-of-pornograffitti-his-solo-albums-and-whats-next/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211020839/http://ampsandgreenscreens.com/2016/12/04/extremes-pat-badger-on-25-years-of-pornograffitti-his-solo-albums-and-whats-next/| url-status=usurped| archive-date=December 11, 2016| title=Extreme's Pat Badger on 25 Years of Pornograffitti, His Solo Albums, and What's Next!!| publisher=Amps and Green Screens| date=December 4, 2016}}
In 2017, he formed a band called Dark Desert Eagles, a tribute to the Eagles. The band features Extreme drummer Kevin Figueiredo.{{cite news| url=http://www.centraljersey.com/time_off/time-travel-to-with-the-dark-desert-eagles-at-havana/article_c140e586-c641-11e7-8064-9bd3dbed8cc6.html| title=Time travel to 1977 with the Dark Desert Eagles at Havana in New Hope| author=Mike Morsch| date=November 10, 2017| publisher=CentralJersey.com}}
References
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Category:American rock bass guitarists
Category:American male bass guitarists
Category:Extreme (band) members
Category:People from Winchester, Massachusetts
Category:People from West Newbury, Massachusetts
Category:American people of Honduran descent
Category:20th-century American bass guitarists
Category:20th-century American male musicians