{{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, vocals | genre = Hard rock, funk metal, blues rock, heavy metal, glam metal | occupation = Musician, songwriter | years_active = 1985–present | label = A&M | current_member_of = Extreme, Dark Desert Eagles | past_member_of = Tribe of Judah | 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 been a member of Tribe of Judah, and he is the founder of the tribute band Dark Desert Eagles.
==Early life== Badger was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Al Badger and Lily Badger ({{nee}} Aguilar).<ref>{{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}}</ref> He is of Irish and Honduran descent.<ref>{{cite book| author=Al Badger| title=Voyages: An Unexpected Life| date=2020| publisher=Page Publishing| place=Conneaut Lake, PA}}</ref>
==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.<ref name="urlOne Extreme A hit single forces a metal band to reassert its true identity">{{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}}</ref>
In 2013, Badger initiated a PledgeMusic campaign.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/badger/updates] Badger PledgeMusic updates</ref> In 2016 he followed up with another successful PledgeMusic campaign for his second solo album ''Take What We Want'' (under the name Nasty Ass Honey Badgers).<ref>{{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}}</ref>
In 2017, affected by the death of Glenn Frey, Badger formed Dark Desert Eagles, a tribute to the Eagles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Acclaimed-artists-including-members-of-Extreme-12290688.php|title=Acclaimed artists, including members of Extreme, in Dark Desert Eagles tribute to The Eagles|author=Linda Tuccio-Koonz| date=October 19, 2017| work=CTPost}}</ref> The original lineup of the band featured Extreme drummer Kevin Figueiredo.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Extreme}}
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