Jay Ziskrout (born September 8, 1962) was the first drummer for Bad Religion, forming the group with schoolmate Brett Gurewitz in 1980.

[1] Ziskrout performed on Bad Religion's self-titled EP and half on their debut album How Could Hell Be Any Worse?.

[2] Bad Religion replaced him with his drum roadie, Pete Finestone.

[3] After leaving Bad Religion, Jay formed the band Electric Peace.

[5] Ziskrout would go on to be managing director for Epitaph Records Europe, Vice President of Album Promotion for Arista Records, COO of CMJ, and founder of Grita!