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Encyclopedia > Brad (band)

Brad is a group of friends from the Seattle area who are musicians, including Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam fame. Often considered simply a side-project of Stone's, Brad has a sound all its own, due to the wide variety of influences brought by its members. The distinctive vocals of Shawn Smith (also a member of Pigeonhed and Satchel) are a major factor in this sound. City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Stone Carpenter Gossard (born July 20, 1966, Seattle, Washington) is the rhythm guitarist and founding member for American rock band Pearl Jam. ... Pearl Jam (formed in 1990 in Seattle, Washington) is a rock band considered one of the most popular and influential artists of their decade. ... Shawn Smith is a songwriter/vocalist/keyboard player in several bands (Brad, Satchel, Pigeonhed) as well as a solo artist. ... Pigeonhed was a Seattle, Washington-area band that combined elements of funk, soul, trip hop, and lo-fi. ... Satchel is a band from Seattle, featuring Shawn Smith, Regan Hagar, and Mike Berg. ...

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History

Brad formed officially in 1993 (though the members had been playing together for a long time before that) with the release of their debut album Shame. Recorded in roughly 20 days, with many tracks taken from in-studio jam sessions, Shame is an eclectic mix of styles and a raw, vital recording. Its track "20th Century" was a minor hit in the UK. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... A jam session is a musical act where musicians gather and play (or jam) without extensive preparation or predefined arrangements. ...


Their follow-up album, Interiors, in 1997 would be much more polished. It was accompanied by a tour of the US in that year, as well as a small tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1998. The single from Interiors, "The Day Brings", features Shawn Smith on piano and Stone Gossard on lead guitar. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Shawn Smith is a songwriter/vocalist/keyboard player in several bands (Brad, Satchel, Pigeonhed) as well as a solo artist. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


A third album, Welcome to Discovery Park, was released in 2002. It mixes the rawness of Shame and the polished, produced sound of Interiors. Currently the band is working on a fourth album. In April 2005 they released an album of unreleased and incomplete Brad and Satchel tracks called Brad vs. Satchel. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in April • 26: Augusto Roa Bastos • 24: Ezer Weizman • 23: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen • 23: John Mills • 16: Marla Ruzicka • 9: Andrea Dworkin • 6: Prince Rainier III • 5: Dale Messick • 5: Saul Bellow • 2: Pope John...


Members

Current members

Stone Carpenter Gossard (born July 20, 1966, Seattle, Washington) is the rhythm guitarist and founding member for American rock band Pearl Jam. ... Regan Hagar was the drummer in Malfunkshun, featuring Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone on vocals and Kevin Wood on guitar. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass or simply bass) is an electrically amplified plucked string instrument. ... Shawn Smith is a songwriter/vocalist/keyboard player in several bands (Brad, Satchel, Pigeonhed) as well as a solo artist. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ...

Other members

  • Matt Brown - guitar, keyboard
  • Elizabeth Pupo-Walker
  • Thaddeus Turner
  • James Hall

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Brad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (258 words)
Brad is also used as a full name and not a shortened version of another.
Brad, Romania, a town in Hunedoara county, Romania.
Brad, like other Irish derivatives of Bran such as Bram, Brian, Brady, and Brendan refer to Bran the giant, who in various incarnations is featured in several tales of Irish and Scottish mythology.
Aerosmith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3574 words)
The band produced a string of ground-breaking hard rock albums and enjoyed major popularity throughout the 1970s, but their serious substance abuse and drug addictions contributed to their decline (The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia reportedly said they were "the druggiest bunch of guys I've ever seen"), and almost relegated them to the annals of history.
Joe Perry and Brad Whitford left the group and the period from 1979-1984 was a dark one for the band, which carried on with replacements.
The band took time off with their families before working on their next album, Nine Lives, which was plagued with personnel problems, including the firing of manager Tim Collins, who according to band members nearly caused the band to break up.
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