Brian Lisik is an Akron, Ohio, USA-based writer, singer, guitarist, and former frontman of late '90s pop-punk band The Giants of Science. Nickname: The Rubber Capital of the World Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: http://www. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert In music a singer is a type of musician who uses his or her voice as an instrument to produce music. ... Steve Howe playing lead guitar for Yes in 1977 A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ...

Lisik's debut full-length solo CD, Baggage,was released on Cherokee Queen Records in July 2004. The CD was produced by Eddie Tomecko (Bone Thugs and Harmony;Don Dixon) and mastered by Bernie Grundman alumnus Erik Wolf (Delbert McClinton; John Prine;En Vogue). Baggage garnered much favorable press and yielded the moderate hits "Still Think I'm Breathing" and the politically charged post-9/11 song "Heaven Daddy." The Cleveland Free Times said Baggage "mixes the raw power of The Replacements with the twang of Uncle Tupelo." Exoduster.com simply called the CD "a unique treasure." Don Dixon is a record producer, songwriter, performing artist, bassist for hire and very occasional actor, originally from North Carolina. ... Prine performing at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco, CA October 3, 2004. ... En Vogue is a Grammy-nominated African American all-female R&B, club/dance, and soul vocal quartet assembled by the hit music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, formerly of the disco group Club Nouveau. ...

In 2004 and 2005, Lisik and his band toured extensively, sharing stages with acts such as Jesse Malin,Tim Easton, and Byrds co-founder Roger McGuinn. In 2005, Lisik had a cameo role in the film Circle Track Summer from Fools Gold Entertainment and began work on the follow up to Baggage, produced by Todd Tobias (Guided By Voices; Clouds Forming Crowns; Robert Pollard; Celebrity Pilots). The new album is due out in 2006. Jesse Malin began his music career as the lead singer of the glam-rock, hard rock band D Generation, this he did for eight years. ... James Roger McGuinn (born July 13, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter, who was born as James Joseph McGuinn III in Chicago, Illinois. ... Bob Pollard, lead singer and songwriter for Guided by Voices, drinking next to a sign inspired by the popular line from A Salty Salute, the bands drinking anthem. ... Robert Pollard (born October 31, 1957) is the former lead singer and songwriter for the now defunct Dayton, Ohio indie rock group Guided by Voices. ...

Lisik is also an award-winning reporter and columnist for the Cleveland-based Sun Newspapers chain. In 2005 his work received a Hooper Award for General Excellence in series writing from the Ohio Newspapers Association, and he was recognized in 2004 by the Suburban Newspapers of America for column writing. Lisik's work has also appeared in the Cleveland Scene and Cleveland Free Times. The Cleveland Scene is an alternative weekly newspaper from Cleveland, Ohio. ...

Selected discography

• Hang Ups and All (1998)- with The Giants of Science
• A Minor Disturbance (2001) -with The Giants of Science
• Baggage (2004)

External links

• http://www.brianlisik.com
• http://www.myspace.com/brianlisikband
• http://www.sunnews.com