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Brant Bjork hails from Palm Desert, California where he began
playing live gigs at thirteen.
By high school Brant begun Kyuss with local bros Josh Homme,
Nick Oliveri, and John Garcia. In 1991 Kyuss was signed to Elektra
and became the first desert rock band to achieve international
success by spearheading a musical movement that brought heavy
and psychedelic sounds back into rock and served as a prototype
for all "desert/stoner rock".
In 1993 Brant left Kyuss and moves to Humboldt County to flip
pizzas and play soccer. Too much rain moved him back to his
natural habitat where he started an independent record label,
El Camino Records (now DUNA records); played drums in hardcore
punk band De-Con; and played guitar with desert legend Mario
Lalli in Fatso Jetson; only to come full circle and hook up
with old friend, Josh Homme, to begin the critically acclaimed
DESERT SESIONS sage.
It was at this time that Bjork and Homme began working "a
new thing" which became Queens Of The Stone Age.
However, Brant decided to take the road less traveled and took
an offer to rock with his old surf buddies Fu Manchu, a rock
adventure that took him into the studio for five records and
around the world in four years.
Feeling the need to embark on his own personal musical journey,
in 1999 Brant released his first solo record, JALAMANTA. This
landscape record certainly has underlying rock elements, but
is more an embodiment of fluidity in motion between bebop jazz,
break beats and Rasta grooves. Bjork plays all the instruments
on the record and sings with such unbridled soul and conviction
it not only confirms Bjork as one of the baddest rock drummers
of our time, but also legitimizes him as a premier talent on
all levels.
Bjork's follow-up record, CH'E was recorded and mixed in three
days with Alfredo Hernandez on drums and Dave Dinsmore on bass.
CH'E is the heaviest of Bjork's solo rock albums to date, and
truly captures Brant's classic rock & roll roots.
In 2000 Brant released his third solo record, BRANT BJORK AND
THE OPERATORS on DUNA records. The Operators' record once again
demonstrated Brant's capabilities indicative of his formative
years being spent in the 80's underground and creates a low-brow,
hi-fi approach to traditional new wave. If Cheech & Chong
and The Cars had a love child, it would be Brant Bjork.
With the momentum of three highly diversified albums under his
belt it is clear the artist has covered so much ground, he has
come full circle with his fourth solo record, KEEP YOUR COOL,
released in the Summer of 2003. This record takes you from sweet
caresses on the beach to getting fucked in the back seat of
a trans-am.
Brant combines the straight forward rock and roll approach of
CH'E, the stoner pop feel of the Operator's first record, and
the loopy grooves of Jalamanta that once again has Brant Bjork
leading the most innovative fast-forward throw back rock &
roll since the Ramones.
BRANT BJORK & THE BROS are touring Australia for the first
time in September 2004. Dates & ticket details below.
BRANT
BJORK & THE BROS 2004 TOUR DATES WERE:
Wed Sept 15 - Byron Bay, Great Northern Hotel
Thu Sept 16 - Brisbane, The Zoo
Fri Sept 17 - Sydney, Annandale Hotel
Sat Sept 18 - Melbourne, Corner Hotel
BRANT BJORK & THE BROS 2006 TOUR DATES WERE:
Fri Feb 24 - Newcastle Uni, Bar On The Hill
Sat Feb 25 - Melbourne, Hi-Fi Bar
Sun Feb 26 - Adelaide, Enigma Bar
Tue Feb 28 - Hobart, Republic Bar
Wed Mar 1 - Yallah, Yallah Roadhouse
Thu Mar 2 - Sydney, Gaelic Theatre
Fri Mar 3 - Byron Bay, Hotel Great Northern
Sat Mar 4 - Brisbane, The Rev
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