Brave Combo
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Brave Combo is a polka
/rock
band based in Denton, Texas
. Founded in 1979 by guitarist
/keyboard
ist/accordion
ist Carl Finch, they have been a prominent fixture in the Texas
music scene for more than twenty-five years. Their music, both originals and covers, incorporates a number of dance styles, mostly polka, but also rumba
, cha-cha-cha
, choro
, samba, two-step, cumbia
, charanga
, merengue, etc.
As part of their perceived artistic mission to expand the musical tastes of their listeners, they have often played and recorded covers of well-known songs in a style radically different from the original versions. Examples include polka versions of Jimi Hendrix
's "Purple Haze
" and The Doors
' "People are Strange", The Rolling Stones
' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
" as a cha-cha, and "Sixteen Tons
" as a cumbia. While their records may have a sense of humor, they are played straight and not usually considered joke or novelty records.
in 1999 in the Best Polka Album
category for their album Polkasonic
, and again in 2005 for their album Let's Kiss
.
In naming Denton, Texas, the "Best Music Scene" for 2008, Paste magazine
cited Brave Combo as the "Grand Pooh-Bah of Denton bands" and said that "Brave Combo, is in many ways the template from which all the rest are cut: eclectic and artistically ambitious, with a high degree of musicianship and a strong DIY ethic."
Polka
The polka is a Central European dance and also a genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas. It originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia...
/rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
band based in Denton, Texas
Denton, Texas
The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
. Founded in 1979 by guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
/keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
ist/accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
ist Carl Finch, they have been a prominent fixture in the Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
music scene for more than twenty-five years. Their music, both originals and covers, incorporates a number of dance styles, mostly polka, but also rumba
Rumba (dance)
Rumba is a dance term with two quite different meanings.In some contexts, "rumba" is used as shorthand for Afro-Cuban rumba, a group of dances related to the rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music. The most common Afro-Cuban rumba is the guaguancó...
, cha-cha-cha
Cha-cha-cha (music)
The Cha-cha-chá is a style of Cuban music. It is popular dance music which developed from the danzón in the early 1950s.- Origin :As a dance music genre, cha-cha-chá is unusual in that its creation can be attributed to a single composer, Enrique Jorrín, then violinist and songwriter with the...
, choro
Choro
Choro , traditionally called chorinho , is a Brazilian popular music instrumental style. Its origins are in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. In spite of the name, the style often has a fast and happy rhythm, characterized by virtuosity, improvisation, subtile modulations and full of syncopation and...
, samba, two-step, cumbia
Cumbia
Cumbia is a music genre popular across Latin America. The cumbia originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia, where it is associated with an eponymous dance and has since spread as far as Mexico and Argentina...
, charanga
Charanga
Charanga is a term given to traditional ensembles of Cuban dance music. They made Cuban dance music popular in the 1940s and their music consisted of heavily son-influenced material, performed on European instruments such as violin and flute by a Charanga orchestra....
, merengue, etc.
As part of their perceived artistic mission to expand the musical tastes of their listeners, they have often played and recorded covers of well-known songs in a style radically different from the original versions. Examples include polka versions of Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
's "Purple Haze
Purple Haze
"Purple Haze" is a song written in 1966 and recorded in 1967 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience and released as a single in both the United Kingdom and the United States. It appeared on their 1967 album Are You Experienced...
" and The Doors
The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...
' "People are Strange", The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
" Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in 1965. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Richards's throwaway three-note guitar riff — intended to be replaced by horns — opens and drives the song...
" as a cha-cha, and "Sixteen Tons
Sixteen Tons
"Sixteen Tons" is a song about the life of a coal miner, first recorded in 1946 by American country singer Merle Travis and released on his box set album Folk Songs of the Hills the following year...
" as a cumbia. While their records may have a sense of humor, they are played straight and not usually considered joke or novelty records.
Awards and honors
They won a Grammy AwardGrammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in 1999 in the Best Polka Album
Grammy Award for Best Polka Album
The Grammy Award for Best Polka Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality polka albums...
category for their album Polkasonic
Polkasonic
Polkasonic is an album by the American polka band Brave Combo, released through Cleveland International Records on September 14, 1999. In 2000, the album won Brave Combo the Grammy Award for Best Polka Album...
, and again in 2005 for their album Let's Kiss
Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album
Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album is an album by the American polka band Brave Combo, released through Dentone Records on October 28, 2004. In 2005, the album won Brave Combo the Grammy Award for Best Polka Album.-Track listing:...
.
In naming Denton, Texas, the "Best Music Scene" for 2008, Paste magazine
Paste (magazine)
Paste is a monthly music and entertainment digital magazine published in the United States by Wolfgang's Vault. Its tagline is "Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture."-History:...
cited Brave Combo as the "Grand Pooh-Bah of Denton bands" and said that "Brave Combo, is in many ways the template from which all the rest are cut: eclectic and artistically ambitious, with a high degree of musicianship and a strong DIY ethic."
Media appearances
- The band made a short appearance, as animated figures, on the March 21, 2004 episode of The SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
("Co-Dependent's DayCo-Dependent's Day"Co-Dependent's Day" is the fifteenth episode of The Simpsons fifteenth season. The episode aired on March 21, 2004.-Plot:Homer, Bart, and Lisa see the newest Cosmic Wars film, The Gathering Shadow, and the movie turns out to be less than what they expected. At home, Marge suggests that Bart and...
"). Series creator Matt GroeningMatt GroeningMatthew Abram "Matt" Groening is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell as well as two successful television series, The Simpsons and Futurama....
is a fan of the band and they appeared on the show at his personal request.
- In that same episode of The Simpsons, the band played a new original song called "Fill The Stein" and their version of "The Simpsons ThemeThe Simpsons Theme"The Simpsons Theme", also referred to as "The Simpsons Main Title Theme" in album releases, is the theme song of the animated television series The Simpsons. It plays during the opening sequence and was composed by Danny Elfman in 1989, after series creator Matt Groening approached him requesting...
" played over the closing creditsClosing creditsClosing credits or end credits are added at the end of a motion picture, television program, or video game to list the cast and crew involved in the production. They usually appear as a list of names in small type, which either flip very quickly from page to page, or move smoothly across the...
.
- Finch and other band members made cameo appearances in Talking HeadsTalking HeadsTalking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
leader David ByrneDavid Byrne (musician)David Byrne is a musician and artist, best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the American new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography,...
's 1986 movie True StoriesTrue Stories (film)True Stories is an American film that spans the genres of musical, art, and comedy, directed by and starring David Byrne of the band Talking Heads. It co-stars John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, and Spalding Gray. Byrne has described the film as, "A project with songs based on true stories from tabloid...
, set in fictional Virgil, Texas. Finch can be spotted in the fashion show sporting a brick-patterned suit and in the parade leading the all-accordion marching band. (Trivia note: Brave Combo was David Byrne's wedding band.)
- They appear in the 1986 Hank WangfordHank WangfordHank Wangford is a distinguished English country and western songwriter. Hank Wangford is the stage name of Dr. Samuel Hutt, . His music is notable for its humour and cheerful irony, and occasional excursions into biting political undercurrent....
Channel 4Channel 4Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
television series The A to Z of C & W singing the Hank Williams song "Cold, Cold Heart".
- Their song "Busy Office Rhumba" was used as the theme for the 1993 FoxFox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
television series Bakersfield P.D.Bakersfield P.D.Bakersfield P.D. was a short-lived American television comedy series that aired on the Fox network in 1993-94.The show was based in the police department of the city of Bakersfield, California. It was shot with naturalistic lighting and without a laugh track...
- They appear as a wedding band in the 1995 feature film Late Bloomers.
- In 2000, they appeared on the national telecast of the MDA Labor Day Telethon with Jerry Lewis dancing along to the music.
- They wrote and performed the theme song for the 2005 series "ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
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".
- The opening theme and other music for the 2008 PBSPublic Broadcasting ServiceThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
animated series Click and Clack's As the Wrench TurnsClick and Clack's As the Wrench TurnsClick and Clack's As the Wrench Turns is an animated television series that follows the adventures of the brothers Click and Clack from their auto repair shop Car Talk Plaza. The program stars Tom and Ray Magliozzi , also known as the Tappet Brothers, from National Public Radio's Car Talk...
were produced by Carl Finch and composed, arranged, and performed by Finch and Brave Combo.
- Their live music video, "The Denton Polka", appears on the "Bohemia Rising DVD Compilation" (released in 2009), a collection of documentary shorts directed by Christopher LargenChristopher LargenChristopher Largen is a U.S. award-winning journalist, novelist, social satirist, actor, public speaker and filmmaker, known for his iconoclastic writings on health and public policy, and his efforts to reduce child abuse...
exploring rebellion and resistance to corporate demolition in their hometown of Denton, Texas.
- They contributed two songs to the GumbyGumby (album)Gumby is an album produced by Shepard Stern and released in 1989 as a tribute to Art Clokey's stop-motion animated series Gumby. The cover is reminiscent of The Beatles' White Album.-Track listing:-Additional personnel:...
album, released in 1989.
- Included in Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
's 2009 Christmas release, Christmas In The HeartChristmas in the HeartChristmas in the Heart is Bob Dylan's 34th studio album and first Christmas album, released on October 13, 2009 on Columbia. The album comprises a collection of hymns, carols, and popular Christmas songs...
, the song "Must Be Santa", is performed polka-style. Dylan's arrangement is almost identical to the Brave Combo arrangement from their 1991 CD It's Christmas, Man!. In an interview published by Street News ServiceStreet News ServiceStreet News Service is a news agency for street newspapers run by the International Network of Street Papers . It carries articles, essays and news from newspapers sold and sometimes written by homeless and poor people. It helps street papers worldwide to share stories with each other with other...
, Dylan acknowledged the influence of Brave Combo: "This version comes from a band called Brave Combo. Somebody sent their record to us for our radio show. They’re a regional band out of Texas that takes regular songs and changes the way you think about them. You oughta hear their version of "Hey Jude"."
US studio and live albums
| Date of release | Title | Label | Catalog | Type | Notes | |
| 1979 | Polkamania | Four Dots | FD1003 & FD1004 | Studio | released as two 7" discs | |
| 1981 | Music For Squares | Four Dots | FD1005 | Studio | ||
| 1982 | Urban Grown-ups | Four Dots | FD1006 | Studio | four song EP | |
| 1982 | Originals | Four Dots | Studio | released as cassette only | ||
| 1984 | World Dance Music | Four Dots | FD1010 | Studio | ||
| 1984 | No Sad Faces | Four Dots | FD1012 | Live | ||
| 1987 | Musical Varieties | Rounder | CD 11546 | Studio | compilation from Four Dots releases plus two new tracks | |
| 1987 | Polkatharsis | Rounder | CD 9009 | Studio | ||
| 1988 | Humansville | Rounder | CD 9019 | Live | ||
| 1990 | A Night On Earth | Rounder | CD 9029 | Studio | ||
| 1992 | It's Christmas, Man! | Rounder | CD 3099 | Studio | contents similar to It's X-mas, Man! | |
| 1993 | No, No, No, Cha Cha Cha | Rounder | CD 9035 | Studio | content similar to Japanese release | |
| 1994 | The Hokey Pokey: Organized Dancing | DenTone | DT 1001 | Studio | seven-song EP | |
| 1995 | Polkas For A Gloomy World | Rounder | CD 9045 | Studio | Grammy nominee | |
| 1996 | Girl | Rounder | CD 9050 | Studio | with Tiny Tim Tiny Tim (musician) Tiny Tim , , born in Manhattan, was an American singer and ukulele player. He was most famous for his rendition of "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" sung in a distinctive high falsetto/vibrato voice.-Rise to fame:Born to Lebanese parents in 1932, Khaury displayed musical talent at a very young age... - his last recording |
|
| 1996 | Mood Swing Music | Rounder | CD 11574 | Studio | rarities and singles | |
| 1996 | Kiss Of Fire | Watermelon | WM 1058 | Studio | with Lauren Agnelli, content similar to Allumettes | |
| 1997 | Group Dance Epidemic | Rounder | R9055 | Live | ||
| 1998 | Polka Party with Brave Combo: Live and Wild! | Easydisc | EDIS 7052 | Live | Grammy nominee | |
| 1999 | Polkasonic Polkasonic Polkasonic is an album by the American polka band Brave Combo, released through Cleveland International Records on September 14, 1999. In 2000, the album won Brave Combo the Grammy Award for Best Polka Album... |
Cleveland International | CIR-1023-2 | Studio | Grammy winner | |
| 2000 | The Process | Rounder Records | ROUN9065 | Studio | ||
| 2001 | All Wound Up! - A Family Music Party | Rounder Records | ROUN8092 | Studio | with Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer perform together as a folk music duo. They have been musical partners for more than 20 years... , Grammy nominee |
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| 2001 | Kick-Ass Polkas | Cleveland International | B00005O7SE | Live | Grammy nominee | |
| 2003 | Box of Ghosts | Rounder Records | ROUN9064 | Studio | ||
| 2004 | Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album is an album by the American polka band Brave Combo, released through Dentone Records on October 28, 2004. In 2005, the album won Brave Combo the Grammy Award for Best Polka Album.-Track listing:... |
Dentone Records | Studio | Grammy winner | ||
| 2005 | Holidays! | Dentone/Rounder | Studio | |||
| 2007 | Polka's Revenge | Dentone Records | Studio | Grammy nominee | ||
| 2008 | The Exotic Rocking Life | Dentone Records | Studio | |||
| 2009 | Symphonic Polkas | Dentone Records | DT1006 | Live | with the Mesquite Symphony Orchestra | |
| 2009 | Christmas Present | Dentone Records | DT1007 | Studio | Christmas music | |
| 2010 | Kikiriki | Dentone Records | DT1008 | Studio |
International releases
| Date of release | Title | Label | Catalog | Type | Notes |
| 1981 | Music For Squares | Stunn | Stun507 | Studio | New Zealand, content identical to US release |
| 1981 | I Gotta Know/Neo Limbo | Stunn | BFA 884 | Studio | New Zealand, 7" single |
| 1986 | People Are Strange | Rogue Records | FMST 4007 | Studio | U.K. compilation |
| 1987 | Polkatharsis | Demon Records | REU 1018 | Studio | U.K., content identical to US release |
| 1989 | Music Circus | P-Vine | PCD-2513 | Studio | Japan |
| 1990 | Very Early Recordings | Wave Records | Studio | Japan | |
| 1991 | ÉÉjhanaika | P-Vine | PCD-1800 | Studio | Japan |
| 1991 | It's X-mas, Man! | P-Vine | PCD-2300 | Studio | Japan |
| 1992 | No, No, No, Cha Cha Cha | P-Vine | PCD-2400 | Studio | Japan |
| 1993 | Ondo Saves The World | Tele Disc | TLCD-93001 | Studio | Japan, Kikusuimaru Meets Brave Combo |
| 1994 | Allumettes | P-Vine | PCD-1986 | Studio | Japan, with Lauren Agnelli |
| 1995 | Polkas For A Gloomy World | P-Vine | PCD-3614 | Studio | Japan, content identical to U.S. release |
Members
- Carl FinchCarl FinchCarl Finch is a guitarist, keyboardist, accordionist, vocalist, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Grammy-winning polka/dance band Brave Combo in 1979 in Denton, Texas.-Career highlights:...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
(born November 29, 1951, TexarkanaTexarkana, ArkansasAs of the census of 2000, there were 26,448 people, 10,384 households, and 7,040 families residing in the city. The population density was 830.5 people per square mile . There were 11,721 housing units at an average density of 368.1 per square mile...
, ArkansasArkansasArkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
) (1979–present) - Jeffrey Barnes - horns (born July 27, 1951, FremontFremont, OhioFremont Public Schools enroll 4,450 students in public primary and secondary schools. The district administers 9 public schools including seven elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, Fremont Ross. In addition, the city is home to one private catholic high school, Saint Joseph...
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) (1983–present) - Danny O'Brien - trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
(born July 12, 1966, LakenheathLakenheathLakenheath is a village in Suffolk, England. It has around 8,200 residents, and is situated in the Forest Heath district of Suffolk, close to the county boundaries of both Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, and at the meeting point of the The Fens and the Breckland natural environments.Lakenheath is host...
, England) (1993–present) - Alan Emert - drums (born c. 1965) (1997–2008, 2010–present)
- Little Jack Melody - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(2009–present)
Former members
- Lyle Atkinson - bass guitar, tubaTubaThe tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the...
(born October 23, 1953, MinneapolisMinneapolis, MinnesotaMinneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
, MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
) (1979–1985) - Tim Walsh - saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, clarinetClarinetThe clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
(born c.1952) (1979–1983) - Dave Cameron - drums (born c.1952) (1979–1983)
- Cenobio 'Bubba' Hernandez (Bubba HernandezBubba HernandezBubba Hernandez and Alex Meixner were nominated in the Best Polka album category in the 50th Annual Grammy Awards for their self-titled debut album, Polka Freak Out.He is a former member of the Denton, Texas based band, Brave Combo....
) - bass guitar (born November 30, 1958, San Antonio, TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
) (1985–2007) - Phil Hernandez - drums (born February 5, 1971, BuffaloBuffalo, New YorkBuffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
, New York) (1992 - ?) - Mitch Marine - drums (born c.1956) (1983–1992)
- Joe Cripps - percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
(born January 5, 1965, Little Rock, ArkansasArkansasArkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
) (1992 - ?) - Paul Stivitts - drums (born 1971) NYC
- Ann Marie Harrop - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(2007–2009) - Arjuna Contreras - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(born August 11, 1974, KenoshaKenosha, WisconsinKenosha is a city and the county seat of Kenosha County in the State of Wisconsin in United States. With a population of 99,218 as of May 2011, Kenosha is the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin. Kenosha is also the fourth-largest city on the western shore of Lake Michigan, following Chicago,...
, WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
) (2008–2010)
External links
- brave.com/bo - official website
- Bohemia Rising: The Story of Fry Street
- Brave Combo collection at the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
's live music archive