Brendan O’Brien

His studio career was launched by the success of the first Black Crowes album, Shake Your Money Maker, which he engineered and played guitar and bass on.

In the early ‘90’s he began working at Geffen Records under Rick Rubin, producing bands like Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam.

In the mid 90’s he became vice president of Epic Records and Epic imprint 57 Records. He has won two Grammys. He also played a Hammond organ for Bob Dylan's appearance on MTV Unplugged. In 1995 he joined Pearl Jam and Neil Young on keyboard for the Mirrorball tour across Europe.

Presently, 14 of his albums produced have reached #1 in America on the Billboard Hot 200 Charts.

A few of the many albums produced:                                  

Core - Stone Temple Pilots (1992)

Vs. - Pearl Jam (1993)

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 - Bob Dylan (1993)

Dogman - King's X (1994)

Purple - Stone Temple Pilots (1994)

Vitalogy - Pearl Jam (1994)

Mirror Ball - Neil Young with Pearl Jam (1995)

Evil Empire - Rage Against the Machine (1996)

No Code - Pearl Jam (1996)

Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop - Stone Temple Pilots (1996)

Yield - Pearl Jam (1998)

No. 4 - Stone Temple Pilots (1999)

Issues - KoЯn (1999)

The Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine (1999)

Conspiracy Of One - The Offspring (2000)

Shangri-La Dee Da - Stone Temple Pilots (2001)

Drops of Jupiter - Train (2001)

The Rising - Bruce Springsteen (2002)

Splinter - The Offspring (2003)

A Crow Left of the Murder - Incubus (2004)

Alive at Red Rocks - Incubus (2004)

Devils and Dust - Bruce Springsteen (2005)

Revelations - Audioslave (2006)

Light Grenades - Incubus (2006)

Libertad - Velvet Revolver (2007)

Magic - Bruce Springsteen (2007)

The Fabled City - Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman (2008)

Black Ice - AC/DC (2008)

Working on a Dream - Bruce Springsteen (2009)

Monuments and Melodies - Incubus (2009)

Backspacer - Pearl Jam (2009)^[2]

TBA - Aerosmith (2010)^[3]

TBA - My Chemical Romance (2010)^[4]

TBA - Seether (2010)^[5]   

For further information: gavin@musketeer.co.za

Born from the womb of the Mother City comes a band that defies parameters and exists on the sharp side of ‘rude, rock, reggae’. Taking their sound across borders for the first time 7^th Son are ready, qualified and up for the challenges of Europe.

2009 Has brought with it the release of the bands second full length album, an 11 track cd entitled "Ontology”, released under Musketeer Records and available nationwide. It is by far the most comprehensive package to date, with the first single: "The Boys Light Up", quickly achieving no1 on radio stations across the country. 

To date, the band has released and sold over 4000 cds nationwide, have recorded a music video which is currently being aired on channel MK89, and remain one of the most sort after South African bands on the internet. It is with this track record and enthusiasm that 7^th Son embark on a 7 date European tour.

Date                         City                    Venue

03 March 2010      Hamburg           Haus 73 

04 March 2010      Oldenburg         Salon Jürgenz

05 March 2010      Cologne             Blue Shell feat. Dear Lament + Just us

06 March 2010      Heiligenhaus     Pabb feat. Dear Lament

10 March 2010      Aulendorf          Irreal feat. Nothington

12 March 2010      Memmingen      Grünes Haus feat. State Of Martial Law

13 March 2010      Kaufbeuren       Pic feat. State of Martial Law

For further information:

gavin@musketeer.co.za

Durban based Rockers Starplayer have been selected to perform on the 3^rd February 2010 at the Standard Bank Pro 20 Series taking place in Durban.

They will deliver live performances during breaks and change over’s.

Starplayer will also have their single “Lights”, taken from their recently released album “The Way the World Turns”, featured on the Pro 20 compilation CD which is to be handed out and these events.

Look out for the band in the “Rock Star Cricket Campaign” and catch them live and loud at the game.

For interviews contact: gavin@musketeer.co.za

Musketeer stable mates Heroes Wear Red, 7th Son and Sugardrive are set to take to the stage at this years Forbidden Fruit Festival in Hermanus.

Both 7th Son and Heroes have been on an extensive coastal tour through the month of December and will be rounding it all off with Forbidden Fruit.

SA legends Sugardrive make an appearence as well and the rare opportunity to see them in action in the flesh is one not to be missed.  

 Forbidden Fruit Goes Coastal

Hermanus High School 22 December 10 bands 10 hours music festival

On the 22th December South Africa’s new festival experience Forbidden Fruit hits the coast, for a one- off mega band slam summer concert featuring a staggering ten bands over 10 hours of rocked out madness. The sleepy seaside town of Hermanus is preparing itself for a serious wakeup call as the largest outdoor music event ever in the Overberg, hits town. 

The intriguing stellar line up covers the complete range of what is happening in the SA Rock scene.  From the enfant terribles of the Afrikaans scene Die Heuwels Fantasies and their angsty big brothers Van Coke Cartel through the indefinable percussive driven funk metal which is Napalma, the slinky summer skunk of 7^Th Son, the -Rock-Pop-Blues-Jive of Hot Water, right through to crowd pleasing upstarts Heroes Wear Red, the line up is a fat juicy slice of what is really mattering, music wise today. 

Add to that local coastal stalwarts Akkedis and Cape Town favourites  Reburn, all leading up to an incredible finale from, the soon to be stadium rock gods, the indie darlings The Dirty Skirts and the band who have been called by many as the greatest SA alternative rock back ever  -Sugardrive, it verges on audio overdose territory. 

For the price of some single band gigs you get yourself a day long fest with some of the most decadent delights that SA rock as to offer, all crammed into an unmissable musical feast. Forbidden? This festival is going to so darn bad, rightfully it should be banned!

Forbidden Fruit - Rocking to the Core

11 hours 10 Bands 110 Bucks One day Only

22^nd December 2009 14:00 Gates 12:00

R110m Presale (www.webtickets.co.za) 125 (door) under 12 R50 under 6 free

Contact info@4biddenfruit.co.za

http://www.4biddenfruit.co.za/

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