Brad, from Seattle, Washington, USA, formed officially in 1992 (though the members had been playing together for a long time before that) and in 1993 released their debut album Shame. Brad included 4 friends from the Seattle area who are musicians, including
Stone Gossard (of
Pearl Jam fame), Regan Hagar (former member of an early grunge band
Malfunkshun), Shawn Smith (also a member of Pigeonhed and Satchel) and
Jeremy Toback also of
ONS. While often considered simply a side-project of Stone's, Brad had a sound all their own, due to the wide variety of influences brought to the…
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