Bridge The Atlantic

Our guest this week is Brendan Brown of Wheatus. Wheatus are perhaps best known for their hit “Teenage Dirtbag” but their story goes far deeper. The band have remained unsigned & unmanaged for the last 8 years, and continue to write, record, and tour 15 years after their inception. The band are in the process of releasing Volumes 1-8 of Pop, Songs & Death, a series of EPs available exclusively from wheatus.com as multi-format “pay-what-you-want” digital downloads. With a band biography that includes lawsuits, lineup changes, interstate art heist investigations and more, Brendan shares his experiences of the music industry and the advice he'd offer to his fellow musicians. Highlights: - Our introduction for Brendan is outdated, but for once it isn’t completely Ross’s fault! - “We are still stubbornly obsessed with making records in an analog format” - Brendan B Brown - Brendan wants to buy an artifact from Ross’s music geek childhood - Brendan tells us about Wheatus’s major label experience and why