Brandon Wiard

Some people collect newspapers.
Some people wash their hands thirty times a day.
Some people think Star Trek is real.

Brandon Wiard writes songs.

What started out as singing Hall & Oates' "Maneater" in a stroller at JC Penney's would eventually transform into Wiard's own form of lush midwest-pop...

The first band, at the tender age of 15, was a mistake but the damage was done and his path was set. Brandon quickly formed a new group and dubbed the project "Starmotel." A mix of indie-rock and classic pop sensibility, the band meandered over the next three years.

Wiard started his solo career in the fall of 2001. To Someone I Know, a collection of his own songs and some co-written with his old bandmate, was independently released in November 2001. In lieu of having a band, he performed his arsenal of songs with just an acoustic guitar and a golden throat. To date he has opened for such national acts as David Dondero, Mike Viola, Clem Snide, The Divine Comedy, Ours, and many others. He has played such venues as The Knitting Factory in Hollywood, CA and a Grammy's sponsored gig at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ. He has just been asked to play the 2004 Midpoint Music Festival in Cincinnati, OH, M.E.A.N.Y. FEST 2004 in New York, NY, and the Dewey Beach Music Festival in Dewey Beach, DE.

Recently, he has performed live on the nationally syndicated "Mitch Albom Show" (ABC Radio) and been featured on "Rodney on the ROQ" (KROQ; Los Angeles, CA).

His new album, Painting A Burning Building features members of Ozma, The Singles, The Verve Pipe, Saturday Looks Good To Me, and Blues Traveler, among others.

As witty as he is sincere, Wiard's songs will break your heart and then offer to drive you home.

Brandon Wiard: lead/backing vocals, rhythm guitar, sleigh bells, Rhodes, piano

Arun Bali: guitar solo

Patrick Edwards: drums

Rodrigo Palma: bass