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Brant Bjork

Brant Bjork (born March 19, 1973) hails from Palm Desert, CA, where he began gigging at the age of 13. By high school Brant had begun [a=Kyuss] with locals [a=Josh Homme], [a=Chris Cockrell] (later [a=Nick Oliveri]) and [a=John Garcia (2)]. In 1993, Brant left Kyuss and moved to Humboldt to flip pizzas and play soccer. Too much rain moved him back to his natural habitat where he started an independent record label, [l=El Camino Records (3)] which then evolved in [l=Duna] Records (now defunct) and then in [l=Low Desert Punk] Records; played drums in hardcore punk band [a=De-Con]; and played guitar with desert legend [a=Mario Lalli] in [a=Fatso Jetson]. In 1996, Bjork hooked up again with Homme, to begin [a=The Desert Sessions] saga and work on what became [a=Queens Of The Stone Age]. However, Brant decided to take the road less traveled and rock with his surf buddies [a=Fu Manchu], an adventure which took him into the studio for five records and around the world in four years. After few solo albums in the 00's he joined a resurrected version of Kyuss under the new monicker Kyuss Lives! (without Josh Homme). Kyuss Lives! then changed name in [a=Vista Chino] and released an album before going to hiatus. In 2014 Brant formed a new band [a=Brant Bjork And The Low Desert Punk Band]. In 2016 he released a new album, Tao Of The Devil under his name only. Since 2018 he has released several solo albums on Italian label [l=Heavy Psych Sounds] which also re-released most of his solo output that previously came out on [l=Duna] Records and [l=Low Desert Punk] Records. Since 2020 he formed band [a=Stöner (13)] with long time friend Nick Oliveri and drummer [a=Ryan Güt] which so far have put out a new record every year. A new album by [a=Stöner (13)], Boogie to Baja, is due on February 2023.