Brad Hargreaves
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Bradley William Hargreaves (born July 30, 1971) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

. He is currently the drummer for the alternative bands Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind is an American alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco. The songwriting duo of Kevin Cadogan and Stephan Jenkins signed the band's first major label recording contract with Elektra records in 1996 resulting in two multi platinum albums. The band's lineup...

 and Year Long Disaster
Year Long Disaster
Year Long Disaster is a Stoner rock band from Los Angeles, California.-History:The band had its beginnings in 2003 when guitarist and singer Daniel Davies met bassist Rich Mullins of Karma to Burn in a Hollywood grocery store; at the time Mullins was having drug problems and was homeless...

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Career

In the early 90s, Hargreaves played in the Wyatt Kildow Quartet. This experimental jazz ensemble played weekly at the Tropical Haight, a Haight-Ashbury nightclub in San Francisco. The club eventually evolved into the punk watering hole, Molotoff's, in the modern lower-Haight district. He went on to record records with jazz artists Vijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer is a jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, producer, electronic musician, and writer based in New York City.-Biography:Born in 1971 and raised in Rochester, New York, Vijay Iyer is the son of Indian Tamil immigrants to the US. He received 15 years of Western classical training on violin...

 and Liberty Ellman
Liberty Ellman
Liberty Ellman is a jazz guitarist born in London and raised in the United States.In the 1990s, Ellman was associated with the M-Base musical scene active in San Francisco, California, where he played with Eric Crystal...

 before joining Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind is an American alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco. The songwriting duo of Kevin Cadogan and Stephan Jenkins signed the band's first major label recording contract with Elektra records in 1996 resulting in two multi platinum albums. The band's lineup...

 which went on to sell 8 million records. He joined the newly formed Year Long Disaster
Year Long Disaster
Year Long Disaster is a Stoner rock band from Los Angeles, California.-History:The band had its beginnings in 2003 when guitarist and singer Daniel Davies met bassist Rich Mullins of Karma to Burn in a Hollywood grocery store; at the time Mullins was having drug problems and was homeless...

 in 2004 who released their debut self titled record in 2007 under the label Volcom Entertainment
Volcom Entertainment
Volcom Entertainment, officially founded in 1995, in Newport Beach, California, and currently based in Costa Mesa, CA is the brainchild of Volcom founder Richard Woolcott and theLINE's singer/guitarist Ryan Immegart. Ryan being Volcom's first sponsored snowboarder and having a love for music...

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As well as playing in Third Eye Blind and year Long Disaster, Hargreaves also performs in small clubs as a Drummer/DJ under the name 'JustBrad' where he plays drums to popular songs in a night club setting.

In recent tours Hargreaves has been showcasing his musical talents; Sometimes switching between the drum kit, piano, and also guitar.
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