Brian Southall
Encyclopedia
Brian Michael Southall is an American
guitarist
, drummer
, keyboardist
, vocalist, producer
, and band manager
. He is known for playing in bands fordirelifesake, Boys Night Out
, and The Receiving End of Sirens
. He is currently the guitarist and keyboard player of post-hardcore
supergroup
Isles & Glaciers
. He also is the tour manager for Motion City Soundtrack
.
band fordirelifesake in 1999. He recorded both full-length albums by the band; Breathing In Is Only Half the Function and Dance.Pretend.Forget.Defend. He left the band in 2004 in order to join another group.
. He recorded their second album, Trainwreck
, and their digital-only EP Fifty Million People Can't Be Wrong
, before leaving the band in late 2006.
band The Receiving End of Sirens
in 2007. He recorded their second and final studio album, The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
, before the band's break up in 2009. However, on December 22, 2009, he announced that they would be playing Skate Fest 2010 as a reunion and final show.
post-hardcore
supergroup
Isles & Glaciers
. He has recorded their debut EP, The Hearts of Lonely People
, and played the band's first and only show at SXSW
. The group has done nothing since this show.
In late 2010, Jonny Craig announced that Isles & Glaciers has broken up, stating that the band was "only a one time thing".
With Boys Night Out
With The Receiving End of Sirens
With Isles & Glaciers
United States
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guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
, 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...
, keyboardist
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocalist, producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, and band manager
Talent manager
A talent manager, also known as an artist manager or band manager, is an individual or company who guides the professional career of artists in the entertainment industry...
. He is known for playing in bands fordirelifesake, Boys Night Out
Boys Night Out (band)
Boys Night Out is a Canadian emo/post-hardcore band from Burlington, Ontario.-Career:The band formed in a 2001 when lead vocalist Connor Lovat-Fraser and current guitarist Jeff Davis started collaborating on . The work eventually led to the four-song You Are My Canvas demo, an EP influenced by...
, and The Receiving End of Sirens
The Receiving End of Sirens
The Receiving End of Sirens is a rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2003.-Overview:The band played on the 2005 Warped Tour and has toured with such acts as Gatsbys American Dream, A Wilhelm Scream, 30 Seconds to Mars, Funeral for a Friend, Saves the Day, Senses Fail, Thrice, and New...
. He is currently the guitarist and keyboard player of post-hardcore
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
supergroup
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
Isles & Glaciers
Isles & Glaciers
Isles & Glaciers was an American rock supergroup formed in 2008. The band consisted of members from Chiodos, Emarosa, Pierce the Veil, Cinematic Sunrise, The Receiving End of Sirens, Underminded, and former members of The Sound of Animals Fighting and Boys Night Out...
. He also is the tour manager for Motion City Soundtrack
Motion City Soundtrack
Motion City Soundtrack is an American rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 1997. The band consists of founding members Justin Pierre and Joshua Cain , along with keyboardist and moog synthesist Jesse Johnson, bassist and backing vocalist Matthew Taylor, and drummer, percussionist and...
.
fordirelifesake (1999–2004)
Southall joined post-hardcorePost-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
band fordirelifesake in 1999. He recorded both full-length albums by the band; Breathing In Is Only Half the Function and Dance.Pretend.Forget.Defend. He left the band in 2004 in order to join another group.
Boys Night Out (2004–2006)
After leaving fordirelifesake, Southall joined fellow post-hardcore band Boys Night OutBoys Night Out (band)
Boys Night Out is a Canadian emo/post-hardcore band from Burlington, Ontario.-Career:The band formed in a 2001 when lead vocalist Connor Lovat-Fraser and current guitarist Jeff Davis started collaborating on . The work eventually led to the four-song You Are My Canvas demo, an EP influenced by...
. He recorded their second album, Trainwreck
Trainwreck (album)
Trainwreck is the second full-length album from the emo/post-hardcore band Boys Night Out. It is a tightly-knit concept album that follows the loss of sanity of one man following the murder of his wife he committed in his sleep.-Track listing:...
, and their digital-only EP Fifty Million People Can't Be Wrong
Fifty Million People Can't Be Wrong
Fifty Million People Can't Be Wrong is a digital-only EP released by Boys Night Out on February 6, 2007. The album contains two new songs and three re-recorded songs off the Broken Bones and Bloody Kisses EP....
, before leaving the band in late 2006.
The Receiving End of Sirens (2007–2010)
Southall left Boys Night Out in order to join experimental rockExperimental rock
Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....
band The Receiving End of Sirens
The Receiving End of Sirens
The Receiving End of Sirens is a rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2003.-Overview:The band played on the 2005 Warped Tour and has toured with such acts as Gatsbys American Dream, A Wilhelm Scream, 30 Seconds to Mars, Funeral for a Friend, Saves the Day, Senses Fail, Thrice, and New...
in 2007. He recorded their second and final studio album, The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi is the second studio album by Boston experimental rock band The Receiving End of Sirens. It is the band's first album with guitarist/keyboardist Brian Southall who joined the band after the departure of guitarist/vocalist Casey Crescenzo. This album was produced by Matt...
, before the band's break up in 2009. However, on December 22, 2009, he announced that they would be playing Skate Fest 2010 as a reunion and final show.
Isles & Glaciers (2008–2010)
Southall was later announced, in the December 2008 edition of Alternative Press, to be the official guitarist and keyboard player of experimentalExperimental rock
Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....
post-hardcore
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
supergroup
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
Isles & Glaciers
Isles & Glaciers
Isles & Glaciers was an American rock supergroup formed in 2008. The band consisted of members from Chiodos, Emarosa, Pierce the Veil, Cinematic Sunrise, The Receiving End of Sirens, Underminded, and former members of The Sound of Animals Fighting and Boys Night Out...
. He has recorded their debut EP, The Hearts of Lonely People
The Hearts of Lonely People
The Hearts of Lonely People is the first and only EP by American experimental rock supergroup Isles & Glaciers. The record was released on March 9, 2010 through Equal Vision Records, sold exclusively through Hot Topic stores and online retailers. The EP will be re-released in vinyl format through...
, and played the band's first and only show at SXSW
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
. The group has done nothing since this show.
In late 2010, Jonny Craig announced that Isles & Glaciers has broken up, stating that the band was "only a one time thing".
Discography
With fordirelifesake- Breathing In Is Only Half the Function (Cloud Over Head/Skipworth, 2002)
- Breathing In Is Only Half the Function [Remastered] (Forge Again, 2002)
- Dance.Pretend.Forget.Defend (Thorp/Skipworth, 2004)
With Boys Night Out
- TrainwreckTrainwreck (album)Trainwreck is the second full-length album from the emo/post-hardcore band Boys Night Out. It is a tightly-knit concept album that follows the loss of sanity of one man following the murder of his wife he committed in his sleep.-Track listing:...
(FerretFerret MusicFerret Music is an independent record label, founded in 1996. The label is owned in part by NORA's vocalist, Carl Severson, and in part by Philadelphian artist manager Paul Conroy, and based in West Windsor Township, New Jersey...
, 2005)
With The Receiving End of Sirens
- The Earth Sings Mi Fa MiThe Earth Sings Mi Fa MiThe Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi is the second studio album by Boston experimental rock band The Receiving End of Sirens. It is the band's first album with guitarist/keyboardist Brian Southall who joined the band after the departure of guitarist/vocalist Casey Crescenzo. This album was produced by Matt...
(Triple CrownTriple Crown RecordsTriple Crown Records is a New York-based record label. It is home to Hit the Lights, The Receiving End of Sirens, The Dear Hunter, Moving Mountains, and As Tall as Lions, among others...
, 2007)
With Isles & Glaciers
- The Hearts of Lonely PeopleThe Hearts of Lonely PeopleThe Hearts of Lonely People is the first and only EP by American experimental rock supergroup Isles & Glaciers. The record was released on March 9, 2010 through Equal Vision Records, sold exclusively through Hot Topic stores and online retailers. The EP will be re-released in vinyl format through...
(Equal VisionEqual Vision RecordsEqual Vision Records is a record label based in Albany, New York, which has a focus in metal or punk-based rock genres. Equal Vision Records was founded in the early 1990s by Ray Cappo ....
, 2010)
Production/additional musicianship
With Craig Owens- With LoveWith Love (Craig Owens album)Με την αγάπη is the debut EP by Craig Owens, ex-vocalist for Chiodos and Cinematic Sunrise. It was released September 15, 2009, via Equal Vision Records....
(Equal Vision, 2009)- SongwriterLyricistA lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...
, producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussion, programmingProgramming (music)Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...
- Songwriter