40 Facts About Brendon Small

Brendon Small was born on February 15,1975 and is an American actor, stand-up comedian, writer, director, producer, and musician who is known for co-creating the animated series Home Movies and Metalocalypse.

Brendon Small writes the music, and is the main performer for the fictional melodic death metal band Dethklok, which began as the subject of Metalocalypse but has taken on a life of its own, with four albums and an occasional live touring band, headed by Small.

Brendon Small started learning guitar at the age of 14 after a kid in his neighborhood began teaching him about guitar and music.

Brendon Small graduated from Palma High School in Salinas, California.

Brendon Small graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1997.

Brendon Small was performing stand up at The Comedy Studio in Harvard Square when he was spotted by Loren Bouchard, who at the time was casting for the central character for a UPN pilot produced by Tom Snyder Productions, which eventually evolved into Home Movies.

Brendon Small was one of the show's writers, while Bouchard served as the director.

Brendon Small composed the show's theme music, as well as writing and performing numerous other songs for the show's soundtrack.

Brendon Small lent his voice to a number of other animated shows.

Brendon Small has said that there are no plans to air the show but that anything can happen in the future.

Brendon Small posed for a pictorial that appeared in the April 2006 issue of Playgirl magazine, as part of a humor-themed issue.

Brendon Small posed naked holding a medieval flail and a strategically placed metal shield that hid his genitals.

Brendon Small served as co-producer, co-writer and composer for the Adult Swim animated series Metalocalypse, which ran for four seasons from 2006 to 2012, along with a 2013 special, Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem.

Brendon Small has stated that while animation is his dream job, he does not really like watching animation that much.

In 2007 and 2009, Brendon Small hosted the annual Guitar Superstar competition; in 2008, he was one of the judges.

In 2010, Brendon Small directed Soundgarden's music video for "Black Rain", and The Damned Things' music video for "We've Got a Situation Here".

At the 2010 Golden Gods Awards, Brendon Small attended and performed with Brian Posehn's band and introduced Fear Factory's set.

At the 2011 Golden Gods Awards, Brendon Small attended and introduced DevilDriver's set.

Brendon Small attended the 2012 Golden Gods Awards and introduced Trivium's set.

Brendon Small was nominated for best guitarist at the 2013 Golden Gods Awards but did not win.

In May 2014, Brendon Small wrote a column for Premier Guitar regarding his guitar techniques.

Brendon Small appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor Podcast on May 15,2015, as part of the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, Oregon.

Brendon Small has frequently performed stand-up comedy, first in Boston, before moving to the Los Angeles area, where he performs now.

Brendon Small was one of the hosts of The Tomorrow Show, a live weekly musical and comedic variety show; in his off-time, Brendon Small still occasionally appears as a guest.

In recent years, Brendon Small's time has become booked from his music and television career, but he still occasionally performs stand-up at venues such as The Steve Allen Theater, The Ice House and The Baked Potato.

Brendon Small wrote all the music for the show Home Movies, and released all the songs he had written for the show on the Home Movies: Bonus CD.

In September 2007, he completed work on the first Dethklok album, The Dethalbum, on which he collaborated with Gene Hoglan to deliver an authentic melodic death metal sound while simultaneously retaining the light-hearted nature with which Brendon Small portrays the heavy metal genre.

Brendon Small performed guest vocals as Nathan Explosion on the Zimmers Hole song "The Vowel Song".

Brendon Small contributed guitar work to the songs "Devils Teeth" from Exodus's album Exhibit B: The Human Condition, as well as "More Metal Than You" from comedian Brian Posehn's album Fart and Wiener Jokes.

Brendon Small performed the solo for the song "Get It Up" on Sylencers' debut album A Lethal Dose of Truth.

In early 2011, Brendon Small introduced the Dethklok "Thunderhorse" Explorer from Gibson, a guitar made to his own specifications, and modeled after Skwisgaar's Gibson Explorer.

In May 2012, Small introduced the prototype for the Gibson Flying V "Snow Falcon", built to his own specifications, and modeled after Toki Wartooth's Gibson Flying V The final version of the guitar was released on December 13,2013.

Brendon Small described the album as a "high-stakes, intergalactic, extreme rock album" and described it as being similar to Dethklok but with more melodic vocals and rock elements.

Brendon Small released a fourth Dethklok album, entitled The Doomstar Requiem, on October 29,2013, which is a soundtrack album to the Metalocalypse special of the same name.

In 2021, Brendon Small released a new instrumental song, "Ghosthorse," to promote his new Epiphone signature model guitar, the GhostHorse Explorer.

Brendon Small funded the album himself, and used all of the profits he received from the album to fund future projects.

In 2013, as there was no demand from Cartoon Network's Williams Street Records for another Dethklok album, Brendon Small released the fourth Dethklok album, The Doomstar Requiem, on BS Records instead.

Brendon Small stated at the time that he wanted to keep Dethklok's music going regardless of whether it would be financially beneficial to him.

Brendon Small had a dog named Ernie that died in January 2014.

Brendon Small has since gotten a new dog named Gilda, a Weimaraner.