1. Brian Lane Bell was born on December 9,1968 and is an American musician, singer, and songwriter.
19 Facts About Brian Bell
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Brian Bell is best known as the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, and occasional lead vocalist of the rock band Weezer, with whom he has recorded fifteen studio albums.
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Brian Bell subsequently joined Weezer as its rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist, at the request of band member Matt Sharp.
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Brian Bell was born in Iowa City, Iowa to parents Tom Brian Bell, a geography professor at University of Tennessee, and Linda Menasco, an elementary school assistant principal, and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Brian Bell first took an interest in music at age four, when his parents took him to an Elvis Presley concert at the Stokely Athletic Centre in Knoxville.
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Brian Bell worked with Jason Bales and Blair and Todd Mitchell.
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In 1991, he became a member of a band named Carnival Art, which released 3 official albums and an EP, with Brian Bell playing bass guitar.
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Besides doing back-up vocals and playing rhythm guitar, during Weezer's live performances, Brian Bell takes on many of the multi-instrumental duties, including keyboards or harmonica.
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Brian Bell continued singing "El Scorcho" and sang "Suzanne" as well on the band's Troublemaker Tour in 2008.
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Yet in 2006, Brian Bell stated that he was "not presently pursuing" projects with The Space Twins.
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In 2007 Brian Bell recorded for a side project called The Relationship.
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Rivers Cuomo and Brian Bell co-wrote a song together for the project titled "Hand to Hold," but Brian Bell does not think it will be on their debut album.
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In March 2017, Brian Bell announced that the band's newest album, Clara Obscura, would be released on April 18.
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In November 2006, Lyon Guitars introduced a limited edition guitar series called "Limited Edition 2006," each of which had been hand-signed by Brian Bell, and were in the same "strat" body style that he prefers to play.
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Brian Bell has expressed an interest in the works of William Shakespeare.
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Brian Bell has appeared in one-off performances on guitar with other bands.
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Brian Bell sat in on guitars and back up vocals for Ringside's winter '06 tour in Russia.
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Brian Bell's main amplifier is a Matchless Independence, a three channel, hand-wired tube amplifier, providing the thick distortion that Weezer is known for.
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In 2006, Brian Bell made his on-screen debut, playing Lou Reed in the Edie Sedgwick biographical film, Factory Girl.