1. Bryan Beller was born on May 6,1971 and is an American bass guitarist known for his work with Joe Satriani, The Aristocrats, Dethklok, Mike Keneally, Steve Vai, James LaBrie of Dream Theater and Dweezil Zappa, as well as his four solo album releases, View, Thanks In Advance, Wednesday Night Live, and the progressive double concept album Scenes From The Flood.
Bryan Beller first joined Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa's band Z in 1993.
From 1997 to 2003, Bryan Beller worked at the bass amplification company SWR Sound Corporation, holding positions including Artist Relations Manager, Product Development Manager, and eventually Vice President.
Bryan Beller was sold to Fender Musical Instruments Corporation in 2003, at which point Beller became the Marketing Manager for SWR inside Fender.
Bryan Beller left the company in 2005 to pursue a career as a musician on a full-time basis.
From 1999 to 2012, Bryan Beller wrote for Bass Player Magazine in various formats, including columns, CD reviews, feature articles, and full transcriptions.
Bryan Beller's cover stories included pieces on Chris Wolstenholme of Muse, Justin Chancellor of Tool, jazz bassist Christian McBride, and Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse.
Bryan Beller was on the magazine's masthead as a Contributing Editor from 2007 to 2012.
Bryan Beller worked with Steve Vai and the Metropol Orchestra on two live performances of Vai's work, some pre-released and some debut orchestral material.
From 2007 to 2012, Bryan Beller toured with the "band" Dethklok, a tongue-in-cheek extreme metal band born of the Cartoon Network "Adult Swim" show Metalocalypse; Bryan Beller tracked on the last two Dethklok releases and anchored the band for three nationwide tours, alongside Mastodon and Machine Head, among others.
In January 2011, Bryan Beller played a gig at The Anaheim Bass Bash with Marco Minnemann on drums and Guthrie Govan on guitar.
In 2013, Joe Satriani invited Bryan Beller to join his touring band for his Unstoppable Momentum World Tour from 2013 to 2014.
In early 2015 Bryan Beller tracked on Satriani's album Shockwave Supernova, and again joined the band for that world tour from 2015 to 2016.
Bryan Beller was featured in Satriani's documentary film of that tour, Beyond The Supernova.
Bryan Beller formed an independent record label in 2003 and has released four solo albums on that label.
Bryan Beller released his debut solo album View in late 2003, featuring Mike Keneally, Jeff Babko, Toss Panos, Griff Peters, and Rick Musallam.
In 2011, Bryan Beller partnered with Mike Keneally to tour in support of his first two studio albums.
From 2013 to 2016, Bryan Beller gathered material for his third studio solo album, the progressive double concept album Scenes From The Flood.
Bryan Beller spent most of 2017 creating the demos for the album, and then tracked it throughout 2018 with 26 different musicians, including guitarists Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Guthrie Govan, Mike Keneally, Janet Feder, Mike Dawes, and Nili Brosh; drummers Gene Hoglan, Ray Hearne of Haken, and Joe Travers; and many others.
Once he landed at Berklee College Of Music, Bryan Beller focused solely on bass, and eventually joined a blues-rock band called 100 Proof, which played originals mixed with blues and Allman Brothers covers in Boston's dirtiest bars.