14 Facts About Chris Brokaw

Chris Brokaw was born on August 1,1964 and is an American musician, best known for his work with the bands Come and Codeine.

Chris Brokaw then joined Codeine and played drums on their first two studio albums, as well as helping to kick-start Liz Phair's career.

Chris Brokaw and Zedek took a break from Come at the end of the decade, and the band never regrouped in the studio.

Chris Brokaw recorded his contribution to the series, Wandering As Water, in a single day, playing all instruments on the record.

Additionally, Brokaw has played in the bands Pullman, Rivulets, Consonant, and The New Year and played as accompanist to such artists as Thurston Moore, Evan Dando, Steve Wynn, Fan Modine, Christina Rosenvinge, Alan Licht, and Rhys Chatham.

Chris Brokaw participated as drummer 10 in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance which took place on July 7,2007 at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York.

Later, in 2011, Chris Brokaw would perform again under the same moniker with Elisha Wiesner and Sal Esposito, both formerly of Kahoots, on bass and drums respectively.

Chris Brokaw formed his own record label, CAPITAN RECORDS, in 2008, through which he has released several solo albums of predominantly instrumental music, in addition to his collaboration with Wrekmeister Harmonies, Live in NYC.

Chris Brokaw contributed a soundtrack to Holly Anderson's collection of flash fiction and mesostic poetry The Night She Slept With a Bear.

Chris Brokaw has contributed a song to the original soundtrack to the German sci-fi thriller film Centerland, directed by Enko Landmanns.

Also in 2017, Chris Brokaw wrote the score to Nick Frangione's film Buck Run, starring James Le Gros, which had its world premiere at the 2019 Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Chris Brokaw has been a member of several bands over the years, most importantly Come and Codeine, though the list includes The New Year, Empty House Cooperative, Consonant, Dirtmusic, Hidden Tooth, Martha's Vineyard Ferries, Pullman, and GG Allin's solo band.

Chris Brokaw has begun a musical collaboration with Mark Morgan on guitar, Greg Kelley on trumpet, and Chris Brokaw himself on drums and bass.

Chris Brokaw has been asked to play drums on Dan Burton and Chris Carothers' new record.