Brian Teasley is an American musician, producer, writer, and entrepreneur from

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. He is a founding member of

Man or Astro-man? Man or Astro-man? is an American surf rock group that formed in Auburn, Alabama in the early 1990s and came to prominence over the following decade. Primarily instrumental, Man or Astro-man? blended the surf rock style of the early 1960s like ...

(Birdstuff), and

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(Z4-OBX).

Music career

Performing

Teasley is a founding member of

(Birdstuff), and

(Z4-OBX). Brian has also recorded and performed with

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, Tyro, Watts, The Mono Men,

Har Mar Superstar Sean Tillmann (born February 6, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He has performed and released studio albums as Sean Na Na and as a member of hardcore band Calvin Krime, but is best known for his work under the name Har Mar Super ...

, The Vue and

The Polyphonic Spree The Polyphonic Spree is an American choral rock band from Dallas, Texas that was formed in 2000 by singer/songwriter Tim DeLaughter. The band's pop and rock songs are augmented by a large vocal choir, and instruments such as flute, trumpet, f ...

. As of 2010, Teasley is touring with the reformed Man or Astro-Man? Teasley has played over 3,000 shows in 48 countries and 50 states with bands like The Vue, The Polyphonic Spree, and St. Vincent. Teasley has opened on tour for bands such as

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, and

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. He has appeared on over 100 records and performed on the

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, Austin City Limits,

Jon Stewart Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host. He hosted '' The Daily Show'', a satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 1999 to 2015 and now hosts '' ...

Alternative Nation ''Alternative Nation'' was a television show in the U.S. dedicated to alternative music. It aired on MTV from 1992 to 1997, mostly on weeknights. It was hosted by Kennedy. History ''Alternative Nation'' began airing in 1992. It was a some ...

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and

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shows.

Comedy and Television

In the world of comedy and television, Brian has written and performed music for the Cartoon Network including

Space Ghost Coast to Coast ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' is an American adult animated comedy talk show created by Mike Lazzo for Cartoon Network and hosted by a re-imagined version of the 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost. In contrast to the origi ...

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, and other TV shows. He has toured live with the

Mr. Show ''Mr. Show with Bob and David'', also known as ''Mr. Show'', is an American sketch comedy series starring and hosted by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. It aired on HBO from November 3, 1995, to December 28, 1998. Cross and Odenkirk introduced mo ...

Tour and The Comedians of Comedy.

Producing

In 2007, he appeared as drummer and producer on St. Vincent's debut album, Marry Me.

Dallas airport incident

He once was on the F.B.I.s most wanted list for shutting down the Dallas airport with a vintage microphone (because it was thought to be a bomb).

Entrepreneurship

Teasley was a promoter and owner at BottleTree in Birmingham, AL, up until 2014. Brian now owns and operates a club called Saturn, along with a coffee shop and bar called the Satellite in Birmingham, AL. He was the music director at the Auburn University radio station WEGL in 1993–1995. Teasley has owned a record store in

Auburn, Alabama Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama, with a 2020 population of 76,143. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a population o ...

, Imaginary Records and has co-owned the Atlanta-based analog recording studio, Zero Return.

Writing

Teasley was the head writer for the infamous 90s music / comedy fanzine, Chunklet Magazine, and a contributor to

NME ''New Musical Express'' (''NME'') is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand. Founded as a newspaper in 1952, with the publication being referred to as a 'rock inkie', the NME would become a magazine that ended up as a f ...

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, Stomp and Stammer,

Creative Loafing Creative Loafing is an Atlanta-based publisher of a monthly arts and culture newspaper/magazine. The company publishes a 60,000 circulation monthly publication which is distributed to in-town locations and neighborhoods on the first Thursday of ...

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, Maximum Rock ’n’ Roll as well as other publications. Teasley has co-written two books: ''The Overrated Book'' and ''The Rock Bible'' and has two new books in the works.

References

External links

Humans
on Myspace
Interview with Brian Teasley
Part of a documentary series that explores the effects of the extreme post 9-11 security measures. Living people American percussionists Auburn High School (Alabama) alumni Musicians from Alabama Man or Astro-man? members The Polyphonic Spree members Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-musician-stub