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Brakelazy

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About Me


Great rock is visceral. It moves you from the inside outward. The music emotes directly into your gut; your ears are just the most direct pathway there.
Brakelazy makes great rock music. Carlson’s voice captures the fundamental emotion of a song with a genuine passion. The tight rhythm section of Keating/Mackey hits hard and makes bodies move. Swift shows both prowess and restraint on the guitar. But, like all great rock bands, Brakelazy as a whole is more than the sum of its individual parts.
With friendship that has survived high school drama and heartbreak, Brakelazy has a unity and synergy onstage that is undeniable. Originally from North Dakota, the band relocated to the Twin Cities to put a footprint on the midwest music scene.
With songs featured on MTV, ABC, WB, and Nintendo Wii, a new EP recorded at World Record Productions (Lucky Boys Confusion, Quietdrive) & performances with bands like Default, Oleander and Catchpenny, Brakelazy is doing just that.
Introspective but fun. Catchy but thoughtful. Brakelazy is the band that can snap your neck and break your heart all in the same show.

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Member Since: 8/7/2005
Band Website: brakelazy.com
Band Members: Dave Carlson - Vocals/Guitar
Dave Swift - Lead Guitar
Matt Mackey - Bass/Vocals
Jordan Keating - Drums

For booking email: [email protected]

Influences: Foo Fighters, Del Amitri, Green Day, The Beatles, The Rembrandts, Boston, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Semisonic, Gin Blossoms, Spin Doctors, Eve 6, Ben Folds Five, 311, Mae, Oleander, Muse, Metallica, Rush, The Trenchmen, No Doubt, Blink-182, Papa Roach, The Offspring, Fastball, Everclear, Fuel, Collective Soul, Sublime, Hoobastank, Lifehouse, Sugarcult, Audiovent, old Jason Mraz, Something Corporate, Phantom Planet, Jimmy Eat World, Rooney, The All-American Rejects, Nickelback, Audioslave, Keane, Led Zeppelin, Acceptance, Ben Folds Five, Better Than Ezra, Cake, Counting Crows, Weezer, Tonic, Silverchair
Sounds Like: Green Day, Eve 6, Del Amitri, Foo Fighters, Boston
Type of Label: None

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Posted by Brakelazy on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:33:00 PST

Check out this event: Dinkytowner All Ages

Hosted By: Brakelazy When: 17 Feb 2008, 17:30Where: Dinkytowner412 1/2 14th Ave SEMinneapolis, 55414United KingdomDescription:Brakelazy Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Brakelazy on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:10:00 PST

Pontiac Battle of the Bands

We are currently in a new Battle of the bands competition with pontiac and mymusictc.com. currently there are 10 bands. for the next five weeks there will be online voting periods each week, and at th...
Posted by Brakelazy on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:46:00 PST

B-Lazy on Video Game and TV

So i was just told that our song Tragic Comedy will be on the upcoming Dancing with the stars video game. Yea i know not the coolest game, but hey its still cool! There are some more games we will be ...
Posted by Brakelazy on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PST

Wait, One Sec...

Hey, We got lots of shows, huh? Where were you? We just had one... I didn't see you there....Oh well. I'll catch you at the next one, right?? I miss you..... Love, Mackey....
Posted by Brakelazy on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:44:00 PST

FREE SPECIAL EDITION CD + Next Big Hit = good for you, expensive for us :)

...style1 {color: #990000}-->So you want to know how you can get a free special edition Brakelazy The wasteland cd? Well as im sure you already know we are in a contest called The Next Big Hit! If we ...
Posted by Brakelazy on Thu, 03 May 2007 09:33:00 PST

B-Lazy on the Radio!!

Hey everybody... So I heard from a couple people in St. Cloud that they heard Tricks on the radio!How awesome is that...Then yesterday someone called us and said the radio mentioned they were going to...
Posted by Brakelazy on Wed, 02 May 2007 11:44:00 PST

B-Lazy on the MTV!!

SO our music has been sent out to different tv stations. one of which is mtv...A friend of ours just recently informed us that they heard us at the end of somelie detector test show on MTV! HECK YES! ...
Posted by Brakelazy on Wed, 02 May 2007 11:44:00 PST

B-Lazy Updates

Hey Brakelazy fans...Just thought I would give you all an update on how things are goin, what we got comin up, etc. So lets see...Well there is a new MTV show coming out soon and there is a very very ...
Posted by Brakelazy on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:27:00 PST

WE WON!

Well we did it! we won the first round of Next Big Hit thanks to all of you!! The next round will be May 4th... we will let you know when it gets closer! Oh incase you were wondering we won a PR packa...
Posted by Brakelazy on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:06:00 PST