Drop it down was first created as a website dedicated to Live Brad Shows. It started b/c a group of friends were seeing Brad on their “Welcome to Discovery Park†tour in 2002 (although the virtual tour began earlier). With this virtual tour those of us that went to the shows would report back to the others about the shows we went to, either on the Brad Board or the Stone Board (under the Brad threads). When the tour ended for the band, it didn’t end for us, the fans!!! We started trading shows, then Carlie, Steve-o, Kenny and myself (please tell me if I am missing someone Ms. C) would just start sending people CD’s and VCD’s/DVD’s for just B & P and sometimes nothing. Just for the love of the band. Steve-o took care of Europe b/c he lived over there and Carlie and I (Pati/Dissident Soul) took care of the US.
From there Carlie and Amy decided to do a website called “Drop It Downâ€. Anyone that knew the site knows that it was an INCREDIBLE site. Ran the same way but we had reviews, pictures, etc. It was up for a few years, but such is life. Things fall by the side of the road when you get married and have kids (Carlie) and you go to school full time and also volunteer full time (Pati-me).
Now we just want it back!!!!!! So we are bringing Drop It Down back to life and onto myspace with the approval of Shawn Smith!!! Photos will always be uploaded. If you see one of your shows up in the pictures PLEASE help us out with dates and venues!! If you see yourself in a photo, please tell us so we can add your name, place and date.
As for trading CD’s there will be a listing of shows that Carlie, Myself (Pati) and Roger (Lukin) has. Trading is fine WE DO NOT SELL LIVE SHOWS!!!!! WE DO THIS FOR THE LOVE OF BRAD!!!!! But we can also do B & P. We don’t know the sources of the shows or if they were recorded off of soundboard. Simply b/c Carlie and I didn’t care. Brad is Brad and they kick ass live!!! We can try to apply the grading system, if you would like. But that is as far as we can go. Sorry…..=( Enjoy your time here, we are happy and excited that this site is available!!! If you have a request send it in and we can see what we can do about it!!! =)
Brad is a music group of 4 (sometimes more) friends/musicians from the Seattle area. This includes Regan Hagar, Shawn Smith, and Mike Berg from Satchel and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam. Solo artist Jeremy Toback also participated in the group but he is now concentrating on his band called Renee and Jeremy reneeandjeremymusic.com/
Brad's sound is influenced by the wide variety of influences brought by its members. The distinctive vocals of Shawn Smith (who was also a member of Pigeonhed) are a major factor in this sound. Just to add to former bands, Regan was also in Malfunkshun. So these musicians have been friends for a very long time.
Brad formed officially in 1992 and in 1993 released the band's debut album Shame. Recorded in roughly 20 days, with many tracks taken from in-studio jam sessions, Shame is an eclectic mix of styles and a raw, vital recording. The track "20th Century" was a minor hit in the UK.
The band's follow-up album, Interiors, released in 1997, was much more polished. It was accompanied by a tour of the United States in that year, as well as a small tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1998. The single from Interiors, "The Day Brings", features Mike McCready from Pearl Jam on lead guitar.
A third album, Welcome to Discovery Park, was released in 2002. It mixes the rawness of Shame and the polished, produced sound of Interiors. In July 2005 the band released an album of unreleased and incomplete Brad and Satchel tracks called Brad vs. Satchel. Brad has released 4 albums so far and a new release entitled Best Friends is expected in 2008/2009.
Albums • Shame (1993) • Interiors (1997) • Welcome to Discovery Park (2002) • Brad vs. Satchel (2005) • Best Friends (to be released in 2008/2009) Singles • "Screen" / "Buttercup" (1993) • "20th Century" (1993) • "The Day Brings" (1997) • "Secret Girl" (1997) • "Revolution" (2003) • "La, La, La" (2003, promo only) • "Shinin'" (2003, promo only)