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Brian Ray

One of God's own prototypes...

About Me

Brian Ray is a 30-year old guitarist/songwriter who resides near Portland, Oregon. He's worked in many genres on many projects in the past. He is currently working on his first solo EP.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/2/2004
Band Members: Just me, myself, and I for right now.
Influences: Black Sabbath, Tool, Metallica, Corrosion of Conformity, Soundgarden, Led Zeppelin, Kyuss, Pantera.
Sounds Like: Tool, Soundgarden, Kyuss, C.O.C., Down.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The Wisdom of Admiral Akbar

I took this pic at Best Buy in Cedar Hills and its full of awesome. That's all I have to say....
Posted by Brian Ray on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:51:00 PST

Bye bye HD-DVD...hello Playstation 3 and Blu-Ray!

So to update from my last blog, I took the HD-DVD player back to Best Buy for a refund. Upon examining my receipt, I saw where if an item was purchased between the dates of 11/01/07 and 12/26/07, the ...
Posted by Brian Ray on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:03:00 PST

Fuck the HD format war and the horse it rode in on

Right around Thanksgiving I decided to finally take the plunge and purchase a modest, yet crystal clear flat panel HDTV for my home. I initially thought about just buying a upconverting 1080p DVD play...
Posted by Brian Ray on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:08:00 PST

Frustration and sleep deprivation

Here I am sitting at my job at OHSU smack dab in the middle of a double shift and I ask myself, how the fuck did I get here? I just got done with working a 9 day stretch, four of which were graveyards...
Posted by Brian Ray on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:22:00 PST

Lost History and new beginnings

I'm really excited because last night I played my first show with Lost History, who asked me to join full time after filling in at the last minute for a show in the Fall. They're a really talented and...
Posted by Brian Ray on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:44:00 PST

Sin City = awesome!

I love movies, anyone who knows me knows this. And I loved Sin City. If you haven't seen it, go fucking see this movie. Its AMAZING! I'm going to see it about 13 times before it leaves the theaters....
Posted by Brian Ray on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

R.I.P. Dime...We miss you and love you, man

Its been 3 days since we lost a legend and an all-around great guy, Dimebag Darrell Abbott. I still haven't come to grips with the fact that he's gone and I'll never be able to see him stand on stage ...
Posted by Brian Ray on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

A Perfect Circle? More like A Mediocre Cover Band

I love Tool's music, but I loathe most of their fans. I also like A Perfect Circle's first two CDs. Granted they are kind of "Tool-lite", music for people that Tool is too dark and pretentio...
Posted by Brian Ray on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

When did music lose its soul?

Man, I remember when it used to be a tough decision between what CD to buy when I'd make a trip to Tower Records. There was simply too much music to choose from. I know I'm in danger of dating myself ...
Posted by Brian Ray on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST