Brendan Lynch was born in the coal-mining town of South Pasadena, California the son of a full-time philanthropist and a professional softball pitcher to a family of 16. He found a singing voice in the raucous drum circles of the Shakeys Pizza circuit and was dancing for Space Invader quarters by the age of 8. After garnering top honors at a regional K-Mart karaoke competition Lynch felt the mighty rigors of fame to be burdensome. To battle chronic bouts of social vertigo, Brendan busied himself with triathalons, pentathalons, and hunting down the guy who invented the mail-in rebate. It was at the snackstand atop Mt. Everest (circa 1996) when he chanced upon meeting itinerant sherpa and pharmacist, Doug Nahory. After their third white russian they arrived at asking: Is this all there is?
Doug Nahory originally hails from Redbank, New Jersey and is the son of a physicist and a baseball handicapper. He emigrated to Southern California with bandmates, Pete Maloney (Dishwalla) and Dan Lavery (Tonic) in an '81 Datsun B-210. Although Doug quickly became a go to B3 player in L.A., he was forced to supplement his income as an off-season tour guide in Nepal. Kismet? In Nepali, they say kk-tli.
Upon epiphany, Brendan and Doug rushed back to Atlantis, their new studio in California, and were awaited by simultaneous endorsement deals from Power Bar and Pepto-Bismol. They recruited the help of Pete Maloney, Mark Karan (of Rat Dog), and Kevin Kline to record the album, The Road to Bakersfield . This album help attract the attention of grammy award-winning producer, Glen Ballard (Alanis Morrisette, Dave Mathews, No Doubt) who ushered the duo to Mercury Records to record their second album, Fighting Gravity . The title of this collaborative album could do little to stave off the gravity that eventually swallowed the 55-year old record label. Brendan and Doug did brief touring stints with The Refreshments and Echo & the Bunnymen before heading back to Atlantis to pen their third album, Water .
In 2003, Brendan climbed into his GMC and began to trace the historical journey of D.B. Cooper whose trail led him from Hawaii to Jersey and from Costa Rica to Kansas. Along the way he wrote musical journal entries with Paul Thorn, Billy Maddox, Eric Bazilian, Ted Nugent, Vynx, Desmond Child, Greg Wells, Dalton Grant, Bill Bell, Marti Frederiksen, Dan Lavery and Harry Nilsson (through reluctant séance.) During this time, Doug entered the fray with notable L.A. powerpop quartet Supremium (with Bruce Witkin - Adam Ant, Coz Canler - Romantics) and worked feverishly on his groundbreaking Theory of Irrelevance, which he plans to publish posthumously.
Most recently, Brendan finished a study at U.C. Berkeley on International Trade and currently doing field research on the island of Kauai. Doug continues to garner philanthropy awards for his successful West Hollywood PestoJam outreach. The two are writing their forthcoming record completely through chain email. Please make a contribution.
