Col Brown
Col Brown is a singer/songwriter/guitar player from Sydney, Australia. His music is commercial rock!
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Col Brown was born in Liverpool, England and grew up in Sydney, Australia. Col began playing guitar at age 20 after being highly influenced by such artists as Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Gilmour and especially Eric Clapton. Col met Eric after a concert in Sydney in 1990 and was so inspired that he began teaching himself guitar.
Col is self-taught on guitar and vocals and began playing lead guitar in bands in 1993 in Adelaide, South Australia. The most notable band was The Scam, which gained a following in Adelaide, receiving radio promotion on the Triple M network and opening for Appetite For Destruction (Guns N Roses Tribute Show) at The Venue in Adelaide.
After pursuing Mining Engineering and graduating Colin turned his attention to the Music.
By now, heavily influenced by Black Sabbath and by David Bowie, Colin left The Scam to pursue his own music. Over the last decade he has been writing and honing new material. He has evolved a personal style which combines blues based guitar with a heavy metal edge and left of centre lyrics which have a crystalline minimalism. Always wanting to be the best, Colin is constantly enhancing his writing abilities and improving his musical and vocal talents.
With 24 songs in his repertoire, Col has launched selected work on Myspace with 5,000 plus plays in four months. His You Are The Killer demo has over 2,000 plays.
Musical Style Summary
Heavy guitar riffs, sizzling lead guitar, cool vocals, and left of centre lyrics complete the package. Think David Bowie meets Black Sabbath. Col Brown is a guitar player to listen to! And the songs aint bad either, Check him out people!
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Not gigging at present, although I have had invitations to play live.
Your musical influences
David Bowie, Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, David Gilmour, to name a few!
What equipment do you use?
Custom shop Les Paul. Fulltone, Voodoo Lab, and Analog Man pedals direct
Anything else?
Check out my demos!
