Over the last decade, Brian Young has earned a well-deserved reputation as one of the world’s premier power-pop drummers. He first gained attention as a member of the legendary Posies, one of the most influential and respected bands to emerge from the early-90’s Seattle scene. After recording and touring with the Posies for the first half of the nineties, he then joined New York’s Fountains Of Wayne in 1996; the group has since recorded three highly acclaimed major label albums, and toured the world numerous times. Typifying the kind of critical praise heaped on the band, Mojo Magazine has described Fountains Of Wayne as “almost better than anything, ever.”

In Brian’s playing, one can often detect classic influences like Cheap Trick’s Bun E. Carlos, Ringo Starr, and Blondie’s Clem Burke, combined with a hard-hitting, aggressive style befitting today’s modern rock. But having worked in two prominent groups with two eclectic songwriters each, Young knows how to give exactly what is required to support any kind of song that is thrown at him.

Indeed, Brian’s diverse abilities allow him stretch far beyond the world of power pop. In his spare time, he has also managed to record and/or perform with artists such as members of Tool, Ivy, Jim Carroll, Burt Bacharach, The Walkabouts, Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs, Japanese pop megastar Junko Yagami , and numerous others.

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