Brian Chase
{{short description|American musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Brian Chase
| image = BrianDSC00432.jpg
| caption = Chase in 2016
| landscape =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|2|12|mf=y}}
| origin = Long Island, New York, U.S.
| instrument = Drums
| genre = Alternative rock, fusion, drone
| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 1990s–present
| associated_acts = Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Seconds, The Sway Machinery, Smith Westerns
| website = {{URL|yeahyeahyeahs.com}}
}}
Brian William Chase (born February 12, 1978) is an American drummer and drone musician who plays in the New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. He was ranked at No. 50 in Gigwise's list of The Greatest Drummers of All Time.{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/photos/43499/1/The-Greatest-Drummers-Of-All-Time |title=The Greatest Drummers Of All Time! |publisher=Gigwise |access-date=October 9, 2011}}
Career
Chase met Karen O at Ohio's Oberlin College, and he joined the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in 2000 after their original drummer left the trio.{{cite web|last=Phares |first=Heather |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/yeah-yeah-yeahs-p522831/biography |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs |publisher=AllMusic |date=May 17, 2002 |access-date=October 9, 2011}}
Starting at college, Chase played for the rock band The Seconds.{{cite news |first=Shahryar |last=Motia |title=No No No Wave |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-03-14/music/no-no-no-wave/ |work=Music |publisher=Village Voice |date=March 14, 2006 |access-date=February 8, 2010 |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019201426/http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-03-14/music/no-no-no-wave/ |url-status=dead }} Chase has been described by the New York Times as "a consummate music nerd, a conservatory-trained jazz drummer who still plays in the city's experimental scene."{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/magazine/get-yer-yeah-yeah-yeahs-out.html|title=Get Yer Yeah Yeah Yeahs Out|last=Goodman|first=Lizzy|work=The New York Times |date=March 29, 2013 |access-date=July 28, 2018|language=en}} He plays drums with traditional grip.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87WB1azEaco |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/87WB1azEaco |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Brian Chase and Seth Misterka |date=June 21, 2007 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=October 9, 2011}}{{cbignore}}
Outside of his rock work with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Chase has performed in a number of experimental duos with other musicians, such as Stefan Tcherepnin and Seth Misterka, with whom he released a CD Duo on the Australian Heathen Skulls label in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.heathenskulls.com/releases.htm#HS007 |title=Heathen Skulls |publisher=Heathen Skulls |access-date=October 9, 2011}} Other musicians he has played with include Jessica Pavone, Mary Halvorson, Yonatan Gat, Moppa Elliott, and groups Oakley Hall, Blarvuster, and klezmer-fusionists The Sway Machinery.{{cite web|url=http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2007/10/10/Cant-Get-Enough-of-the-Yeah-Yeah-Yeahs|title=Can't Get Enough of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (interview)|last=Pasternack|first=Alex|date=October 10, 2007|work=thebeijinger.com blog|access-date=May 8, 2009}}
In May 2010 the Chase/Misterka Duo performed at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival{{cite web|url=http://ausjazz.net/2010/05/04/melbourne-international-jazz-festival-2010-%E2%80%94-day-2-2/|title=MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2010 — DAY 2|publisher=AusJazz Blog|date=May 4, 2010}} and then a month-long Australian tour. A second record The Shape of Sound was released to coincide.{{cite web|url=http://www.heathenskulls.com/releases.htm#HS019 |title=Heathen Skulls |publisher=Heathen Skulls |access-date=October 9, 2011}}
In 2013, Chase released the album Drums & Drones. A follow-up, Drums & Drones II, was released in 2018 by Canadian label ICM.{{Cite web|url=https://incontextmusic.bandcamp.com/album/drums-drones-ii|title=Drums & Drones II, by Brian Chase|website=ICM|access-date=July 28, 2018}} Chase's drone work has been inspired by his time working at La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's Dream House, NYC.{{Cite news|url=http://ravelinmagazine.com/posts/brian-chase-drums-drones-decade/|title=Brian Chase On "Drums and Drones: Decade" – Ravelin Magazine|date=May 29, 2018|work=Ravelin Magazine|access-date=July 28, 2018|language=en-US}}
Chase founded and operates Chaikin Records, a label named after his family's original name.{{Cite web |title=Chaikin Records – About |url=https://www.chaikinrecords.com/about |access-date=March 19, 2022 |website=Chaikin Records}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.yeahyeahyeahs.com/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050105133216/http://www.zildjian.com/en-US/artists/artistDetail.ad2?artistID=1071 Zildjian Artists official profile]
- http://www.chasebrian.com/
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Category:American rock drummers
Category:Oberlin College alumni
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