Boogie Brains Band Bio...that's a lot of B's

“With a little Johnny Cash and some thrash in every bar…”  With influences ranging from Wanda Jackson, Janis Martin, and Eddie Cochran to The Ramones, Dead Kennedy’s and New York Hardcore, the BOOGIE BRAINS steamroll over genres, going from “Phil Spector to Whatever”
    Hailing from Valley Stream, New York, home of Steve Buscemi, Ed Burns, Wendy the Snapple Lady and the immortal Slipped Disc Records (RIP) come the BOOGIE BRAINS. The five piece, consisting of Pat (keyboards), Derek (drums), Frank (stand-up bass), B.O.M. (guitar) and Brittany (vocals), formed as a rockabilly cover band but quickly evolved into something more. This current lineup came together in October 2009, when Frank began playing his first instrument, the stand-up bass, Pat switched from drums to keyboards and Derek became the official drummer.
    The BOOGIE BRAINS live show brings together an eclectic mix of sounds, B.O.M.’s Rhoads edition Jackson guitar adds a hardcore/thrash edge and is atypical of the big hollow bodied guitar sound you would expect; Brittany’s vocals range from classic rockabilly to X-Ray Spex style intensity. Frank’s stand-up bass and Pat’s keyboard playing add to the classic sound, while Derek’s pounding punk style drums continue on the theme of playing punk rock ‘n’ roll. A rousing cover of  “Da Doo Ron Ron” and songs such as “Vanity”, and “Get Along” mix classic and modern sounds and get the crowd pogoing and singing along.
    Adding to the BOOGIE BRAINS original sound are the strong relationships between the band members. B.O.M. and Frank are brothers, and have been playing in bands together since they were young; Brittany and B.O.M. have been dating for almost ten years, a relationship explored in songs like “Jackie”. Brittany and B.O.M. also handle the songwriting, Brittany the lyrics and B.O.M. the music. The recordings are all also handled literally in house by B.O.M., taking place either in his bedroom or kitchen.
    With an album to be released this fall and an upcoming January tour, the band has “quit their day jobs” to dedicate themselves to their “old school, futuristic punk rock ‘n’ roll” sound. Rock ‘n’ roll is around sixty years old, let the BOOGIE BRAINS be the band to bring rock ‘n’ roll to its centennial.