Brett Hestla

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Brett Hestla, born in Alabama in 1973, has played music since the age of three when he started playing the piano. In the late 1990s, his band Virgos Merlot was signed to Atlantic Records. After their first release, Signs of a Vacant Soul, he became the touring bassist for Creed after the departure of Brian Marshall. After almost 3 years of touring and time off the road he became a well-respected producer in Orlando, Florida. He produced such bands as Faktion and numerous other signed and some unsigned bands such as Empty Crush out of Oklahoma City, Ok and Venture from Dallas, TX.

In 1995, he became the lead vocalist of Dark New Day. Dark New Day released their first full length, Twelve Year Silence, in 2005. Their single "Brother" reached #7 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock charts.