Brett Nelson (born 1969) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist for the indie rock band Built to Spill.
In high school, Nelson played in a band called Farm Days along with Doug Martsch and Andy Capps.[1] Nelson's next band, Butterfly Train, released two albums on Up Records, in 1994 and 1996, before breaking up. (Capps was drummer for the latter album.)
In 1994, Nelson and Capps joined Martsch's Built to Spill. Nelson has appeared on every album except the debut, Ultimate Alternative Wavers.
Nelson sings and plays guitar and keyboards for The Suffocation Keep, which released its debut album John Hughes Was Never So Wrong in 2002.[2] The band completed a second album in 2004,A Few Minor Modifications of the Stars. The album was never released; however, the band did make it available for free download.[3]
Nelson currently lives in Boise, Idaho. He sometimes calls himself "Brett Not Netson" or "breLson" to distinguish himself from Built to Spill bandmate Brett Netson. In November 2009, Nelson re-recorded seven Built To Spill songs "synthesizer/drum machine only" with fellow bandmate Doug Martsch re-singing the songs and released it as an E.P. titled The Electronic Anthology Project in July 2010.[4]
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