Brian Klemm
Brian Wayne Klemm (born May 21, 1982) is the guitarist for the Orange County-based third-wave ska band Suburban Legends. He joined Suburban Legends in 1999, shortly before the release of Origin Edition, although he did not play guitar on the album. Klemm also briefly joined Big D and the Kids Table in 2009 as their touring guitarist until 2010. Klemm also occasionally performs with Reel Big Fish.
He also lends his voice to both versions of the song "Desperate", "This Cherry", "Powerful Game", "So Fine", and a song so far only played live, "Your Girlfriend's Pretty." He also sings live covers of Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and Elvis Presley's "Rubberneckin'".
Trivia
- His guitar once belonged to Aaron Barrett, the lead singer and guitarist of fellow ska band Reel Big Fish.
- On Reel Big Fish's Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free, Brian performed one half of the guitar solo fight on "I'm Her Man" and provided additional cursing on "Another F.U. Song." He also appears on the cover of Reel Big Fish's 2009 album, Fame, Fortune and Fornication in the same hair metal costume he wore for the cover of Suburban Legends' Let's Be Friends.
- He was once an interviewee - also known as a "street saliva" - on the game show Street Smarts
- He, along with Vince Walker, make an appearance in one of the many videos for Big D and the Kids Table's cover of The Specials' song, "Little Bitch".[1]
- He is known to have a bluesy style in his solo's, similar to former Dio and current Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell. his noticeable solos are included in songs like Hey DJ, High Fives and many more.
- He, along with Vincent Walker, make an appearance on Uh Oh! Explosion's second album For The Win!, Track 4 titled "Five Finger Discount", & Track 11 titled "Be Like The Anti-Christ - (Klemm-O-Tronic Guitar Solo Only).
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