Brian Cook (musician)

Brian Cook
Background information
Origin	Tacoma, Washington, USA
Genres	Mathcore, post-hardcore, post-rock, post-metal
Instruments	Bass guitar, guitar, microphone, finger cymbals
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Hydra Head, Suicide Squeeze, Jade Tree, Sargent House
Associated acts	Botch, Mouth of the Architect, Roy, Russian Circles, These Arms Are Snakes

Brian Cook is an American bass guitarist currently in the band Russian Circles. He was also previously a full-time member of Botch, These Arms Are Snakes and Roy, and also a session musician for Mouth of the Architect.^[1] Cook is also a freelance journalist,^[2][3] and is openly gay.^[4]

Discography

With Botch

• The Unifying Themes of Sex, Death and Religion (compilation) (1997)
• American Nervoso (1998)
• We Are the Romans (1999)
• An Anthology of Dead Ends (EP) (2002)
• 061502 (live album) (2006)

With Mouth of the Architect^[1]

• The Ties That Blind (2006)

With Roy^[5]

• Tacomatose (EP) (2003)
• Big City Sin and Small Town Redemption (2004)
• Killed John Train (2006)

With Russian Circles^[6]

• Station (2008)
• Geneva (2009)
• Empros (2011)
• Memorial (2013)

With These Arms Are Snakes^[7]

• This Is Meant to Hurt You (EP) (2003)
• Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home (2004)
• Easter (2006)
• Tail Swallower and Dove (2008)

References