American drummer and songwriter
Brian MacLeod (born April 27, 1962) is an American recording drummer and songwriter. He has been a member of Group 87,
Wire Train ,
[1]
Toy Matinee , and the "Tuesday Music Club" collective along with
Sheryl Crow 's acclaimed album
Tuesday Night Music Club . MacLeod lives in Southern California.
Biography
MacLeod grew up in
Sunnyvale, California and attended
Fremont High School from 1972 to 1976.
[2]
He is a member of The Scrantones, the group credited for performing the theme to the American version of the TV show
The Office (set in
Scranton, Pennsylvania ).
[3]
He has performed with many other artists, including
Madonna ,
Leonard Cohen ,
Tears For Fears ,
Seal ,
Chris Isaak ,
Melissa Etheridge ,
Pink ,
Christina Aguilera ,
Kevin Gilbert ,
Jewel ,
Stevie Nicks ,
Ziggy Marley ,
Tina Turner ,
Roger Waters ,
Rosanne Cash ,
Sara Bareilles , Brandi Carlile,
[4]
The The ,
John Hiatt , &
Grace Slick .
[2]
MacLeod's songwriting credits include: "
Everyday Is a Winding Road ", "
Strong Enough ", "
A Change Would Do You Good ", and "
Shine Over Babylon " with Sheryl Crow; "
Waiting for Love " with Pink; "Under a Cloud" with The Bangles & "
Supermodel " from the film
Clueless ; "Queen of Compromise" with
Tears for Fears .[
citation needed ]
Discography
1981
The Sleepers , Painless Nights
1984 Various, Let Them Eat Jellybeans! (Wounds - An Object)
1984
Grace Slick ,
Software
1984 Group 87, A Career in Dada Processing
1984
Jefferson Starship ,
Nuclear Furniture
1984 Wolf & Wolf, Wolf & Wolf
1985
Wire Train ,
Between Two Words
1985
Patrick O'Hearn , Ancient Dreams
1987
Wire Train , Ten Women
1987 Schönherz and Scott, One Night in Vienna
1988
Philip Aaberg , Out of the Frame
1990
The Dream Academy ,
A Different Kind of Weather
1990
Wire Train ,
Wire Train
1990
Toy Matinee ,
Toy Matinee
1990
Divinyls ,
Divinyls
1991 Schönherz and Scott, Under a Big Sky
1991
Patty Larkin , Tango
1991
Dramarama , Vinyl
1991
John Gorka ,
Jack's Crows
1992
David Baerwald ,
Triage
1992
Wire Train ,
No Soul No Strain
1992
Roger Waters ,
Amused to Death
1993 Various, Posse Soundtrack (David & David - Free At Last)
1993
John Hiatt ,
Perfectly Good Guitar
1993
Sheryl Crow ,
Tuesday Night Music Club
1993
Paul Westerberg , Down Love
1994
Katey Sagal ,
Well...
1994 Various, If I Were a Carpenter (Sheryl Crow - Solitaire)
1994
3rd Matinee , Meanwhile
1994
The Sleepers , Holding Back (7" Single)
1994
Tim Pierce , Guitarland
1994
The The ,
Hanky Panky
1995
Andy Prieboy ,
Sins of Our Fathers
1995
Chynna Phillips ,
Naked and Sacred
1995
Kevin Gilbert ,
Thud
1995
Tears for Fears ,
Raoul and the Kings of Spain
1995
Michael W. Smith ,
I'll Lead You Home
1996
Susanna Hoffs ,
Susanna Hoffs
1996
The Sleepers , The Less An Object
1996
Linda Perry ,
In Flight
1996
Sheryl Crow ,
Sheryl Crow
1997
Star 69 , Eating February
1998
Wild Orchid ,
Oxygen
1998
John Hiatt , The Best Of
1998
Jude , No One Is Really Beautiful
1998
4Him , Obvious
1998
Cracker ,
Gentleman's Blues
1998
Jewel ,
Spirit
1998 Five Easy Pieces, Five Easy Pieces
1998
Vonda Shepard ,
Songs from Ally McBeal
1998 Kaviar, Kaviar
1999
Jeremy Toback , Another True Fiction
1999
Mychael Danna , Ride With the Devil
1999 Collapsis, Dirty Wake
1999
Lara Fabian ,
Lara Fabian
1999
Melissa Etheridge ,
Breakdown
1999
The The ,
NakedSelf
2000
Ronan Keating ,
Ronan
2000
Kevin Gilbert ,
The Shaming of the True
2000 Lara Satterfield, Dirty Velvet Lie
2001
Shelby Lynne ,
Love, Shelby
2001
Stevie Nicks ,
Trouble in Shangri-La
2002
Sheryl Crow ,
C'mon, C'mon
2002 Kaviar, The Kaviar Sessions (recorded in 1996)
2003
Ziggy Marley ,
Dragonfly
2003
Michelle Branch ,
Hotel Paper
2004
Delta Goodrem ,
Mistaken Identity
2004
Melissa Etheridge ,
Lucky
2004
Anastacia ,
Anastacia
2005
Sheryl Crow ,
Wildflower
2005
Charlotte Church ,
Tissues and Issues
2005
Brandi Carlile ,
Brandi Carlile
2006
Ilse DeLange ,
The Great Escape
2006
Skye Edwards ,
Mind How You Go
2006
Rosanne Cash ,
Black Cadillac
2007
Sara Bareilles ,
Little Voice
2007
Carina Round ,
Slow Motion Addict
2009
Chris Isaak ,
Mr. Lucky
2009
Kevin Gilbert ,
Nuts
2009
Kevin Gilbert ,
Bolts
2014
Leonard Cohen ,
Popular Problems
2014
Ziggy Marley ,
Fly Rasta
2014
Adam Cohen ,
We Go Home
2016
Ziggy Marley ,
Ziggy Marley
2016
Leonard Cohen ,
You Want It Darker
2018
Rita Coolidge , Safe in The Arms of Mine
2021
Kevin Gilbert , Covers
References
^ Ruhlmann, William.
"Biography: Wire Train" .
AllMusic . Retrieved May 1, 2010 .
^
a
b
"The Musicians" . warningshortfilm.com . Archived from
the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017 .
^ West, Steve.
"Office Convention 07: Look-Alikes and the Scrantones" .
TV Blend . Archived from
the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2014 .
^ direct, artist.
"Exclusive Cover Art and EP Reveal: Adam Zwig's "Stones, Bones, and Skin" " . ARTISTdirect . Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
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