Originally from San Jose, California, Bryan moved to Los Angeles AT AGE 19 and has lived there ever since. He worked AT THE ICONIC Slash RECORDS WHILE played bass in Black Market Flowers.
Bryan co-founded his own music production company Beta Petrol. THE COMPANY HAS PRODUCED and created MUSIC FOR XBOX, HOKA, GOOGLE, KIA, AIRBNB, AT&T, FORD, NIKE AND MANY MORE. Bryan IS hands-on with the company’s music supervision and original composition.
Bryan produced the ‘Run to You’ track for Nike’s ninety-second-long Free Run commercial, winning a Cannes Lions Award, Clio Award, and a British Arrow Award and provided music supervision for the academy award winning short animated film logorama.
Bryan founded Kill Your Idols publishing company in 1999 with the release of Fucked Up + Photocopied to critical acclaim. Kill Your Idols continues to publish art books and limited edition zines, including Punk is Dead: Punk is Everything, BOSOZOKU JAPANESE BIKER GANGS: ESTEVAN ORIOL, 101 Essential Rock Records: Beatles to the Sex Pistols, WELCOME TO VENICE: RXCX AND THE GERMS: THIS MUSIC LEAVES EXIT WOUNDS. in 2000, Kill Your Idols won the Firecracker Award for Best Music Art Book.
Bryan’s extensive collection of punk memorabilia, art, flyers, posters, BUTTONS, T SHIRTS and photography has been exhibited worldwide. He has produced events and CURATED installations for Converse, Levi’s, Bounty Hunter, Hysteric Glamour, Ray-Ban, VANS, BEYOND THE STREETS and THE skirball CULTURAL CENTER.
Bryan frequently writes as a freelance journalist and has been published in VICE, Official Hommes, GRAND ROYAL AND LA Weekly.
Bryan Expanded To Film Production As A First-Time Director With The ‘Art Of Punk’ Series For The Museum Of Contemporary ART Los Angeles With Producer Bo Bushnell. The Film Series Covers The Inspiration Behind The Logos And Artwork Of Legendary Punk GROUPS Black Flag, Dead Kennedys and Crass. Freethinkers DOC SERIES (Uproxx) Featuring Devin Troy Strother, Canyon Castator, James Rockin And Abraco COFFEE FOLLOWED AND SINCE HAS DIRECTED Music videos for DYSNEA BOYS, brother, panicker and H09909.
Most Recently, BRYAN ACTED AS LEAD CURATOR/DESIGNER FOR The Punk Rock Museum In Las Vegas AND (WITH PARTNER ART AGUILAR) LAUNCHED KILL YOUR IDOLS STUDIO: CREATING ALBUM PACKAGING, AD MATERIAL, MERCHANDISE AND PRINTED MATERIAL FOR BLINK 182, L.A. WITCH, SS DECONTROL, BAD BRAINS, CIRCLE JERKS, DEAD CITY PUNX, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, TRUST RECORDS, GINGKO PRESS and more.
Bryan lives with his wife and two sons in Hollywood’s Laurel Canyon.