Chris Broach

Christopher "Chris" Robert Broach (born September 5, 1976 in Madison , Wisconsin ) is an American musician.

Life

He was one of the guitarists and vocalists in the 1990s emo band Braid .

While he was a member of Braid, he started his side project The Firebird Suite . This became his main project after Braid's band split up and was called The Firebird Band from now on .

Chris Broach also played guitar for Life At Sea on the album "Is there a signal coming through?" and became the front man of the band L'Spaerow . This also released an album on the Lucid Records label founded by Chris Broach in 2002 .

He also worked repeatedly on solo material, including the 2010 EP Madison on Lucid Records.

Chris Broach and former Hey Mercedes guitarist (the follow-up band to Braid) Mike Schumaker are working together on a new project called The Blakhiv . In 2006 they released their first EP on Lucid Records.

Before Chris had great success as a guitarist for Braid, he was primarily a vocalist. In school he sang for the bands SacHead, Mondale and Seven Inch.

Discography

• SacHead - Our World (Playing Field Recordings, 1993) Cassette Only
• Braid - Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five (Divot, 1995) - CD / Double LP
• Braid - The Age Of Octeen (Mud, 1996) - CD / LP
• Braid - Frame & Canvas (polyvinyl, 1998) - CD / LP
• Braid - Lucky To Be Alive (Glue Factory, 2000) - live CD / Double LP
• Braid - Movie Music Vol. 1, Polyvinyl (2000) - compilation CD / Double LP
• Braid - Movie Music Vol. 2 Polyvinyl (2000) - compilation CD / Double LP
• The Firebird Band - The Setting Sun and Its Satellites - (The Mintaka Conspiracy / Cargo Music / Headhunter, 2000) - CD / LP
• L 'Spaerow - L' Spaerow - (Lucid Records, 2003) - CD
• The Firebird Band - Archives - (Lucid Records, 2003) CD
• Life at Sea - Is There A Signal Coming Through? - (Lucid Records, 2003) - CD
• The Firebird Band - The City at Night - (Bifocal Media / Lucid Records, 2004) CD

Singles and EPs

• Braid - Rainsnowmatch 7 (Enclave / Polyvinyl 1994) - single
• Braid - I'm Afraid of Everything / Radish White Icicle / Now I'm Exhausted 7 (Grand Theft Autumn, 1995) - single
• Braid - Niagara / That Car Came Out Of Nowhere 7 (Grand Theft Autumn, 1995) - single
• Braid / Corm Split 7 (Polyvinyl Records, 1997) - single
• Braid - First Day Back / Hugs From Boys 7 (polyvinyl, 1998) - single
• Always Something There To Remind Me (Split 7 "w / Burning Airlines) - (DeSoto Records, 1998) single
• The Firebird Suite - New York 7 - (The Mintaka Conspiracy, 1998) - single
• The Firebird Project - Feel Alright CD - (The Mintaka Conspiracy, 1999) - EP
• Braid - Please Driver Faster, polyvinyl (1999) - single
• The Firebird Band - The Drive - (Cargo / Headhunter, 2001) - EP
• The Blakhiv - Any Way She Wants It - (Lucid Records, 2006) - EP

Compilations

• Braid - Trompe Le Monde from Where Is My Mind? A Tribute To The Pixies (Glue Factory, 1999)
• The Firebird Band - She Wears He-Harem from A Tribute To Shudder To Think (2003)

VHS / DVD

• Actuality Of Thought (BiFocal Media, 2001) - VHS
• Braid - Killing A Camera (Bifocal Media, 2001 VHS, 2004 DVD) - DVD

Web links

• Chris Broach on MySpace
• The Firebird Band's Official Website
• The Firebird Band's MySpace Profile
• Lucid Records
• The Blakhiv