The Clash, Aphex Twin, Steve Gadd, The Police, Miles Davis, A Tribe Called Quest, The Cure, Led Zeppelin, Depeche Mode, Joan Miró, Blur, Tom Robbins, Pulp, The Rolling Stones, Massive Attack, The Who, Radiohead, Queen, Parliament, Caetano Veloso, Chet Baker, Pink Floyd, The Beastie Boys, Ludwig Von Beethoven, Tortoise, Shirley Horn, Brian Eno, The Smiths, Fugazi, Keith Jarrett, Tom Petty, AIR, The Beatles, Hendrix, Oasis, Crowded House, Vincent Van Gogh, Peter Gabriel, Claude Debussey, Prince, Stanley Kubrick, AC/DC, W.A. Mozart, David Bowie, NIN, The Edge (U2), Van Halen, The Meters, Bjork, Billie Holiday, Daniel Lanois, U.N.K.L.E., Frank Sinatra, The Arcade Fire, Soundgarden, Buddha, Yoda.
Brendan Buckley was born and raised in the New Jersey areas of Morristown and Mount Arlington. The accessibility to New York City during his childhood and high school years provided plenty of musical inspiration.
At the age of 18, he packed his car and moved to Miami, Florida to attend the University of Miami..s School of Music. While there, he became immersed in the city..s diverse rock, latin, and jazz scenes. At the time of graduation, he released an album and toured with the rock band Fulano De Tal (bmg), featuring singer/songwriter Elsten Torres. A year later, he played drums with Julio Iglesias (the papa) for his "Tango" tour. Brendan ended this tour to record an album for the Colombian popstar Shakira; an album that became "Dónde Están Los Ladrones". Since then, he has done four more albums and three tours with the South American artist. During that span of years, Brendan also found time to record with DMX, Lauren Hill, Gloria Estefan, Spam All-Stars, Nil Lara, Mariana Ochoa, Julio Iglesias Jr, Alejandra Guzman, Alih Jey, Zach Zisken, The Kind, Popvert, Clambake 2000, Monte Rosa, B.D. Lenz, Diane Ward, Raw B. Jae, Sixo, Pedro Suarez Vertiz, Soledad, Natalia Oriero, Fernando Osorio, Alicastro, Leo Quintero, Gayle Ritt, Pete Masitti, Shalim, and Maria Bestár.
In 2004, Brendan moved out west to the city of Los Angeles. Upon arriving, he immediately joined the experimental rock band Pedestrian. Their work together can be heard on the album "Ghostly Life". At the same time, Brendan also began touring with the actress Minnie Driver for her "Pocket" tour. During those years, Brendan continued his work both in the studio and live with Shakira, Popvert, and the Spam Allstars, while also producing records for Fulano (*grammy-nominated), Volumen Cero, and The Kind.
In 2007, Brendan joined the irish folk-rock artist Damien Rice for his "9 Crimes" world tour. This was followed by tours with broadway star Idina Menzel, former La Ley frontman Beto Cuevas, and the songsmith Daniel Powter. During these years, Brendan also had the opportunity to work with Ozomatli, Gary Jules, Peter Himmelman, Susie Suh, Wyclef Jean, Gustavo Cerati, Alejandro Sanz, Kristin Mooney, Rami Jaffee, Richard Page, Laura Jansen, Peter Bradley Adams, Michael Mangia, Devil Doll, Shira Myrow, Jimena Angel, Kelly Sweet, Cherie, Brie Larson, Jennifer Peña, Kudai, G6, Sarah Packiam, and Daniela Spalla; while doing tv commercial jingles for Reebok, Pepsi, Hyundai, Marshalls, and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. Recently, Brendan has just finished producing the new album from the artist Michael Miller called "I Made You Up".
At the moment, Brendan can be caught on tour with both Beto Cuevas and Daniel Powter, or sipping cappuccinos and making music locally in the Los Angeles area. For more information, photos, and other goodies, please visit Brendan's official website at www.brendanbuckley.com
Hey Brendan thanks for the add. I got to see you play drums for Shakira here in the Rio Grande Valley at the Dodge Arena. Thanks for all the great music.
Brendan, dude! You kick ass when you're live (concert wise) with Shakira. It's like so much fucking energy you have. But, change to Paiste cymbals instead of having Sabian. haha. Later man
I hope to see you soon in Buenos Aires! Kisses!
