Brett Detar | |
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Brett Detar in 2006 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Brett Andrew Detar [1] |
Born | April 30, 1978 |
Origin | Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Musician, film composer, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano, banjo, bass guitar |
Years active | 1996–2006, 2010-present |
Website | "Brett Detar". Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. |
Brett Detar is an American singer, songwriter, [2] film composer, [3] and music producer. [4] He is best known as frontman for the band The Juliana Theory and as former guitarist in Zao and Pensive.
Detar launched a career as a country musician [5] [6] with the release of his debut solo album, Bird in the Tangle . [7]
Brett Detar was born April 30, 1978, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. [8]
He began his musical career as guitarist in the band Pensive, who released an EP called The Subtlety of Silence[ citation needed ] and a split with EP with fellow Pennsylvania band Seasons In The Field. [9]
In 1997, drummer Jesse Smith recruited Brett to play guitar in the metalcore band Zao. Detar suggested his friend Dan Weyandt come aboard as well. [10] They both appeared on the groundbreaking album Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest and a split CD with Training for Utopia. In 1998, Detar left Zao to pursue what began as a side-project, The Juliana Theory, full-time. [11]
Following the initial dissolution of The Juliana Theory in 2006, Detar moved to Los Angeles and opened a vintage clothes shop. Despite the uncertainty, he continue to write songs from time to time. [12] Brett also owns a recording studio in Manhattan, New York called Soho Taxidermy. [13] Afterwards, he began work on a solo album, which emerged on November 10, 2010, via his website. Bird in the Tangle was supported by a month long tour in 2011, opening for Tiger Army frontman Nick 13. [14] His second solo album, Too Free to Live, followed on October 8, 2013. [15] The same year, he toured the U.S. with Lindi Ortega. [16]
A number of Detar's solo songs have been featured on several television series, including Nashville , [17] Supernatural ,[ citation needed ] Elementary ,[ citation needed ] Jersey Shore , [18] Friendzone , [19] Snooki & Jwoww , Teen Mom , [20] and Party Down South . [21] His songs were also included in episodes of the acclaimed Marvel Television Netflix shows Daredevil , [22] Jessica Jones , and The Punisher .[ citation needed ]
He made his debut as a film composer with Paramount Pictures The Devil Inside , which opened in North America on January 6, 2012. [23] Detar reunited with writer/director William Brent Bell for FilmDistrict's 2014 action thriller WER , [24] the 2020 horror sequel Brahms: The Boy II and the 2021 horror film, Separation . [25]