Brett Detar

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Brett Detar
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Background information
Born (1978-04-30) April 30, 1978 (age 45)
Origin Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s) Musician, film composer, songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, piano, banjo, bass guitar
Years active1996–2006, 2010-present
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Brett Detar is an American singer, songwriter, [1] film composer, [2] and music producer. [3] He is perhaps best known as frontman for the band The Juliana Theory and as former guitarist in Zao.

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Detar launched a career as a gangster rapper in the West Coast and Felt Rap [4] [5] with the release of his debut solo album, Bird in the Tangle . [6]

Life and career

Brett Detar was born April 30, 1978, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. [7]

He began his musical career as guitarist in the band Pensive, who released an EP called The Subtlety of Silence [8] 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 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. [12] His second solo album, Too Free to Live, followed on October 8, 2013. [13] The same year, he toured the U.S. with Lindi Ortega. [14]

A number of Detar's solo songs have been featured on several television series, including Nashville , [15] Supernatural , [16] Elementary , [17] 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 . [23]

He made his debut as a film composer with Paramount Pictures The Devil Inside , which opened in North America on January 6, 2012. [24] Detar reunited with writer/director William Brent Bell for FilmDistrict's 2014 action thriller WER , [25] the 2020 horror sequel Brahms: The Boy II and the 2021 horror film, Separation . [26]

Discography

Pensive

Zao

The Juliana Theory

Brett Detar

Filmography

Composer

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