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 grew up 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 Ford Escort 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 left this tour to record an album for the Colombian popstar Shakira. 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 to Los Angeles to experience life "west-coast style". Over the past three years, he has continued to write and produce with Shakira and Fulano, while also performing and recording with artists such as: the irish folk/rock artist Damien Rice, Volumen Cero, experimental rock band Pedestrian, actress/songwriter Minnie Driver, heart-throb Michael Miller, Wyclef Jean, Gary Jules, Peter Bradley Adams, the lovely Kristin Mooney, Peter Himmelman, key-master Rami Jaffee, Laura Jansen, Susie Suh, Cherie, Michael Mangia, Richard Page, Brie Larson, Jimena, Devil Doll, Sheila Nicholls, Cameron Jaymes, Zak Schaffer, Shira Myrow, Jennifer Peña, Kelly Sweet, Benny Strange, and Brandi Flores (plus doing tv commercial jingles for Reebok, Pepsi, Hyundai, and Marshalls). At the moment, he can be caught on tour with Shakira/Damien Rice, 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
HELLO BRENDAN JUST PASSING TO SAY HI AND HOPE EVERYTHING IS OK THERE,KEEP IN TOUCH AND MANY GOOD THING IN YOUR CAREER,I WISH TALK IN PERSON LATER WHEN YOU COME TO MIAMI OR WHEN I GO TO LA, IF YOU HAVE MSN ADD ME BYE
Hi!!!!!! Hey my new song on myspace is BAJO LA LUNA. I wrote it with JT a few years back and turned into a dance track. Teddy Mullet from Gloria Estefans band played trumpet and trombone on my song. Take a listen. I hope you like it.
Hey Brendan, Thanks for the add, hope to see u soon rockin' another Shakira concert. RIR was amazing! Kinda sad it was the last/or one of the last shows until the new album is done. A perfect ending for this era though! Greets, -Alex
Hi Brendan, How have you been??? Still living in silverlake? I'm coming out to La to play a show at The Hotel Cafe on July 20th at 8:00 and wanted to invite you if you are in town then. I hope you are doing great! Love, Alana
Thx for the add Brendan- I'm a friend of Mike Morbid's and we met a few times when you played LA with Shakira. You are an awesome percussionist! peace to you- Rocho
