THE LAB RATS BIO

Multi-instrumental musicians from Columbus, Ohio; making genre-bending music that has rap, beats, grooves, keyboards, guitars, scratches, riffs, jams, feedback, sweat, laughs, beers, blues and truths. The Lab Rats are defined by a Rock and Roll mentality and a blue collar reality; explained within the realm of hip hop, blues, rock & electronica; determined to make new music.

Lyricist and guitarist Brian Brown delivers observations taken from his life and the world around him. He's chosen the pen and pad as his weapons of choice to combat the doldrums of a Midwestern, working class lifestyle. Onstage he performs as emcee and guitarist on a Fender Strat, sharing stories of struggle and success, reserve and excess.

Digging into a deep-rooted background of DJ'ing and production in a variety of genres under various names, KW is a multi-faceted musician who thrives in a world of vocals, keyboards, strings, and other live instrumentation. Onstage KW will be found blazing his Sho-Bud pedal steel guitar (as heard on “Daily Grind”) and radiating beats and vocals.

Half Full Ashtrays, Half Empty Glasses is the second offering from this Columbus based duo. It’s front porch stories of ghost trains that visit you in the night. It's an existential exercise that explains the purpose of your nervous system. It's a guide to stretching pennies and the art of scratching lottery tickets. It's a deadbeat dad story that would make Oprah Winfrey weep. It's a conspiracy theory from a delirious lyricist. It’s half full ashtrays and half empty glasses. Everything you hear on this record (beats, clinks, riffs, skronks, booms and bips) were performed by the Rats themselves and are the result of a self contained effort; no classic recordings were harmed in the making of this album.

The Lab Rats' single "Devil's Train" was featured in 2007 in movie theaters across the country as the score to a Wendy's restaurant spot. Their first release, The Short Order EP, was hailed as one of the best five releases in 2004 by The Other Paper, Columbus’ weekly arts paper. They are currently working on material for their first full-length album entitled "Swim With the Tide."

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