Brant Bjork has spent over a quarter-century at the epicenter of Californian desert rock. From cutting his teeth drumming and composing on the legendary Kyuss landmark early albums, to propelling the seminal fuzz of Fu Manchu from 1994-2001 while producing other bands, putting together offshoot projects, and over the last 20 years embarking on his solo career as a singer, guitarist and bandleader, founding his own record label and more, his history is a winding narrative of relentless, unflinching creativity. Brant Bjork is considered a founding pioneer of the stoner rock and desert rock music scenes. In 2024, the Brant Bjork Trio, featuring old friend and influential desert rock pioneer Mario Lalli (Yawning Man, Fatso Jetson, Desert Sessions) on bass guitar and Brant Bjork band alumni Ryan Gon drums will release a breakout full-length LP on Bjork"s newly relaunched Duna Records, distributed worldwide by Cobraside Distribution. "Once Upon a Time in the Desert" is the result of a long collaborative friendship between Bjork, Lalli and Gut. The power trio recorded the tracks at Donner & Blitzen studios in Southern California with another long-time collaborator Mathias Shneeberger, who has recorded and engineered many classic desert rock albums over the years. The music the Brant Bjork Trio creates together is a heavy, fluid groove, organic desert rock & roll - a genre created by these veteran independent musicians - and their new record "Once Upon a Time in the Desert" expresses the principles of those styles born in the So Cal desert. Pure, heavy and grooving. So Cal desert blues that only these desert originals can deliver.
