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Bryan Beller

Bryan Beller

Acting

Biography

Bryan Beller (born May 6, 1971) is an American bass guitarist known for his work with Joe Satriani, The Aristocrats, Dethklok, Mike Keneally, Steve Vai, James LaBrie of Dream Theater and Dweezil Zappa, as well as his four solo album releases, View (2003), Thanks In Advance (2008), Wednesday Night Live (2011), and the progressive double concept album Scenes From The Flood (2019). He has been Joe Satriani's touring bassist since 2013, encompassing the Unstoppable Momentum tour (2013–14), the Shockwave (2015–16) world tour, and the G3/What Happens Next tour (2018), in addition to featuring on the Shockwave Supernova record. Beller is also the bassist of the rock/fusion super-trio The Aristocrats (with Guthrie Govan on guitar and Marco Minnemann on drums), and he managed the band from 2012 to 2018. The Aristocrats have released six studio albums, along with four live releases documenting the band's world tours in support of their debut album The Aristocrats and sophomore album Culture Clash. Their studio album You Know What... was the focus of their world tour that began in the summer of 2019 and extended through to 2020.

Known For

The Aristocrats - Culture Clash Live!
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The rock/fusion power trio The Aristocrats featuring Guthrie Govan on guitar, Bryan Beller on bass, and Marco Minnemann on drums will release the live CD/DVD Culture Clash Live, on January 20, 2015. Captured in six different locations in five countries on three different continents during the band s 100+ show Culture Clash World Tour, it showcases The Aristocrats in full flight: Virtuosic, melodic, spontaneous, outrageous, and still having more fun than any group of world touring muzos has any right to have.

The Aristocrats - Culture Clash Live!

2015
Steve Vai: Where The Wild Things Are
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Taken from a two hour and 40 minute sold out show recorded at The State theatre in Minneapolis, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE is yet another live showcase of meticulously mapped Steve Vai compositions. Much of the material is new, and tested out in front of an unfamiliar but eager audience, with Vai exercising his chops to the limits.

Steve Vai: Where The Wild Things Are

2009
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Joe Satriani, recorded live at the Iridium, in New York City, NY on June 9th, 2014.

Joe Satriani - Front & Center

2014
Mike Keneally Band: Bakin' @ The Potato!
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Live favourites selected delectably with seldom-played gems from Mike's catalogue to create a truly astonishing evening.

Mike Keneally Band: Bakin' @ The Potato!

2011
Accept the Mystery: The Making of The Aristocrats' "Culture Clash"
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Culture Clash is the second studio album by The Aristocrats, released on July 16, 2013. Alongside a standard CD edition, there was also a deluxe edition available, with a bonus DVD called Accept the Mystery: The Making of The Aristocrats' "Culture Clash", including studio footage and interviews. In its first week of release, the album reached number 8 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz albums chart and number 16 on the Jazz Albums chart. On September 24, 2013, a double vinyl edition was released, pressing limited to 1,000 copies.

Accept the Mystery: The Making of The Aristocrats' "Culture Clash"

2013
Joe Satriani - Hellfest 2016
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JOE SATRIANI, while perhaps best known for “Surfin’ With The Alien” has had an incredibly long and diverse career. His guitar heroics have found him playing with bands like Deep Purple and Chickenfoot. Having taught modern masters like Steve Vai and Kirk Hammet Joe Satriani is perhaps one of the most influential guitar players in the world. He should be a pleasure watch bring down the house at Hellfest 2016!

Joe Satriani - Hellfest 2016

2016
The Aristocrats - The Legend of Tres Caballeros
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Fresh off the wildly successful Culture Clash world tour, The Aristocrats proceeded to rewrite their own rules for their third studio album, Tres Caballeros, which was released in late June of 2015. After two fairly raw trio albums, the band set up camp in February of 2015 at legendary Sunset Sound studios in Hollywood, CA, where Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Van Halen all recorded landmark albums. The result: Nine new compositions of greater sonic depth and breadth than ever before, with unique textures and lush layering augmenting the band’s preternatural ability to improvise both individually and as a group at the highest levels possible. But not to worry – it was all still tempered with a steadfast refusal to take themselves too seriously, and The Aristocrats were still having more fun than a fusion band has any right to have.

The Aristocrats - The Legend of Tres Caballeros

2015
The Aristocrats - The Making of DUCK
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Renowned rock-fusion trio The Aristocrats are excited to reveal their first studio album in five years: DUCK. The trademark Aristocratic musical mayhem is rowdier than ever, but the band’s fifth studio album is truly like nothing else in their catalogue. Of the inspiration for DUCK, The Aristocrats collectively explained, “It is the story of a web-footed Antarctic Island native fleeing a penguin policeman all the way to New York City… where considerable misadventure and danger await.” Of its genesis, they elaborated, “We’ve always been writing with a storytelling aspect in mind, and our live shows always include our stories behind the songs… But the stories had mainly been about us. Then Marco came into the studio with a song about a duck, and we all looked at each other and said, ‘What if all of stories for the songs on this album… happened to a duck? What’s that story about?’ And suddenly we had a concept album on our hands.”

The Aristocrats - The Making of DUCK

2024
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Extreme bass player Bryan Beller (Steve Vai, Dethklok, Mike Keneally, Dweezil Zappa) explores how he combines tone, technique, and artistry to play some of the most demanding music in the industry. Learn to master your mind and achieve your signature tone no matter what type of music you're called on to play! Includes live performances with Gene Hoglan, Mike Keneally, Joe Travers, and Kira Small.

Bryan Beller: Mastering Tone and Versatility

2012
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The special-edition DVD accompaniment to Thanks In Advance, To Nothing is a widescreen NTSC region-free DVD in a full-color cardboard sleeve containing four hours of material including full-band studio tracking, interviews, overdubs, mixing, and more. Packaging: DVD color sleeve. Bonus features include gag reels, live concert footage, and bonus audio including rough mixes and demos. A must-have for any collector or anyone wanting exclusive behind-the-scenes footage.

Bryan Beller - To Nothing, The Thanks In Advance Special Edition DVD

2011
The Aristocrats - You Know What...? Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD
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DELUXE EDITION contains bonus DVD with interviews, behind the scenes footage, studio performances, and a 12 page booklet with additional artwork for each track.

The Aristocrats - You Know What...? Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD

2019
The Aristocrats - Boing, We'll Do It Live!
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Boing, We'll Do It Live! is the first live album of The Aristocrats, released on December 10, 2012. Footage and sound for this release were recorded in two concerts held at Alvas Showroom in Los Angeles, California. During those concerts the band played material from their debut album as well as songs from each band members' solo projects. The album was released on double-CD and DVD. The deluxe edition consists of both the DVD and the two CDs including two bonus tracks not featured on standard editions.

The Aristocrats - Boing, We'll Do It Live!

2012
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Five years after the Mike Keneally Band's Guitar Therapy Live triumph at LA's intimate Baked Potato club, a most worthy sequel is born. This time, Mike raises the stakes by adding guitarist Griff Peters to the mix, allowing the quintet to rise to new heights of musical power, diversity and subtlety. Live favorites are mixed delectably with seldom-played gems from Mike's catalogue to create a truly astonishing DVD and CD set. The region-free NTSC DVD of the entire September 15, 2010 concert features stereo audio, DTS 5.1 Surround and Dolby 5.1 Surround, and the CD comes in just seconds short of the maximum possible 80 minutes. Mike Keneally Band is Mike Keneally: guitar, keyboard and vocals, Bryan Beller: bass and vocals, Rick Musallam: guitar and vocals, Griff Peters: Guitar, and Joe Travers: drums and vocals.

Bakin' @ the Potato!