Brian Aubrey Marshall (born 24 April 1973) is an American musician finest known as the bassist and co-founding father of the rock bands Creed and Alter Bridge.

Early life
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Brian Aubrey Marshall was born April 24, 1973, in Jackson, Mississippi, but has lived in Florida since 1979. He began out his music career by playing his father’s drums. He states that after scratching his father’s drum set a few occasions, his father decided it was time to purchase him a bass guitar. [1] He cites Steve Harris, John Entwistle, Geddy Lee, John Paul Jones and Doug Pinnick as main influences. Brian really started his music profession in the early 1990s at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, where he was a member of an unique band, Mattox Creed and later, a cover band known as Baby Fish Mouth by which he would finally meet his future Creed band mates.

Profession
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Creed
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Principal article: Creed (band)
After being recruited into the band as a full-fledged member by Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti, Marshall got here up with the title Creed after a band he was in earlier called Mattox Creed which had since disbanded. Marshall, however, stays silent about this difficulty and does not state the reasoning behind his departure. He was in Creed until late 2000, when personal points with vocalist Stapp led him to depart the band, although some sources state that Marshall was fired.

Brett Hestla from the band Virgos Merlot, replaced Marshall for the tour. For Creed’s third album, Weathered, guitarist Mark Tremonti performed bass and Brett Hestla performed bass throughout stay performances.

After months of speculation, Creed announced in April 2009 that they’d reformed, and also introduced that Marshall was again in the band. He appeared on Full Circle, the Creed album released in October 2009, making it the primary album since Creed’s sophomore launch, 1999’s Human Clay, to characteristic him on bass. The band toured in support of Full Circle throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and South America during the summers of 2009 and 2010.

Alter Bridge
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Main article: Alter Bridge
When Alter Bridge started getting off the ground in late 2003, Marshall was asked by Tremonti and former Creed drummer Scott Phillips to hitch the band since they enjoyed his playing and firm.

Other tasks
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After leaving Creed in 2000, Marshall stated that he had taken a while off earlier than he later obtained back into music. Some of Grand Luxx‘s authentic songs include “Stagnant” and “Insomniac’s Dream.”[2][3] Also during this time, Marshall was in a band called Head Heavy with vocalist Maceo Morris, Dan Bartley and James Thatcher. The band completed a full-length recording at Marshall’s home studio, nevertheless it was never formally released to the public. In 2001, he began writing and recording music with a band he formed called Grand Luxx, that includes his former Mattox Creed band mates, guitarist Dan Bartley and drummer Hardy Mattox. Singer Matt Knabe, who had previously performed in a band called Mission Simon, later joined and the newly formed quartet began recording songs. Marshall stated, “I would say our music is rock, however it’s extremely eclectic, and I think it could possibly reach a wide audience. We’ve got a bit of bit of other and some onerous-rocking guitar riffs too. And Matt brings in some pop aptitude because his influences have been bands in that genre.” He additionally acknowledged that with Grand Luxx, he had “kind of moved to a distinct function” and did more work on the production facet. By July 2001, the band, having performed a number of reveals, had six songs written with initial plans to document an album that fall.

Tremonti (band)
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Most important article: Tremonti (band)
In 2012, Marshall joined Mark Tremonti’s solo band Tremonti, however for private reasons, he left the project and was changed by Wolfgang Van Halen in September 2012.

Private life
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Marshall attended Choctawhatchee Senior High school (1988-1991), Tallahassee Group School (1991-1993), and Florida State College (1993-1995), the place he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in inside design.[4] Except for his musical profession, he additionally owns and operates the Mango Moon mattress and breakfast in Costa Rica.[5]

Discography
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