Pirate Radio

Pirate Radio got its start when Brentt Brown (guitar/vocals) and Ryan Keeley (bass/vocals) were randomly chosen to be freshman roommates at Bucknell University. After finishing college and recording an album of homemade four-track demos, they relocated to San Francisco and formed Pirate Radio with Brian Stein. Their self-titled debut album would be released in 2005. Oren Williams and Ian Shaul joined to help finish the band’s second album Welcome Home in 2007. “We recorded it in two all-nighter sessions and then proceeded to spend two years overdubbing,” says Keeley smiling. “On Welcome Home we learned how to make a record.” Armed with a fresh batch of songs and in a story-telling mood, Pirate Radio returned to the studio in 2009 to record Fires in the Woods. The cowboy reggae of “Ride Wild Hearts’ epitomized a new direction for the band. As Brown says, “[Producer] J.J. [Weisler] really pushed us to play fewer notes and let the drums take the lead. Shortly after the release of Fires, Jarret Cooper (keyboards), a long-time friend of Williams, joined the band. “Jarret has helped us diversify,” says Brown. “... with a real bonafide keyboardist.” Shortly after Cooper’s arrival, the band began recording Plainview, a contemplation on change and the struggle to create art when life gets in the way. Pirate Radio has been a mainstay of San Francisco’s live music scene for over a decade. For booking information please email: pirateradiosf@yahoo.com.