Brian Cline Band

Jason was an integral part of the group for 5 years. His contributions will not be forgotten and he was a big part of us gaining the notoriety we have achieved. Jason's musical influences, style, work ethic, and attitude were perfect for joining forces in 2001. Jason has untouchable timing and feel. He graced the band with 5 string fretted and fretless basses and fantastic vocals. Musically, Jason is inspired by the same mix of 60's-modern melodic rock. Besides his musicianship, the thing that stood out the most about Jason was his performances. We remain great friends and we look forward to seeing Jason's next project.

Aaron Gottlieb has played on and off with BCB since 1998. Aaron is the personification of raw, unbridled talent, and has an amazing energy at live shows. He is currently taking up residence in Nashville, TN and showing some of those country dudes how its done. He is frequently seen crashing a BCB gig when visiting his home town. Aaron and Brian met in the local hangout, Downtown Joe's, where he decided he couldn't hear Brian sing without adding a backup to every line. That started a beautiful relationship and he is still close buddies with the band. On an interesting footnote, Aaron's band at the time was with "Idle Society", which consisted of Dan and Jason from BCB. Even more ironically, Aaron had recently replaced BCB drummer Dave in that band. Yes, Napa is a small musical town and Brian doesn't deny accusations that he hogs the top talent from the Napa Valley. Anyone who has met Aaron knows he is a silly little guy. Aaron is also a writer and co-wrote "Sea of Lies" with Brian.

Andrew Lion was ready, willing, and able when Brian finally broke down and admitted he needed more than a sequencer and drum machine to be musically satisfied. Actually, Andrew and Brian met in high school in 1984. In 1989, Andrew would occasionally go see Brian's band play gigs. Then in 1993, Brian and Andrew would run into each other every week on BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit). They finally exchanged numbers and started to develop a friendship. Andrew's influences are also rooted in the 60's. He grew up being inspired by the Beatles, Cream, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, and particularly John Paul Jones from Led Zepplin. Andrew is known for his melodic fretless five-string bass, on which he squeezes out gut-wrenching notes that hold down the bottom while hitting the soul. He also whips out the six-string bass when he has string envy and wants to lay down the funky, slappy finger-style. Andrew has developed into a strong writer as well and co-wrote some songs with Brian and the other BCB players on "Within Without".

Rob met Brian in 1995 when at the request of Brian's then roommate, Wes, Brian went to go see this band called "None of the Above". Anyway, None of the Above were quite established and were opening shows for Cake, Green Day, No Doubt, and Train. Brian became a big fan of Rob's band and when BCB began their search for a guitarist, Rob was Brian's first phone call. Rob shares Brian's early musical childhood memory of banging away at Beatles tunes on a piece-of-crap nylon string guitar instead of the drums they always wanted. His influences are like Brian and Andrew, deeply rooted in the 60's. Rob grew up listening to Cream/Clapton, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Yes, Jeff Beck. Rob's favorite modern groups would include, Stone Temple Pilots, Live, and Radiohead. He is a fantastic writer, performer, and always adds that perfect note that the song needed. He is known for his stylish wah-wah, soaring melodic leads, his cool slide guitar, and his tardiness. Rob is currently focusing his musical efforts with Andrew in their new band Spoke.

Paul is a cool guy who lays down the groove, and know when and what to play. He is concerned about the song first and what is best for the band not just his parts. Paul's influences are varied. He started off listening to Peter Criss from Kiss. As time went on, he got into Steve Smith, Terry Bozzio, Jelly Bean Johnson, Tony Thompson, Vinnie Coaliuta, Deep Purple, the Beach Boys, Robin Trower, Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis, Prince, Bootsy Collins, Dennis Chambers, and Fleetwood Mac. During the day, Paul manages Lemmon Percussion, "San Jose's only pro drum shop". He is always involved in drums and music has developed friendships with a number of drum luminaries, such as Terry Bozzio, Steve Smith, Armondo Perraza, and Raul Rekow. From time to time, he organizes clinics with these folks. Paul currently plays with Rubber Side Down.