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Bret Bradley
photograph by Ned Schenck
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1999 was a year of firsts for the band Lavender Disaster - a debut show as a headlining band, first time in a studio recording an LP with producer Keith Ruggiero, and initial interest by a record label. Their sound, which has been described as "posh punk," was a mixture of cutting-edge experimental composition and pop sensibility. With a blend of effortless style and sexy druggy wooze-pop, Lavender Disaster offered a galvanizing performance with four gorgeous glam boys. Dressed in disheveled mod fashion and brandishing a unique stamp of punk rock ethos, guitarist Brett Bradley grinned smugly as he lounged in the back room of Manhattan's rock club Don Hill's. "I don't know if I'll be a rock 'n roll star; it's a matter of time I suppose." His accent sounds totally Brit, a far cry from his upbringing in his home town Syracuse, New York. Bradley spent the last several years absorbing the music of bands like Suede and Blur while living in London.



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