Funny thing I grew up in Michigan and in the 80's Brad played guitar in a signed indie band called Spahn Ranch. I was briefly their manager mainly because I had an Atari ST and a laser printer and helped out creating stickers for shows, and occasional digital artwork projected up behind them while they played. We toured the East cost around 90 play a festival in Pittsburg along with a few random shows along the way. They regularly opened for bands like Sonic Youth, Butthole Surfers, and one particularly interesting night, His Name Is Alive. After that particular show we all went back to Brad's house and hung out, an impromptu acoustic session broke out, with Brad playing guitar while Spahn Ranch's amazing vocalist Bob Sterner (RIP) sang without the aid of any amplifications. If you have ever sat in a room and hear someone naturally sing like that then you know how magical that can be. After they played the two women from His Name Is Alive took up the acoustic and played a few of their songs as well. It was a night I'll never forget.

It was a fun time for sure, Brad was always a very impressive guy. A practicing Krishna, he always seemed to have his head here and in 'another realm' so to speak; when you talked to him (back then at least) he had this rather intimidating look in his eyes like wheels were constantly turning in the background, solving who knows that computer or religious quandary caught his attention that day. I lost touch with Brad around his MIT days and only recently because of the passing of our mutual friend Bob Sterner been back in touch with him.

Here's a sample song that's a good representation of their https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJMkwuL05t4

Entire Album: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=spahn+ranch+thi...

Best of luck Brad, how things have changed since those heady U of M days when Brad was just a unique guitarist for an Detroit indie band.

Edit: better representative track.