He also co-produced Kanye West s Late Registration album in 2005. He has also produced albums by Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, Eleni Mandell, Rhett Miller, Robyn Hitchcock, Brad Mehldau and Evan Dando. Jon Brion Meaningless Rar Full S 2003īrion is featured as keyboardist and drummer on Marianne Faithfull s 2003 album, Kissin Time, and co-wrote a song, City of Quartz, for her next work, 2005s Before the Poison. He contributed guitar work to Jellyfish s 1993 album Spilt Milk, and in 1994, joined Dan McCarroll, Buddy Judge and Jellyfish guitarist Jason Falkner in the short-lived pop band The Grays.īrion played numerous instruments on Sam Phillips 1996 release Omnipop (Its Only A Fleshwound Lambchop). The recordings had much critical acclaim, but little commercial success, and the trio eventually disbanded. The Bats released a single, Popgun and one album How Pop Can You Get, on Gustav records in 1982.

They eventually enlisted bassist Don Riff Fertman and together formed The Bats, (not to be confused with the New Zealand group of the same name).

Brion had difficulties at Hamden High School and at the age of 17 left education, opting instead to play music professionally.įrom 1980-85 Jon was part of the band, The Excerpts, along with Stephen Harris, Dean Falcone Spike Priggen.

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