Brian Quinn

Brian Quinn- Guitarist/Songwriter

Brian Quinn is a multi-dimensional guitarist that has spent his career writing and performing in nationally-recognized bands across various genres of music, including rock, metal, blues and country, while touring the U.S. and beyond with several record labels.

He first picked up the guitar at the young age of five and was playing sold- out shows by the age of 15 with his hardcore band Burial Ground (1990-1996). He spent six years performing in the hardcore circuit and released an independent album with a huge fan following before moving to Philadelphia, PA.

Soon after arriving in the City of Brotherly Love, he co-founded the Philadelphia-based rock band Octane (2000-2005). Still considered to this day as one of the most successful bands to come out of Philly, Octane sold more than 20,000 copies of their independent debut release and enjoyed more than 1000 spins of the single “I For One” on Philadelphia rock station 94.1 WYSP.

During this time, Quinn was named “Best Guitarist” in the Philadelphia region by the Philadelphia Music Awards in 2001 and 2004 and was routinely praised by fans and critics alike for his signature guitar technique, especially on slide guitar, and dynamic on stage presence.

After enjoying five successful years with Octane, Quinn left the band to found a blues-based hard rock band that would later become known as Fosterchild. This project would quickly gain national attention and the band was signed to the SMG/ILG/WARNER record label from 2007-2010. After touring the country numerous times with Fosterchild, the band culminated its journey with a special invitation to perform for the U.S. troops stationed at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where the group performed in front of thousands of soldiers.

Today, Quinn is lead guitarist for multi-platinum, Seattle, WA based rock band, CANDLEBOX. Quinn provided the critically-acclaimed guitar work on Candlebox’s album Disappearing In Airports, which debuted at #9 on the Billboard Charts, as well as the 2017 release of Disappearing Live. The band released it’s seventh studio album, Wolves, in September of 2021which debuted at #7 on the Billboard Charts. August of 2023 saw CANDLEBOX release their 8th and final studio album, ‘The Long Goodbye’ and are currently on an extensive world tour in support of it.

In December of 2023, Quinn was invited to join the staff at Guitar Thrills Magazine as a Contributing Editor with a monthly column on all things music.

During his career, Quinn shared the stage with such acts as: Slash’s Snakepit, Gene Simmons, Metallica, Kid Rock, Disturbed, Judas Priest, Chevelle, 3 Doors Down, Seether, Sevendust, Shinedown, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Alter Bridge, Godsmack, Deftones, Black Label Society, Buckcherry, Warren Haynes, Marshall Tucker, Devo, and a slew of other notable performers.

Quinn also routinely guests with the American Vinyl All Star Band featuring Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (Steely Dan/Doobie Bros.), Barry Goudreau (formerly of the band Boston), Robert “Mousey” Thompson (Wilson Pickett/James Brown), Leroy Romans (The Wailers), Tim Archibald (Peter Wolf/RTZ), and Danny Beissel (Fosterchild).

Quinn is currently endorsed by Gibson Guitars, DR Strings, Milwaukee Guitar Company, Jim Dunlop Company, LPS Clothing, and Cult Of Individuality Clothing.
For more information, visit www.brianquinnguitar.com.

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