Stephen Bradley (musician)
| Stephen Bradley | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 23, 1972 |
| Origin | Richmond, California |
| Instruments | Trumpet, Keyboard, Vocals |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Associated acts | No Doubt, Gwen Stefani, Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day |
Stephen Bradley (born August 23, 1972) plays the trumpet, keyboard, and sings in the band No Doubt.
Early life
Born in Richmond, California, Bradley first picked up the trumpet at age 13 while attending Portola Junior High School.He initially wanted to play the drums,but couldn't because his school band already had three drummers. He then decided to play the trumpet because "I knew it only had three valves so I figured it (the trumpet) was simplistic enough and would be easy to pick up...it's one of the hardest instruments to play."
No Doubt
When Phil Jordan left No Doubt in 1995 to go back to school, Bradley was brought on as a sub for one show at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.Eventually, Bradley became a fixture of the horn section alongside Gabrial McNair.
T.V. Production
Bradley has also working on various projects in television (American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, Superstars of Dance, Bernie Mac) as well as working with a variety of recording artists (Flipsyde, Akon, No Doubt)
Appearances
In 2007, Bradley toured with fellow band member Gwen Stefani on her solo Sweet Escape Tour
He also toured playing trumpet and percussion for The Smashing Pumpkins on their 20th anniversary tour in 2008.
Solo Projects
In 2014 Bradley started a musical project called Mr.Etienne,and began performing at various venues around the Los Angeles area.
In 2014 Bradley premiered his first music video entitled "Over and Out". In the summer of 2015 he released his first solo EP called Runaways which has an accompanying video titled "Feel the Music".
Bradley has also teamed up with David Elecciri from Steel Pulse.They have a reggae album which should be released in late 2015.
Selected discography
- Nimrod (Green Day, 1997)
- Return of Saturn (No Doubt, 2000)
- Everything in Time (No Doubt),2003)
- Chocolate O'Brian (Chocolate O'Brian),2003)
- Wikked Lil' Grrrls (Esthero, 2005)
- The Sweet Escape (Gwen Stefani, 2006)
- Push and Shove (No Doubt, 2012)
- Sorry I'm Late (Cher lloyd),2014)
- track to be released (Bush),2014)
- tracks to be released (Steel Pulse),2014)
- The Life featuring Penguin Prison (Viceroy),2014)
- tracks to be released (Major Lazer),2014)