Brad Laner, born November 6, 1966, in Los Angeles, California, is an American musician and producer who began performing with the band Debt of Nature at age 15. He later formed Steaming Coils and joined Savage Republic, contributing to two albums before founding the shoegaze group Medicine in 1990. Medicine released Shot Forth Self Living in 1992, followed by The Buried Life (1993) and Her Highness (1995); the group disbanded in 1995, briefly reuniting in 2003. Laner launched the electronic project Electric Company in 1995, issuing ten albums until 2004, and co‑founded the psychedelic supergroup Lusk, whose 1997 release Free Mars earned a Grammy nomination. His solo catalog includes Neighbor Singing (2007), Natural Selections (2010), Micro‑Awakenings (2013), and Ligaments 01‑05 (2019). Throughout his career, Laner has collaborated with artists from Tool and Failure, and the Vas Deferens Organization, and his work has appeared on film soundtracks, including The Crow (1994).
