Brian St. Clair comes to Local H after a stint filling the stool (to quote Dave Grohl) for Triple Fast Action. He's the second member of TFA to play with Local H after TFA vocalist and guitarist Wes Kidd toured with the H during the Pack Up The Cats Tour. Brian St Clair also played in the seminal punk band Rights Of the Accused. Scott says he puts Brian's skills up there with his favorites. That includes John Bonham. That's some pretty hefty company to be in... Known as one of the hardest hitters in rock n’roll today, Brian St. Clair started playing the drums in 1980 when his brother told him he was going to play in his punk rock band "Political Justice?" with guitarist Wes Kidd. Brian went on to pound the drums in P.J. for four years. In that time, they released a 7” single, toured the Chicago club-circuit and opened for such acts as T.S.O.L. and Battalion of Saints. In 1988, when Chicago-based Rights Of The Accused needed a drummer, Brian was their first choice (he had been a roadie for the band for a few years). The Noise/BMG-label act went on to tour with Faith No More, Ministry, Blue Oyster Cult and the Revolting Cocks. Brian, and longtime friend and bandmate Wes Kidd, left R.O.T.A. in 1992 to form a new band - TripleFastAction. TFA released two albums, Broadcaster on Capitol Records in 1996 and Cattlemen Don’t on Deep Elm Records in 1997. Scott Lucas toured with the band as a 2nd guitarist for six months prior to recording Local H’s Pack Up The Cats. In 1998, Brian decided to leave TripleFastAction to pursue other interests. Brian then moved to New York City where he began working for such artists as Liz Phair and Cheap Trick. In August, 1999 he received a phone call from Scott Lucas to come to Chicago to audition for Local H. Before they finished playing the first song, Scott new he had found his new drummer. After two weeks of rehearsing, Local H was back out on the road and writing new material for the next album.
