Brian MacLeod (American musician)

Brian MacLeod (American musician)
Brian MacLeod (born April 27, 1962) is an American recording drummer and songwriter. He has been a member of Group 87, Wire Train, Toy Matinee, and the "Tuesday Music Club" collective along with Sheryl Crow's acclaimed album Tuesday Night Music Club. MacLeod lives in Southern California.
Biography
MacLeod grew up in Sunnyvale, California and attended Fremont High School from 1972 to 1976.
He is a member of The Scrantones, the group credited for performing the theme to the American version of the TV show The Office (set in Scranton, Pennsylvania).
He has performed with many other artists, including Madonna, Leonard Cohen, Tears For Fears, Seal, Chris Isaak, Melissa Etheridge, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Kevin Gilbert, Jewel, Stevie Nicks, Ziggy Marley, Tina Turner, Roger Waters, Rosanne Cash, Sara Bareilles, Brandi Carlile, The The, John Hiatt, & Grace Slick.
MacLeod's songwriting credits include: "Everyday Is a Winding Road", "Strong Enough", "A Change Would Do You Good", and "Shine Over Babylon" with Sheryl Crow; "Waiting for Love" with Pink; "Under a Cloud" with The Bangles & "Supermodel" from the film Clueless; "Queen of Compromise" with Tears for Fears.
Discography
1981 The Sleepers, Painless Nights
1984 Various, Let Them Eat Jellybeans! (Wounds - An Object)
1984 Grace Slick, Software
1984 Group 87, A Career in Dada Processing
1984 Jefferson Starship, Nuclear Furniture
1984 Wolf & Wolf, Wolf & Wolf
1985 Wire Train, Between Two Words
1985 Patrick O'Hearn, Ancient Dreams
1987 Wire Train, Ten Women
1987 Schönherz and Scott, One Night in Vienna
1988 Philip Aaberg, Out of the Frame
1990 The Dream Academy, A Different Kind of Weather
1990 Wire Train, Wire Train
1990 Toy Matinee, Toy Matinee
1990 Divinyls, Divinyls
1991 Schönherz and Scott, Under a Big Sky
1991 Patty Larkin, Tango
1991 Dramarama, Vinyl
1991 John Gorka, Jack's Crows
1992 David Baerwald, Triage
1992 Wire Train, No Soul No Strain
1992 Roger Waters, Amused to Death
1993 Various, Posse Soundtrack (David & David - Free At Last)
1993 John Hiatt, Perfectly Good Guitar
1993 Sheryl Crow, Tuesday Night Music Club
1993 Paul Westerberg, Down Love
1994 Katey Sagal, Well...
1994 Various, If I Were a Carpenter (Sheryl Crow - Solitaire)
1994 3rd Matinee, Meanwhile
1994 The Sleepers, Holding Back (7" Single)
1994 Tim Pierce, Guitarland
1994 The The, Hanky Panky
1995 Andy Prieboy, Sins of Our Fathers
1995 Chynna Phillips, Naked and Sacred
1995 Kevin Gilbert, Thud
1995 Tears for Fears, Raoul and the Kings of Spain
1995 Michael W. Smith, I'll Lead You Home
1996 Susanna Hoffs, Susanna Hoffs
1996 The Sleepers, The Less An Object
1996 Linda Perry, In Flight
1996 Sheryl Crow, Sheryl Crow
1997 Star 69, Eating February
1998 Wild Orchid, Oxygen
1998 John Hiatt, The Best Of
1998 Jude, No One Is Really Beautiful
1998 4Him, Obvious
1998 Cracker, Gentleman's Blues
1998 Jewel, Spirit
1998 Five Easy Pieces, Five Easy Pieces
1998 Vonda Shepard, Songs from Ally McBeal
1998 Kaviar, Kaviar
1999 Jeremy Toback, Another True Fiction
1999 Mychael Danna, Ride With the Devil
1999 Collapsis, Dirty Wake
1999 Lara Fabian, Lara Fabian
1999 Melissa Etheridge, Breakdown
1999 The The, NakedSelf
2000 Ronan Keating, Ronan
2000 Kevin Gilbert, The Shaming of the True
2000 Lara Satterfield, Dirty Velvet Lie
2001 Shelby Lynne, Love, Shelby
2001 Stevie Nicks, Trouble in Shangri-La
2002 Sheryl Crow, C'mon, C'mon
2002 Kaviar, The Kaviar Sessions (recorded in 1996)
2003 Ziggy Marley, Dragonfly
2003 Michelle Branch, Hotel Paper
2004 Delta Goodrem, Mistaken Identity
2004 Melissa Etheridge, Lucky
2004 Anastacia, Anastacia
2005 Sheryl Crow, Wildflower
2005 Charlotte Church, Tissues and Issues
2005 Brandi Carlile, Brandi Carlile
2006 Ilse DeLange, The Great Escape
2006 Skye Edwards, Mind How You Go
2006 Rosanne Cash, Black Cadillac
2007 Sara Bareilles, Little Voice
2007 Carina Round, Slow Motion Addict
2009 Chris Isaak, Mr. Lucky
2009 Kevin Gilbert, Nuts
2009 Kevin Gilbert, Bolts
2014 Leonard Cohen, Popular Problems
2014 Ziggy Marley, Fly Rasta
2014 Adam Cohen, We Go Home
2016 Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley
2016 Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
2018 Rita Coolidge, Safe in The Arms of Mine
2021 Kevin Gilbert, Covers
References
Living people
American rock drummers
American session musicians
Songwriters from California
Musicians from Los Angeles
1962 births
The The members
Writers from Sunnyvale, California
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers
20th-century American male musicians
American male songwriters
The Sleepers (San Francisco band) members