Jake Brennan

Jake Brennan (born April 10, 1974, in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American podcast host, author, and musician. He is the creator and host of the podcast Disgraceland, and author of the 2019 book DISGRACELAND: Musicians Getting Away With Murder And Behaving Very Badly. Personal life Brennan is from Massachusetts and is the son of Boston-area musician Dennis Brennan. Career Music Due to his father's musical background, Brennan became involved in music when he was 20, joining the hardcore punk and heavy metal band Cast Iron Hike in 1994 and signing on to the Victory Records label. He stayed through multiple tours, two EPs, and an album release before leaving the band in 1998. He went on to write and recorded music as a member of his own group, The Confidence Men, that he formed in 2001 with members including "drummer Rob Dulaney, guitarist Eric Barlow, keyboardist Scott Janovitz, and a bassist named Binky". They signed a record deal with the Jack of Hearts label run by Nashville music businessman Jack Emerson in 2003, with the aim to release their first album titled "Singer-Songriot" in early 2004. But Emerson's sudden death in December 2003 resulted in the album deal being cancelled. Instead, in April 2004, Brennan's band made a record deal with Yep Roc Records and Brennan also made a deal to release a solo album produced by Paul Q. Kolderie titled "Love and Bombs".