Welcome to Jamie's Page!

The newest member of The Lizardz is the bass player, Jamie Bruhn. A transplant from Minneapolis, via Milwaukee, Madison, and Morris, Minnesota (and any other town that starts with “M”…), and a decade or so in Eau Claire, Jamie has brought a variety of music and mayhem experience to the band. He started out playing bass back in 1988 with a small, unnamed combo in someone’s basement, because - well -  they needed someone to play bass. He soon joined the band Crossroads while in high school and had the excellent opportunity to work with future Grammy nominee, Joel Hanson, from PFR while touring with them and other bands out West, down South, and in Jamaica while on break from school. He also played with the instrumental group, Joe Bonson, and stood in with several other local bands during the late 80’s and early 90’s. College brought an opportunity to play jazz with both large and small groups and he succeeded in actually not attending class most of the year because he was also busy with the Funky Wheat Pennies playing patio shows once a week to the masses at Indy Hall. Later on, after he hitchhiked to Eau Claire and lived too close to Water Street, he played with the jazz ensembles there along with The Uncommitted and the Dan Cook Experience. Of course, life takes its toll and after a short stint with a spin-off project of the Minneapolis-based band Knightcrawler, he decided it became necessary to pawn his bass rig to pay rent and buy cigarettes. Nevertheless, he bought a new rig a few years back and was lucky enough to join The Recliners after he bought a house in the woods south of Wisconsin Rapids. One thing led to another and suddenly he woke up in Area 31 with The Lizardz and it has been all down hill since. Jamie enjoys playing bass with The Lizardz, writing, bicycling insane distances (with a cigarette in hand!), hanging with his wife and kids, taking road trips, and puttering in his studio. He can usually be found wearing a burglar hat, dressed in black, and drinking strong coffee in his garage. You can drop him a line at martinezvanburen@yahoo.com or visit his page on Facebook.