Brian Egan is an English major at the University of Michigan, where he is a Daily Arts Writer for The Michigan Daily, the student newspaper at U of M, and has reviewed artists from Ringo Starr to Built to Spill. He is classically trained in piano and plays many other instruments, including organ, mandolin, and trombone. Born and raised in the Dayton, Ohio area, while still in high school, he was a founding member of the Dayton-based indie band, the AppleTree Act. They released their debut album, Trophy Gold Pleaser in 1996. Egan now plays bass for Colonel Sun, an Ann Arbor, Michigan five piece that was voted best local band of 1999 by the readers of The Michigan Daily. In addition to his contributions to The Michigan Daily and the All Music Guide, he has also written special interest articles for the Troy Daily News in Troy, Ohio. ~ Brain Egan 1. Guided by Voices-Alien Lanes 2. R.E.M.-Out of Time 3. Guided by Voices-Bee Thousand 4. The Beatles--1962-1966 5. The Beach Boys-Pet Sounds 6. Pulp-Different Class 7. The Fugees-The Score 8. Guided by Voices-Vampire on Titus/Propellor 9. Sam Cooke-The Man and His Music 10. Pixies-Trompe Le Monde 11. The Beach Boys-Endless Summer 12. Guided by Voices-Under the Bushes, Under the Stars 13. The Flaming Lips-Transmissions from the Sattelite Heart 14. Pavement-Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 15. They Might Be Giants-Lincoln 16. A Tribe Called Quest-The Low End Theory 17. Tom Waits-Bone Machine 18. The Velvet Underground and Nico-The Velvet Underground and Nico 19. The Velvet Underground-Loaded 20. The Beatles-The Beatles 21. Cracker-The Golden Age 22. Brainiac-Hissing Prigs in Static Couture 23. Hole-Live Through This 24. R.E.M.-Automatic for the People 25. Pixies-Doolittle, All Music Guide