Bun E. Carlos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetBun E. Carlos
American musician
Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1950
Place of Birth: Rockford, Illinois, United States
Profession: drummer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Bun E. Carlos
- Brad M.
- Carlson (born June 12, 1950), better known by the stage name Bun E.
- Carlos, is the original drummer for American rock band Cheap Trick.
- He was the band's chief setlister and archivist, and maintained recordings of all the band's shows, some of which have been released under the title 'Bun E's Bootlegs'.
- Carlos has two side bands with former Cheap Trick bassist Jon Brant: The Bun E Carlos Experience, and the Monday Night Band. Carlos is left-handed and plays a right-handed drum kit, but he is also ambidextrous.
- He has several writing credits, the most notable of which is the drum solo track "Who D'King", from the album All Shook Up, and Bun E.
- in a Box (2004), a drum sample CD. In the late 1990s, Carlos introduced his own line of coffee.
- At one point, he offered a Special Limited Edition hand-signed numbered bags of coffee.In 2009, Carlos, together with Hanson singer Taylor Hanson, current Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, and Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger, formed a new band, Tinted Windows.
- This new project ran alongside each of the artists' main bands.
- Tinted Windows played its first publicized gig at SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 20, 2009, and appeared on late-night network TV shows.
- Their album was released on April 21, 2009.On March 19, 2010, Cheap Trick issued a statement that Carlos had stopped touring with Cheap Trick but that he still remained a band member.
- Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen's son Daxx was named in the statement as the touring drummer.In 2011, Carlos once again debuted a band at SXSW in the form of his new project Candy Golde.
- The other members of Candy Golde are Nicholas Tremulis, John Stirratt (Wilco, the Autumn Defense) and Rick Rizzo (Eleventh Dream Day).
- Mark Greenburg (The Coctails) was added to the band when they started to play live shows.
- Their 5-song EP was mastered by Ivan Julian of Richard Hell and the Voidoids.
- The EP contains four originals and a cover of Paul Simon's "Boy in the Bubble", issued for limited edition 10" vinyl and download on Ten O Nine Records. On August 21, 2014, he filled in for drummer John Cowsill on a sold out Beach Boys concert in Princeton, Illinois. On June 24, 2016, Carlos issued his first-ever solo album, Greetings From Bunezuela!, with Jon E Brant.
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