Brad Brooks

Brad Brooks
Born
Brad Brooks

(1961-03-03) March 3, 1961
Genres
OccupationsSinger, songwriter, musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboards
  • harmonica
Years active1980–present
LabelearMusic
Websitebradbrooksmusic.com

Brad Brooks (born March 3, 1961) is an American singer and songwriter from Oakland, California. He is best known as the last lead singer of the band the MC5. Along with Wayne Kramer, Brooks was a co-writer of the final MC5 record Heavy Lifting, which was produced by Bob Ezrin on earMusic. Heavy Lifting features Tom Morello, Abe Laboriel Jr., Stevie Salas, Vicki Randle, Winston Watson, Dennis Thompson, Don Was, Vernon Reid, Slash, William DuVall, and Joe Berry with songwriting contributions by Tim McIlrath and Jill Sobule. Brooks is also known for his solo work and for singing on the Karaoke Revolution and the Guitar Hero video game series.