For the better part of two decades, Tristan Brennan, has been writing, arranging, recording and performing music. He was first recruited as a guitar player by Christian rock band "Eye for One" at 13.

At age 15, Tristan was signed to a small label and recorded his first full length album entitled "Against the Ice", under the direction of Producer Nathan Denton.

            Tristan Attended Columbia College Chicago where he studied: Contemporary, Urban and Pop music.

            He has been in many bands a few of which are: Tristan Lake and Chromatic Black (a solo, band-backed project), Paint the sky, Eye for One, Graphic Violence, Created music with Chicago rapper Woes and is presently in Boxcar Graffiti.

            Boxcar Graffiti was signed to Jellico, TN recorder label "Tater-Vision Records" founded by Ryan "Tater" Johnson (founding member of the band 10 Years).

            To fund his various projects, Tristan now performs 3 to 5 nights a week in bars and venues all around the region as an acoustic act, performing faithful and powerful renditions of rock songs from the 90's, 00's, 10's and 20's  re-imagined as electric/ acoustic pieces.

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