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Birth name: Stephen Lee Bruner
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
October 19, 1984 – present
Years Active: 2000 – present

“Phenom,” “Prodigy,” “Virtuoso” – all common descriptions of the Grammy winning artist, Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner. Born in Los Angeles, California in 1984, Thundercat is renown for his masterful bass playing, resulting in numerous and high-profile recording sessions, touring work, and creative collaborations that began when he was still a teenager in the early 2000s. Since 2011, he has stepped to the front of the band stand, releasing four solo albums of music that encompass elements of R&B, Funk, Soul Jazz, Fusion, and Hip Hop.

Thundercat was raised in a musical family. His father, Ronald Bruner, Sr., is a noted drummer with a decades-long performing career, including stints playing with Diana Ross, the Temptations, award-winning Gospel artist, Helen Baylor, and many more. Thundercat’s brothers are also accomplished musicians. Ronald Jr. is a drummer and won a Grammy for his work with Jazz and Fusion legend, Stanley Clarke.

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T: [laughs] Wow. I’ve never been called the black sheep. Everybody in my family had something weird about them, like, "What's wrong with you?!" We all were black sheep.

I was the black sheep in school, though. I actually went to an arts middle school with Shia LaBeouf, but even there I was one of the weirder kids. At the start of high school, I looked like a girl... to a very major degree. I had really long hair and a really round face with no facial hair. And I went to a very rough high school. The first day of school, this gangbanger-- who I eventually became friends with-- was like, “Man, I thought you was a straight bitch.” This was in front of everybody. And I was like, “Nah, I’m not a woman.” It could’ve been a scene in Superbad or something.

Pitchfork: Where was your high school?

T: I went to Locke High School in Watts towards the end of the super gangbanging era. I saw one of my friends murdered at the school, all kinds of crazy shit. It was just part of the environment. Some of my closest friends were gangbangers.

Pitchfork: Have you ever worked

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ARTIST BIO

Bassist, songwriter, and vocalist Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner has music deeply rooted within. His father, Ronald Bruner, Sr., is an internationally renowned jazz drummer who played with the Temptations, Diana Ross, Gary Bartz and Gladys Knight. His brother Ronald Bruner, Jr., a Grammy-winning drummer, has played with the likes of Roy Hargrove, Stanley Clarke, and Wayne Shorter. Stephen joined his brother as a member of West Coast punk vetsSuicidal Tendencies, playing bass on their worldwide tours while still in high school. He also toured through Japan with Stanley Clarke at the age of 16.
As Thundercat, Bruner takes his jazz roots and works with a mix of artists that suit his wildly experimental sensibilities – ranging from Flying Lotus, Erykah Badu, and Stanley Clarke, as well as more recent collaborations with Wiz Khalifa and Earl Sweatshirt, to name but a few. After meeting and touring withFlying Lotus, the two artists collaborated on Lotus’ 2010 LP Cosmogramma on the track “MmmHmm.” Their kindred sense of musicalit