Hellings

Brett Hellings began playing guitar at 14 after his brother Christian – and future bandmate -- took him to see a life changing Stone Temple Pilots concert. After participating with several bands in musical competitions in high school, Hellings attended a summer performance program at Berklee College of Music in Boston, sticking around for one semester as a vocal performance major before realizing in a songwriting class that the “best way to learn how to write was to just go out and live life.” First, Hellings moved to Nashville, where he achieved some local success with Lover’s Red, the Southern Rock band he formed. During this formative stage of his career, he recorded his solo debut, Restless (under Brett Hellings) in Florida with engineer Joe Smith. Hellings and Christian then hightailed it to NYC, living on the Lower East Side for a year before the siblings chased their passions out West. Settling in Los Angeles, they formed Hellings, recorded their debut album Electric Drag (2007) and held court for two years playing at iconic Sunset Strip clubs like The Whisky, Key Club and Roxy. In 2020, rock legend Alice Cooper played Hellings’ party anthem “Here to Have a Good Time” on the Deja Nu segment of the globally popular radio show “Nights with Alice Cooper” – opening up an exciting opportunity for Hellings to record during the pandemic with a band of rock all-stars including Tommy Henriksen, Richard Fortus, Buck Johnson, Billy Sheehan and Kenny Aronoff.