 Joining the band Nine Inch Nails upon graduation from college, Brian lived with Trent Reznor in New Orleans for a while, working on the Grammy Award-winning "Broken" before the band relocated to Los Angeles, or more specifically, the Sharon Tate house to record "The Downward Spiral".After leaving Nine Inch Nails, Brian was the producer, guitarist and founding member of the Industrial rock band Filter along with Richard Patrick.Filter was formed in 1993 in Cleveland Ohio.