BRIAN FISHBACH is a music journalist, copywriter, and ghostwriter based in Los Angeles, California.

Brian grew up in Wisconsin.  He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he earned a BA in Political Science. He earned a Certificate in Journalism from the University of California—Los Angeles (UCLAx).

He began his career in writing in the halls of the U.S. Capitol as a staffer in the U.S. Senate.  After fixing some of the country’s problems, Brian left the government to be a music journalist in Los Angeles.

Brian produced The Truth Barrel Podcast on the PodcastOne Network and was the lead researcher for the Webby Award-winning true-crime podcast, To Live and Die in LA—which spent 13 consecutive days on the top of the iTunes podcast charts. Brian was also a researcher and editor for Kevin Hart‘s New York Times-bestselling memoir, I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons. Between 2016-18, Brian was also the researcher for six articles published in Rolling Stone. 

Brian is the entertainment reporter for The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Some of his work at the Jewish Journal includes exclusive interviews with Washington Post investigative reporter Carl Bernstein, documentarian Ken Burns, actress Jennifer Grey, Members of Congress, Grammy-winning composers and actor Jason Alexander. Brian has bylines in Forbes, Newsweek, Israel21c and Gather DC. 

Brian also hosts special events, live interviews and Q&A’s, including the 25th Anniversary Screening & Cast Reunion for the film Con Air. 

You can find his stories about rockstars at www.BrianFishbach.com.