Brie Howard (born August 9, 1949) is an American musician and actress. She has also appeared or been credited under the names Brie Brandt, Brie Berry, Brie Darling, and Brie Howard Darling. Howard played in the pioneering all-woman rock band Fanny, the first all-woman rock band to release an album on a major label. Howard starred opposite Klaus Kinski in Aaron Lipstadt’s sci-fi film Android and appeared in a few other films, including Somebody to Love with the Screamin’ Sirens. (More from Wikipedia)
After moving to the U. S. from the Philippines in 1961, guitarist June Millington and her sister, bass guitarist Jean Millington organized an all-girl band while they were in high school in Sacramento, CA that was called the Svelts; the other bandmembers were Addie Lee (guitar) and Brie Brandt (drums), who was later replaced on drums by Alice de Buhr.
Brie Brandt has been active as a musician and also an actress for many years; under the name Brie Howard, she starred opposite Klaus Kinski in the 1982 science fiction film, Android.
June Millington and Alice de Buhr left Fanny after the fourth album; they were replaced by guitarist Patti Quatro (who was also a bandmember in the Pleasure Seekers) and Brie Brandt, who had drummed in their earlier band the Svelts. They came up with a final album in this line-up, Rock and Roll Survivors.
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