Brian McBride

Brian McBride (born Brian Edward McBride in Irving, TX, in 1970; died August 2023) was an American ambient musician remembered as one half of the duo Stars of the Lid. He released two solo albums, "When The Detail Lost Its Freedom" (2005) and "The Effective Disconnect" (2010). In 2009 he teamed up with musician Kenneth James Gibson to form the duo Bell Gardens.

McBride moved to Austin, Texas, in 1990 where he met Adam Wiltzie, forming Stars of the Lid in the early 1990s.