Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (sometimes abbreviated to BRMC) is an American rock band from San Francisco, California.

(2001), Take Them On, On Your Own (2003), Howl (2005), Baby 81 (2007), The Effects of 333 (2008), Beat the Devil's Tattoo (2010), Specter at the Feast (2013) and Wrong Creatures (2018), as well as several EPs, and live albums.

[citation needed] Instead, he went through various rehab attempts, eventually rejoining the band in time to record one track, the ballad "Promise".

[citation needed] On tour for this album the band also employed a temporary fourth member, guitarist Spike Keating.

The band's fourth album, Baby 81, was released on April 30, 2007, in the UK and Europe and May 1, 2007, in the U.S. On June 6, 2007, BRMC performed in a concert that was streamed live on the internet via MSN Music.

[4] However, Hayes and Been issued a statement reading: "Nick won't be joining us for the upcoming European tour, but it's not true that he is fired.

The album, titled, The Effects of 333 is instrumental and was made available as a digital download through their music store on 3:33 A.M Pacific Time on November 1, 2008.

On August 19, 2010, after the band's performance at the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium, Robert's father Michael Been died backstage of a heart attack.

All three shows sold out and BRMC played to packed houses each night where the setlist ranged from classics to quite a bit of new material.

[citation needed] It received mostly positive reviews; many critics noting that despite the band having been together for some time the album showed a mellower and moodier side with songs such as opener "Firewalker".

[citation needed] The band made the first single from the record available, a cover of The Call's 1989 hit "Let the Day Begin", as a free download on their website.

[citation needed] The decision to record the song was a tribute to Robert's father Michael, who used his experience from The Call to help BRMC in the last couple of years before his death.

[7] The same song also reached a worldwide audience when BBC's Top Gear used it for its 21st season trailer both on the live TV show and online.

During the 2013 tour, the organisers of the Harvest festival in Australia decided to abandon the multi-city event, of which BRMC were one of the lead acts, only a few months ahead of the performances.

On October 2, 2014, the band announced they were in the studio mixing the audio for a forthcoming live album and DVD recorded in Paris during the Specter at the Feast tour.