Mehran Azma, who creates works under the alias R. Barrows, is an American musician,[1] designer,[2] writer,[3] editor,[4] producer and radio-show host.
[5] Born in the USA, he spent the latter half of the 90s singing and playing guitar in post-punk act The Nightmare Syndicate, who toured and supported acts like The Murder City Devils, The Blood Brothers, The Rapture and others,[1][6] and was a touring guitarist for the punk band Swindle in the Southern California area.
[7] During this time, he was also the editor-in-chief of online music publication Light Up The Sky [4] and contributing writer for OC Weekly.
[10] In 2011, he relocated to Portland, Oregon and began hosting a weekly radio show called Past Haunts on local radio-station PRA.
After the closure of the station due to financial stress, the show was moved to House of Sound where he continues to host on Sunday mornings.