[1] Brown spent time in India, China, Thailand, and Polynesia, with his mother during her research.

Brown relocated to Seattle at the height of the Grunge movement, where he started the dark electronica band "October 27th", and later formed "the EaTen" with guitarist Robert Hazelton (now with the "Deadly Nightshade Botanical Society").

In addition to this, he is the band's lead singer, and plays darbuka, diatonic button accordion (melodeon), and harmonica.

Brown has authored several novels that explore Abney Park's fictional backstory, including The Wrath of Fate, Retrograde, and The Toyshop at the End of the World.

Robert is married to fellow band member Kristina Erickson and has two children, Isabella and Chloe.