Brad Shultz

Donald Bradley Shultz Jr. (born May 15, 1982) is an American musician. He is the rhythm guitarist and one of the founding members of the band Cage the Elephant, and is also a record producer. He is the older brother to current Cage the Elephant bandmate, Matt Shultz.

Brad Shultz
Brad Shultz performing at Rock im Park 2019
Background information
Born	(1982-05-15) May 15, 1982 (age 43) Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock garage rock punk blues blues rock indie rock
Occupations	Musician songwriter producer
Instruments	Guitar keyboards

Early life

Donald Bradley "Brad" Shultz Jr was born on May 15th, 1982, and was raised in Bowling Green, Kentucky. His father, Donald Bradley Shultz Sr, was also a musician. Growing up, Shultz came from a poor background alongside his younger brother, Matthew Shultz, which subjected them to teasing from their peers at school. Their parents separated when the brothers were young, which inspired them to begin writing music while they lived with their grandmother in a trailer park. He attended Greenwood High School.

History

Before Cage the Elephant, Shultz was in a band with current bandmates Jared Champion and Matt Shultz known as Perfect Confusion.^[1] Perfect Confusion formed in 2001, and played smaller music venues around their hometown, Bowling Green. The band broke up in 2005, but the former members occasionally have reunions and performances.^[2]

Career

After Cage the Elephant formed in 2006, Shultz, along with the rest of the band, moved to the United Kingdom to gain moderate success with their self-titled debut LP, releasing in Europe on June 23, 2008, and in the United States on March 24, 2009.^[3] Since then Shultz’s and Cage the elephant have become one of the top bands in the alternative rock scene and have realsed 6 total albums. Winning 2 Grammys from best rock album in 2017 and 2020.^[4]

Along with being a member of Cage the Elephant, he is a record producer. He has produced Juliette Lewis' Future Deep EP,^[5] Nashville band Bad Cop's The Light On EP,^[6] and Bowling Green band Dan Luke and The Raid's debut LP, Out Of The Blue,^[7] among other indie artists' EPs and LPs.

In 2025 Shultz along side Daniel Oakley and Darren Potuck would form their own record label parallel vision. The label also formed a joint venture with big loud rock.^[8]

Personal life

In May 2007, Shultz and his wife, Lindsay, got married. In September 2013, the Shultz's first child was born.^[9] In November 2019, the couple welcomed their second child.^[10]

Accomplishments

Cage the Elephant's first nomination came in 2011, when the music video for "Shake Me Down" was nominated for the Best Rock Video at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2014, Cage the Elephant was nominated for the Best Alternative Music Album for Melophobia, at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. In 2016, Cage the Elephant won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album for Tell Me I'm Pretty, winning again in 2019 for Social Cues.^[11]