Buzz Clic

Buzz Clic (born Elmer Charles Brandt Jr.; May 25, 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American musician and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist for the punk rock band, the Rubber City Rebels.

After a late ’60s period that saw him residing in Northern California and even attending the Altamont Speedway Free Festival in December 1969, Clic returned to his hometown of Hudson, Ohio and began playing guitar—eventually settling in with a local outfit called Bold Chicken (whose recordings were later documented on a Smog Veil Records release) in 1971. Upon the demise of Bold Chicken in 1973 and an aborted stint in a cover band, Clic hooked up with Hudson friend Rod Firestone and Donny Damage to form King Cobra. While King Cobra’s repertoire was mostly heavy metal and glam covers such as UFO, Alice Cooper and Silverhead, the band’s set list also featured Stooges and New York Dolls numbers—virtually unheard of in the pre-punk mid-’70s.

Eventually the band’s punk inclinations won out. After witnessing Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers at the Piccadilly Inn in Cleveland in early 1976, Clic, Firestone and Damage scrapped the cover-band format in favor of originals. They soon took over a local Akron club called the Crypt, booking like-minded locals such as Devo (who also opened for King Cobra), Pere Ubu, the Bizarros and the Dead Boys. On the suggestion of Dead Boys singer Stiv Bators, King Cobra renamed themselves the Rubber City Rebels.

The Crypt closed in early 1977, but the Rebels soldiered on, recording a critically acclaimed split-LP with the Bizarros called From Akron and building a live reputation. After sampling the New York scene with shows at CBGB, the Rebels moved to Hollywood, California near the end of the year and started gigging at venues such as the Masque, the Whisky and the Starwood. This led to a contract with Sire Records in 1978, which soon became embroiled in controversy as the band was dropped within months.

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