Brian Bandas

Friday night (Dec. 3), Love and Theft graced the stage of the Ryman Auditorium for their final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry program as a trio. Last week, The Boot announced exclusively that guitarist and vocalist Brian Bandas would be leaving the band after the first of the year to pursue a different creative path than Love and Theft's remaining members, Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson

Love and Theft's Brian Bandas will leave the band next year, the group confirms exclusively with The Boot. While founding members Eric Gunderson and Stephen Barker Liles will continue the Love and Theft tradition as a duo in 2011, Brian, who has been with the band since they formed in 2006, will depart following the trio's New Years Eve show...

When Love and Theft's deal with Lyric Street Records ended, thanks to the closing of the Disney-owned label back in April, the band picked up the pieces and decided to put the future of their career in their own hands. In between weddings for band members Eric Gunderson and Brian Bandas, the band has been focusing on their songwriting, while keeping their eye on signing to a new label and releasin

Starting next week, Love and Theft member Brian Bandas can add entrepreneur to his resume. Brian has launched a unique website called Holy Vintage, which offers one-of-a-kind vintage t-shirts from around the world. "It's not like vintage-style shirts; it's actually vintage shirts," Brian tells The Boot...

Love and Theft are gearing up to write a their first fan-inspired song. Now through November 10, fans can submit entries of their most original and effective way to promote Love and Theft, then put their ideas into action. The winner of the 'Our Song for You' contest will get the ultimate prize: a song written about them by the group's Eric Gunderson, Stephen Barker Liles and Brian Bandas... Read

Last month, Love and Theft's Brian Bandas was the latest member of the trio to take the walk down the matrimonial aisle. On September 26, Brian wed girlfriend Kelly Barons in an evening ceremony at Nashville's Cheekwood Botanical Gardens, with about 175 friends and family members present...

Congratulations are in order for Love and Theft's Brian Bandas. The vocalist/guitarist wed his girlfriend, Kelly Barons, in a private ceremony Sunday, September 26, at Nashville's Cheekwood Botanical Gardens, the band's publicist confirms to The Boot...

Love and Theft -- Eric Gunderson, Stephen Barker Liles and Brian Bandas -- are being forced to take some time off the road, doctor's orders. "We're sad to report that we are unable to play our scheduled shows this weekend because Stephen has fallen sick," the band announced, after unexpectedly canceling a show in Hamel, Minn...