Stony Browder Jr.
Co-founder, Song Writer, lyricist, Performer
Stony Browder Jr. was a mutant-disco band built on rebellion, joy, and raw human energy. Named in honour of our late uncle, Stony Browder Jr., the founder of Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band, whose work earned Grammy recognition, the project carried forward that same spirit of musical independence and cultural defiance.
No laptops. No playback. No safety net.
Just people, instruments, and songs about revolution.
Listen Up ✊🏽
2015 - The Whole Circus EP
2016 - Live In a Volatile Environment EP
2017 - Technicolour Civilisation EP
2019 - Live at The Bedford 2013
The Story
After success with a previous project rooted in electronic performance, we deliberately went the other way. Stony Browder Jr. was built on a strict “no microchip” rule, everything had to be live, human & real.
At its core, the project was a collective: 14 musicians and performers, always stuffed into a half-broken splitter van together, building a reputation purely through word of mouth. No website, no social media, no releases - just a message of revolution.
Over three years, my younger brother Dario Darnell and I wrote over 60 songs for the band. The music lived between funk, soul, disco, and protest: bright, jubilant, and confrontational, cutting through a politically darker moment in the UK.
Naming the project after our uncle wasn’t just nostalgia, it was intentional. A way of honouring his legacy while pushing that same rebellious energy into a new generation.
Monsters Music Video, Role: Guitarist
The Result
From 2013 to 2016, Stony Browder Jr. existed entirely off-grid, growing an audience through live performance alone.
Only after years of shows did we release the first of two EPs, capturing a fraction of what had already become a fully realised live experience.
Chaotic. Joyful. Unfiltered.
A band that proved you don’t need technology to make something feel huge: just people, purpose, and energy.
