Had a same experience: Me and my buddies organised a bbq in octobre 2003 just before a gig in Belgium (the Brant Bjork BBQ experience). Best BBQ I ever had in the freezing cold. Great guy to hang out with.
He aint exactly running on much fame is he mate, if he's playing all these small venues that you say he's playing. Pretty sure he aint in it for fame and fortune. If you knew anything bout Brant Bjork that is.
yeah you may have a point there. If you were a new band it would be hard to draw a crowd anyway. Using his name in the band name might attract the leftovers of kyuss maybe. But if people think his music is shit, they're not going to listen to it no matter who it is. There are plenty of examples of bands cashing in on leftovers, dave grohl being one of the bigger examples. Of which i think Foo fighters make absolutely terrible music