Brian Wecht is a musician, producer, and theoretical physicist, best known for being a member of the duo Ninja Sex Party, along with vocalist Dan Avidan. Wecht plays the keyboard and synthesizers on all of the NSP albums. Brian also produced the early NSP albums. He also appears in the music videos as the character “Ninja Brian”.
Brian is also in the band Starbomb, along with Dan Avidan and Arin Hanson. Just like in Ninja Sex Party, Brian does the keyboards and synthesizers. Brian also produced the first 2 Starbomb albums.
On November 5th 2015, Brian officially joined the online comedy web show Game Grumps, becoming their social media manager. Brian also occasionally appears in some of the videos. Brian also wrote some short comedy sketches on the channel.
Brian was the musical director of an improv comedy troupe in New York. In 2009, Dan Avidan was in search of a bandmate and producer for a musical comedy project (Ninja Sex Party). Julie Katz, a member of Brian’s comedy troupe, introduced Dan to Brian. Dan and Brian then created Ninja Sex Party. Brian has been a member of NSP ever since.
Brian was also a theoretical physicist. In 2004, Brian obtained a PhD in particle physics. However, Brian retired from theoretical physics in 2015, to join Game Grumps and dedicate himself to music.