Contribution - The Best of 1985-1999"" is a compilation album re-issue from 1999. They owe their name to their love of Marlon Brando. Their fans know them as one of the most vital American live rock bands of the 20th century's final decades. THE BRANDOS, known for timeless classics like ""The Solution"" and ""Gettysburg"" and their straight and true rock sound, were founded in 1986 with the line-up of David Kincaid (voc, g, mand, banjo), Ed Rupprecht (g), Larry Mason (dr) and Ernie Mendillo (b, voc) in New York City. This compilation, originally released in 1999, covers an almost fifteen year career with fourteen songs from the to that date released five studio albums plus two previously unissued tracks, ""Hallowed Ground"" and ""My Way To You"".
