'He's a fucking genius!' - Tim Leary
To the best of his recollection, Brian has been called a genius by at least 3 different people, but then he has been called many other things as well. Over the years he has been an author, painter, prisoner, dope fiend, comedian, krautrocker, occultist, raving maniac and beatnik, and has known many notable figures including William Burroughs, Alex Trochi, Ash Ra Temple, H.R. Giger, Sergius Golowin and Timothy Leary. Amazingly, and this defies all logic and reason, he is about the only notable figure from this Beatnik era to survive into the 21st Century. Needless to say, he is still up to no good.
As a good introduction to Brian, you could try this extensive interview from the music magazine Wax.
Brian may or may not be an evil lizard.