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Aaron "White Owl" Collins is an American musician best known for his work with White Trash, Murphy's Law, Butterbrain, Skarhead and Hash.^[1] He has collaborated with musicians such as Angelo Moore, James Drescher, Danny Diablo and Benjamin Clapp. He was also the founder of Gotham Gold Records, a production company based in Queens, New York.

Born in Queens, New York, Collins was trained as a classical pianist at an early age. Collins was convinced to pick up the bass guitar by his brother Ethan, an accomplished guitarist, and the two of them joined with neighbors Dave Alvin and Mike Caldarella to form White Trash, which was signed to Elektra Records in 1989^[2], and had a Billboard Top 100 hit with "Apple Pie" in the summer of 1991, and was featured in heavy rotation on MTV^[3]

After White Trash, Collins played in several bands spanning genres from punk to hip-hop before being recruited to play bass for Murphy's Law in 1998.^[4] Collins later rejoined White Trash for two albums^[5], 2009's 3-D Monkeys In Space, which was released on Collins' production company Gotham Gold Records^[6] and 2015's Suburban Purgatory^[7]

In the mid-2010's, Collins formed Butterbrain, featuring a number of musicians who Collins had met in band class at Francis Lewis High School in Queens, as well as current and former members of White Trash, Hash and Inspecter 7. After an EP and the full length album Sapiosexual^[8], they connected with Angelo Moore of Fishbone^[9] and are at present preparing to release their third studio album, produced by and featuring Moore, and including a cover of "I Against I" by Bad Brains. The band has played shows primarily in New York City and in Florida, often sharing a bill with the Florida-based ska band ¡Fuákata!^[10][11] as well as the Queens-based band Giftshop^[12], The band is also a fixture at The Bowery Electric, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan^[13]. In late 2024 and early 2025, two songs written by Collins for Butterbrain, "Armageddon Party" and "Hold Tight", were featured on the website PunkNews.org^[14][15]. A promotional tour of New York City and Florida will commence upon release of the new album.^[16]