Like the Foo Fighters, Brad is the kind of band that doesn't elicit a strong opinion in either direction, but attracts the curious because an alt-rock luminary is a member. In this case, it's Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard, who needs something else to do when Eddie Vedder goes into hiding.
But unlike the Nirvana-sequel Foo Fighters, Brad - on the Philadelphia stop of its first tour Friday night at the Theatre of Living Arts - tries to establish an identity of its own, even if it's not an entirely successful one.
