Greg Behrendt does not rock... in the traditional sense that is. Performing his first stand-up sets in his early 20's, Behrendt spent the first six years of his comedy career thinking of stand up as his side gig as he slugged it out in a series of doomed alternative rock bands. A few years and hundreds of performances later, with his stand-up skills honed but no record deal in sight, Greg came to the realization that those around him knew all along - his path to fame and fortune would not include chart-topping, smash singles or worldwide arena-tours. Instead, Behrendt was born to rock as a wordsmith and a storyteller who engages his audience with a self-reflective, every "dude" comic approach.

Greg Behrendt, a northern California native, came of age in the mid-80's, which saw an unprecedented comedy explosion that gave birth to such comics as Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres and Jerry Seinfeld. During this boom, comedy clubs were booking big name performers, leaving few live stage opportunities for burgeoning stand-ups such as Behrendt. With the reactionary spirit of the underground music scene that wanted no part of Behrendt, young comics like Greg sought an unconventional path. Forced to perform at untraditional venues such as Laundromats and bookstores, a new generation of comics was born bringing a subversive style and point-of-view to the art. This alt-comedy scene was a good fit for Behrendt. More importantly, its new storytelling structure gave Behrendt a platform from which he was able to launch his thematic style of self-reflective jokes in a narrative format.

By 1996, Behrendt had moved to Los Angeles and was firmly entrenched in this new comedy scene, which fostered acclaimed comics such as Janeane Garofalo, David Cross and Ben Stiller. He made the decision to quit his band (after they fired him) and devote his full-time efforts to becoming a successful comic. Within a year, Greg had filmed his highly praised HBO special, Mantastic, a hilarious look at gender stereotypes and what it really takes to be a man. Shortly thereafter, he made his first appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. In 2001, Greg was named one of Variety's "10 Comics To Watch" and wrote, produced and starred in The Lemur, a half-hour pilot for Comedy Central. Though The Lemur never developed into a full sitcom, The New York Times called it, "a hilarious, uncanny parody of morning radio." Three seasons ago, Behrendt brought his original male point-of-view on sex and relationships to HBO's award-winning series Sex and the City when he joined the mostly female writing staff as a story consultant. Currently, Greg appears regularly on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and has signed a deal with NBC to develop and star in a sitcom based on his stand up.

A stand-up comedy event, UNCOOL is the examination of a rocker turned suburban Dad struggling to hang on to his last threads of coolness. Like Mantastic, UNCOOL continues to explore the evolution of the male psyche; only this time he's bucking the conventional entry into maturity, trying to sneak through the hipster door...

Willing to take the "uncool" hit for everybody, Greg brings the deepest, darkest fears of becoming a no-longer-relevant Gen-Xer to the surface, deconstructs the notion of "cool" and offers in its place a new definition for adulthood.

Greg also currently sings in Black Rattle, a band that plays metal versions children's songs.