Nat and Alex Wolfe are real-life brothers who formed “The Naked Brothers Band” before they were even in school. The name arrived after the brothers jumped out of the bathtub and started singing “we're the naked brothers band!" Incidentally, there's a similar story involving Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis.



Nat was born in 1994 and Alex in '97. Most of us own CD's older than that.

While in preschool, Nat formed a band with his friends—most of whom had famous parents—called The Silver Boulders. The band borrowed “silver” from The Silver Beatles (the original name of the Beatles) and “boulders” is a synonym of the word “stones”, as in The Rolling Stones.

Nat plays the keyboards, while Alex, inspired by Ringo Starr, plays the drums. They both write songs.

When Nat and Alex were 9 and 6 respectively, they went to record a demo with their father Michael Wolfe (former band leader and musical director of The Arsenio Hall Show). That's when their mother, Polly Draper (former star of the television drama thirtysomething) got the idea for a mock-documentary about the band.

Thus The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie was born.

This low budget independent film featured a slew of celebrities, mostly friends of Draper and Wolfe, as well as the entire cast of thritysomething. Despite featuring the entire cast of thirtysomething, the movie was good enough to catch the attention of Nickelodeon.

After some initial arm twisting (the parents were reluctant to put their kids on television), the network convinced Draper and Wolfe to turn The Naked Brothers into a television series.

The series began in February of 2007 and is now in its third season. It's one of the highest rated shows in Nickelodeon's history.

Now fans can buy Nat and Alex Wolfe tickets as the brothers embark on their second national tour. These kids will have logged two tours of America before finishing high school. Fans can catch the brothers in cities like Anaheim, Dallas, Los Vegas and New Orleans.

Cynics may be tempted to think Nat and Alex were shoved into the spotlight by over bearing parents. However, Draper and Wolfe don't need to live vicariously through their children; they've already had success in the entertainment world.

Granted, Draper is now regulated to guest starring on Law and Order's and CSI's, but she's still an accomplished actress. Wolfe may not be a household name, but he's had an impressive and successful career in music.

Either are the kids looking for a paycheck. Besides living off of thirtysomething and Arsenio Hall Show money, Draper's brother is Tim Draper, the man widely recognized as creating "viral marketing.” In fact, the Drapers come from long line of venture capitalists. As you can see, there's no pressure on Nat and Alex to be the family's bread winner.

It's obvious that these kids want to rock and it's obvious that they're not being pushed beyond their ability to cope by fame-hungry parents, but what about their music? Certainly they have to be nothing more than insipid teeny-boppers playing shallow, obnoxious bubble gum pop?

You would think so, but that's not the case.

Sure their lyrics lack the maturity necessary to appeal to adults, but these kids actually have talent. It would not come as a surprise if the Wolfe Brothers grow up and have successful and relevant careers in the music industry.

This comes as very good news for parents forced to chaperon their kids to Nat and Alex Wolfe concerts in Englewood or Houston for example. The brothers' music, highly influenced by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, is far better than anything you'll hear at a Miley Cyrus concert.

If your kids want to see Nat and Alex Wolfe this summer you should probably take them. That way, when the brothers become significant forces in rock and roll you can say you saw them way back when.