Bruce Adams has worked at college radio (WCBN, Ann Arbor) record stores (Schoolkids’ Records in Ann Arbor, MI and Tower Records in Chicago, IL), and distributors (Kaleidoscope, Des Plaines IL, and Cargo Distribution, Chicago).

Adams has interviewed Tar, U.S. Maple, Walking Seeds, Ken Vandermark, and Blind Idiot God among others, and written reviews for Your Flesh, Motorbooty, and Butt Rag. His drawings have been featured in record releases by Silverfish and Brise Glace.

Adams was a music publicist at the seminal independent record label Touch & Go Records and Quarterstick Records from 1988 to 1991, where he promoted releases from The Jesus Lizard, Slint, Laughing Hyenas, Die Kreuzen, Didjits, Killdozer, Urge Overkill, and others.

In 1993, Adams co-founded the kranky label with Joel Leoschke. Alongside Leoschke he was responsible for the label roster and artist relations. Adams promoted 92 separate kranky releases to press, radio and retail. Adams wrote band biographies, one-sheets, press releases, and website content and designed advertising for kranky until 2005 when he sold his share of the label to Leoschke.

From 2008 to 2013 Adams operated a boutique independent label called FSS (Flingco Sound System) that released double LPs, LPs, 10” EPs, 7” singles, cassettes, and a soundbox by Wrnlrd, Haptic, Locrian, Jason Kahn and Jon Mueller and others. He also participates in Open Music Labs, a Cambridge, MA-based company that creates open-source analog synthesizer components.

Adams lives and works in Urbana, IL with his wife, the multimedia artist and creative placemaker, Annie F. Adams.

Bruce self-published The Continuing Case of Manny Tippitoes in 2011.