Rex Brown

Rex Brown 2008 live with Down

Rex Brown (* 27. July 1964 in Graham, Texas ) is an American metal - bassist , the bass player of the group Pantera was known, but also worked for several other bands and artists, including Down , Crowbar , Rebel Meets Rebel , Jerry Cantrell and Kill Devil Hill .

Career

Brown joined Pantera in 1982 and played there with high school classmate Vinnie Paul . In the early days when the band played glam metal and power metal , he also called himself "Rexx Rocker". On Cowboys from Hell he called himself simply "Rex". It wasn't until 1996, starting with The Great Southern Trendkill , that he used his real name. Brown had great success with Pantera - the band was nominated four times for a Grammy Award .

In 1998, Brown played on Jerry Cantrell's solo debut, Boggy Depot . In 1999, Brown and Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul teamed up with country artist David Allan Coe to form Rebel Meets Rebel and released an album.

After Pantera paused since 2001 because of Phil Anselmo's back problems, among other things , Brown followed Anselmo to Down and replaced Todd Strange there . In 2002 he also played Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow . After a temporary break, Down III followed in 2006 : Over the Under . The band's fourth album is in the works, but Brown was replaced by Crowbar's Pat Bruders in June 2011 , as Down drummer Jimmy Bower said in an interview. Since 2009, Brown's health problems have been reported, he suffered from pancreatitis , had to undergo an operation and could not play the Down tour.

In March 2011 it was announced that Brown had founded the band Kill Devil Hill with Vinny Appice ( Heaven & Hell , Black Sabbath , Dio ) on drums, Mark Zavon ( RATT , WASP , 40 Cycle Hum ) on guitar and Dewey Bragg on vocals has already recorded ten demo tracks. According to Appice, the band is a mixture of Black Sabbath, Alice in Chains and a little Led Zeppelin .

Style and equipment

Guitar pick (front) by Rex Brown from his club tour Smoke On This in Germany (2017)

Rex Brown pick (back)

Brown formed the rhythm section of Pantera with drummer Vinnie Paul, so he had some influence on the development of groove metal . He mostly plays with a pick . Because Pantera usually does not include an additional rhythm guitar under Dimebag Darrell's solos, his bass playing comes into its own. As a former tuba player , Brown was also offered a scholarship to the University of North Texas , which he declined. He has an endorsement contract for Spector bass guitars and for Ampeg amplifiers.

Discography

solo

• 2017 Smoke on This

Pantera

• 1983 Metal Magic
• 1984 Projects in the Jungle
• 1985 I Am the Night
• 1988 Power Metal
• 1990 Cowboys from Hell
• 1992 Vulgar Display of Power
• 1994 Far Beyond Driven
• 1996 The Great Southern Trendkill
• 1997 Official Live: 101 Proof
• 2000 Reinventing the Steel

Down

• 2002 - Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow
• 2007 - Down III: Over the Under
• 2010 - Diary of a Mad Band (Live in the Year of the VI) CD / DVD

Crowbar

• 2004 Lifesblood for the Downtrodden

Rebel Meets Rebel

• 2006 Rebel Meets Rebel

Collaborations

• 1998: Jerry Cantrell - Boggy Depot ( Dickeye , My Song , Keep the Light On , Satisfy and Hurt a Long Time )
• 2008: Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted ( Ultra-Violent )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BLABBERMOUTH.NET - bassist REX BROWN Will Not Return To DOWN, Says drummer JIMMY BOWER . Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 4, 2011. 
2. ↑ DOWN / Ex-PANTERA bassist REX BROWN Diagnosed With Acute Pancreatitis . BlabberMouth. Archived from the original on September 7, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
3. ↑ VINNY APPICE And REX BROWN Join Forces In KILL DEVIL HILL; First Photo Available . Roadrunner Records. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Rex Brown: Rex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ GuitarGeek: rex brown of pantera ( Memento from August 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• Rex Brown at Discogs (English)