It’s much more exciting to challenge yourself.”Brown and his Texas brethren made a blueprint that’s been studied by nearly every metal act that followed behind them.
Rex and singer Philip H. Anselmo partnered again in Down, crafting doomy, smoke-enhanced Southern dirges that helped shine a light on a whole other subculture in heavy music.One of the record’s most moving songs, “The Letter,” came together in about 15 minutes. Brown and his Texas brethren made a blueprint that’s been studied by nearly every metal act that followed behind them. To the industry, fellow musicians, and a legion of fans around the world, he's the bassist for Pantera, one of the biggest hard rock and metal acts of the past few decades, alongside Nirvana and Metallica. Dig?!?! REX BROWN That record was the one where we really sat down and focused to try and come up with a theme for it. One of ‘em had cancer and was put in the ground when we were right in the middle of doing ‘Ordinary Life.’ And less than an hour later, another of my friends, who was like a father figure, passed away.”A truth-telling everyman with an easygoing spirt, Rex spins tales of triumph, failure, and woe with emotional vulnerability and undeniable resilience.
“’The Letter’ is about two friends that died on the same day.
It was the last song written for the album. While ‘Smoke on This’ may not be reminiscent of Pantera, the musician does cop the attitude of that band while delivering a bluesy, rock-leaning gem. So yeah, I think it would be a really cool thing." ?"She continued: "...[F]rom a fan's point, if I hadn't been able to see them play or hear those songs...I think it's great that they could at least see it performed — and by people that truly love 'em. With his status as a heavy metal icon firmly cemented by his rich legacy as bassist for Pantera, Brown summoned forth a new side to his musical pedigree as a guitar-wielding, no-nonsense frontman with Smoke On This…, his bluesy, diverse, classic rock worshipping solo debut. Full details, specs and order page for my signature pickups can be found here https://bit.ly/2CiDg98 Check out the whole video here https://bit.ly/2NLl7CX It's likely, however, that the fate of any Pantera-related project rests on Anselmo's shoulders, his busy schedule (he fronts several different bands) and how he can reconcile performing Pantera music again with his lack of closure with two of the band's late-co-founders Darrell and Paul."I wanna make sure that [people] understand what I'm about to tweet," Brown wrote in the since-deleted post. Rex has played on many tracks including ones with Jerry Cantrell.
Questo mi ha dato la libertà di cui avevo bisogno. And now, he’s assembled an even more electrifying and confident follow-up.Brown and ex-Black Sabbath/DIO drummer Vinny Appice cofounded Kill Devil Hill in 2011.
Pantera rode a groundswell of passionate loyalty, earned through several years of blood and sweat, to the top of the album charts, with minimal support from traditional commercial outlets. Rex Robert Brown, noto come Rex, Rex Brown o Rex Rocker (Graham, 27 luglio 1964), è un bassista statunitense.
It’s the sound of freedom, an expression of all of the different shades of the man whose name is out front.Rex has emerged as a singer/songwriter no less engaging behind the mic as he was wearing the bass in Pantera and Down, or playing on albums from Alice In Chains bandleader Jerry Cantrell, NOLA powerhouse Crowbar, or the supergroup Kill Devil Hill.The self-described Cowboys from Hell sparked a movement that reinvigorated heavy metal, inspired countless bands, and is memorialized in tattooed skin around the world, representing the five landmark multiplatinum albums unleashed between 1990 to 2000.With his status as a heavy metal icon firmly cemented by his rich legacy as bassist for Pantera, Brown summoned forth a new side to his musical pedigree as a guitar-wielding, no-nonsense frontman with Smoke On This…, his bluesy, diverse, classic rock worshipping solo debut. Ho avuto i miei alti e bassi, come chiunque in questo business. Brown ha reso noto il lyric video del suo primo singolo “Crossing Lines”. “You wouldn’t want to paint the same painting twice.