Rex Brown
Encyclopedia
Rex Robert Brown is an American
heavy metal
bassist
. A former member of Down
, he is most famous as the longtime bassist for the Grammy
-nominated, platinum
-selling band Pantera
.
, guitarist Dimebag Darrell
(then known as Diamond Darrell), and vocalist Terry Glaze
. During the early days of Pantera
, Rex Brown went by the stage name Rexx Rocker. For the 1990 album Cowboys from Hell
he was credited simply as Rex. It was not until the 1996 album The Great Southern Trendkill
that he used his full name of Rex Brown.
Pantera recruited vocalist Phil Anselmo
to replace Glaze in 1987. By 1990 the band had been signed to Atco Records and released Cowboys from Hell
which proved to be the band's turning point. Over the course of four more studio records, a live album and a greatest hits compilation
, Pantera were nominated for four best metal performance Grammy
s, for "I'm Broken
," "Suicide Note Pt. I," "Cemetery Gates
," and "Revolution Is My Name
." During downtime Brown, Dimebag, and Vinnie teamed up with country artist David Allan Coe
in a project called Rebel Meets Rebel
in 1999. This group released an album on May 2, 2006 on Vinnie Paul's Big Vin Records label. Rebel Meets Rebel disbanded in 2004.
while he toured and recorded with his side projects, including Down
. Pantera disbanded in 2003 and also released the greatest hits compilation CD/DVD The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!
(an international version released in Europe titled Reinventing Hell: The Best of Pantera, featuring slightly different songs). Brown subsequently rejoined Anselmo in Down to replace bassist Todd Strange
. On March 26, 2002, Down released their second album called Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow
with Brown on bass. After Down reunited in 2006 after a four-year hiatus, work began on their third album, Down III: Over the Under
. They are currently recording their fourth album to be released sometime in 2011.
On June 22, Jimmy Bower stated in a interview that Rex will be replaced by Pat Bruders from Crowbar and Rex had given Pat his blessing.
as well as eleven tracks with Crowbar on the album Lifesblood for the Downtrodden. He has also provided bass work for Crowbar in 2004 and 2005 and to Cavalera Conspiracy
in 2008. Rex revealed his new project Arms of the Sun, a project also featuring John Luke Hebert (of King Diamond
) on drums, Lance Harvill on vocals and guitar, and Ben Bunker (of Gryn) on guitar. The group has completed work on thirteen tracks at Willie Nelson
's Pedernales Recording Studio in Austin, produced and mixed by Terry Date
. In February 2011 it was announced that Rex had amicably left Arms of the Sun. A replacement bassist has not yet been announced.
In March 2011 it was announced that Rex had formed a new band, Kill Devil Hill with Vinny Appice
(Heaven & Hell, Black Sabbath
, Dio
) on drums, Mark Zavon (RATT, W.A.S.P., 40 Cycle Hum) on guitar and Dewey Bragg on vocals. The group has demoed around 10 songs, which, according to Appice, sound "like a cross between Black Sabbath
, Alice In Chains
and a little bit of Led Zeppelin
thrown in. It's heavy, but with a lot of cool hooks and melodic overtones, too."
. He would then have his gallbladder and polyps on his pancreas removed.
Kirk Windstein
recently Stated on Down's website: Bassist Rex Brown – Diagnosed with acute pancreatitis, he underwent surgery, during which his gall bladder, along with some polyps were removed. “He’s doing much better. He’s gaining a little weight back. Rex is one of my best friends in the world. I love him to death. He’ll be all right. Everybody’s not Lemmy (from Motörhead). I tell him that sometimes. It got to the point where his body just started giving out from 25 years on the road – drinking every day and what not. Most people do it on the weekend. Add that up to every day for 25 years and that’s what happens. By no means is he out of the band." As of December he is almost three years sober.
As of the end of January 2010, Rex has nearly fully recuperated from his fight with pancreatitis. Says Brown, "After two major surgeries to close out 2009, I have recovered from pancreatitis and am looking forward to getting back to work with Down. I'd like to thank everyone for their support and well wishes during my illness and recovery."
bassist and was offered a scholarship to the University of North Texas but declined. He often plays with a pick. He is widely considered to be, along with Dimebag Darrell
, one of the driving forces behind groove metal
.
Rex was notable for often contributing walking basslines underneath Darrell's guitar solos. Standout tracks include "Floods" "Walk" "5 Minutes Alone", "Throes of Rejection", "Cowboys from Hell", "Living Through Me (Hells Wrath)", "I Can't Hide", "Use my Third Arm", "Where You Come From", "This Love", "I'm Broken" and many others.
In Pantera's earliest days, Brown was witnessed playing an Ibanez Roadster bass. In the late 80's he switched to Charvel basses and played a white 5 string and a black 4 string model. He used these basses exclusively through the Cowboys From Hell and Vulgar Display of Power albums, before he briefly used a 4 and 5 string model Ernie Ball MusicMan Stingray bass during the Vulgar Display of Power tour as well as a Fernandes Telecaster shaped bass for the "Walk" music video. In 1993, Rex began endorsing Spector bass guitars, notably all his basses had humbuckers. He continues to use Spectors to this day, with his own signature model. Slightly shaped like a Gibson Thunderbird
, the Spector Rex Brown Signature bass comes in several different finishes and is available in 4 and 5 string models. In 2011, Spector released a new signature bass by Rex. Named the Spector RXT, the bass has the same electronics as his first signature bass but instead of a Thunderbird, it is shaped like a Telecaster.
Brown is currently endorsed by Spector
basses and Ampeg
amplification.
Down
Crowbar
Rebel Meets Rebel
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
. A former member of Down
Down (band)
Down is an American heavy metal supergroup that formed in 1991 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist Phil Anselmo, guitarist Pepper Keenan, guitarist Kirk Windstein, bassist Pat Bruders and drummer Jimmy Bower. Since their formation, Down has gone on hiatus twice...
, he is most famous as the longtime bassist for the Grammy
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
-nominated, platinum
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...
-selling band Pantera
Pantera
Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. Formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell in 1981, bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera had Terry replaced in 1987 with Phil Anselmo as...
.
Pantera
Rex joined Pantera in 1982 with his classmate from the high school jazz band drummer Vinnie PaulVinnie Paul
Vincent Paul Abbott, also known as "Vinnie Paul" is a heavy metal drummer and producer who is currently a member of supergroup Hellyeah, but is best known for being a member, and co-founder, of the heavy metal band Pantera...
, guitarist Dimebag Darrell
Dimebag Darrell
Darrell Lance Abbott , also known as Diamond Darrell and Dimebag Darrell, was an American guitarist. He was best known as a founding member of the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan. Abbott also contributed to the album Rebel Meets Rebel, a collaboration between Pantera and David Allan Coe...
(then known as Diamond Darrell), and vocalist Terry Glaze
Terry Glaze
Terrence Lee Glaze is an Ohio-born and Texas raised singer who is most well known for his work in American heavy metal band Pantera during their glam metal years, and Lord Tracy....
. During the early days of Pantera
Pantera
Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. Formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell in 1981, bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera had Terry replaced in 1987 with Phil Anselmo as...
, Rex Brown went by the stage name Rexx Rocker. For the 1990 album Cowboys from Hell
Cowboys from Hell
Cowboys from Hell is Pantera's fifth album and their first Atco Records album, recorded at The Dallas Sound Lab in Irving, TX and released on July 24, 1990. This was their first commercially successful album, exposing the band's groove metal style to mainstream audiences...
he was credited simply as Rex. It was not until the 1996 album The Great Southern Trendkill
The Great Southern Trendkill
-Credits:* Philip Anselmo – lead vocals* Dimebag Darrell – guitar, backing vocals, 12 string acoustic guitar on "Suicide Note Pt. I"* Rex Brown – bass, backing vocals* Vinnie Paul – drums* Produced, Recorded, and Mixed by Terry Date and Vinnie Paul...
that he used his full name of Rex Brown.
Pantera recruited vocalist Phil Anselmo
Phil Anselmo
Philip Hansen "Phil" Anselmo is an American musician who is best known as the lead singer for the heavy metal band Pantera. He is currently the frontman for the Louisiana-based metal act Down. He is also the owner of Housecore Records....
to replace Glaze in 1987. By 1990 the band had been signed to Atco Records and released Cowboys from Hell
Cowboys from Hell
Cowboys from Hell is Pantera's fifth album and their first Atco Records album, recorded at The Dallas Sound Lab in Irving, TX and released on July 24, 1990. This was their first commercially successful album, exposing the band's groove metal style to mainstream audiences...
which proved to be the band's turning point. Over the course of four more studio records, a live album and a greatest hits compilation
The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!
The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits! is a compilation album by the heavy metal band Pantera, released on September 23, 2003...
, Pantera were nominated for four best metal performance Grammy
Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards to recording artists for works containing quality performances in the heavy metal music genre...
s, for "I'm Broken
I'm Broken
"I'm Broken" is a song by the heavy metal group Pantera from the 1994 album Far Beyond Driven. It was the first single issued from the album...
," "Suicide Note Pt. I," "Cemetery Gates
Cemetery Gates
"Cemetery Gates" is a song by heavy metal band Pantera. The song is the fifth track from Cowboys from Hell, the band's fifth album and second with lead singer Phil Anselmo...
," and "Revolution Is My Name
Revolution Is My Name
"Revolution Is My Name" is a song by American heavy metal band Pantera. It was the first single from the band's final album, Reinventing the Steel. It was also included on the band's compilation album.-Release and reception:...
." During downtime Brown, Dimebag, and Vinnie teamed up with country artist David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe is an American outlaw country music singer who achieved popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his career...
in a project called Rebel Meets Rebel
Rebel Meets Rebel
Rebel Meets Rebel is a country metal album by David Allan Coe and Pantera members Dimebag Darrell, Rex Brown, and Vinnie Paul. The music was written and recorded by the band when the musicians had time aside from their other projects, including Pantera's world tour supporting Reinventing the...
in 1999. This group released an album on May 2, 2006 on Vinnie Paul's Big Vin Records label. Rebel Meets Rebel disbanded in 2004.
Down
In 2001, Anselmo decided to put Pantera on hold because of back painBack pain
Back pain is pain felt in the back that usually originates from the muscles, nerves, bones, joints or other structures in the spine.The pain can often be divided into neck pain, upper back pain, lower back pain or tailbone pain...
while he toured and recorded with his side projects, including Down
Down (band)
Down is an American heavy metal supergroup that formed in 1991 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist Phil Anselmo, guitarist Pepper Keenan, guitarist Kirk Windstein, bassist Pat Bruders and drummer Jimmy Bower. Since their formation, Down has gone on hiatus twice...
. Pantera disbanded in 2003 and also released the greatest hits compilation CD/DVD The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!
The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!
The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits! is a compilation album by the heavy metal band Pantera, released on September 23, 2003...
(an international version released in Europe titled Reinventing Hell: The Best of Pantera, featuring slightly different songs). Brown subsequently rejoined Anselmo in Down to replace bassist Todd Strange
Todd Strange
Todd Strange is the bassist who played on the first Down album NOLA and with Crowbar. Forming Crowbar with Kirk Windstein , Matt Thomas and Craig Nunenmacher , they released the best-selling albums of the band's discography...
. On March 26, 2002, Down released their second album called Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow
Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow
*The song "Ghosts Along The Mississippi" takes its title from a book by photographer Clarence John Laughlin, whose photographs were used extensively in the booklet art for NOLA....
with Brown on bass. After Down reunited in 2006 after a four-year hiatus, work began on their third album, Down III: Over the Under
Down III: Over the Under
-Notes:*Track 13 is a bonus track included with the UK version of the album. On the packaging of the UK album, however, the song is not mentioned, and is thus effectively a hidden track. It was also available on the Japanese pressing through Roadrunner Records Japan....
. They are currently recording their fourth album to be released sometime in 2011.
On June 22, Jimmy Bower stated in a interview that Rex will be replaced by Pat Bruders from Crowbar and Rex had given Pat his blessing.
Other work
Rex has worked previously with Jerry Cantrell on five tracks included on the album called Boggy DepotBoggy Depot
Boggy Depot is the debut solo album by Alice in Chains guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell. It was released on April 7, 1998 through Columbia Records.-Background:...
as well as eleven tracks with Crowbar on the album Lifesblood for the Downtrodden. He has also provided bass work for Crowbar in 2004 and 2005 and to Cavalera Conspiracy
Cavalera Conspiracy
Cavalera Conspiracy is a Brazilian heavy metal band founded by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera , along with American guitarist and bassist Marc Rizzo and Johny Chow. The band originally formed in 2007 as Inflikted but changed its name for legal reasons...
in 2008. Rex revealed his new project Arms of the Sun, a project also featuring John Luke Hebert (of King Diamond
King Diamond
Kim Bendix Petersen , better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Grammy Award nominated Danish heavy metal musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his extensive vocal range, in particular his usage of falsetto. He is the lead vocalist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond...
) on drums, Lance Harvill on vocals and guitar, and Ben Bunker (of Gryn) on guitar. The group has completed work on thirteen tracks at Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...
's Pedernales Recording Studio in Austin, produced and mixed by Terry Date
Terry Date
Terry Date is an American record producer and engineer, specializing in the rock and metal genres...
. In February 2011 it was announced that Rex had amicably left Arms of the Sun. A replacement bassist has not yet been announced.
In March 2011 it was announced that Rex had formed a new band, Kill Devil Hill with Vinny Appice
Vinny Appice
Vincent Samson Appice , also known as Vinny Appice is a rock drummer of American Italian descent and the younger brother of drummer Carmine Appice...
(Heaven & Hell, Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
, Dio
Dio (band)
Dio was an American heavy metal band from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, after he left Black Sabbath with intentions to form a new band with fellow former Black Sabbath member, drummer Vinny Appice. Naming the band Dio made sense from a commercial...
) on drums, Mark Zavon (RATT, W.A.S.P., 40 Cycle Hum) on guitar and Dewey Bragg on vocals. The group has demoed around 10 songs, which, according to Appice, sound "like a cross between Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
, Alice In Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987 by guitarist and songwriter Jerry Cantrell and original lead vocalist Layne Staley. The initial lineup was rounded out by drummer Sean Kinney, and bassist Mike Starr...
and a little bit of Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
thrown in. It's heavy, but with a lot of cool hooks and melodic overtones, too."
Health concerns and illness
In August 2009, Brown had to sit out the Down tour due to acute pancreatitisAcute pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis or acute pancreatic necrosis is a sudden inflammation of the pancreas. It can have severe complications and high mortality despite treatment...
. He would then have his gallbladder and polyps on his pancreas removed.
Kirk Windstein
Kirk Windstein
Kirk Windstein is an English-American sludge metal singer and guitarist for the New Orleans bands Crowbar, Down, and Kingdom of Sorrow....
recently Stated on Down's website: Bassist Rex Brown – Diagnosed with acute pancreatitis, he underwent surgery, during which his gall bladder, along with some polyps were removed. “He’s doing much better. He’s gaining a little weight back. Rex is one of my best friends in the world. I love him to death. He’ll be all right. Everybody’s not Lemmy (from Motörhead). I tell him that sometimes. It got to the point where his body just started giving out from 25 years on the road – drinking every day and what not. Most people do it on the weekend. Add that up to every day for 25 years and that’s what happens. By no means is he out of the band." As of December he is almost three years sober.
As of the end of January 2010, Rex has nearly fully recuperated from his fight with pancreatitis. Says Brown, "After two major surgeries to close out 2009, I have recovered from pancreatitis and am looking forward to getting back to work with Down. I'd like to thank everyone for their support and well wishes during my illness and recovery."
Playing style and equipment
Rex was a jazzJazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
bassist and was offered a scholarship to the University of North Texas but declined. He often plays with a pick. He is widely considered to be, along with Dimebag Darrell
Dimebag Darrell
Darrell Lance Abbott , also known as Diamond Darrell and Dimebag Darrell, was an American guitarist. He was best known as a founding member of the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan. Abbott also contributed to the album Rebel Meets Rebel, a collaboration between Pantera and David Allan Coe...
, one of the driving forces behind groove metal
Groove metal
Groove metal is a subgenre of heavy metal. It was often used to describe Pantera and Exhorder.- Characteristics and origins :Pantera's Cowboys from Hell album from 1990 was described as "groundbreaking" and "blueprint-defining" for the groove metal genre...
.
Rex was notable for often contributing walking basslines underneath Darrell's guitar solos. Standout tracks include "Floods" "Walk" "5 Minutes Alone", "Throes of Rejection", "Cowboys from Hell", "Living Through Me (Hells Wrath)", "I Can't Hide", "Use my Third Arm", "Where You Come From", "This Love", "I'm Broken" and many others.
In Pantera's earliest days, Brown was witnessed playing an Ibanez Roadster bass. In the late 80's he switched to Charvel basses and played a white 5 string and a black 4 string model. He used these basses exclusively through the Cowboys From Hell and Vulgar Display of Power albums, before he briefly used a 4 and 5 string model Ernie Ball MusicMan Stingray bass during the Vulgar Display of Power tour as well as a Fernandes Telecaster shaped bass for the "Walk" music video. In 1993, Rex began endorsing Spector bass guitars, notably all his basses had humbuckers. He continues to use Spectors to this day, with his own signature model. Slightly shaped like a Gibson Thunderbird
Gibson Thunderbird
The Gibson Thunderbird is an electric bass guitar made by Gibson.-Background and introduction:The Gibson Thunderbird was introduced in 1963. At the time, Fender had been the leader in the electric bass market since their introduction of the Precision Bass twelve years earlier.The Thunderbird was...
, the Spector Rex Brown Signature bass comes in several different finishes and is available in 4 and 5 string models. In 2011, Spector released a new signature bass by Rex. Named the Spector RXT, the bass has the same electronics as his first signature bass but instead of a Thunderbird, it is shaped like a Telecaster.
Brown is currently endorsed by Spector
Spector
Spector is an American based company that manufacturers bass guitars. Founded in 1974 by self-taught luthier Stuart Spector, Spector's first few instruments were essentially crude experiments in instrument design and craftsmanship...
basses and Ampeg
Ampeg
Ampeg is primarily a musical instrument amplifier manufacturer headquartered in Woodinville, Washington, though they also manufacture guitars to a small extent...
amplification.
Basses
- Spector Rex-5XLSpectorSpector is an American based company that manufacturers bass guitars. Founded in 1974 by self-taught luthier Stuart Spector, Spector's first few instruments were essentially crude experiments in instrument design and craftsmanship...
- Rex signature bass - Custom Spector NS4-style bassSpectorSpector is an American based company that manufacturers bass guitars. Founded in 1974 by self-taught luthier Stuart Spector, Spector's first few instruments were essentially crude experiments in instrument design and craftsmanship...
- Spector NS bassesSpectorSpector is an American based company that manufacturers bass guitars. Founded in 1974 by self-taught luthier Stuart Spector, Spector's first few instruments were essentially crude experiments in instrument design and craftsmanship...
- 4 and 5 stringed model - Fender Precision BassFender Precision BassThe Fender Precision Bass is an electric bass.Designed by Leo Fender as a prototype in 1950 and brought to market in 1951, the Precision was the first electric bass to earn widespread attention and use. A revolutionary instrument for the time, the Precision Bass has made an immeasurable impact on...
- Used in studio. - Fernandes "Telecaster" prototype bassesFernandes GuitarsFernandes Guitars is a guitar and accessory manufacturer that originated in Japan in 1969, building flamenco guitars. As the company grew it expanded production to include more acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers, and accessories to become one of the biggest guitar...
- 4 and 5 stringed models - Fernandes 8-stringFernandes GuitarsFernandes Guitars is a guitar and accessory manufacturer that originated in Japan in 1969, building flamenco guitars. As the company grew it expanded production to include more acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers, and accessories to become one of the biggest guitar...
- Used in studio.
- Musicman Stingray bassesMusic Man (company)Music Man is an American guitar, and bass guitar manufacturer. It is a division of the Ernie Ball corporation.-Early years:The Music Man story began in 1971 when Forrest White and Tom Walker talked with Leo Fender about starting a company they would call Tri-Sonic, Inc...
- 4 and 5 stringed model - ESP Surveyor bassesESP Guitars, located in North Hollywood, California, is an American-based, Japanese-owned manufacturer of electric guitars and basses.- History :In 1975, Hisatake Shibuya opened a shop called Electric Sound Products in Tokyo. It provided custom replacement parts for guitars. In 1976, ESP gained a reputation...
(4&5 strings) - Charvel bassesCharvelCharvel is a brand of guitar originally founded in the 1970s by Wayne Charvel in Azusa, California and then later, Glendora, California. Charvel guitars became popular in the 1980s due to their association with famous rock guitarists such as Edward Van Halen , Richie Sambora , Warren DeMartini ,...
- 4 and 5 stringed models - Ibanez Roadster bassIbanezis a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass produce...
- 4 and 5 stringed model - Ovation B778-5 - acoustic bass
- Dean Markley Blue Steel strings
Effects
- BOSSBoss CorporationBoss is a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories...
CH-1 Super Chorus - MorleyMorley PedalsMorley Pedals is the name of a guitar effects pedal company, famous for manufacturing wah-wah pedals and other treadle type effects for guitar. Morley pedals use electro-optical circuitry rather than a potentiometer to control the effect. The foot treadle controls a shutter inside the pedal that...
PBA Bass Wah - KorgKorgis a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners...
DTR-1 Rack Tuner - KorgKorgis a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners...
DT-10 Tuner - Rocktron Basix Bass Preamp
- Ashdown Bass Chorus Plus
- MXRMXRMXR, also known as MXR Innovations, was a manufacturer of guitar effects units, co-founded in 1973 by Keith Barr and Terry Sherwood . MXR was based in the United States in Rochester, New York. MXR Innovations, Inc. was incorporated in 1974...
Phase 90 - HBE Hematoma
Amplifiers
- Ampeg SVT-IVPRO Head
- Vintage Ampeg SVT Head
- Ampeg SVT-IIPro Head
- Ampeg SVT-II Head
- Ampeg SVT810AV Bass Cabinet / 8x10
- Ampeg SVT410HE Bass Cabinet / 4x10
- Ampeg SVT810E Bass Cabinet / 8x10
Album appearances
Pantera- 1983 Metal MagicMetal Magic- Credits :* Terry Glaze – vocals* Diamond Darrell – guitar* Rex Rocker – bass* Vinnie Paul – drumsThe album also features uncredited keyboard playing in some songs....
- 1984 Projects In The JungleProjects in the JungleProjects in the Jungle is the second album by the American heavy metal band Pantera, released in 1984. The title track's musical style is a foreshadowing of what was to come a few years later, as it features a thrash metal-oriented guitar riff with more groove metal-like breakdowns.-Track...
- 1985 I Am The NightI Am the NightI Am the Night is the third album by metal band Pantera, released in 1985 on record and cassette. Any CD release is a bootleg transferred via vinyl or tape. This album is where some of Pantera's faster and heavier influences were becoming more apparent, especially on the title track and "Down Below"...
- 1988 Power MetalPower Metal (album)Power Metal is the fourth studio album by heavy metal band Pantera, released in 1988 through Metal Magic Records. It is the first album to feature Phil Anselmo on vocals, as part of a line-up which would last until the band's split in 2003.-Background:...
- 1990 Cowboys from HellCowboys from HellCowboys from Hell is Pantera's fifth album and their first Atco Records album, recorded at The Dallas Sound Lab in Irving, TX and released on July 24, 1990. This was their first commercially successful album, exposing the band's groove metal style to mainstream audiences...
- 1992 Vulgar Display of PowerVulgar Display of PowerVulgar Display of Power is the sixth studio album by heavy metal band Pantera. It was released through Atco Records, on February 25, 1992. It is the last album where Darrell Abbott is credited as "Diamond Darrell". One of the most influential groove metal albums of the 1990s, Vulgar Display of...
- 1994 Far Beyond DrivenFar Beyond DrivenFar Beyond Driven is the seventh album by American groove metal band Pantera. It was released on March 22, 1994 through East West Records. Upon its release, it debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200...
- 1996 The Great Southern TrendkillThe Great Southern Trendkill-Credits:* Philip Anselmo – lead vocals* Dimebag Darrell – guitar, backing vocals, 12 string acoustic guitar on "Suicide Note Pt. I"* Rex Brown – bass, backing vocals* Vinnie Paul – drums* Produced, Recorded, and Mixed by Terry Date and Vinnie Paul...
- 1997 Official Live: 101 ProofOfficial Live: 101 Proof-Credits:*Phil Anselmo – vocals*Dimebag Darrell – guitar*Rex Brown – bass guitar*Vinnie Paul – drums-Chart positions:...
- 2000 Reinventing the SteelReinventing the Steel-Credits:*Phil Anselmo – lead vocals*Dimebag Darrell – guitar, backing vocals*Rex Brown – bass, backing vocals*Vinnie Paul – drums*Produced, Engineered, & Mixed by Sterling Winfield, Dimebag Darrell, and Vinnie Paul....
Down
- 2002 - Down - Down II: A Bustle in Your HedgerowDown II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow*The song "Ghosts Along The Mississippi" takes its title from a book by photographer Clarence John Laughlin, whose photographs were used extensively in the booklet art for NOLA....
- 2007 - Down - Down III: Over the UnderDown III: Over the Under-Notes:*Track 13 is a bonus track included with the UK version of the album. On the packaging of the UK album, however, the song is not mentioned, and is thus effectively a hidden track. It was also available on the Japanese pressing through Roadrunner Records Japan....
- 2010 - Down - 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 CantrellJerry CantrellJerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with the grunge/metal band Alice in Chains, as lead guitarist, backing and co-lead vocalist, and co-lyricist. He performs lead vocals on his solo projects, and is part of Alice in Chains' harmonizing...
- Boggy DepotBoggy DepotBoggy Depot is the debut solo album by Alice in Chains guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell. It was released on April 7, 1998 through Columbia Records.-Background:...
("Dickeye," "My Song," "Keep the Light On," "Satisfy," and "Hurt a Long Time")
- 2008 - Cavalera ConspiracyCavalera ConspiracyCavalera Conspiracy is a Brazilian heavy metal band founded by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera , along with American guitarist and bassist Marc Rizzo and Johny Chow. The band originally formed in 2007 as Inflikted but changed its name for legal reasons...
- InfliktedInfliktedInflikted is the debut album from Cavalera Conspiracy, the Cavalera brothers' first record together in 12 years - since the release of Roots by Sepultura in 1996.-Album information:...
("Ultra-Violent")