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Rex Robert Brown (born July 27, 1964 in Graham, Texas) is a bassist, best known for his work with the American heavy metal band Pantera from the time the band formed in the early 80's until its dissolution in 2003. Along with former Pantera vocalist Phil Anselmo, he subsequently joined Down to replace bassist Todd Strange, and most recently played bass on the Crowbar album, Lifesblood for the Downtrodden. During the early days of Pantera Rex Brown went by the stage name Rex Rocker. It wasn't until Far Beyond Driven that both Rex Brown and Dimebag Darrell changed their stage names. Rex dropped Rex Rocker and was just credited from then on as Rex Brown and Diamond Darell was changed to Dimebag Darrell. is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Graham is a city in Young County, Texas, USA. The population was 8,716 at the 2000 census. ...
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Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ...
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Philip Hansen Anselmo (born June 30, 1968 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a heavy metal vocalist and musician, currently performing with Down. ...
Down is an American southern heavy metal supergroup formed in 1991. ...
Todd Strange, (born 1966), is a former bassist who played on the first Down album NOLA and with Crowbar. ...
Crowbar is an American doom / sludge metal band from Louisiana, characterized by their extremely slow, low-keyed, heavy and brooding songs. ...
Lifesblood For the Downtrodden is Crowbars Feb 8, 2005 release on Candlelight Records. ...
For other uses, see Pantera (disambiguation). ...
Far Beyond Driven is an album by heavy metal band Pantera. ...
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Playing Style
Rex was a jazz bassist while attending James Bowie High School in Arlington Texas. 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 Darrells guitar solos. Standout tracks include "Walk" "5 Minutes Alone", "Throes of Rejection", "Cowboys From Hell", "Living Through Me (Hells Wrath)", "I Can't Hide", "Use my Third Arm" and many others. He has a signature Spector bass modelled after a Gibson Thunderbird. For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ...
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Groove metal, often associated with neo-thrash/post-thrash and power groove, is a term sometimes used to describe a derivative of thrash metal which took its current form during the early 1990s. ...
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Epiphone Thunderbird The Gibson Thunderbird is an electric bass guitar made by Gibson. ...
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