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IS REX BROWN OUT OF DOWN?

 Monday, May 2nd, 2011 at 3:30pm by

The current run of Down live dates — bloody Phil Anselmo and all — do not include bassist Rex Brown, who has quietly been replaced by Crowbar bassist Patrick Bruders. I’ve searched the Interwebs far and wide (read: one page of Google results) and cannot find any official announcement from Down, Rex or Bruders on the matter, only simple mention of the fact that Bruders is filling Rex’s spot for the forseeable future.

In light of the fact that Brown recently announced the Kill Devil Hill supergroup with Vinnie Appice and Mark Zavon (Ratt,  W.A.S.P., 40 Cycle Hum) and the fact that he recently quit southern alterna-rockers Arms of the Sun, nosy bloggers are left wondering… why isn’t Brown playing with Down right now? Is trouble afoot? MetalAssault.com [via Metal Insider] got right to the point with Rexy Rex at Kill Devil Hill’s live debut this past Friday. If you haven’t the patience for the above 9-minute interview, here’s the money quote:

This is it. I’m not doing any Down. This is my devotion right here. There’s no side gigs, or anything else that’s going on. So this is what it’s going to be for the future.

To me that sounds like Rex Brown is no longer a member of Down… although I’ve been wrong before and certainly will be again. We, citizens of the rumor-mongering metal-verse, demand clarification on the matter! How about it, Down?

-VN

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  • darkdragon

    That Indian guy is my favorite metal interviewer. He blows that guy from metalinjection out of the water.

  • cougar party

    This article makes me feel bad inside.

  • enemyofgod72

    Leaving one “super-group” for another is what doesn’t make sense to me. I’m a huge fan of Down so I’m sad to see Rex go but I have no problem with him making music with another band. That’s just one more metal band to check sounds like a win-win for fans we get to keep Down and get a new band too :)

  • Tim

    Well, that sucks. I’m sure it won’t make a HUGE impact on them, but it still sucks.

  • Dragthewaters666

    MORE SUPERJOINT RITUAL! PLEASE PHIL!

  • mynutz

    BRING BACK TODD STRANGE!!!!!!!!!

    • Mike87

      Agreed. Rex Down is such a boring bassist. Patrick Bruders has potential though, I hope he plays on the new album

      • Mike87

        Brown*

  • mike4316

    I have Pat on my facebook and someome put on whether he was joining Down on the their next album/Tour and he answered with “Looks that way man”. So it looks like its true that rex has left :/ p.s Pat is awsome though

  • blahblah

    i asked a member close to the whole Nola/Housecore crew months back if Rex was still in Down and the exact response i got was, “it isn’t looking good”

  • Shuriken420

    wtf!!! man this is so fucking lame….

  • Igottawocket

    Anything Phil Anselmo does infinitely sucks (since Pantera, of course).

  • msv81

    I just saw Down two nights in a row (Friday in Philly and Saturday in Sayreville), both of which were absolutely KILLER shows; actually, Phil was at his best since the Pantera days, no joke. He looks healthy and happy, and most importantly he can SCREAM again (a few years back, upon seeing Down a few times during one of their longer tours where they came around twice, Phil’s voice was shot as fuck).

    Anyway, I’m friends with Shaun (vocalist) and Keith (drummer) from haarp, who I spent much of my time with at the shows. Got to talking about music a lot but the subject of Rex didn’t come up until I was outside in Sayreville and met Pepper’s cousin, who was on tour with the guys. Shared a few bowls with him and in the midst of our conversation, it was revealed that Rex is officially out due to his addiction problems.

    I’d expect an official announcement soon enough. Down’s tour ended tonight, the guys are heading back to NOLA (think they played Nashville or somewhere else in Tennessee this evening), at which point they’re slowly going to begin writing/recording their fourth record. It will NOT feature Rex. We’ll likely see a spring 2012 release date on it, with possible tour dates in between recording sessions but as of now nothing is set in stone aside from Rex’s departure.

  • Slaughterhouse

    I just read an interview w/ Pepper that states that Rex is not out of the band but he is also not playing with them live.

    http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2011/04/29/entertainment/doc4dba208ce65eb972744143.txt