23 Facts About Rex Brown

Rex Robert Brown was born on July 27,1964 and is an American musician.

Rex Brown is the longtime bassist for heavy metal band Pantera, having joined the band in 1982.

Rex Brown is a former member of the supergroup Down and a former bassist for Kill Devil Hill.

Rex Brown authored a book called Official Truth 101 Proof, which was released in April 2013.

Rex Robert Brown was born in Graham, Texas, on July 27,1964.

Rex Brown's father was 40 when Brown was born, and died in 1971.

Rex Brown was first introduced to music through his grandmother, who taught him to play the piano when he was a child, and turned him onto ragtime music and Scott Joplin.

Rex Brown was a member of the Boy Scouts of America and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.

Rex Brown became a fan of ZZ Top and Def Leppard as a youth, and started playing bass when he was twelve years old.

Rex Brown was a classmate of, and played in the high school jazz band with, drummer Vinnie Paul, and guitarist Dimebag Darrell.

In July 2022, it was announced that Rex Brown would be joining Anselmo, along with Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante, for Pantera's first world tour in 22 years in 2023.

Rex Brown has worked previously with Jerry Cantrell on five tracks included on the album called Boggy Depot as well as eleven tracks with Crowbar on the album Lifesblood for the Downtrodden.

Rex Brown has provided bass work for Crowbar in 2004 and 2005 and to Cavalera Conspiracy in 2008.

Rex Brown revealed his new project Arms of the Sun, a project featuring John Luke Hebert on drums, Lance Harvill on vocals and guitar, and Ben Bunker on guitar.

In February 2011 it was announced that Rex Brown had amicably left Arms of the Sun.

In 2013, Rex Brown released an autobiography, titled Official Truth: 101 Proof, which chronicles his personal life and journey through Pantera, including the events leading to the band's disbandment.

In 2015, Rex Brown penned the foreword to the book Survival of the Fittest: Heavy Metal in the 1990s, by author Greg Prato.

Rex Brown then had his gallbladder and polyps on his pancreas removed.

Rex Brown married his longtime girlfriend Elena Henrard in June 2023.

Rex Brown was a jazz bassist and was offered a scholarship by the University of North Texas, but declined.

Rex Brown often plays with a pick, and tapes up the tips of the fingers on his fretting hand to avoid skin wearing down due to his use of slides.

Rex Brown was notable for often contributing walking basslines underneath Dimebag Darrell's guitar solos.

In 2019, Rex Brown offered this bass for sale on Reverb.