Mass Mental

Mass Mental
Official band picture of Mass Mental by "The Universe is not Enough" (Pascal Brun & Marcel Szerdahelyi)
Background information
Origin	United States
Years active	1995-2002, 2014-present
Labels	Zain
Associated acts	Bad Religion, Dub War, Fear and the Nervous System, Infectious Grooves, Korn, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Stevie Salas, Skindred, Suicidal Tendencies, Tenacious D, Farmikos
Members	Benji Webbe Robert Trujillo Armand Sabal-Lecco Whitfield Crane Brooks Wackerman
Past members	Roy Mayorga

Mass Mental (also stylized as Mass Mental?) is an American rock band. It was formed in 1995 by former Suicidal Tendencies and current Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, and former Dub War and current Skindred singer Clive "Benji" Webbe.

The band was formed when Webbe's band Dub War disbanded after a dispute with their record label, Earache Records, and Webbe had failed to persuade them to let him record a hip-hop solo album. Trujillo was working with Ozzy Osbourne at the time. He recruited Armand Sabal-Lecco as a second bassist and Brooks Wackerman on drums to perform on Mass Mental's only album, How to Write Love Songs, which had begun work in 1995 with producer Mark Dodson and a selection of other musicians. Mikey Demus of Skindred has also claimed that Roy Mayorga of Soulfly and Stone Sour also played on some tracks, as well as Whitfield Crane and Lynn Strait providing some vocals (believed to be Strait's last recording). A music video was made for Speedmental, but was scrapped due to Brooks Wackerman's explicit lyrics.

The band spawned a studio album, How to Write Love Songs, and a live album in Tokyo both released in Japan only, before disbanding shortly afterwards. The band were briefly together in 2002 with Roy Mayorga on drums and spent time at the home studio of Jonathan Davis to record a follow up with producer Tim Harkins, however nothing materialised.

The group members each went their separate ways, with Webbe forming "ragga metal" band Skindred who released six studio albums; Trujillo going on to join Metallica in 2003 where he remains to this day; and Brooks Wackerman working with Bad Religion, Tenacious D, Fear and the Nervous System, and, for a brief time in 2007, Korn. In 2012 an official Facebook page started, in which pictures from the recording sessions were posted as well as artwork and other things. A release of the "Santa Barbara" mixes of the album was scheduled and a concert in September was rumoured only to be cancelled due to each member's touring schedules. Despite this, Mass Mental has claimed that it is still an ongoing project. Trujillo and Wackerman have also been involved with Farmikos, led by Trujillo's former Ozzy Osbourne band mate, guitarist Joe Holmes, although neither is an official band member.