Max Brody
| Max Brody | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Matthew Woods Brody |
| Born | 1969 (age 47–48) Elgin, Illinois, U.S. |
| Origin | Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Experimental |
| Instruments | various |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels |
Sanctuary Warner |
| Associated acts |
Ministry Pink Anvil Areola 51 Insect Sex Act Naugahyde Dream Sequence Sangre de Toro Goobersmoochers Euripides Pants Test Apes |
| Website | [1] |
Max Brody (born Matthew Woods Brody, 1969) is an American musician based outside of Seattle, Washington, best known as the one-time percussionist/saxophonist for the hard rock band Ministry.
Brody was born in the town of Elgin, Illinois and raised there until the age of five. He and his family then relocated to the city of Scottsdale, Arizona. Brody started playing clarinet in the 2nd grade, switching to sax as soon as he could reasonably hold one. By high school, he and his brother, Doug, were writing and recording jazzy, ambient, 'new age' songs under the moniker "Mosaic" at their parents house which resulted in a series of recordings that were released in the mid to late 1980s on the Invincible label out of Phoenix, Arizona. The two also made appearances on albums by other artists on that label. He later taught himself to play drums.
After his graduation from high school in 1987, Brody moved to Claremont, California and graduated from Pomona College in 1991. Bouncing back and forth from Los Angeles to Seattle, he eventually settled on Austin, where his favorite bands came from.
He met his wife, Sherry, on the set of A.I., who was an extra in the film. They later married in 2004, in Arizona. They have one child together named Isabella. Divorced in 2010, he now has full custody of his daughter and lives in Washington state.
After graduating college, Max moved to Seattle, Washington and played in a bunch of local rock bands. Finding the Seattle scene saturated, he moved from there at the end of 1993 to Austin, Texas. There, he met and became musical partners with Rey Washam, drummer for such seminal punk/hardcore acts as Rapeman, Scratch Acid and the Big Boys. They went on to form the short-lived Euripedes Pants, which featured a number of infamous Austin musicians. Rey later went on to drum for Ministry.
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