Rex Brown

Rex Brown
Rex Brown, live with Down in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Rex Robert Brown
Also known as	Rex Rocker (pre-1990)
Born	(1964-07-27) July 27, 1964 (age 52)
Origin	Graham, Texas
Genres	Heavy metal, groove metal, thrash metal, sludge metal, glam metal, hard rock, alternative metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Bass guitar, guitars, keyboards, vocals, tuba (as a Child)
Years active	1981–present
Labels	Roadrunner
Associated acts	Pantera Down Kill Devil Hill Arms of the Sun Jerry Cantrell Crowbar

Rex Robert Brown (born July 27, 1964) is an American musician and author, who is best known as having been the longtime bassist for the Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling, now defunct band Pantera (1982–2003). He is a former member of Down (2001–2011), and is currently the bassist for the band Kill Devil Hill.

Brown authored a book called Official Truth 101 Proof, which was released in April 2013. The book documents Pantera's formation, career, and break-up.

Rex Robert Brown was born in Graham, Texas on July 27, 1964. His father was forty when Brown was born, and died in 1971. He was raised by his mother and sister. 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. Brown was a member of the Boy Scouts of America and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Brown became a fan of ZZ Top and Def Leppard as a youth, and started playing bass when he was twelve years old. He remains a fan of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and hardcore punk.

Rex joined Pantera in 1982 with his classmate from the high school jazz band drummer Vinnie Paul, guitarist Dimebag Darrell (then known as Diamond Darrell), and vocalist Terry Glaze. During the early days of Pantera, Rex Brown went by the stage name Rex Rocker. For the 1990 album Cowboys from Hell he was credited simply as Rex. It was not until the 1994 album Far Beyond Driven that he used his full name of Rex Brown.