Rex Brown

==Early life==

==Early life==

Rex Robert Brown was born in [[Graham, Texas]], on July 27, 1964.Texas Births, 1926–1995, [http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/20902?first=Rex&last=Brown&c=search&offset=0 Rex Robert Brown] His father was 40 when Brown was born, and died in 1971.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNvvwpimb6Y |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/hNvvwpimb6Y |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Rex Brown (Part 2): The Excesses Of The Road With Pantera, Quitting Down & NEW Kill Devil Hill!|last=hornsuprocks|date=March 28, 2013|access-date=September 1, 2017|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}} 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 (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]].{{cite web |url=http://cms.bassplayer.com/artists/1171/rex-brown-rex-drugs-and-rock--roll/31134 |title=Rex Brown: Rex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll | Bassplayer |access-date=December 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228230105/http://cms.bassplayer.com/artists/1171/rex-brown-rex-drugs-and-rock--roll/31134 |archive-date=December 28, 2014 }} Brown became a fan of [[ZZ Top]] and [[Def Leppard]] as a youth, and started playing bass when he was twelve years old. Other significant influences include [[Rush]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Led Zeppelin]], and [[hardcore punk]].

Rex Robert Brown was born in [[Graham, Texas]], on July 27, 1964.Texas Births, 1926–1995, [http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/20902?first=Rex&last=Brown&c=search&offset=0 Rex Robert Brown] His father was 40 when Brown was born, and died in 1971.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNvvwpimb6Y |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/hNvvwpimb6Y |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Rex Brown (Part 2): The Excesses Of The Road With Pantera, Quitting Down & NEW Kill Devil Hill!|last=hornsuprocks|date=March 28, 2013|access-date=September 1, 2017|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}} 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 (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]].{{cite web |url=http://cms.bassplayer.com/artists/1171/rex-brown-rex-drugs-and-rock--roll/31134 |title=Rex Brown: Rex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll | Bassplayer |access-date=December 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228230105/http://cms.bassplayer.com/artists/1171/rex-brown-rex-drugs-and-rock--roll/31134 |archive-date=December 28, 2014 }} Brown became a fan of [[ZZ Top]] and [[Def Leppard]] as a youth, and started playing bass when he was twelve years old. Other significant influences include [[Rush (band)|Rush]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Led Zeppelin]], and [[hardcore punk]].

==Career==

==Career==