He rocked the deep notes while he wailed on the bass guitar. And where Brown might not be as famous as some of the band's other members, he has just as much talent, which led him to play with a couple of other bands over the years — Down and Kill Devil Hill come to mind. The former Pantera member has had an interesting life, as is expected of any star thriving in the rock and roll lifestyle. This is the untold truth of Rex Brown. There wasn't a whole lot of time between Rex Brown being evicted from his mother's womb and when he first started slashing with Pantera at 17 years old.
Things seemed to come early for Brown. Some things good, like music, and other things that would cause some deep emotional pain, like his father dying when Brown was still in elementary school. Brown talks about his father in his book, Official Truth, Proof , recalling that in the few years he was able to spend with his dad, the pair developed a strong bond.
It was a tough time. Brown's father, known to young Rex Brown as "Daddy Bill," was an extremely sick man. He had cancer of the sinuses, diagnosed in when cancer screening was less developed than it is today. By the time the doctors discovered Daddy Bill's cancer, it had already progressed to a dangerous condition. To Brown, as he recalls, nothing was out of the ordinary.
The family tried their best to act like everything was fine, even though it wasn't. Daddy Bill received chemo and radiation therapy that left him feeling sick enough that he spent a lot of his time at the hospital, where Brown and his family would visit and sneak in his father's favorite meal: fried catfish and Budweiser.
Brown was all of seven years old when his father died from the disease. This is what I wanna do. I didn't make an announcement at all [that I was leaving Down ]; I just quit. Scroll to continue reading. For those of you who don't remember what Phil said, he mentioned that drinking would eventually kill the former Pantera bassist if he didn't stop: "That's the only rift between me and Rex ; other than that, we're fucking best friends.
He just can't stop fucking drinking. I've tried. He added, "I've tried. I gave it my all and I love Rex Brown with all of my fucking heart and soul. But, goddamnit, he will not put down that fucking bottle for any of us. He is, and has been told, he is going to die. I'm gonna tell you this: He's not gonna die on my time, because he ain't drinking around 'The Kid.
And that means he can't be around right now, 'cause he's fucking drinking. And that's that.
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