BORN IN GRAHAM TEXAS ON THIS DATE IN 1964, TODAY’S BIRTHDAY BOY IS A METAL BASSIST. AS A KID, HE WAS A A FAN OF ZZ TOP AND DEF LEPPARD, AND STARTED PLAYING THE BASS WHEN HE WAS JUST 12 YEARS OLD. REX ROBERT BROWN IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LONGTIME BASSIST FOR PANTERA, JOINING THE BAND IN 1982, HOW’D HE GET HOOKED UP WITH THE BAND? WELL, HE WENT TO SCHOOL WITH AND PLAYED IN THE HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND WITH DRUMMER VINNE PAUL AND HIS BROTHER GUITARIST DIMEBAG DARREL, CO-FOUNDERS OF PANTERA… CREDITED AS REX ROCKER ON THE BAND’S FIRST 4 ALBUMS…HAPPY ROCKSTAR BIRTHDAY TO A METAL SURVIVOR …REX BROWN…TURN IT UP AND ROCK OUT GROOVE METAL STYLE WITH PANTERA’S 1990 SINGLE “COWBOYS FROM HELL” ~ROXY
