Ex-Sum 41 Guitarist Returns With Metal Project Bro
BROWN BRIGADE, the new metal band featuring ex-SUM 41 guitarist Dave "Brownsound" Baksh and his cousin Vaughn Lal (bass), has announced the addition of singer Travis Sanders (RPO) to the group's ranks. The band is currently recording a six-song EP and preparing for a cross-Canada tour with PENNYWISE and the CIRCLE JERKS. In the meantime, if you want to get a rough idea of what BROWN BRIGADE sounds like, check out the band's MySpace page. "These are basically demos of us with a drum machine and no vox," the band writes on its web site.
In a June 2006 interview with MTV.com, Baksh stated about BROWN BRIGADE, "As a guitarist — and this isn't meant to insult SUM's music — but it was getting way too easy to play. I really wanted to get into my roots and pay homage to the three bands that started me off in music: ANTHRAX, MEGADETH and METALLICA.
"I'm not the most serious guy in the world, so BROWN BRIGADE songs are about funny stuff," he added. "I think that SUM 41 lost a lot of their sense of humor, which is where things started to go wrong. The whole thing got a bit too dark for the public."
"The basic music [of BROWN BRIGADE] is going to be metal and some thrash, some IRON MAIDEN with some DEEP PURPLE thrown in, too. It's going to be red-hot. I can't wait."
BROWN BRIGADE supporting PENNYWISE and CIRCLE JERKS:
Oct. 03 - Croation Cultural Centre - Vancouver, BC
Oct. 04 - Commodore - Vancouver, BC
Oct. 06 - MacEwan Hall - Calgary, AB
Oct. 07 - The venue formerly Red's - Edmonton, AB
Oct. 08 - Odeon - Saskatoon, SK
Oct. 09 - Burton Cummings Theatre - Winnipeg, MB
Oct. 11 - Club Denim - Guelph, ON
Oct. 12 - The Phoenix - Toronto, ON
Oct. 13 - Surface - Ottawa, ON
Oct. 14 - Metropolis - Montreal, PQ
Oct. 15 - Imperial - Quebec City, PQ
Source: Blabbermouth
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8 Comments on "Ex-Sum 41 Guitarist Returns w/ Brown Brigade"
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4. writes:
Well, first since it doesn't have any vocals on it you can't really tell what the band is going to end up sounding like. It'll probably end up being some kind of type singing like Sum41 was. But I will admit that there was a decent solo in one of the songs I listened to. But the vocals are one of the biggest parts of a band and since they don't have them, then they don't really have anything yet.
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1. Azazel_Begotten writes:
Um...I won't say sh** until I hear them...But SUM-41 isn't gonna get him cred...