Bryan Mantia














































Bryan "Brain" Mantia

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Bryan Mantia in 1998.

Background information
Birth name Bryan Kei Mantia
Also known as Brain
Bryan "Brain" Mantia
Born
(1963-02-04) February 4, 1963 (age 56)
Cupertino, California, United States
Genres
Alternative metal, alternative rock, hard rock, funk
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments
Drums, percussion, turntables
Years active 1984–present
Associated acts Giant Robot, Praxis, Primus, Buckethead, Guns N' Roses, Godflesh, Pieces, El Stew, No Forcefield, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Serj Tankian, Melissa Reese [1]
Website www.brainbeatz.com

Bryan Kei Mantia[note 1], better known by his stage name Brain, is an American contemporary rock drummer and composer. He has played with bands such as Primus, Guns N' Roses, Praxis, and Godflesh, and with other performers such as Tom Waits, Serj Tankian, Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, and Buckethead. He has also done session work for numerous artists and bands.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Composing


  • 3 Equipment


    • 3.1 Drums


    • 3.2 Cymbals


    • 3.3 Electronics




  • 4 Selected discography


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History


Mantia was born February 4, 1963, in the South Bay city of Cupertino, California to an Italian-American father and a Japanese American mother.[2] As a teenager, Mantia became interested in artists as James Brown, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix, acts that featured groove-heavy sounds.[3] When he was 16 years old, he started playing drums. Because of his 'obsessive' study of the drum book Portraits in Rhythm, Mantia was given the nickname "Brain" by members of his high school concert band.[3]


Mantia attended the Percussion Institute of Technology in Hollywood, California during the mid-80's to further hone his craft.[3] During this time, he was a member of local funk-rock band named the Limbomaniacs (which would later become part of Ben Wa).[3] In 1989, Mantia joined Primus briefly, before breaking his foot, forcing him to pull out of the band.[3]


In the early '90s, he joined Praxis, a musical project led by Bill Laswell featuring Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins and Mantia's long-time friend Buckethead. Mantia recorded with Buckethead on many of Buckethead's solo albums, including Monsters and Robots, Colma, The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell, and Bucketheadland 2, among others.


Mantia appeared on releases by the industrial metal band Godflesh in the late 90's, including Songs of Love and Hate, and Love and Hate in Dub. In 1996, Mantia rejoined Primus, touring with and recording for four years with the group, appearing on The Brown Album, Rhinoplasty and Antipop.[3]


In March 2000, Mantia joined the revamped lineup of Guns N' Roses after being recommended to singer Axl Rose by Buckethead (who himself had joined the band a few months earlier).[4][5]


In 2003, Mantia appeared on several songs on BT's 2003 release Emotional Technology as well BT's score for the 2003 film Monster.[6][7]


Mantia toured several legs of the Chinese Democracy Tour with Guns N' Roses from 2000 until 2006, when he left the band to take care of his newborn child.[8]Frank Ferrer, originally brought in as just a replacement drummer for the tour, eventually replaced Mantia as full time drummer for the band. Chinese Democracy was released in 2008, and featured drums from Mantia on every track except the title track. Mantia was also credited with writing the songs "Shackler's Revenge" and "Sorry". Parts of Mantia's drumming on the album were note-for-note re-recordings of Josh Freese's parts, who left the band before Mantia joined.[9][10] Mantia was also responsible for arrangements on "Shackler's Revenge", "Better", "Street of Dreams", "There Was a Time", "Sorry", "Madagascar", and "Prostitute, initial production on "Shackler's Revenge" and "Sorry", engineering on "Sorry", drum machine and drum programming on "I.R.S." and Logic Pro engineering for the entire album.


After leaving the band, Mantia made a guest appearance (alongside fellow former GNR member Robin Finck) at Guns N' Roses' House of Blues West Hollywood show on March 12, 2012. Mantia played congas on "You're Crazy" and "Rocket Queen". He continued to occasionally work for the band on yet to be released remix material.[8]


Since leaving Guns N' Roses, Mantia has primarily been focused on music behind the scenes as a composer and producer.


Mantia had a brief stint drumming with The Crystal Method in 2013 and 2014 (alongside Guns N' Roses guitarist Richard Fortus).[11] These performances included appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Last Call with Carson Daly [12][13]


In 2017, Mantia toured with Buckethead and Dan Monti as part of Buckethead's live show.[14]



Composing




Mantia drumming for Buckethead in 2017.


Mantia has partnered with musician Melissa Reese on several projects, a composing team dubbed "Brain and Melissa".[15] In 2010, along with Buckethead, they released the multi-CD sets Kind Regards and Best Regards. Brain and Melissa composed part of the soundtrack to the video game Infamous 2, for which they were nominated for "Outstanding Achievement in Original Composition" by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences awards.[16] Other video games the duo worked on include, PlayStation Home, ModNation Racers, Twisted Metal, Fantasia: Music Evolved and Infamous: Second Son (received the nomination Original Dramatic Score, Franchise at the 2014 NAVGTR Awards, shared with Marc Canham and Nathan Johnson).[17] They also scored the films Detention and Power/Rangers. They have worked with music video director Joseph Kahn on several television commercials, including NASCAR, SEAT, and Qoros. In addition, they scored a commercial for Johnnie Walker Blue which featured a computer-generated Bruce Lee.[18] They also worked on several remixes of songs off of Chinese Democracy for a planned remix album.


The two created a stock music album called "Eclectic Cinema" alongside former Guns N' Roses guitarist Paul Tobias, and Guns N' Roses and Buckethead collaborator Pete Scaturro.[19] Mantia has also worked with Tobias on several other stock music tracks.


The duo performed at a Houston Rockets halftime show on November 10, 2017, performing remixes of "Sorry" and "If the World" from Chinese Democracy, and a cover of KISS's "Do You Love Me?" from Destroyer.[20]



Equipment


Information sourced from "Bryan Mantia's Drum setup".[21]



Drums


DW Collector's Series Maple drums in Tony Williams Yellow Lacquer with Custom Yellow Hardware

18x24 Bass Drum

8x12, 9x13 Toms

16x16, 16x18 Floor Toms w/ Legs

6x14 Edge Snare


9000 Single Bass Drum Pedal

9500 Hi-Hat

9300 Snare Stand

9700 Straight/Boom Cymbal Stand (x6)

9900 Double Tom Stand (x2)

9100 Throne



Cymbals


Zildjian

14" A Mastersound Hi-Hats

19" A Medium Thin Crash (2)

20" K CrashRide

20" A Deep Ride

20" A Medium Thin Crash

22" Oriental China "Trash"



Electronics


Akai MPC 60 II, 3000 LE, 4000

Technics SL-1210MKZ Turntables with a M44Gs stylus

Vestax PMCO5PRO DJMixer



Selected discography




  • Brain's Lessons: Shredding Repis On the Gnar Gnar Rad – 2002 instructional video


  • Brain's Worst Drum Instructional DVD Ever – 2008 instructional video


Limbomaniacs


  • Stinky Grooves – 1990

Praxis



  • Transmutation – 1992


  • Sacrifist – 1994


  • Metatron – 1994


  • Live in Poland – 1997


  • Transmutation Live – 1997


  • Warszawa – 1999


  • Tennessee 2004 – 2007


  • Profanation – 2008


Bullmark


  • Interstate 76 soundtrack – 1996

Giant Robot


  • Giant Robot – 1996

Godflesh


  • Songs of Love and Hate – 1996

Pieces


  • I Need 5 Minutes Alone – 1997

Tom Waits



  • Bone Machine - 1992


  • Mule Variations - 1999


  • Real Gone - 2004


  • Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards - 2006


Primus



  • Brown Album – 1997


  • Rhinoplasty – 1998


  • Antipop – 1999


Buckethead



  • Colma – 1998


  • Monsters and Robots – 1999


  • The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell – 2004


  • Kevin's Noodle House – 2007


  • A Real Diamond in the Rough (tracks 2, 4, & 7) – 2009


  • Best Regards (with Melissa Reese) – 2010


  • Brain as Hamenoodle – 2010


  • Kind Regards (with Melissa Reese) – 2010


El Stew


  • No Hesitation – 1999

No Forcefield



  • Lee's Oriental Message|Lee's Oriental Massage 415-626-1837 – 2000


  • God Is an Excuse – 2001


Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains


  • The Big Eyeball in the Sky – 2004

Serj Tankian



  • Elect the Dead – 2007


  • Imperfect Harmonies (track 10) – 2010


Buckethead and Travis Dickerson


  • The Dragons of Eden – 2008

Guns N' Roses


  • Chinese Democracy – 2008

Science Faxtion


  • Living on Another Frequency – 2008

Travis Dickerson


  • Iconography – 2009


Notes





  1. ^ Frequently misspelled as "Brian Mantia"




References





  1. ^ [1] Archived February 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine


  2. ^ "Interview with Guns N' Roses drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia - TalkHumor.com". Wickedinfo.com. November 9, 2008. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-22..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ abcdef "Brian "Brain" Mantia - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2018.


  4. ^ Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna (October 30, 2000). "Guns N' Roses Make Buckethead, Robin Finck, & Bob Ezrin Official". heretodaygonetohell.com; Allstarmag.com. Retrieved April 24, 2015.


  5. ^ "Guns 'N' Roses' Bryan "Brain" Mantia - Modern Drummer Magazine". March 25, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2018.


  6. ^ "Emotional Technology - BT - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2018.


  7. ^ "Music from and Inspired by the Film Monster - BT - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 10, 2018.


  8. ^ ab "Guns N' Roses drummer says Axl Rose wants to release remix album of 'Chinese Democracy' songs". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. April 12, 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2015.


  9. ^ Joe Bosso. "Brain talks about making Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy". MusicRadar. Retrieved February 10, 2016.


  10. ^ "Brain Mantia Talks Tom Waits, Axl Rose". www.twentyfourbit.com. Retrieved January 10, 2018.


  11. ^ Fusilli, Jim (February 3, 2014). "The Right Method". Retrieved January 10, 2018 – via www.wsj.com.


  12. ^ "The Crystal Method Celebrates 20 Years Together, Release 5th Studio Album". Thedjlist.com. 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2015-05-28.


  13. ^ "The Crystal Method To Appear On Last Call With Carson Daly Tonight". Philspicks.wordpress.com. 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2015-05-28.


  14. ^ "Buckethead Announces 2017 Fall Tour". August 2, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.


  15. ^ "About - Brain and Melissa". Retrieved 3 April 2016.


  16. ^ "Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.


  17. ^ "NAVGTR Awards (2014)". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers.


  18. ^ "BBH China brings Legend Bruce Lee back to life in game changing campaign for Johnnie Walker". Campaign Brief. Retrieved 22 October 2014.


  19. ^ "Eclectic Cinema by Various Artists on Apple Music". November 19, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2018.


  20. ^ Anthems (November 12, 2017). "Brain and Melissa live performance - Houston Rockets Half Time Show". Retrieved January 10, 2018 – via YouTube.


  21. ^ "Brian "Brain" Mantia's drum setup". www.ram.org. Retrieved January 10, 2018.




External links



  • Brain and Melissa official website

  • Audio Interview with Brain from the podcast "I'd Hit That"
















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