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Bryan "Brain" Mantia (born February 4, 1963 in Cupertino, California) is a contemporary rock drummer. He has played with bands like Primus, Guns N' Roses, Praxis and Godflesh, and with other popular performers such as Tom Waits, Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins and Buckethead. He has also done session work for numerous artists and bands.

History

Born in 1963 in the South Bay city of Cupertino, California to an Italian-American father and a Japanese American mother , Mantia became interested in such ‘groove heavy' artists as James Brown, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix early on, but it wasn't until he was 16 years old that Mantia began playing drums. Shortly thereafter, Mantia acquired the nickname “Brain" while playing in a high school concert band, due to his obsession with the complex Anthony Cirone book, "Portraits in Rhythm." Mantia continued to perfect his drumming skills, by studying at such music schools as the Percussion Institute of Technology in Hollywood. The mid ‘80s saw Mantia join the San Francisco Bay Area funk-rock band, the Limbomaniacs, who broke up later in the decade, but reformed to issue a lone full-length in 1990, Stinky Grooves.

From there, Mantia played with a variety of other outfits, including M.I.R.V. (Cosmodrome, Feeding Time on Monkey Island), MCM and the Monster (Collective Emotional Problems), and Tom Waits (Bone Machine), before co-forming the funk/experimental supergroup, Praxis. Included in the group were Parliament/Funkadelic veterans Bootsy Collins (bass) and Bernie Worrell (keyboards), as well as masked guitarist Buckethead and producer Bill Laswell - resulting in countless releases throughout the ‘90s, including such standouts as Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis), Transmutation Live, and Warszawa. Mantia continued to work with Buckethead outside of Praxis - playing on such solo Buckethead albums as Giant Robot and Monsters and Robots.

The late ‘90s saw Mantia appear on releases by Godflesh (Songs of Love and Hate, Love and Hate in Dub) and longtime friends, Primus (whom Mantia was briefly a member of in 1989, before a broken foot led to his exit). His second go-around with Primus proved more fruitful, as Mantia toured extensively with the trio and played on such albums as Brown Album , Rhinoplasty , and Antipop . Mantia also contributed to a side project with Larry Lalonde called No Forcefield, releasing two albums. Already boasting quite an impressive musical resume, it was about to get even greater, as Axl Rose invited Mantia to join his overhauled version of Guns N' Roses in 2000 (at the insistence of Buckethead, who was brought onboard as Slash's replacement). Mantia appeared with the group throughout sporadic live dates in 2001 and 2002, while continuing to lay down tracks for Guns N' Roses' long awaited studio album, 'Chinese Democracy'.

Brain's Lessons: Shredding Repis On the Gnar Gnar Rad is a VHS drum workshop Published by Alfred Publishing. In the video, Brain goes through some of the techniques he feels are important, including Go Go, Funk Patterns, the Ostinato and the Up Down Technique. The video is shot to look like a home movie and includes many humorous moments including a sit down steak dinner with his parents right in the middle of Brain "shredding" on a toy drum set. Although silly at times, the video is extremely informative for drummers looking to learn the hard grooves he is known for.

Mantia appears on several songs on BT's 2003 release Emotional Technology as well BT's score for the 2003 film Monster .

In the early summer of 2006, after 4 warm-up dates in New York City, Mantia toured Europe with Guns N' Roses. On June 21, 2006 it was announced he was taking a short break from the GN'R tour to spend time with his wife, who gave birth to a baby girl on July 4, 2006. Since leaving to be a father, replacement drummer Frank Ferrer has been performing in most of the band's shows. In the Fall of 2006, Ferrer was promoted to an official member of the band, which fueled speculation that Mantia had resigned or been fired from Guns N' Roses. As of November, 2008, Mantia is no longer listed on the band's official MySpace page. However, Axl Rose mentioned him "working on things for the band" during his fan-forum interviews in December 2008.

Equipment

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 Crash/Ride
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 (Instructional video 2002)
  • Brain's Worst Drum Instructional DVD Ever (Instructional video 2008)

With Limbomaniacs

  • Stinky Grooves - 1990

With Buckethead and Travis Dickerson

  • The Dragons of Eden (2008)

With Science Faxtion

  • Living On Another Frequency - 2008

With Praxis

  • Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) - 1992
  • Sacrifist - 1994
  • Metatron - 1996
  • Live in Poland - 1997
  • Transmutation Live - 1997
  • Warszawa - 1999
  • Tennessee 2004 - 2007
  • Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) - 2008

With Primus

  • Brown Album - 1997
  • Rhinoplasty - 1998
  • Antipop - 1999

With Bullmark

  • Interstate 76 soundtrack - 1996

With Buckethead

  • Colma - 1998
  • Monsters and Robots - 1999
  • Cuckoo Clocks Of Hell - 2004
  • Kevin's Noodle House - 2007
  • A Real Diamond in the Rough (Tracks 2, 4, & 7) - 2009

With Giant Robot

  • Giant Robot - 1996 (NTT Records)

With Godflesh

  • Songs of Love and Hate - 1996 (Earache Records)

With Pieces

  • I Need 5 Minutes Alone - 1997

With El Stew

  • No Hesitation - 1999

With No Forcefield

  • Lee's Oriental Massage 415-626-1837 (2000)
  • God Is an Excuse (2001)

With Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains

  • The Big Eyeball in the Sky - 2004

With Guns N' Roses

  • Chinese Democracy - (2008)

With Travis Dickerson

  • Iconography - (2009)

References

  1. ^ Family Tree Legends
  2. ^ http://www.wickedinfo.com/content/view/321/1/
  3. ^ http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:7hx7gjwr86iv~T1
  4. ^ http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/news/shownews.php?newsid=1660


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