Brown Brigade
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| Brown Brigade | |
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 Brown Brigade's logo. |
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| Country | Canada |
| Years active | 2006 – present |
| Genres | Heavy Metal Reggae Breakbeat |
| Members | Travis Sanders Dave Baksh Vaughn Lal Craig Pattison Johnny Owens |
Brown Brigade is a reggae influenced heavy metal band created by Dave "Brownsound" Baksh.
The existence of such a band was first made official on Thursday, May 11, 2006 when Baksh, previously a member of Canadian pop punk band Sum 41, announced he would be leaving the band that he had been a member of for the last 10 years. The split was based on the difference between the musical direction of Sum 41 and where Baksh wishes to take his young career. Brown Brigade will have a classic metal sound, which is the music that Baksh has been longing to write and play since childhood. The music of the band is expected to be comparable to the sound of Iron Maiden, says Baksh.
According to an article by the Rolling Stone in May 2006, Brown Brigade has currently recruited bassist Vaughn Lal (Dave's cousin), drummer Johnny Owens, guitarist Craig "The Craigulator" Pattison (Dave's guitar tech with Sum 41).
Dave Baksh also stated that the band will have their own mascot much like Iron Maiden with Eddie the Head and Megadeth with Vic Rattlehead. According to Baksh the mascot will resemble a brown knight.
The band recently announced on their website that they have hired a lead singer named Travis Sanders and are currently working on an album that they hope will be available sometime in 2007.
The band signed to Aquarius Records in September 2006.
The website was recently updated with the band's new logo (see top right) and the EP title "Appetizer for Destruction", a reference to the legendary Guns N' Roses' album "Appetite for Destruction".
Brown Brigades new album due out sometime 2007 is to be called "In The Mouth of Madness" as stated on the Aquarius Records Myspace page.
In February 2007 Baksh announced in a blog post on MySpace that the recording of the album is done and he will go down to LA in March to help mix the album.
