Brown Brigade

The band's founding members. Left to right: Dave "Brownsound" Baksh, Vaughn Lal.
Background information
Origin	Ontario, Canada
Genre(s)	Heavy metal Reggae Thrash metal Hard rock
Years active	2003– Present
Label(s)	Aquarius Records
Associated acts	Sum 41 Cauterize Pain for Pleasure RPO The Quits
Website	Brown Brigade's Official Website
Members
Dave "Brownsound" Baksh Vaughn Lal Johnny Owens Chuck Coles Cess Rock
Former members
Craig "The Craigulator" Pattison (2003–2007) Travis Sanders (2006)

Brown Brigade is a reggae influenced heavy metal band created by former Sum 41 guitarist Dave "Brownsound" Baksh, after leaving the band in May 2006.
The current members are: Dave "Brownsound" Baksh, (vocals/guitar), Vaughn Lal (bass/backing vocals), Johnny Owens (drums), Chuck Coles (guitar), and Cess Rock (live percussion).

History

Dave Baksh, ex guitar player of Canadian pop-punk band Sum 41, formed Brown Brigade as a side-project with his cousin Vaughn Lal in 2003. The existence of the band was brought into the spotlight on Thursday, May 11, 2006 when Baksh announced he would be leaving Sum 41 to focus his full attention on Brown Brigade. Baksh noted several reasons as to why he left Sum 41, in an interview with MTV published on June 8th, 2006. He stated that he was displeased with how Sum 41 was being treated by the music industry, and said he wasn't able to focus enough on simply playing music. He also noted that he found Sum 41's music relatively easy to play, while also noting he did not mean to insult their music. 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 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 signed to Aquarius Records in September 2006.
The website was recently updated with the band's new logo and the EP title "Appetizer for Destruction", a reference to the Guns N' Roses album "Appetite for Destruction".
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, which will have 13 songs.
On July 5th a new song was released by a website to promote the band and the site's launch, the song being the Iron Maiden classic "Hallowed Be Thy Name". Brown Brigade's debut album was released September 18, 2007 and is called "Into The Mouth of Badd(d)ness". As of September 2007, guitarist Chuck Coles, formerly of Cauterize, was also playing with the band, after the dismissal of guitarist Craig Pattison. As vocalist/guitarist Dave Baksh recently stated, the band is set to release three free online music EPs, each to feature 4 songs, in the genres of Punk, Funk and Reggae.
For now, it is only known that the Punk EP will be called Buds for Life and is set to be dedicated to Dave's former band mates from Sum 41. The other two EPs are currently untitled.
The three EPs are set to be released in Christmas 2007, all together, as a christmas present, as Baksh said.

Band Lineup

• Dave "Brownsound" Baksh - Lead Vocals/Guitar, Percussion
• Vaughn Lal - Bass/Backing Vocals
• Johnny "No-Triggers" Owens - Drums
• Chuck Coles - Lead/Rhythm Guitars
• Cess Rock - Vocals/Live Percussion

Former Members

• Craig "The Craigulator" Pattison - Lead Guitar (2003-2007)
• Travis Sanders - Lead Vocals (2006)

Discography

Sources

• Rolling Stone article
• Chart Attack article
• MTV article

External links

• Official website
• Official Brown Brigade Myspace Page
• The Brown Army : Brown Brigade Fansite
• The Brown Army : Forum
• French/English Fans Forum