Max Brody

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Max Brody
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Max Brody (far right), circa 2003
Background information
Birth name Max Brody
Born 1969 in Elgin, Illinois
Origin Austin, Texas
Genre(s) Experimental
Years active 1991–present
Label(s) Sanctuary
Warner
Associated acts Ministry
Pink Anvil
Areola 51
Insect Sex Act
Naugahyde Dream Sequence
Sangre de Toro
Goobersmoochers
Euripides Pants
Website StackedRecords.com

Max Brody (born 1969 in Elgin, IL, U.S.), is an American musician based outside of Austin, TX, best known as the one-time percussionist/saxophonist for the hard rock band Ministry.

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[edit] Biography

Brody was born in the town of Elgin, IL in 1969. Raised there until the age of five, he and his family relocated to the city of Scottsdale, AZ, and graduated from high school there in 1987. Brody later moved to Claremont, CA and graduated from Pomona College. Bouncing back and forth from Los Angeles to Seattle, he eventually settled on Austin, where his favorite bands came from.

Brody met his wife, Sherry, on the set of A.I., whom was an extra in the film. They later married in 2004, in Arizona. They have one child together.

[edit] Professional life

In 1994, Brody met and became musical partners with Rey Washam, drummer for such seminal punk/hardcore acts as Rapeman, Scratch Acid and the Big Boys. They went on to form the short-lived Euripedes Pants, which featured a number of infamous Austin musicians. Rey later went on to drum for Ministry.

In the late spring of 1999, he received a call from Ministry co-performer Paul Barker, whom offered Brody the opportunity to perform saxophone parts during their ill-fated Dark Side of the Spoon tour. He later went on to perform one-half of the drum duties for their 2003 Animositisomina tour and album, as well as their follow-up Houses of the Molé.

He also appeared as the drummer for the "Flesh Fair Band" (a.k.a. Ministry) in the 2001 film A.I..

Brody continues to work with fellow Austin musicians Brett Bradford and Jeff Pinkus, under many different music projects.

  • Ministry
  • Pink Anvil
  • Areola 51
  • Insect Sex Act
  • Naugahyde Dream Sequence
  • Sangre de Toro
  • Ye Olde Castletons
  • Goobersmoochers
  • Taxi Crab Nebula
  • Euripedes Pants

[edit] Personal discography

  • Various Artists, It Came Frumunda (1993, self-release)
  • Euripedes Pants, Way Up Off In There (1996, Sweatbox)
  • Sangre de Toro, Hold Yer Breath (1998, self-release)
  • Various Artists, Bands That Begin With the Letter "S" (1999, Sweatbox)
  • Sangre de Toro, El Pee (2000, self-release)
  • Various Artists, Diggy Diggy Die (2000, Rubble)
  • Ministry, Greatest Fits (2001, Warner)
  • Ye Olde Castletons, In Like With Love (2001, Kranzke)
  • Ministry, Animositisomina (2003, Sanctuary)
  • Taxi Crab Nebula, s/t (2003, self-release)
  • Naugahyde Dream Sequence, s/t (2003, self-release)
  • Pink Anvil, Halloween Party (2003, Ipecac)
  • Ministry, Houses of the Molé (2004, Sanctuary)
  • Areola 51, s/t (2004, Dead Teenager)
  • Insect Sex Act, Act 1 (2006, Stacked)

[edit] References

Ministry
Al Jourgensen
Tommy Victor | John Bechdel | Tony Campos | Aaron Rossi | Mike Scaccia | Sin Quirin
Paul Barker | Bill Rieflin | Chris Connelly | Kevin Ogilvie | Martin Atkins | Louis Svitek | Rey Washam | William Tucker | Max Brody | John Monte | Mark Baker | Stephen George | Paul Raven | Joey Jordison | Dave Ellefson | Jimmy DeGrasso
Discography
Studio albums: With Sympathy | Twitch | The Land of Rape and Honey | The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste | Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs | Filth Pig | Dark Side of the Spoon | Animositisomina | Houses of the Molé | Rio Grande Blood | The Last Sucker
Live, Remix and Compilation albums: Twelve Inch Singles | In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up | Greatest Fits | Sphinctour | Early Trax | Side Trax | Rantology | Rio Grande Dub Ya | Cover Up
Related Bands: Special Affect | Revolting Cocks | Pailhead | Lard | 1000 Homo DJs | PTP | Acid Horse | Pink Anvil | Lead Into Gold | Pigface | Skrew Society 1
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