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DUFF MCKAGAN’S LOADED Joins DOWN On Stage In Brussels

Members of DUFF MCKAGAN’S LOADED joined DOWN on stage on June 14, 2011 at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium to perform the DOWN song “Bury Me In Smoke”. (DUFF MCKAGAN’S LOADED opened the concert.) Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below.

In the latest installment of his column, which appears on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com, Duff McKagan called DOWN his “new most-favorite band” and credited DOWN/ex-PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo for turning him on to the Swedish band GHOST, “who wear masks and hide their real identities — AND blindfold their interviewers when they take them to do a interview.” Duff added, “I dig that kind of stuff. The majesty and hilarity of rock is still alive and well in Sweden, I guess.”

Video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEe_e-Dsi1k




I found this one too, the strobe light part gave me chills: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD47yEzS ... re=related

During a press conference at this year’s Sweden Rock Festival, DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo was asked about the status is of the band’s bassist, Rex Brown (formerly of PANTERA), who is not currently touring with the group (he is being replaced by Patrick Bruders of CROWBAR). “Just to put it kindly, [Rex] needs to address some personal things in his life and when he has to address these personal things, the extremity of them, it’s gonna take him away from music and touring and stuff like that,” he said. “We all support him, we love him, we’re still very close with him, speak with him all the time. . . We wish the best for him.”

Speaking to The Delaware County Daily Times, DOWN guitarist Pepper Keenan stated about Brown, “Rex is not gonna be with us [on the road for the upcoming shows]. He’s got things he needs to deal with, and we gave him an ultimatum and he’s trying to work things out. We’ve got Pat from CROWBAR playing bass, and he’s ass-kickin’ in the same way. He plays with his fingers — which is really cool; he’s got the whole Geezer Butler thing going on.”

When asked if Rex was still considered a part of DOWN, Pepper replied, “I don’t know what to really say on that; he’s not out of the band, but he’s not playing with us live.”

During a recent interview with the “Focus In The Mix With Denise Ames” TV show, Brown was asked if he still speaks to Anselmo. “We’re having a little marital spat, so… I’ll just leave it at that. I’m in the doghouse,” he replied.

Jim's man bra, brah

only blabbermouth news is tr00

http://www.bravewords.com/news/164235

video interview with jimmy from belgium. confirms that rex isn't coming back to down

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It's bittersweet. I'm a big fan of Rex and hate to see him go, but I'm pumped about Pat being in the band.