Max Brody
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Max Brody is an American musician based outside of Austin, TX
, best known as the one-time percussionist/saxophonist for the hard rock
band Ministry
.
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.
Broda met his wife, Sherry, on the set of A.I., who was an extra in the film. They later married in 2004, in Arizona. They have one child together named Isabella . Divorced in 2010, he now has full custody of his daughter and lives in Austin, Tx.
After graduating from Pomona College in 1991 with a philosophy degree Max moved to Seattle, Washington and played in a bunch of local rock bands. Finding the Seattle scene saturated, he moved from there at the end of 1993 to Austin, Tx. There, he 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 Kubrick/Spielburg (2001) film A.I..
Brody continues to work with fellow Austin musicians like Brett Bradford, Jeff Pinkus, Jason Craig, Jimbo Yongue, Randy Turner, Richy Vegas, D Kithcart, Paul Barker, Mike Scaccia, etc., as well as New York musicians Victor Poison-tete (from Rat At Rat R)and Stu Spasm (Lubricated Goat)... under many different music projects. Having learned a great deal about production during his years in Ministry, he has now begun to produce records and events on his own, starting a multimedia company called "Darkstack" with Austin visual artist D Kithcart.
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, best known as the one-time percussionist/saxophonist for the hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band Ministry
Ministry (band)
Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...
.
Biography
Brody (born "Matthew Woods Brody") was born in the town of Elgin, ILElgin, Illinois
Elgin is a city in northern Illinois located roughly northwest of Chicago on the Fox River. Most of Elgin lies within Kane County, Illinois, with a portion in Cook County, Illinois...
in 1969. Raised there until the age of five, he and his family relocated to the city of Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385...
, and graduated from high school there in 1987. Brody later moved to Claremont, CA
Claremont, California
Claremont is a small affluent college town in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States, about east of downtown Los Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. The population as of the 2010 census is 34,926. Claremont is known for its seven higher-education institutions, its...
and graduated from Pomona College
Pomona College
Pomona College is a private, residential, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. Founded in 1887 in Pomona, California by a group of Congregationalists, the college moved to Claremont in 1889 to the site of a hotel, retaining its name. The school enrolls 1,548 students.The founding member...
. Bouncing back and forth from Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
to Seattle, he eventually settled on Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, where his favorite bands came from.
Broda met his wife, Sherry, on the set of A.I., who was an extra in the film. They later married in 2004, in Arizona. They have one child together named Isabella . Divorced in 2010, he now has full custody of his daughter and lives in Austin, Tx.
Professional life
Max started playing clarinet in the 2nd grade, switching to sax as soon as he could reasonably hold one. By Highschool, he and his brother, Doug, were writing and recording jazzy, ambient, 'new age' songs under the moniker "Mosaic" at their parents house which resulted in a series of recordings that were released in the mid to late 1980s on the Invincible label out of Phoenix, Az. The two also made appearances on albums by other artists on that label. He later taught himself to play drums.After graduating from Pomona College in 1991 with a philosophy degree Max moved to Seattle, Washington and played in a bunch of local rock bands. Finding the Seattle scene saturated, he moved from there at the end of 1993 to Austin, Tx. There, he met and became musical partners with Rey Washam
Rey Washam
Rey Washam is a drummer who has been performing for more than 20 years. He has collaborated with many bands, the most notable of which include: Scratch Acid, Rapeman, Ministry, the Big Boys, Helios Creed, the Didjits, Lard, and Tad and Butthole Surfers offshoot Daddy Longhead...
, drummer for such seminal punk/hardcore acts as Rapeman
Rapeman
Rapeman was an American post-hardcore/noise rock group founded in 1987 and disbanded in 1989. It consisted of Steve Albini on guitar and vocals, David Wm. Sims on bass, and Rey Washam on drums.-History:In an interview, Albini reported that "'Rapeman' is .....
, Scratch Acid
Scratch Acid
Scratch Acid was an Austin, Texas noise rock group formed in 1982. When they first began, their lineup was Steve Anderson , David Wm. Sims , Brett Bradford , David Yow , and Rey Washam and Win Vitosky...
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
Ministry (band)
Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...
.
In the late spring of 1999, he received a call from Ministry co-performer Paul Barker
Paul Barker
Paul Barker , also referred to as Hermes Pan, is the former bass guitarist, producer and engineer with the industrial metal band Ministry from 1986 to 2004...
, whom offered Brody the opportunity to perform saxophone parts during their ill-fated Dark Side of the Spoon
Dark Side of the Spoon
Dark Side of the Spoon is the seventh studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1999 through Warner Bros. Records. "Bad Blood" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2000....
tour. He later went on to perform one-half of the drum duties for their 2003 Animositisomina
Animositisomina
Animositisomina is the eighth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 2003. It is the group's first studio album and second overall release through Sanctuary Records, following the live album Sphinctour....
tour and album, as well as their follow-up Houses of the Molé
Houses of the Molé
Houses of the Molé is the ninth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry. The album was released on June 21, 2004 internationally and a day later in the United States through Sanctuary Records.-Album information:...
.
He also appeared as the drummer for the "Flesh Fair Band" (a.k.a. Ministry) in the Kubrick/Spielburg (2001) film A.I..
Brody continues to work with fellow Austin musicians like Brett Bradford, Jeff Pinkus, Jason Craig, Jimbo Yongue, Randy Turner, Richy Vegas, D Kithcart, Paul Barker, Mike Scaccia, etc., as well as New York musicians Victor Poison-tete (from Rat At Rat R)and Stu Spasm (Lubricated Goat)... under many different music projects. Having learned a great deal about production during his years in Ministry, he has now begun to produce records and events on his own, starting a multimedia company called "Darkstack" with Austin visual artist D Kithcart.
- MinistryMinistry (band)Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...
- Pink AnvilPink AnvilPink Anvil was a duo consisting of former members of the group Ministry - Paul Barker and Max Brody.The pair formed during a time of personal turmoil in Ministry, which due to drug abuse and record label disagreements nearly ended the group...
- Areola 51Areola 51Areola 51 is an Austin, TX-based group composed of former members of The Butthole Surfers, Scratch Acid, and Ministry.-Trivia:*Their band name is a play-on-words of the USAF paranormal investigative base Area 51.- References :...
- Insect Sex Act
- Naugahyde Dream Sequence
- Sangre de Toro
- Ye Olde Castletons
- Goobersmoochers
- Taxi Crab Nebula
- Euripedes Pants
- Shit Sherlock
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)
- MinistryMinistry (band)Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...
, Greatest FitsGreatest FitsGreatest Fits is a greatest hits album by the industrial band Ministry. The album was released on June 19, 2001, on Warner Bros. Records.-Track listing:# "What About Us?" – 5:52...
(2001, Warner) - Ye Olde Castletons, In Like With Love (2001, Kranzke)
- MinistryMinistry (band)Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...
, AnimositisominaAnimositisominaAnimositisomina is the eighth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 2003. It is the group's first studio album and second overall release through Sanctuary Records, following the live album Sphinctour....
(2003, Sanctuary) - Taxi Crab Nebula, s/t (2003, self-release)
- Naugahyde Dream Sequence, s/t (2003, self-release)
- Pink AnvilPink AnvilPink Anvil was a duo consisting of former members of the group Ministry - Paul Barker and Max Brody.The pair formed during a time of personal turmoil in Ministry, which due to drug abuse and record label disagreements nearly ended the group...
, Halloween Party (2003, Ipecac) - MinistryMinistry (band)Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...
, Houses of the MoléHouses of the MoléHouses of the Molé is the ninth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry. The album was released on June 21, 2004 internationally and a day later in the United States through Sanctuary Records.-Album information:...
(2004, Sanctuary) - Areola 51Areola 51Areola 51 is an Austin, TX-based group composed of former members of The Butthole Surfers, Scratch Acid, and Ministry.-Trivia:*Their band name is a play-on-words of the USAF paranormal investigative base Area 51.- References :...
, s/t (2004, Dead Teenager) - Insect Sex Act, Act 1 (2006, Stacked)
- Max Brody, "Passout ep" (2007, Stacked)
- Shit Sherlock, "The Ballad of St. Crespi" (2010, self-release)
- Pink AnvilPink AnvilPink Anvil was a duo consisting of former members of the group Ministry - Paul Barker and Max Brody.The pair formed during a time of personal turmoil in Ministry, which due to drug abuse and record label disagreements nearly ended the group...
, "New Years Eve Party" (2008, Stacked) - Suffer Robot, "s/t" (2007, self release)