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Brian "Brain" Mantia
(October 2005 Issue)
Primus Meets The PoliceWhat do
members of Faith
No More, Limp Bizkit, Metallica, and Rage Against The Machine, as well
as Bootsy Collins, Tom Waits,
South Park co-creator Matt Stone, and
legendary Police drummer Stewart Copeland all have in common? They each
had a
hand in the making of the recent Primus release, Antipop.
"John Bonham and Stewart Copeland were probably my two
biggest
influences as I was learning to play drums," says Primus drummer Brain.
"To have Stewart agree to produce on our
record was an honor for me. We
walked into the studio and there were the drums that he had played with
The Police, with
heads that looked like they'd been on there for ten or
fifteen years. He wanted to jam with me first, so we had two
drumsets
set up. We just went off."
Copeland's influence can be heard particularly in Brain's
playing on
the Copeland-produced track "Dirty Drowning Man." "When you
have Copeland looking over your shoulder while you're
recording, you
can't help but draw on his influence," says Brain. "He actually
suggested certain fills and patterns to use
in the song and sat down
and played examples. We talked shop and really had a great time."
As involved as Brain is
in the modern dance-groove scene,
creating sample loops and break beats for deejays on his own label, his
drumming on
Antipop is very old-school rock 'n' roll, with raw,
live-sounding drum tracks. "I wanted the drums to sound as natural
as
possible," he explains. "I wanted to capture the sound that you would
hear on a Jimi Hendrix or Led Zeppelin
record."
Mike Haid
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