Mass Mental

Mass Mental
Genres	Heavy metal
Years active	1998
Labels	Zain Records
Associated acts	Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Dub War, Skindred, Faith No More, David Lee Roth, Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves
Past members
Benji Webbe Robert Trujillo Mike Bordin Joe Holmes

Mass Mental (also seen typed as Mass Mental?) was a short lived heavy metal band. It was formed (and disbanded) in 1998 by Suicidal Tendencies and current Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo and former Dub War and current Skindred singer Clive "Benji" Webbe.^[1]

Biography

The band was formed when Benji’s old band Dub War disbanded after a dispute with their record label, Earache Records, and Webbe had failed to persuade them to let him record a hip-hop solo album.^[2][3] Robert Trujillo was working with Ozzy Osbourne at the time. He invited fellow Osbourne musicians Mike Bordin (of Faith No More) on drums and Joe Holmes on guitar to perform on the new band's album, How to Write Love Songs. Bordin and Holmes did not appear on all tracks, as others featured Brooks Wackerman on drums and Armand Sabal-Lecco on lead bass (notably on the track Go Mexican Go). Mikey Demus of Skindred has also claimed that Roy Mayorga of Stone Sour also played on some tracks.^[4] He also hinted that the project is ongoing, yet no plans have come to fruition since How to Write Love Songs.

The band spawned a studio album called How to Write Love Songs and a live album in Tokyo both released in Japan only,^[5][6] before disbanding shortly afterwards.

After Mass Mental

The group members each went their separate ways, with Benji Webbe forming influential "ragga metal" band Skindred which spawned 4 studio albums; Robert Trujillo going on to join Metallica in 2003 where he remains to this day; Mike Bordin briefly touring with Korn in 2000 while David Silveria was injured and reforming Faith No More in 2009; and Brooks Wackerman working with Bad Religion, Tenacious D, Fear and the Nervous System, and for a brief time in 2007, Korn.

Members

(known participants on "How to Write Love Songs" only)

• Benji Webbe - Lead Vocals
• Robert Trujillo - Bass Guitar
• Joe Holmes - Lead Guitar
• Mike Bordin - Drums
• Armand Sabal-Leco - Bass Guitar
• Brooks Wackerman - Drums

Discography

• How To Write Love Songs (1999)
• Live In Tokyo (1999)

References

1. ^ http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/mass+mental
2. ^ http://www.dubwar.co.uk/articles/split.phpl
3. ^ http://askearache.blogspot.com/2009/09/rob-trujillo-benji-webbe-mass-mental.html
4. ^ http://iamthewolf.net/2011/06/14/skindred-lost-ramblings-2007/
5. ^ http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/mass_mental
6. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Mass-Mental-Live-In-Tokyo/release/2146445

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