- Johnny Owens
Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Johnny Owens
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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Birth_name = John Owens
Born = birth date and age|1977|6|20
Origin =Toronto ,Canada
Genre = Heavy metalHard rock Funk metal Reggae Hip hopBreakbeat Experimental
Occupation =Musician ,Drummer
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Years_active =1998 - present
Instrument = drums
Associated_acts =Brown Brigade The Quits Suckershot Blacktooth Linton Heights
Label = Aquarius Records
Notable_instruments =Johnny "No-Triggers" Owens (born
20 June ,1977 inToronto, Ontario ,Canada ) is thedrummer for Heavy Metal bandBrown Brigade . He was recruited byDave Baksh to join as the band's drummer, after Dave leftSum 41 to focus onBrown Brigade full-time. Live, Johnny plays drums along withCess Rock who joins him on another percussion instrument, in most times aGoblet drum .Brown Brigade 's debut studio albumInto the Mouth of Badd(d)ness was releasedSeptember 18 ,2007 and received mostly positive reviews, although released only in Canada and Japan.Owens began playing drums at the age of 12, and got his first drumset at the age 13, then he learned playing by playing along to records, trying to copy the patterns and feel of his favorite drummers. Since then he performed in such acts as Heavy Metal act
Blacktooth (1998-1999), Hip hop actLinton Heights (2000-2002) and most recently Classic/Hard rock actSuckershot (2006-present) and Thrash/Heavy Metal bandBrown Brigade (2006-present).John's earlier influences include
Tommy Lee ,Mitch Mitchell ,Nick Menza ,Dave Lombardo andVinnie Paul .Owens also enjoys listening to artists such as
The Jimi Hendrix Experience ,The Funk Brothers ,The Police ,Led Zeppelin ,Steely Dan ,Pantera , Cream,John Coltrane ,The Meters ,The Beatles ,James Brown , Tool andBob Marley . [http://www.myspace.com/deepinthepocket MySpace.com - Johnny - 31 - Male - CA - www.myspace.com/deepinthepocket ] ] He also enjoys movies such asSe7en ,Four Rooms ,The Godfather , Scarface,Goodfellas , Pulp Fiction, Matrix andFight Club .He is also known as a respected drum teacher in
Toronto ,Canada , and he is currently performing and touring Canada withBrown Brigade .On
April 2008 ,2008 , he joinedBrown Brigade bandmateCess Rock 's ExperimentalFunk project "The Quits ".References
External links
* [http://www.brown-brigade.com/ Brown Brigade's Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/deepinthepocket Johnny Owens's Myspace Page]
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