Dan Monti, also known by his stage name Del Rey Brewer or simply Brewer, is an American musician, record producer and audio engineer who has worked with such bands as

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and

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. The bulk of his work, however, has been in conjunction with

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, with whom he has also toured as a bassist.

Musical career

Monti is a guitarist, bassist, and drummer, frequently adding bass parts to

albums. Monti co-produces, programs the drums and plays bass on nearly all of Buckethead's expansive Pike series. He is also the lead guitarist for the

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's touring band Flying Cunts of Chaos. The band released their first single "Daysheet Blues" on

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in July 2010. He is also the lead vocalist for F.C.C. He toured with Buckethead and

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in 2017. In 2024 he again toured with Buckethead as his drummer.

Production career

Monti has been credited on many albums in his career, the first being ''

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'' in 2003. He has since gone on to produce most of Buckethead's albums, a few examples being ''Pepper's Ghost'', ''Decoding the Tomb of Bansheebot'', and ''Cyborg Slunks''. The first one contains a track "Brewer in the Air", presumably inscribed to Del Rey Brewer. He is also credited on many of these albums as the bassist, as well as co-writer and mixer. Monti has contributed to many high-profile bands' albums, including

's solo albums. He is listed for "additional engineering" or as "assistant engineer" on

album ''

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'', on which Buckethead also featured, as well as being credited for "digital editing" on Metallica's ''

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'' and

's '' World Painted Blood''.

References

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