Echobrain

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Echobrain is an American musical group, come to prominence as the first offering from former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted. Echobrain was formed in 2000 by Jason Newsted, Brian Sagrafena and Dylan Donkin who had close contact with one another throughout the late-90s after they met at a Super Bowl party at Newsted's place in 1995. On a road trip to Baja, Mexico, Sagrafena and Donkin recorded some rough demos that, when they came home, eventually caught Newsted's attention, who then offered to help out on bass guitar and assist the songwriting. In May 2000, they entered a studio to record the demos more professionally, with help from several musicians including Newsted's then-colleague and Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, and former Faith No More guitarist Jim Martin.

The band is currently non-active, although all members have other projects currently in progress. Dylan Donkin has a solo project. His brother, Adam, is focusing on producing emerging artists (including Dylan). Andrew Gomez fronts the acoustic rock outfit, The Cons. Newsted currently plays bass for Voivod and Rock Star Supernova.

Supposedly, a great factor that caused the break-up of Echobrain was an encounter with copyright issues. Another band by the name of Echo Drain had written a song titled, "Suckerpunch" that was also used by Echobrain.

[edit] Line-ups

[edit] Live performances in 2001

• Brian Sagrafena
• Jason Newsted
• Dylan Donkin
• Chris Scianni
• David Borla

[edit] Recording "Echobrain" (2002)

• Dylan Donkin - Guitar
• Brian Sagrafena - Drums
• Jason Newsted - Bass
• Jim Martin - Guest Guitar, Banjo
• Kirk Hammett - Guest Guitar on "Suckerpunch"

[edit] Recording "Glean" (2004)

• Brian Sagrafena
• Adam Donkin
• Dylan Donkin
• Andrew Gomez

[edit] Discography

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