{{Short description|American musician and record producer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = DelRayrewer (cropped).jpg | caption = Dan Monti in 2017 | image_size = | birth_name = | alias = Del Rey Brewer | genre = Heavy metal, experimental, alternative metal, progressive rock, alternative rock, art rock | occupation = Musician, record producer, audio engineer | years_active = 2001–present | instrument = Guitar, bass, synthesizer, drums | label = | past_member_of = Buckethead | website = {{url|danmonti.com}} }}
'''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 Metallica, Slayer and Guns N' Roses. The bulk of his work, however, has been in conjunction with Buckethead, with whom he has also toured as a bassist.
==Musical career== Monti is a guitarist, bassist, and drummer, frequently adding bass parts to Buckethead albums.<ref name=others>{{cite web|title=Dan Monti Other Credits|url=http://www.danmonti.com/othercredits.htm|website=Danmonti.com|access-date=May 21, 2011}}</ref> Monti co-produces, programs the drums and plays bass on nearly all of Buckethead's expansive Pike series.<ref>[https://www.natternet.com/buckethead-pike1-review Pike 1 review]</ref>
He is also the lead guitarist for the Serj Tankian's touring band Flying Cunts of Chaos. The band released their first single "Daysheet Blues" on iTunes in July 2010. He is also the lead vocalist for F.C.C.
He toured with Buckethead and Brain 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 ''Bucketheadland 2'' in 2003.<ref name=disc>{{cite web|title=Dan Monti Discography|url=http://www.danmonti.com/discography.htm|website=Danmonti.com|access-date=May 21, 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref name=disc />
Monti has contributed to many high-profile bands' albums, including Serj Tankian's solo albums. He is listed for "additional engineering" or as "assistant engineer" on Guns N' Roses album ''Chinese Democracy'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Chinese Democracy|url=http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/releases/newalbum.htm|website=Heretodaygonetohell.com|access-date=May 22, 2011}}</ref> on which Buckethead also featured, as well as being credited for "digital editing" on Metallica's ''Death Magnetic''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chapinc.com/disco.php|title=Chapter Inc. :: The REAL Encyclopedia Metallica|website=Chapinc.com|access-date=December 21, 2020}}</ref> and Slayer's ''World Painted Blood''.<ref>{{cite web|title=World Painted Blood|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8014203|website=Cduniverse.com|access-date=May 22, 2011}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Serj Tankian}}
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