# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bryan-mantia
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:20:16.582Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bryan-mantia"
name: "Bryan Mantia"
slug: "bryan-mantia"
description: "Bryan Kei Mantia, known professionally as Brain, is an American rock drummer. He has played with bands such as Primus, Guns N' Roses, Praxis, and Godflesh, and with other performers such as Tom Waits, Serj Tankian, Bill Laswell, Bootsy Collins, and Buckethead. He has also done session work for numerous artists and bands."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Primus_copenhagen_1998_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1963-02-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.61
  momentum:             2.310472497261022
  historical:           14.70009066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1694289/"
    handle:    "nm1694289"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brainbeatz.com"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1452758"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "بريان مانتيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Mantia"
    title: "Bryan Mantia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Mantia"
    title: "Bryan Mantia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Mantia"
    title: "Bryan Mantia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_(musician)"
    title: "Brain (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Mantia"
    title: "Bryan Mantia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86_(%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "براین (نوازنده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Mantia"
    title: "Bryan Mantia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Mantia"
    title: "Bryan Mantia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Mantia"
    title: "Bryan Mantia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_%C2%ABBrain%C2%BB_Mantia"
    title: "Bryan «Brain» Mantia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Mantia"
    title: "Bryan Mantia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Brain (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Mantia"
    title: "Brian Mantia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Mantia"
    title: "Bryan Mantia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562892"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/567344"
    title: "Bryan Mantia"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump