Dylan Donkin and Brian Sagrafena were teenagers making music in the basement when Brian met Metallica bassist Jason Newsted at a SuperBowl party in 1995. Jason became a good friend and mentor and recorded their first band, “The Disco Jefes” at his studio, “The Chophouse.” A few years later the boys went on an inspiring trip to Baja, CA and came back with an album’s worth of tunes. They played their home made demo cassette tape to Jason, who loved it.

In 2001 the trio recorded the songs at “The Site” in Lucas valley and in 2002 went on a national tour as, Echobrain. Jason left Metallica to do it. Newsted’s departure rocked the metal world and sent the remaining Metallica members into group therapy.

Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett from Metallica attended Echobrain’s debut show at Bimbos 365 in San Francisco, which can be seen in the 2004 documentary, “Some Kind of Monster.”

Their debut album “Echobrain” was well received even within the metal community and landed them just shy of a gold record internationally .

After the national “Keep Me Alive” tour, Echobrain was presented with a lawsuit by a Texas band called EchoDrain. EchoDrain sued for “confusion and rights to name” saying Echobrain was “confusing their fan base.”

Echobrain made one more album “Glean” with SurfDog Records. Due to financial & lawsuit complications Echobrain was never able to promote, tour or recover from that lawsuit. In the end Echobrain was awarded rights to their name. Echobrain disbanded in 2004.