Pat Bruders

{{short description|American bassist}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{BLP one source|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Pat Bruders

| birth_name = Patrick Bruders

| image = Down - With Full Force 2013 - 28-06-2013 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Bruders in 2013

| image_upright =

| genre = {{hlist|Sludge metal|doom metal|blackened death metal|black metal|heavy metal|crust punk|country}}

| birth_place = El Paso, Texas, U.S.

| origin = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Bass guitar

| current_member_of = {{hlist|Down|Outlaw Order||Saint Vitus|Gasmiasma|Pure Luck}}

| past_member_of = {{hlist|Crowbar|Goatwhore}}

}}

Patrick Bruders is an American musician who is the bassist for heavy metal supergroup Down, former bassist of extreme metal band Goatwhore from 1997 to 2004, and former bassist for sludge metal band Crowbar from 2005 until 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=31030|title=Crowbar To Support Hatebreed In U.K.|date=January 3, 2005|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=March 11, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606070839/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=31030|archivedate=June 6, 2011}}

In 2008, Bruders joined Eyehategod's side project Outlaw Order and began live bass duties for the band, but has since parted ways with the group. He began touring as live bassist with Down in early 2011, replacing former bassist Rex Brown, before being added as a permanent member, performing live and in studio. Bruders is also a member of the New Orleans–based crust punk band Gasmiasma, Austin-based country band Pure Luck, and joined the doom metal band Saint Vitus in 2016.