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|Started By: || [[Tony Ash]], [[Doug Walker]], [[Brian Foor]], Robert Goulet
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Nixon began in May 2004 as a side project featuring [[Tony Ash]] and [[Doug Walker]] of [[The Royalty]] and [[Brian Foor]] of [[Tyrone]]. After the breakup of both The Royalty and Tyrone, [[Matt Haas]] and [[Matt Jaha]] were brought into the Nixon lineup on vocals and guitar, respectively.  
The roots of NIXON were established in April of 2004 when Tony Ash, Doug Walker, and Brian Foor began sporadically getting together to play music in the practice space shared by their then current bands, [[The Royalty]] and [[Tyrone]]. After several such occasions, it started to become clear that this new project was more fun and more satisfying than the other bands. The Royalty fell by the wayside and dissolved soon after, while Brian apparently decided to quit Tyrone. It wasn't long before Matt Haas was approached to fill the vocal slot (he had never sung in a band worth anything at this point). Around the same time, Matt Jaha, Tony's [[Coliseum]] bandmate, expressed interest in playing guitar. After three shows, Brian decided NIXON was not in his future. Within a month, Eric McManus, formerly of Philadelphia's Lickgoldensky, decided it was his position.  


Brian decided to leave the band after only a handful of local shows, leaving Doug and Haas to search for a replacement while Tony and Jaha were on a month long tour with their other band, [[Coliseum]]. Oddly enough, they had the perfect candidate with them on tour and didn't even realize it for weeks; [[Eric McManus]] was the drummer extraordinaire for Philadelphia's noisecore veterans Lickgoldensky. When LGS unexpectedly broke up early into the tour, Eric and LGS's guitarist Jamie opted to finish out the tour with their new two-piece project, Gods and Queens. Tony eventually passed the Nixon demo to Eric. He loved what he heard, and immediately offered to play drums, coming into town one or two weekends a month to practice and play local shows. The band currently has plans to tour this winter.
With the new lineup set, the band started booking shows while awaiting Eric's move to Kentucky. He came down several weekends for practice and shows and all was good. The band wrote new material during this period and after Eric finally arrived and recorded with [[Chris Owens]] in early 2005. After reaching a deal with Indianapolis' Happy Couples Never Last records, a full length CD was set to be released.


With nods to bands such as Rye Coalition, the Stooges, Black Sabbath, the Jesus Lizard, Hoover, Iron Maiden, Black Flag, fellow Louisvillians [[The National Acrobat]], and even very early Guns N' Roses, Nixon turns their battered, beaten tube amplifiers up to 11 and sucker punch you in the stomach with a wall of dirty, sarcastic, speedfreak punk rock and/or roll chaos.
A year later, and after the rate of shows has gone down some, the CD is finally out and available at the increasing number of shows, [[Ear X-Tacy]], and (presumably) from the HCNL website.


(sounds are online at http://www.hxcmp3.com/bands/6031 )
See also: [[Coliseum]], [[Cherub Scourge]], [[Black Heva]], [[Haywire Act]], [[The Royalty]], [[Five Hours]], [[Dark Overlords Of The Universe]], [[Blue Collar Revenge Theory]].


==Members==
===Lineup 1===
*[[Tony Ash]] - Bass
*[[Brian Foor]] - Drums
*[[Matt Haas]] - Voice
*[[Matt Jaha]] - Guitar
*[[Doug Walker]] - Guitar
===Lineup 2:===
*[[Tony Ash]] - Bass
*[[Matt Haas]] - Voice
*[[Matt Jaha]] - Guitar
*[[Eric McManus]] - Drums
*[[Doug Walker]] - Guitar


Lineup 1:
*[[Tony Ash]] - Jazz Bass, V-4B
*[[Brian Foor]] - Drums
*[[Matt Haas]] - Golden Throat
*[[Matt Jaha]] - L-6S, Midget 50
*[[Doug Walker]] - Les Paul, JMP


Lineup 2:
==Releases==
*[[Tony Ash]] - Jazz Bass, V-4B
*[[Nixon:s/t|s/t]] - CD (2006 Happy Couples Never Last)
*[[Matt Haas]] - Golden Throat
*[[Nixon:Watergate Tapes|The eight-track demos AKA "Watergate Tapes"]] - recorded August 2004 at NIXON HQ by [[Ryan Patterson]].
*[[Matt Jaha]] - Telecaster, JCM 800
*[[Nixon:demo|3 song demo.]] limited run of 100. recorded by [[Chris Owens]].
*[[Eric McManus]] - Slingerland kit
*[[Doug Walker]] - Les Paul, JMP


=Compilations==
*[[Halloween 2005:CD]]: "Neat Neat Neat (The Damned cover)."
*[[Pucknation:Pucknation.com The Album 2]]: "Therapissed."
* Level Plane Records "80 Records and We're Not Broke (Yet)" 2xCD. "[[Nixon:Hold Me Closer Tony Danza|Hold Me Closer Tony Danza]]."
*[[Halloween 2004]]: "[[Nixon:I'd Tell You, But Then I'd Have Tequila|I'd Tell You, But Then I'd Have Tequila]]."


Releases:
==Shirts/Merch==
*The 8-Track demo AKA "Watergate Tapes" - recorded August 2004 at Nixon HQ by [[Ryan Patterson]]
*"Cassette" t-shirts: White cassette with unspooled orange tape, and "NIXON" in white.
*"Cassette" hooded sweatshirts: Very limited run, available in black, red, gray, and maroon.
*"Tube Amp" t-shirts


Compilations:
==Misc==
*None
*http://www.velocityweekly.com/2005/0914/sound/rock_town.html


Shirts/Merch:
==Links==
*Soon
* https://nixonnoise.bandcamp.com/

Latest revision as of 07:58, 11 September 2024

Nixon Stats
Nixonkysealshirt.gif
Record Labels: Happy Couples Never Last, Level Plane
Started By: Tony Ash, Doug Walker
Based In: Louisville
First show: August 2004
Largest show: app. 300 people
Last show: N/A
Reunion show: N/A
Number of Members: 6


The roots of NIXON were established in April of 2004 when Tony Ash, Doug Walker, and Brian Foor began sporadically getting together to play music in the practice space shared by their then current bands, The Royalty and Tyrone. After several such occasions, it started to become clear that this new project was more fun and more satisfying than the other bands. The Royalty fell by the wayside and dissolved soon after, while Brian apparently decided to quit Tyrone. It wasn't long before Matt Haas was approached to fill the vocal slot (he had never sung in a band worth anything at this point). Around the same time, Matt Jaha, Tony's Coliseum bandmate, expressed interest in playing guitar. After three shows, Brian decided NIXON was not in his future. Within a month, Eric McManus, formerly of Philadelphia's Lickgoldensky, decided it was his position.

With the new lineup set, the band started booking shows while awaiting Eric's move to Kentucky. He came down several weekends for practice and shows and all was good. The band wrote new material during this period and after Eric finally arrived and recorded with Chris Owens in early 2005. After reaching a deal with Indianapolis' Happy Couples Never Last records, a full length CD was set to be released.

A year later, and after the rate of shows has gone down some, the CD is finally out and available at the increasing number of shows, Ear X-Tacy, and (presumably) from the HCNL website.

See also: Coliseum, Cherub Scourge, Black Heva, Haywire Act, The Royalty, Five Hours, Dark Overlords Of The Universe, Blue Collar Revenge Theory.

Members

Lineup 1

Lineup 2:


Releases

Compilations=

Shirts/Merch

  • "Cassette" t-shirts: White cassette with unspooled orange tape, and "NIXON" in white.
  • "Cassette" hooded sweatshirts: Very limited run, available in black, red, gray, and maroon.
  • "Tube Amp" t-shirts

Misc

Links

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