Nixon
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| 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 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, was filling in on drums for sporadic Louisville shows. He eventually relocated to the River City in November 2004 to play full time for NIXON. That was that.
Taking cues from bands such as Ink and Dagger, Rye Coalition, Iron Maiden, Drive Like Jehu, and the Jesus Lizard, NIXON's sound is rooted in angular, heavy guitar riffs, complemented by a driving, relentlessly brutal rhythm section, and capped off with a slew of sardonic commentary on what the fuck ever...all injected with a heavy dose of speed and fury.
2005 finds the band about to release it's debut recording on Indianapolis's Happy Couples Never Last (current/former home to bands such as The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower, Racebannon, and The Dream Is Dead), the "Why I Wasn't In Church On Sunday" EP, all the while planning numerous U.S. tours and writing material for their follow up full length. The band will also be featured on the upcoming Level Plane "80 Records and We're Not Broke (Yet)" 2xCD compilation.
(some practice demos of songs for the forthcoming full-length record are currently online at http://www.hxcmp3.com/bands/6031 )
Turn it the fuck up.
See also: Coliseum, Cherub Scourge, Black Heva, Haywire Act, The Royalty, Five Hours, The Dark Overlords of the Universe, Blue Collar Revenge Theory.
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
Releases:
- "Why I Wasn't In Church On Sunday" EP (Coming Spring 2005, Happy Couples Never Last) - recorded October 2004 at Headbanging Kill Your Mama Music by Chris Owens. Mixed December 2004 by NIXON and Chris Owens.
- The eight-track demos AKA "Watergate Tapes" - recorded August 2004 at NIXON HQ by Ryan Patterson.
Compilations:
- Level Plane Records "80 Records and We're Not Broke (Yet)" 2xCD. "Hold Me Closer Tony Danza."
- Halloween 2004: "I'd Tell You, But Then I'd Have Tequila."
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.