XbXrX
(Oakland, CA)


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website: http://www.xbxrx.com/
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Love them or hate them, you'll never forget them. Over the years xbxrx's style of joyous musical assault has been championed by many major figures in underground rock, having opened on tours with admirers such as Sonic Youth, Peaches, Unwound, Mr. Quintron, Deerhoof and Q and Not U as well as having worked with accomplished producers like Steve Albini, Ian MacKaye, Vern Rumsey, Don Zientara and Tim Kerr. xbxrx mates a post-hardcore guitar onslaught with articulate experimentation and intense, cathartic vocals to create a relentlessly modern rock music that is as chilling as it is invigorating.

The legend of the chaotic phenomenon known as xbxrx began back in '98 with a group of southern-bred kids aged 13 to 15. fueled by explosive adolescent energy and brimming withrebellion against the complacency of their conservative hometown, the youths hit the studio soonafter, tracking their initial sides before heading off in the first of almost 30 separate tours. thatinitial east coast jaunt threw down a gauntlet for standards of high energy performance: blazingfrom town to town in a van stolen outright from the bass player's mother; leaving a smolderingpile of decimated guitars, drums and keyboards in the wake; and racking up a kamikaze-like tallyof hospital visits, broken limbs, concussions and general mayhem - all in the hyper-compressedduration of 8 minutes!!! no stage could contain the blisteringly positive frenzy of xbxrx! lovethem or hate them, you'll never forget them. the band has blinded their audiences with racks ofcolorful flashing lights, bombarded them with balloons and even abandoned the stage to incitedance riots and group hugs in an attempt to make the xbxrx experience something much morethan just another show. the band has always sought to erase their individual identities andconsiders itself a flexible entity whose sum total is greater than the parts.

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