XBXRX

The nearly two years since they recorded their last album Sixth In Sixes have been XBXRX bringing their jubilant and notorious live shows to every corner of the earth - but back home in their Oakland, CA basement they've been hard at work, testing themselves and their every musical assumption. A band that has stunned people wherever they go, without a hint of pretension. How do you define a band like this? Everyone keeps saying "punk" but honestly where do you put XBXRX in the record store? There's something in their spirit that transcends genre, and you're as likely to encounter them in basements and art galleries as you are co-headlining the End Times Festival with the BOREDOMS, or opening for PEACHES, or SONIC YOUTH. Over the years the band's style of relentlessly joyous musical assault has been championed by many major figures in underground rock - as well as having worked with accomplished producers/engineers like Steve Albini, Don Zientara, Ian MacKaye, Vern Rumsey and Tim Kerr.
Actually, to this listener XBXRX gushes with the kind of urgency that puts them in a league with early PUBLIC ENEMY: raw, politically charged, often funny, always HARD, rebuilt from the ground up, gaining its well-deserved following by word-of-mouth, requiring no endorsements from the mainstream. The band has continued to progress and with their latest album the group continues to expand their musical horizons, incorporating a wider palette of textures, rhythm and structure as well as gaining a newfound clarity in the vocals. Never wishing to repeat themselves, the band has made a conscious effort to move beyond the non-stop blastbeat/screaming assault of previous releases, while retaining the vigorous exhilaration that people expect from them.This is Wars, speechless is the only word left.

Links

www.xbxrx.com

www.myspace.com/xbxrx