Mox Nix

Similar to the obscure provenance from the name — Mox Nix — that they chose for themselves (produced from the American spelling of the German expression, “macht nichts,” meaning, “it creates simply no difference”), this rock quartet through the Houston, TX, suburb of Pasadena led a secret existence during its short career. Reportedly shaped in 1983, Mox Nix in some way parlayed their little local pursuing and a well-recorded cassette demonstration (1984’s six-track All Gain access to) right into a cope with France’s Axe Killer Information, which released the band’s initial and ultimately just record in 1985. This self-titled affair highlighted bandmembers Johnny Duff (vocals), Bruce Tousinau (electric guitar), Robert Fernandez (bass), and Joe Vernagallo (drums) executing a fairly unremarkable design of American steel with hard rock and roll tendencies, primarily produced from the usual United kingdom suspects like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, but generally clueless of thrash’s evolving juggernaut bearing down upon them. Because of this, the album proceeded to go virtually unnoticed inside the steel community most importantly, Mox Nix had been quickly lowered, and their following label proceeded to go bankrupt prior to the conclusion of a suggested second album to become called Red Globe, resulting in their breakup. In the long run, it’s even relatively unexpected that Mox Nix’s eponymous debut was reissued on Compact disc in 2001, adding two reward paths — “Lightning Without Thunder” and “Crimson Globe” — which were rescued from those aborted sophomore LP periods.