It was the year 2000, in a house between the railroad tracks and a brothel in Swan Street, Hamilton that one of Newcastle's most unremarkable bands was born: The Brown-Saxby Trio.
The original (and only) members, Cameron 'Brown-eye' Brown and Troy 'T-Bone' Saxby (also known as Troy 'Sexby' - but only by him), inspired by the pure romanticism of the working class and a lack of creativity made their first single with a cover of 'House of the Rising Sun'. In honour of the house of which the band was born and in another bout of utter copyright infringement, the Trio made a video clip based on (or completely ripped-off) The Animals' video of the same song.
The video turned out to be a big hit (the one copy that was made was forced upon Saxby's brother). This thrust into stardom turned out to be not only Brown and Saxby's greatest hour...but also the beginning of a turbulent and disastrous career.
After a whirlwind tour of the lounge room and the kitchen, The Trio got down to work. Or so it seemed. Brown got to work coming up with some new material in the hope of saving the group from being a one-hit-wonder-cover outfit. While Saxby rejected all of Brown's offerings, he himself started living off the attention gained, without offering any creative input (except one attempt written whilst on the toilet*).
While Saxby squandered The Trio's newly-found fortune on Bacardi Breezers** and elaborate (and unsuccessful) attempts to bed women - coupled with his obvious unwillingness to work on anything new - Brown made the decision that would begin the most successful era of The Trio - as well as their downfall.
Brown and Saxby went back into the studio to work on one of the few things the two could still see eye to eye on: inspiration at the hands (or hips) of Brittany Spears. The release of their a Capella version of Brittany's 'Oops! I Did It Again' was an immediate - and their biggest - hit. Rumours that a break-up of The Trio were laid to waste as the two hit the road again. However, these hopes were quickly dashed not long into the tour.
Creative differences were the first to show when different versions of 'Oops!' were halted by on-stage arguments and walk-offs. Many concerts did not go past the first verse. No tickets were refunded. There is a lot of rumour as to what the other differences were. Claims that rehearsals were constantly delayed or 'post-poned' due to Brown's supposed hairdressers appointments and pedicures were evenly made alongside - more evidence based - claims about Saxby's excessive drug use and days of absence on tour.^
With constant concert cancellations and no new releases in sight, fan interest had started to wane, the band finally issued separate press statements at the same time. Brown from his bedroom - of which the floor was unashamedly covered in empty V** bottles - claimed that creative differences and clashing hair styles were the reason for the breakup, as well as an opportunity to branch off and put himself in a more creative and open-minded space to be able to create music. While Saxby made his statement from his room from behind his computer claiming that Brown had never really offered anything to the group and would get by without him. Except to play Fifa on his computer.
And so an end of an era. Or was it? It has been six years since the demise of the Brown-Saxby Trio, and despite semi-successful careers since (unheard of musician/football manager and football manager respectively), there has been several attempts to get The Trio back together. Some for reunion tours, some for creative projects. However, the world is still yet to see the return of a pair of once not-so-great pretentious post-folk pre-pop contemporary jazz balladeers.
*In an attempt to get some money, Saxby later released a book of his entire works: The Toilet Poems consisting of one piece and a forward of an ex-flatmate's harrowing experience of walking in on him whilst writing the work.
**Bacardi or V did not pay for this mention, however any offers are welcome
^One disappearance was during the Swan Street Tour where Saxby vanished for two weeks only to be found hiding under his blanky in his room with three empty packets of Fisherman's Friends and blubbering something about "The Green Bay Packers always crumbling under pressure"
Hi! I’ve been a bit quiet, just got back from Byron Bay, was working at Splendor in the Grass in the wine tent. Yep the fancy drinks tent. Came home with the flu, that’s what working in a cold damp field in the middle of the night will do. Heard Kaiser Chiefs, Grinspoon and Spiderbait from work. Sounded excellent as always. Saw Dirty Three- fantastic and The Shins- awesome. Hope all is well in your universe Miss Pic x PS for those out of the loop also been and gone to Las Vegas, Hollywood and Fiji in the last couple of months. Have a look at my myspace for pics and stories in the blog.
Brown-Saxby Trio, you've won my heart with your beautiful (lack of) songs. May the legend live on in all the hearts and souls you've touched throughout your harrowing whirlwind career.
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if the brown-saxby trio dont form, at the very least, a come back tour i am prepared to never play a show again in protest,
.......after all,
its bigger than us
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Buffy,
Thanx for being my friend.
Miss Pic x
PS I was a little frightened when Tom was my only friend, who is this Tom and since when did we become friends? Is he some kind of pervvy internet stalker. Dosen't he know that I'm a dried up old crone and not some hot nubile young peice of internet meat? Perhaps my picture has confused him.. IT'S NOT REALLY ME in the picture.. it's just a drawing.. oh well. To each their own.
my dearest brown/saxby trio! oh my, what an intense yet awesome yet tragic story ur carrer has had...i only pray to the gods that u will get ur shit together again, if only for one of those "when hell freezes over" tours so i can get to see u...none the less, i laughed out loud & clear...and i hope u one day can put some kind of recording on here or even just the video clip u made...i am ergo b bag & i am flattered u want to b my friend! thank u
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