The quiet kill off the country road, the time before the time when everything went wrong and the last 16 hours of that great love affair are the seminal beginnings of OXBOW.
Designed to be the last aural will and testament of failed humanity, OXBOW actually garnered listeners from among the ranks of the fucked, with their 1990 release FUCKFEST (cfy/pathological). Followed by KING OF THE JEWS (cfy), THE BALLS IN THE GREAT MEAT GRINDER COLLECTION (pathological), LET ME BE A WOMAN (brinkman/crippled dick hot wax) recorded by the estimable STEVE ALBINI, SERENADE IN RED (SST/CDHW) also recorded by ALBINI and GIBBS CHAPMAN (FAITH NO MORE, RED HOUSE PAINTERS), AN EVIL HEAT (neurot) by GIBBS CHAPMAN, LOVE THAT'S LAST (Hydrahead) by OXBOW and the soon-to-be released THE NARCOTIC STORY (Hydrahead) by JOE CHICCARELLI (AGENT ORANGE, BECK, AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB), as well as various singles and dance remixes, OXBOW has met with increasing critical acclaim and popular support.
The OXBOW core membership -- DAN ADAMS/bass, GREG DAVIS/drums, EUGENE ROBINSON/voice, and NIKO WENNER/guitars -- has been supplemented by the subtle stylings of LYDIA LUNCH, KLAUS FLOURIDE, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, RICHARD KERN (SONIC YOUTH et al), JON RASKIN from the ROVA SAX QUARTET, and a string section that would make Barry White wince.
Though claiming San Francisco as their hometown, OXBOW played in England in 1990 and toured Europe and the U.S. in 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, and 2003. OXBOW has also performed in Japan, London, Berlin, New York, Vienna, Prague, Portland, Paris, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Gent, and almost every other place people will pay them to hear them play.
Hey Eugene THANKS for doin' the show! C-ya @ NIMBY this Sat. ... unless I'm busy workin' some fool in the ring. Now download the Podcast and re-live the magic: Podcast and set list
“Abends an der “Meanie”-Bar / an evening at the “Meanie”-Bar” – Part two
Harry Merry Just played Meanie Bar / Hamburg in March. Second part of his Organ-Core.
Eugene S. Robinson (Oxbow) On May 7th at Meanie-Bar, Hamburg he introduced his book “Fight” by telling stories about fight and violence in real life.
Potato Fritz Fabrik / Hamburg, January 10th 2003. They will perform their Noise-Rock at Meanie Bar on June 7th. No fee.
Helgoland Reunited. SST-Jazz rock. PT two of Flora / Hamburg in March 09. They would fit perfect at Meanie Bar. We will work on it.
Kapaikos First part of their January show at Hafenklang / Hamburg. Mandolins between walz and Vodka. For them, too, Meanie Bar would be a good place. Check their video on myspace and you know why.
Micachu and the shapes Part three from the reopening of Hafenklang, Hamburg in January.
Guts Pie Earshot Cello and drums. Trance and punk. They will play Hafenklang / Hamburg on May 20th.
Next show June 21st, 2009, from 20:00 to 22:00, European time. Definitely the first 20 minutes of free noise from Love 666. Probably the second part of Kapaikos, maybe Spencer Salms sBach. We will see.
listening to oxbow cures my desires. i want my ears to feel the wrath of what its like to die inside of yourself and bleed out the demonic instinct that all humans possess.
Ter Haar Last time compared with Don Caballero, this time part two. February 09, Uebel & Gefährlich, Hamburg
Micachu and the shapes Also part two from the reopening of Hafenklang, Hamburg in January.
Oxbow July 08 at Hafenklang / Hamburg. Eugene Robinson will read out of his book “Fight” on May 7th at Meanie-Bar, Hamburg. No fee!!
Harry Merry Just played Meanie Bar / Hamburg in March.
Stau Will celebrate their 15th birthday at Hafenklang / Hamburg on April 20th.
High Quality Girls … will celebrate Johnny Kings birthday on 3rd of May at Meanie Bar / Hamburg. No fee!!! First time with a bass player and new songs.
Helgoland Reunited. SST-Jazz rock. PT one of Flora / Hamburg in March 09
Next show May 17th, 2009, from 20:00 to 22:00, European time. Probably with last part of Micachu, second part of Helgoland and Harry Merry, Kapaikos, Trumans Water … Just got my old tape 4-track working. Love 666 is ready as well as early 90th recordings of Milch and Cpt. Kirk +. There is more to come out of my back catalogue of recordings.
Thanks guys for the add. I've start to listen to Oxbow not so long ago but you guys are great..great sound, great frontman, great style. Hope to see you soon live in Uk ill be there!! 100%!!
Is she a keeper when, on the first date, "The Last Good Time" comes on and even though she listens to almost nothing but R&B and hip hop, She tells you Eugene is her new favorite singer before the 1st verse ends?
I'm supposed to be working. Hey, is there any chance the next time you talk to anyone from apple you can kick then square in the nuts for my macbook's battery no longer working? Much obliged. BenPH
i played some fantastic songs from you, your band and/or label in my radio show, calling "final transmission" on the free radio station "radio fro" (located in linz/austria)
the playlists: number: 116 date: 11/11/08 22:00 - 23:00 MEZ JARBOE / JUSTIN K. BROADRICK "decay" from "j2"(the end) ASVA "christopher columbus" from "what you don«t know is frontier" (southern) OXBOW "you pay first" from "supersonic" (capsule) ONE STARVING BAND "secret heart" from "broken wings leads arms to the sun" (planaria recordings) THE NIGHT PORTER "monkeys" from carlabozulich. com THE NIGHT PORTER "set self on fire" from carlabozulich. com DIG THAT BODY UP, IT'S ALIVE "unearthed treasure" from "a corpse is forever" (rock is hell) DIG THAT BODY UP, IT'S ALIVE "a corpse is forever" from "a corpse is forever" (rock is hell)
number: 117 date: 09/12/08 22:00 - 23:00 MEZ RONIN "il galeone" from "lemming" (ghost records) RONIN "portland" from "lemming" (ghost records) RONIN "you need it, then it comes" from "lemming" (ghost records) OXBOW "frankly frank (acoustic)" from "stallkicker/ frankly frank" (midmarch records) AARDVARK "X?" from "born" (final muzik) MONNO "troy" from "ghosts" (conspiracy records) BULBULTUMIDO "summer" from "" (interstellar records, rock is hell, trost) HEAVEN AND "bring back those happy days" from "sweeter as the years roll by" (staubgold) DAVID DANIELL "the hideout" from "the hideout" (antiopic)
ditto what portent said. except i saw u guys at supersonic this year. fantastic stuff. and i briefly spoke to eugene, i was like 'so that stuff on stage....?' and he was like, 'well i got a lock...and a key' and i was like wahhhhhhhhhhh
Thank you for the add. I saw you ( as a duo) at Supersonic 07 and after the initial 'what the...!?' thought it was great. I'm currently obssessively listening to ' She's a find' and ' A winner every time'
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