ZOX

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ZOX
Zox Press Photo
Zox Press Photo
Background information
Origin Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Genre(s) Alternative rock, Reggae rock
Years active 2002–present
Label(s) Side One Dummy Records
Website Official Site
MySpace
Members
John Zox
Eli Miller
Spencer Swain
Dan Edinberg
Notable instrument(s)
Electric Violin

ZOX is a band from Providence, Rhode Island that is self-described as "violin-laced Reggae rock."

The band consists of four members: namesake John Zox (drums), Eli Miller (guitar, vocals), Spencer Swain (violin, vocals), and Dan Edinberg (bass, vocals). The four came together at Brown University in 1999. Their debut album, Take Me Home, was released in 2003. They have opened for bands such as The Black Eyed Peas, O.A.R., Rusted Root, Everclear, Dispatch, Live, Guster,Good Charlotte, Gogol Bordello, Streetlight Manifesto, and Flogging Molly.

In 2005, Zox released a second album titled The Wait, which was listed on the Billboard Magazine Internet Album Charts in 7th position between the Black Eyed Peas and Coldplay. The Wait, in addition to selling 2,700 albums nationwide, was also the top selling album in Rhode Island. In support of the new album, Zox went on an extensive Eastern US tour, frequently playing with Paranoid Social Club.

In 2006, Zox were featured at the South by Southwest festival in Austin. The band signed with SideOneDummy Records in 2006, and Zox re-released The Wait with their new label on June 6 in Canada and the United States. During the summer of 2006, Zox toured on the Warped Tour and with Rusted Root, followed by their first ever European tour, which included playing at the Reading and Leeds Festivals.

Zox's third album, Line in the Sand was released in January 2008, receiving favorable reviews from many underground rating sites[1].

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Full Length Albums

Take Me Home
(2002)
Zox Music
The Wait
(2006)
SideOneDummy Records
Zox-LineInTheSand.jpeg
Line In The Sand
(2008)
SideOneDummy Records

[edit] Singles

  • Can't Look Down (2005)
  • Carolyn (2005)
  • Can't Look Down (re-release, 2006)
  • Thirsty (2006)
  • Goodnight (2007)

[edit] Trivia

  • The song "Can't Look Down" from The Wait was featured on the 2006 Bionicle Free the Band website, as well as songs from the Undertones, Damone, Over It, and a few others.
  • In addition, "Can't Look Down" was featured on MTV's Real World: Key West.
  • "Can't Look Down" was also used in Snow Gods, a ski movie produced by Meathead Films from the East Coast.

[edit] External links

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