| Ezekiel Ox | |
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| Birth name | Alan James Davies |
| Born | Colac, Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Hard rock, funk, alternative metal, musical theatre, folk |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, actor, activist, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, drums, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Associated acts | Mammal, Full Scale, The Ox and the Fury, COG, Over-Reactor |
Ezekiel Ox (born Alan James Davies, Colac, Victoria) is an Australian entertainer and political activist. He is currently the singer for The Ox and the Fury, a band featuring Lucius Borich from the band Cog, as well as Full Scale Revolution, Smash Nova (with Forrester Savell) and Over-Reactor. He was previously the singer of Mammal. He is also on the committee for Musicians For Justice (MFJ) in Melbourne. He runs "Fish and Chip Studios", a mobile production house that focuses on limited post production and strong artistic performances.
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Born as Alan James Davies in Colac, he relocated to Geelong at age six.[1][2] In 1994 he was involved in the campaign to stop the One Nation party forming in Geelong, and also marched for teachers' conditions, and in the Reclaim the Night Rallies held in his teenage years. He has a background in opera and musical theatre and studied for three years at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in its musical theatre course.[3] He starting performing at the age of twelve, "because I wanted to".[4] Ezekiel has one child, his son, Griffin John Lee Ox, who lives with his mother in Melbourne. His genuinely believes that reputation as a live performer has reached cult status. with many fans having his signature and band logos and lyrics tattooed on themselves.
Ox was the lead singer for Full Scale.[5] Starting out as Full Scale Deflection in 1998 in Perth, Western Australia, Full Scale was an alternative-metal band and relocated to Melbourne in 2001, then they were based in Los Angeles, America from late 2003. After a series of EPs they released their full length debut, Full Scale, in March 2005 and broke up a year later. Ox re-formed Full Scale under the name Full Scale Revolution in December 2009 with Crutey, Tristan Ross and Ben Brennan, who had all played with Full Scale at different times, but not together.
Mammal were an Australian band formed in Melbourne in March 2006. Known for their live shows they had released two EPs, a live album Vol 1: The Aural Underground and a studio album The Majority. They also recorded a second live album at Sydney's Annandale hotel which was released in September 2009 along with a DVD, and recently journeyed abroad to play their first shows in the UK, with several dates at places such as London and Manchester.[6]
In 2003 Ox released an EP called Winter in Suburbia. It featured seven tracks, most were Ox on acoustic guitar with some backing vocals and occasional percussion. One track, "The Bottle", featured Clint Boge (The Butterfly Effect) on lead vocals, with Ox providing backing vocals and guitar. The songs' subjects covered different matter from that of his work with Mammal or Full Scale, such as memories, personal problems and relations with other people (though a few did feature politically/socially inspired lyrics), and were done in a different style - acoustic guitar and soft, melodic singing. He occasionally does live solo performances, at which he performs a cover of Bob Dylan's Masters of War, as well as songs also performed by him and The Fury.
Ox is the singer and guitarist for The Ox and the Fury. Other members are Ben Brennan, Domonic Italiano and Lucius Borich (COG). They have released an album, Guitars Die in Hot Cars, and on 11 June 2009, a video for one of their original songs, "We'll Never Know" appeared on YouTube.[7]
Over-Reactor is a band made up of two members, Ezekiel Ox and Cory Blight. They have released two full length albums, which they recorded, mixed, and mastered by themselves in their own studio. They have been made available to download for free, in keeping with the bands DIY and fan based model. Since forming in January 2010, they have toured with Cog, Poetikool Justice and Piggy, as well as playing headline shows in QLD, VIC, TAS, NSW, SA and ACT. They have also received radio play on satellite radio in the UK, and on PBS, Bondi FM and various other community radio stations around Australia. In June 2011 they began touring with Perth band Karnivool on a 22 date Australian tour.
Recently Ox performed at the Laundry in Fitzroy, Melbourne where he was without a tuner or stage presence and became agitated and hostile toward the crowd as they did not give him the 'respect' he felt he deserved. Throughout his performance he singled out and belittled dwindling audience members until the room was cleared.[8]
Ox is a member of the band Spontrockers. He performed a series of spoken word shows called RANT![4] He has appeared in plays and musicals such as Tartuffe,[9] Mamma Mia! and Shane Warne: The Musical.[3] Ox was formerly a member of both the Australian Labor Party and Socialist Alternative.[10]
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