Juno Roxas
| Juno Roxas | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Juno Roxas |
| Born | 4 May 1972 |
| Origin | Australia |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupations | Actor, musician, singer-songwriter, music producer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1988–current |
| Labels | Melodian Records |
| Associated acts | Roxus |
Juno Roxas (born 4 May 1972) is an Australian musician and actor.
Life and career
Roxas was one of the founding members of Metal Pop band, Roxus, together with Dragan Stanic (guitar), John 'Stones' Nixon (bass), Darren Danielson (drums) and Andy Shanahan (keyboards). The band had been playing Van Halen and Living Colour styled rock around Sydney since 1987, but it was as a support act to Poison and Bon Jovi during their respective Australian tours in 1989 that first brought the band to public attention.[1] Ian "Molly" Meldrum signed the band to his ill-fated Melodian label (through Mushroom) and issued two singles in 1989: "Stand Back" and "Body Heat." By 1990, Roxus had cemented itself as a popular live drawcard and a live EP was released, That Girl, to capitalize on their success.[1] In April 1991, Roxus supported Warrant during their Australian tour, which was followed by the release of their debut full-length album, Nightstreet.[1] The album reached number five on the Australian national charts,[2] while the single "Where Are You Now?" peaked at number thirteen on the national singles charts in July 1991[3] and number eleven on the AMR charts.
While co-starring in the 1989 Australian, AFI award nominated[4] feature film, Mull, Juno was also vocally active on the Film soundtrack, recording versions of "The Wanderer", "Jingle Bell Rock" and Free' s "All Right Now" as well as an acoustic ballad penned by Chris Langford and Ron Martini of Dear Enemy fame. The soundtrack was never released.
In 1998 Roxas appeared on the Mushroom Records 25th anniversary album, Mushroom 25 Live: The Concert of the Century, and played the accompanying concert performing "Where Are You Now?".
Working with musicians such as Dick Wagner (Alice Cooper), Jeff Paris (Keb Mo), James Christian (House of Lords) and Mark Feist (Destiny's Child, Brian McKnight, Anastacia) proved a lucrative prospect to Juno, resulting in a full time move to the west coast of the United States where he now lives and works as a producer and songwriter.
Known as somewhat of a hermit with regards to live appearances, in 2006 Roxas performed with the Pat Cash All Star Band at the Australian Tennis Open.[citation needed]
Discography
Albums
- Far From Here – Melodian (D31196) (1994)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Swift, Michael. "Roxus". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ↑ "Roxus – Nightstreet". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
- ↑ "Roxus – Where Are You Now?". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
- ↑ "Mull (1989) Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 18 May 2009.