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P.O.X.
12+ albums
psychobillygermanOld School PsychobillyPunkabillydeutsch
about
1. The P.O.X. was founded 1982 in Hanover (Germany) by the singer and guitarist Beaker Pox and the drummer Slin Pox and thus belongs to the first wave of Psychobilly Bands. In 1983 the guitarist and songwriter Carl Pox completed the final band formation. The P.O.X.. was the first German Psychobilly band at all. 1984 it came to a record deal with the label Wahnsinn Records (Hamburg) and thus to the first vinyl record release of a German Psychobilly band, the mini LP It's so dark. International concerts and the next album release Voodoo Power on the Dutch KIX4U-label followed. In November 1986 the band dissolved officially after a European tour. By this time The P.O.X.. reached the status of a Psychobilly cult-band which magically polarized the audience more than any other band did in history. In the following years The P.O.X. still played on the most important international Psychobilly festivals with the line up Beaker Pox, Carl Pox and Jake Pox, but in 1991 the band then finally stopped playing live. The P.O.X. mostly played without the usual double bass and replaced the upright bass through electric bass or omitted the bass completely. With the introduction of a strongly distorted Rhythm guitar The P.O.X. brought in a further style element which was still uncommon in Psychobilly 1984. Their arrangements differ from the predominantly used Blues pattern in the early Psychobilly; exemplary mentioned the Song "It's so dark", that - rather composed and arranged like New
