Friday 28 September 2012 - Moxy Go Go * Morgue City * Good Job Underground

by rudyards | September 28th, 2012

Moxy Go Go (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/MoxyGoGo

Moxy Go Go is a Modern Rock Band from Houston, Texas fronted by Mark Fain on
guitar and vocals, Tommy Luna on Bass and Dave Ng on Drums.

These boys are anything but strangers to the music world… Mark Fain fronted the rock band Chlorine, touring globally as both headliner and as support act for such well known Rockers as Alice Cooper, Buckcherry, Fuel, Sponge, Kid Rock etc…

It was during this time that Mark caught the eye of Duff McKagan (Guns-N-Roses, Velvet Revolver) and joined Loaded as the bands lead guitar player. After Loaded, Mark went into a writing frenzy, not only writing music for what is now Moxy Go Go, but also creating new music for various media outlets such as TV, Film etc…. He has collaborated with some of Rock’s finest players and producers including (but not limited to) Dan Huff (Micheal Jackson, Faith Hill, Megadeth), Matt Hyde (Porno for Pyros, Expanding Man, Soul Asylum), Muddy Stardust (Twilight Singers, The Burning Tree), Devon Glenn (Buckcherry), Alex Mitchell (Circus of Power) and Neal Eldridge (Towers of London), etc.After Chlorine’s record, Primer, was re-released on Sony Records, Mark moved back to Houston to record a second cd with the band. That recording, however, would never happen, due to creative differences within the group. What WAS destined to happen, though, was Moxy Go Go!

Tommy Luna was the first to officially come into the Moxy Go Go fray after working briefly within the Chlorine camp. Mark and Tommy became fast friends while recognizing the creative possibilities that existed between them. Tommy is both high energy and technically proficient as a Bassist, and has both worked and toured with such artists as American Idol’s Kady Malloy, Infinity’s Twin, Michael Flores, The Mighty Orq and Sarah Marie, to name but a few.

The final member to come into the mix was D. Joseph Ng, formerly of the iconic Punk Rock outfit, Latch Key Kids. By way of Providence, D. was placed right in Moxy’s face at an extremely crucial time in the band’s development and was invited into The Family virtually immediately. From the moment Mark, Tommy and D. played together, it was as if Moxy Go Go began to take on a life of it’s own. The chemistry between these players is undeniable as is the sonic dynamic … “Moxy Go Go is the kind of music I have always heard a band creating inside my head.” , says Mark.

What continues to evolve from the array of collective influences these three artists bring to the table is manic, melodic and modern. The music is peppered with heavy riffs, big melodies and stands on its own by way of originality. But hey, enough about Us… Let the music do the talking!!!

Currently the boys are writing and recording their debut record which will drop in 2012.

Thanks for stopping by!!! We look forward to seeing you all out at the next Moxy Go Go Experience!!!

Morgue City (Houston, TX)
https://www.morguecity.net/

Morgue City is a band that has gone through many many changes in sound and personnel. Like any successful project in the entertainment world it must be made up of resilient and determined people. This is the case with Morgue City. The band that has a rock attack intensity as well as a more sinister edge as it delves into the darker realms of noiz and it’s concurrent drones. Some of the Morgue City sound is very pop rock oriented but there is always a deviant grind of sound laced in the song work. The band consists of two musicians with a very long history in the music business. Founder, SPIKE the Percussionist, is known from a long list of projects that include Astrogenic Hallucinauting, Childman, Doggebi, Delicate Terror and as the music director for the world renowned flesh suspension group Constructs of Ritual Evolution – CoRE. The lead guitar and vocals are handled by Raul who is a multi instrumentalist and has a long history of studio work and touring. Raul hails from such bands as M-87 and was the former bass player for Bozo Porno Circus. The result is a musical conglomeration both hauntingly familiar and refreshingly new as well as powerful and beautifully dark. Combine the likes of everything from classical to jazz and gloom to power noiz with catchy lyrics, sophisticated beats, and musically diverse melodies and the result is Morgue City.

 

Good Job Underground (Spring, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/GoodJobUnderground

Good Job Underground is an original group saddlin up just north of Houston.
Ready for a rumblin, these cats ain’t gonna take no shit off no one.
YOU AIN’T READY!
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“To just say “two guys came onstage and one played a guitar and one played the drums” would be totally over-simplifying Good Job Underground’s performance and a gross injustice.” - The Examiner