Artist description The band consists of 8 energetic young men and 1 female. The band plays a variety of music, from Caribbean style to R&b.Very versatile. The band members are of mixed nationalities all residing on St.Maarten.

Music Style Soca, Calypso, Zouk, Reggae, Bouyon.

Musical Influences Other Caribbean Bands

Similar Artists Square One, Krosfyah, X-tatic, Byron Lee, WCK.

Artist History The band has to this present day produced 5 albums, of which 1 album had a number one song that topped charts in Trinidad, Barbados, Aruba, St.Lucia, St.Maarten, Antigua, Canada, England and New York.X-plosion has also performed in Trinidad, Barbados, Aruba, New York, Boston, Miami and Holland among other places. The band has also captured the highly coveted title of St.Maarten, which is band of the year, for 6 consecutive years.Pirates is the name of the first album, followed by Dirty Flex, Unshackled and Pick up the pace. The Dirty Flex album is the one that put the band on the international market with the hit song Hornin.

Group Members Stevenson"Chico"Jno Baptist (bass,bandleader), Termin"Road Dogg"Dorsette (guitar), Alvin"Brain"Randolph (keyboards, drum machines programming), James"J-Boo"Alie(keyboards, vocals), Elisha Benoit(drums), Davidson"Red Dogg"Jno Jules (octopad, engineer), Derrick"Super-D"Marcelle (vocals), Joel"KG"Flanders(vocals), Marcelita"Elegance" Fleming (vocals), Ricardo"Powerful"Arnell(manager), Irving"Coolhands"Maduro(asst. manager/road manager).

Instruments 5 keyboards, 2 drum machines, 1 bass, 1 guitar, 1 octopad, 1 set of drums.

Albums Pirates, Dirty Flex, Rocking Time, Unshakle and Pick up the pace.

Press Reviews We did a press conference in New York about 2 years ago at the Palm Court. This is still a place where we go to whenever we are in New York. There are also reviews from newspapers here on the island. The band was also voted 3rd best artist overall and #1 in bands category here on the island in a book that was written about the artists of the island.

Location Madame Estate, St.Maarten - Netherlands Antilles

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