Artist description And this is what we think... Rock-N-Roll in its true, untarnished form can be summed up in for words: honesty, hope, passion, and rebellion. From the genesis of rock-n-roll in the United States, it immediately came under fire by critics, other musicians, and just about everyone over the age of thirty. Rock music was criticized primarily because it promoted change. It forced those four words down your throat and demanded attention. Consequently, the ignorant masses were scared into giving rock-n-roll a negative label. Honest change does not come without some kind of admonition. Today, decades later, pyrotechnics, tattoos, and bubble-gum flavored masks have veiled that honesty. THE OX PROJECT leaves no room for these sleek prosthetic images. We have created our own place in music, choosing an aggressive way to convey our message. THE OX PROJECT is an American heavy metal band who has come to fill a need, a need for honest music. HONESTY: Glittering jewelry, fire from the sky, and vibrant costumes…not here, thanks. How about six guys in t-shirts and work pants who come down on your eyes and ears as if a gorilla driving a freight train just missed you by six-inches. THE OX PROJECT was formed at the turn of the new century in the seedy environment of a trailer park in north Apopka, - Central Florida (“Apopka” by the way is Native American for “big potato”). As we started writing music what we looked like on stage took a back seat to huge riffs, sincere words, and a mountain of creativity. What you see is what you get. No costumes, no apologies, just simple, heavy, honest rock-n-roll. HOPE: We, THE OX PROJECT, believe in the idea that a band can maintain its integrity and still make money. The music we make claims influences from blues to heavy metal. We are confident that our music appeals to a wider audience than most artificial “nu metal” acts found on the radio today. All six members of THE OX PROJECT are involved in the writing of the music. This method of composition makes the music dynamic and fresh while set in the backdrop of southern style, dirge served with corn bread. PASSION: So not confuse aggression on stage and passion in songwriting with anger. We are not an angry band, just a little fed up. Anger is a foolish attempt by jaded rap-metal, post grunge, “hard core”, etc. bands to gain attention by adolescents. Most of these bands glamorize violence and insipid rants to sell records. Our philosophy LESS TALK, MORE ROCK! We take a positive approach to deliver the same ferocity. Onstage each song is promoted with the same audacity as the last, culminating in a live show that fuses power, amusement, and chaos. REBELLION: While a huge fan base, status on the billboard charts, and Grammies have their appealing qualities, making music to gain these materialistic icons is not our plan of attack. When power becomes more important than truth. We not only lose our fight as a band, but everyone that joins us also loses. Our music is as personal as it is benevolent and without that personality it sacrifices its’ heart. We, THE OX PROJECT, stand firm in our campaign to bring you the most honest and passionate music we can create. With a six man stabilized line up and “Charles Bronson” style, THE OX PROJECT is a force to be reckoned with. Furthermore, THE OX PROJECT is ready to become the defining element in rock-n-roll it was born to be. JOIN THE FIGHT!

Music Style Stoner / Groove Metal

Musical Influences Blues / Classic Rock / Metal / Thrash

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Artist History Started in 2000 and still going strong!!!

Group Members Jay Welker - Throat Nelson Tillus - Bass Chris Hayden - Guitar Danny Larosa - Drums Sycomyk - Turntables / Vocals Nathan Jones - Guitar / Vocals

Albums *never underestimate an american

Press Reviews from The Orlando Weekly By Mark Padgett Published 2/8/01 Orlando's hard-edge music scene has been struggling a bit as of late, what with The Legendary Station closing and a lack of national break-out success stories to trumpet. (Gone are the late-'80s to mid-'90s glory days of these now out-of-action heroes: Bloodlet, Death, Massacre and Schnitt Acht -- all international acts that were based here.) Sure, Orlando's RCA-signed trailer-park rangers Skrape offer a glimmer of hope, and Oviedo's Rob Rock is showing that classic metal still sells overseas; but many believe such major-label examples are part of the lack-of-originality problem plaguing the area's hard-n-heavy. People want something new. "Even though it's heavy, most of the bands are very radio-orientated," says hard-music fan Jay Welker. "I haven't heard any band that really has, to me, pushed many musical boundaries. ... I haven't heard any bands that really have just created something amazingly different, and are gonna change music. I don't think that the Orlando scene is about changing the way music is." Welker, a vocalist, along with bassist Nelson Tillus, decided to do something about it and co-founded The Ox Project, a blistering quintet with a self-released six-cut debut, "Never Underestimate an American," that proves that something wicked -- and different -- this way still comes. The one-year-old collective, also hailing from a trailer park -- one of Apopka's finest -- pushes its blue-collar blitzkrieg into the unknown, backing the sometimes political, sometimes religious lyrics with a doomy, Southern-style crunch. The forward-thinking Ox Project even incorporates a DJ into the game plan. "We were experimenting," says Welker, of Sycomyk's crucial deck work. "It became another instrument as opposed to just doing some scratching ... almost like another guitar." Hardwares Continuing their Jefferson Award-worthy humanitarian pursuits, the members of The Ox Project -- Welker, Sycomyk, Tillus, drummer Daniel Larosa and guitarist Nathan Jones -- also are attempting to resuscitate their familial hometown scene by hosting this Saturday's (Feb. 10) daylong Hardcore Hoedown, a 10-band, post-metal marathon at F.B.I. Liquors, the area's last standing monument to all things metal. Scheduled to ply their hardwares are most of the area's underground faves, including Throe, Unfisted, Lucid Fly, Choke Hold, Strain Theory, Grumpy*, Midst of Zool, Clovis, Produkt and The Ox Project. An impressive lineup, for sure, but they took it farther, recruiting websites, a tattoo parlor and a sporting-goods company as sponsors/vendors for the show.

Location Apopka, FL - USA

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