CRAZY TODAY

Biography

The (west coast) US UXB was one of nearly four dozen Northern California and Nevada bands featured on the Faulty Products distributed Alternative Tentacles LP, NOT SO QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. U.X.B. was from the sleepy hollow of San Anselmo in Marin County, California. The bandmembers consisted of "Ira Hood" (vocals), "Bob" (guitar & vocals), "Bryant Barbituate" (guitar), "Bibi Gunn" (bass) and "Rik Wreck" (drums). They put out an LP not too long after their appearance on NOT SO QUIET ON THE...

The (west coast) US UXB was one of nearly four dozen Northern California and Nevada bands featured on the Faulty Products distributed Alternative Tentacles LP, NOT SO QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. U.X.B. was from the sleepy hollow of San Anselmo in Marin County, California. The bandmembers consisted of "Ira Hood" (vocals), "Bob" (guitar & vocals), "Bryant Barbituate" (guitar), "Bibi Gunn" (bass) and "Rik Wreck" (drums). They put out an LP not too long after their appearance on NOT SO QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT called CRAZY TODAY, on ther own Crazy Plane label... After that, it's anyones guess what evere became of UXB... But don't confuse them with another band with the same name from the same time in the U.K.

There was also another US band called UXB that appeared on the New York's Hardest comp and featured Roger Miret of Agnostic Front. UXB is assumed to be a reference to the first Agnostic Front EP "United Blood."

The British UXB is the name under which Pete Morgan of Noisebox (and for a couple of years in the early 90s, Dominic Varle) performed and recorded under.

The early material can generally be described as ambient techno, with a fw breaks thrown in for good measure, and probably the most prized track is "Sexy Satie", a reworking of Gymnopédies by Eric Satie, which repeat and modifies the Piano refrain. UXB had several releases as part of compilations on Noisebox Records, chiefly NBX001 a white label, which also featured Tribe of Ssenkrad, Volcanic and Resistance, and more ambient material appears on Mechanical Paradise with Faceless, Toxic Frequency and Alpha Seven. An expanded line-up of UXB appeared at the opening of the Virgin Megastore in Norwich but eventually it just became a vehicle for Pete's instrumental ambient/electronic music.

Pete has continued to write and record under the UXB name to the present day, now releasing material on Burning Shed.

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