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Basczax were a British post-punk band that was formed in Redcar in August 1978.〔Ogg, Alex (2006) ''No More Heroes: a Complete History of UK Punk from 1976 to 1980'', Cherry Red Books, ISBN 978-1-901447-65-1, p. 79-80〕 ==History== The band was formed by Mick Todd (bass), who recorded a demo of "Karleearn Photography", which convinced Jeff Fogarty (saxophone) and Alan Savage (guitar, vocals) to join.〔 The line-up was completed for early performances by Nigel Trenchard (keyboards) and Cog (drums), but these were soon replaced by former Blitzkrieg Bop members John Hodgson (keyboards) and Alan Cornforth (drums).〔 Starting out as an anti-punk, almost anti-music noise band, they supported Gang Of Four, amongst others in the early days. Basczax's first released material appeared on Fast Product's ''Earcom 2'' mini-LP in 1979, alongside Joy Division.〔 The band also released a 7" single on the Pipeline label: "Madison Fallout"/"Auto Mekanik Destruktor" (1979), which reached #48 on the UK Independent Chart.〔〔Lazell, Barry (1998) ''Indie Hits 1980-1989'', Cherry Red Books, ISBN 0-9517206-9-4, p. 17〕 Basczax toured with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD),〔 and appeared on the ''Check It Out'' TV show in 1980, performing "Ego Therapy". This lineup split in September 1980, with Hodgson and Cornforth going on to form "Makaton Chat" with ex-Deja Vu members Anthony Lindo, Graham Lipthorpe and Martin Alderdyce. John Hodgson now records under the name Fast Cakes, who released an album in August 2007 entitled ''LIVEYOUNGDIEFAST'', and a second album in September 2012 entitled ''CALL OFF THE DOGS''. The three remaining members regrouped and continued. Eventually, after many lineup changes, the band mutated into Jank Mamba, and then The Flaming Mussolinis, who released two albums in the mid-1980s for Portrait Records (CBS).〔 Savage went on to form a band called Zoom, and released a solo CD in the 1990s on Darlington-based "Northern Sky". A compilation of tracks recorded by Basczax between 1979-80 entitled ''The Best Of'' was released (initially download only) in 2009 on Spectra Records. In February 2010, four members from the 1979-80 line-up (Alan Savage, Jeff Fogarty, John Hodgson & Mick Todd) started recording together once again, with the view to releasing the first new Basczax material for almost 30 years. An album, entitled ''This Machine Rocks'' was released (download only) on 1 September 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Basczax」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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