Bigelf  

This is one strange but excellent band. A peek at their visual and aural image screams British retro (even their member names appear to be straight from the UK), but apparently these guys are from Los Angeles of all places, where they've been plying their trade for some time now. Their style is quite intriguing, a sound that really doesn't sound much like any other band, metallic in some cases and more rock in others. From their excellent Hex album, there's "Carry The Load" and BNR fave "Madhatter", which sound like they're straight off of Black Sabbath's Sabotage, but also the strongly Beatles-esque "Rock'n'Roll Contract", and the Pink Floydian "Disappear", topped off with "Falling Bombs" which has a bit of all three. And that might be the best way to describe this strange combo -- lots of Hammond organs, Beatles vocals and stylings, but also plenty of heavy guitars and general weirdness to keep it all together. Fascinating, odd, but quite a trip.

Current Members Damon Fox vocals/guitars/keyboards Ace Mark guitars Duffy Snowhill bass Steve Frothingham drums

Former Members/Guests A.H.M. Butler-Jones guitars Richard Anton bass/vocals Thom Sullivan drums

Discography

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Closer To Doom 
1996

Change Crazy Frustration Salvation In The Void Closer To Doom Theme One [bonus track] I, The Jury [bonus track] Fight [bonus track] Baron Saturday (live) [bonus track]

Damon Fox A.H.M. Butler-Jones Richard Anton Thom Sullivan

Reviews:   Lords Of Metal 

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Money Machine 
2000

Money Machine Sellout Neuropsychopathic Eye Side Effects (Another) Nervous Breakdown Mindbender Ironheel Death Walks Behind You The Bitter End

Damon Fox A.H.M. Butler-Jones Steve Frothingham

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(EP) Goatbridge Palace 
2000

Side Effects (Another) Nervous Breakdown Sellout (live) Neuropsychopathic Eye (live) Money Machine (live) Sweet Leaf (live)

Damon Fox A.H.M. Butler-Jones Duffy Snowhill Steve Frothingham

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(EP) The Madhatter EP 
2003

Madhatter Brown-Eyed Girl Why? Bats In The Belfry III

Damon Fox Ace Mark Duffy Snowhill Steve Frothingham

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Hex 
2003

Madhatter Bats In The Belfry II Pain Killers Disappear Rock & Roll Contract Sunshine Suicide Falling Bombs Black Moth Carry The Load Burning Bridges Bats In The Belfry I $

Damon Fox Ace Mark Duffy Snowhill Steve Frothingham

Reviews:   Blabbermouth  Sea Of Tranquility  Lords Of Metal 

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Cheat The Gallows 
2008 Custard

Gravest Show on Earth Blackball Money, It's Pure Evil The Evils of Rock & Roll No Parachute The Game Superstar Race With Time Hydra Counting Sheep

Damon Fox Ace Mark Duffy Snowhill Steve Frothingham

2008 BNR Top Ten album

Reviews:   Sea Of Tranquility  Lords Of Metal