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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | The Moxy story... |
| Date | Mon, 02 Aug 2004 21:03:07 -0400 |
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At Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 17:37:54 Bruce wrote:
>Oh yeah...and don't get my going on MOXY from Canada.....man, I keep
>pulling
>this stuft. Just tuned to MOXY II over the weekend and CriMINEY, this band
>kicked ass! but I'll leave the stories w/ MOXY to Jaime......
I was too young for the original Moxy....but I've been fortunate enough to
have worked with them since their reunion album 1999. For the uninitiated,
Moxy's lead singer "Buzz" Sherman was to Canadian hard rock what Robert
Plant was to the British scene. Buzz died tragically in a motorcycle
accident in the early '80s (having already quit the band and been replaced
by one Mike Reno....later of Loverboy fame)...soon the band abandoned ship
following his passing....before reuniting in 1997 with a new vocalist Brian
Maxim.
Alas, original drummer Bill Wade died of cancer a few years ago...and was
too sick to enjoy the fruits of touring the Moxy "V" album in 2000 and 2001.
Original bassist Terry Juric took a pass on the road too as his health is
also failing leaving only guitarists Buddy Caine and Earl Johnson waving the
flag. The rhythm section for the last 3 years has been Kim Hunt and Jim
Sampson better known as members of Pomp Rock act Zon. Since doing the live
album "Raw" in 2002, the band has had a bitch of a time capitalizing on
their previous fame....only maintaining a fanbase in San Antonio, Texas and
Sweden. In their native Toronto they can no longer get arrested.
...prompting them to switch singers, once more, last year to A Foot In
Coldwater's Alex Machin....who is equally as talented as the original Buzz
Sherman.
Closer to home, Buzz's widow, Val was the one who gave me my first break
with Bullseye back in 1985. She ran the manufacturing division of AHED Music
then and took a green kid with no business experience and helped me design,
press and distribute our first 12" EP -- "The Wonderful World Of....Moving
Targetz".
I saw her again for the first time in 16 years a few months ago and was
finally able to thank her for contributing to OUR story.
Jaimie Vernon,
Bullseye
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