Biography
Having sharpened their teeth in NYC's best venues, including the Knitting Factory's Main Staqe, CBGBs, Piano's, Trash, Crash Mansion, & Southpaw (w/ Easy Action), they made their international debut at Toronto's NXNE Festival in June of 2006 ("explode without warning...as rock'n'roll as it comes"-Chart), rocked Harrisburg PA in Feb. @ MMC11 & 6th Street in Austin during SXSW 2007, completed a successful 10-date midwest tour in May/June, followed by the release of their first LP 'This is Undersea Explosion!!!' in July of '07 (recorded & mixed in the same studio as The New Pornographers' latest).
USX is a rock and roll experiment which originated in Brooklyn, NY in the year 2003. At its core are drummer, Myq Gaffey (aka: Any Kid USA), bass player, Jerold H. Lovecraft and guitarist/singer, Jim Paul. The songs are based on imagery and transcendence. The music is visual. The show is a journey. Combustion stretched over the better part of an hour.
History: Originally from Detroit, Jim joined friends and indie-pop sensations The Christines, who had recently played with Oasis on their first US tour, as they were moving to San Francisco in ’97. The Christines jumped into the scene with Subarachnoid Space and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Jim continued to play with the Christines but also established FunHouse: A Stooges Revue featuring New Bomb Turks drummer Bill Randt, before coming to New York in ‘02. Jerold had been the guitarist for Abstract Fresco as well as a DJ in Indiana before moving to NYC three weeks after 9/11. The two collaborated & played a few cabaret shows before recruiting Boston transplant Myq Gaffey on drums to stoke the nuclear furnace that would become USX. David Mendez, formerly of ’69 Nova & a Spanish Harlem native, replaced Any Kid from Sept. ’04-Dec. ’06.
Breathe Deep, Dive In, and Descend with Us...
Instrumentation
USX is:
Jim Paul - guitar/vox
Jerold H. Lovecraft - bass
Any Kid USA - drums
Discography
LP 'This is Undersea Explosion!!!', released July 2007
Self-Titled Debut EP, released November 2004
available at CDBaby, Napster, iTunes, etc
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/underseaexp
Links
| http://www.underseaexplosion.com |
| MySpace |
| CDBaby |