Mox-Nix

Heavy metal quartet from the Houston, TX, suburb of Pasadena. Reportedly formed in 1983, Mox Nix somehow parlayed their small local following and a well-recorded cassette demo (1984's six-track All Access) into a deal with France's Axe Killer Records, which released the band's first and ultimately only album in 1985. This self-titled affair featured Johnny Duff (vocals), Bruce Tousinau (guitar), Robert Fernandez (bass), and Joe Vernagallo (drums) performing a rather unremarkable style of American metal with hard rock tendencies. However, the album went virtually unnoticed within the metal community at large, Mox Nix were quickly dropped, and their next label went bankrupt before the completion of a proposed second album to be called Red Planet, leading to their breakup.