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Fox

therealbrianfox

About Me

Bass player. Editor. Tall.Keywords: bass, guitar, rock, soul, folk, ethnomusicology, Squaretape, Pseudopod, Zabava, Bass Player, travel, kayak, bike, cycling, San Francisco Bay Area, UCLA, tambura, tabla, bagpipes.

My Interests

Obscurity, meaning, a few other things

Music:

Lots

My Blog

Led Zeppelin / London / Spain

Just got back from Spain and the Led Zeppelin show in London, and I'm working on a proper write-up. For now, check out my London photo essay.
Posted by Fox on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:01:00 PST

This is just a tribute.

I take a lot of flack from my peers for my devotion to "tribute bands."It can be a touchy topic among musicians. There's no originality in it, nay-sayers naysay. Entertainment is entertainment and gig...
Posted by Fox on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:22:00 PST

Violent Femmes, bitches

2006 had hella kick-ass adventures for this bass playing fool, but few can compete with the night the Femmes rolled into town. Here's my yarn: I did a story on Brian Ritchie -- the band's unbelievably...
Posted by Fox on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:34:00 PST

PRIMUS!!!

Exciting news: Today the new Primus greatest hits, "They Can't All Be Zingers," hit the streets. Pick it up and check out the liner notes for the ramblings of yours truly.The back story: Turns out Mas...
Posted by Fox on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:10:00 PST

October, man

It's raining. WTF? Here we go. My Eagles tribute band Life in the Fast Lane is poised to kick some serious ass in the KFOX Last Band Standing competition happening at www.kfox.com (Hint, hint...). Ple...
Posted by Fox on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:35:00 PST

Tight jean shorts & bad tattoos

Played Modesto X-Fest last night with Really Joel. Whoo-Ya! Crazy packed street scene; and we had a decent croud inside.I think I blew some minds. A white man with dreadlocks? How can this be??? Defin...
Posted by Fox on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:25:00 PST

Maiden & Me (Yeah, that's right...)

Just got the photos from my 30th, which I spent interviewing and hanging with Iron Maiden. OK, maybe they didn't know it was my birthday, but they were still really fucking cool guys to chill and shoo...
Posted by Fox on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:32:00 PST

Holland rules

Just got back from the UK and the Netherlands. I'll probably post a proper blog soon, but for now I'll let the pics speak for themselves.http://photos.yahoo.com/foxbassplayer
Posted by Fox on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:56:00 PST

Shred 'till You're Dead

Indeed, indeed. But first: Tahoe REwind....I've had no shortage of quality alone time recently, but the drive up to Truckee afforded me an 8 extra hours I didn't think I'd have. (Nothing quite like sl...
Posted by Fox on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:02:00 PST

I just can't hide it

Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod. I'm very excited. Snow. Bring it. (I know I will.) This might be the snowboarding trip that establishes me as an absolute maniac and terror on the slopes. Boarder's Bane -- ...
Posted by Fox on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 06:31:00 PST