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Roxie Stardust And The Junk Shop Boys

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Photos in Slideshow by Di Kulka
Once upon a time, there was beautiful and wondrous era called the early 1970's, and during that near utopian of a time, Glam Rock reigned supreme. In the year 2007, it most certainly seems like something out of a fairy tale, especially since Glam produced some of the most heavenly pop music ever created. It was a long time ago, but it wasn't in a galaxy far far away, although it sure did seem that way.
In the context of the time, hippies and the so-called sexual revolution of the '60s had both become rather tired. Glam Rock with it's high brow fashion and glitter make-up was the complete antithesis of hippiedom, and during the early '70s, Glam trudged over that dated '60s countercultural movement in stylish platform heels. The attachment of Androgyny to the music, and an interest in Bisexual lifestyles, shook up many a conservative sexual more, and injected new life in to the sexual revolution.
Imagine a time where you could turn on your TV and catch groups like: Roxy Music, T.Rex, David Bowie, Sweet, Slade, Suzi Quatro, Gary Glitter and The New York Dolls performing on shows like: Top Of The Pops, The Old Grey Whistle Test, and Musikladen. You could even catch some of these groups performing on American TV shows like: The Midnight Special, The Dick Cavett Show and The Dinah Shore Show, so you could still latch on to the Glam Phenomenon even if you didn't live in Europe. You could turn on your radio and hear Little Willy by Sweet playing, or Space Oddity by Bowie or Bang A Gong (Get It On) by T.Rex, and if you were real lucky and lived in a city like Los Angeles or New York, you could go hang out with the Glam Rock Elite at Rodney's English Disco, or Max's Kansas City, or the Mercer Arts Center. It all seems like a dream now, but it really did happen.
Flash forward to the year 2005. Roxie Stardust is feeling trapped in the 2000's, and wishes she could go back to the 1970's, where she claims to really belong. Frustrated by the fact that she is unable to travel back in time, she decides to put forth her best effort to start a Glam Rock band instead, so that she can feel in touch with her roots, and share her love for the music with the world. With the intention of bringing some old time glamour, showomanship and Rock theatricality to today's music scene, which she feels are mostly at a loss in this new Millenium, she started posting ads to find other musicians to join her band. It took two years of searching, but she was able to find a great line-up for the band, which included: Roxie on Lead Vocals, Vee Shus on Guitar and Vocals, Danny Bang on Bass, and Eric Ascott on Drums. Their first mission was to Glam Up Chicago, IL, which was their homebase, and then move on to the rest of the world. Though they fell a bit flat when it came to world domination, they still achieved Roxie's goal of making people want to party like it was 1974. That line-up of the band is now defunct, but Roxie has not given up on following her Glam Rock Dreams, and she would like to start a new band in Portland, OR, which is the city she recently re-located to. Stay tuned for more news on that soon!


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Member Since: 13/07/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/roxiestardustandthejunkshopboys
Band Members: The line-up below is no longer playing together, but it sure was fun while it lasted! Roxie has moved to Portland, Oregon, and is in the process of scheming up some ideas for how she can turn that town upside down. Vee and Eric continue to play together in other Chicago bands such as the Sonnets and the Deccas. To learn more about those bands, check out the links to their pages in the Top Friends space.

Roxie is sad that things had to end, but she promises that this won't be the last that you will hear from her!

The 2007 line-up of the band was:

Roxie Stardust* is a self-proclaimed David Bowie disciple, and she delivers the lead vocals with grace, style, and a melodramatic flair (or so she'd like to think).

Vee Shus** plays guitar, also does vocals, and tells (often tasteless) jokes too. Try the veal, he'll be here all week.

Danny Bang*** plays bass, and is the quiet one in the band. You know what they say about those quiet types.

Eric Ascott**** plays drums, and knows more about music than you do. He can also do a pretty decent Paul Stanley impersonation.

*is the stage name of Bess Korey, a walking anachronism, who eats, sleeps and breathes '70s Glam Rock. She is also a Music Writer, and her work has been regularly featured in Venus Zine and Girlistic. She specializes in writing about underrated female musicians from the '60s-'80s.

**is the alias of Vee Sonnets. He plays in a plethora of other bands, including: the Sonnets, the Deccas, Ellie Maybe, Lord Mike's Dirty Calysopians, Waxon 7, and the Irving Parkas. As part of Elemy, he books and promotes shows in the Chicago area.

***is the pseudonym of Daniel Fitzgerald, who also performs as a one-man-band under the name 13 Birds, and is a former member of the Blissters. Other extracurricular activities of his have included, DJing at WLUW and Writing about Music.

****is the moniker of Eric Colin. In association with Mod Chicago, he regularly puts on DJ Nites, and likes to spin a wide range of music genres from the '60s and '70s. He used to be in the Civilized Age, and can also be seen playing with the Deccas and the Irving Parkas.
Influences: '70s Glam Rock artists such as: David Bowie, T.Rex, Brian Eno, Sweet, Suzi Quatro, Gary Glitter, Slade, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper Group, The Runaways, and The New York Dolls. This is not a conclusive list, especially since Roxie loves all kinds of Glam, especially Junk Shop, but those artists above are the ones that were covered when the band played two gigs in 2007.
Sounds Like: '70s Glam Rock with female vocals.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Set List from Both Gigs...

The line-up of the band on this My Space page is no longer together, but Roxie has some tricks up her sleeves and plans on shaking things up musically in her new hometown of Portland, Oregon real...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:43:00 GMT

A Shout Out to Di Kulka...

Thanks so much to Di Kulka for sharing her wonderful pictures from our debut gig on August 25th with us! We feel very lucky to have had that show captured on film by two ...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:26:00 GMT

Roxie’s DJ Set From the Reality Radio Show 8/28/07

Set 1 1.) Desdemona by John's Children 2.) It Would Be Good by Jet 3.) Psychomodo by Cockney Rebel 4.) City Of Fun by England's Glory 5.) Suicide Child by The Nuns Set 2 1.) Big Fat Oranguman by ...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:43:00 GMT

Lee Klawans Rocks Our World...

We are so very grateful to Mr. Klawans for taking such awesome pictures of us at our show on Saturday, and for writing such nice things about us in his blog! To see his blog, go here: http://blog...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:25:00 GMT