Have a listen to two of the new songs from our upcoming new release 'Sexeh-Nahdeh' - we'll keep you posted but it will be out in April! It's mixed now - and soon to be mastered...
Toxic's first gig was in February '99 at the Wheatsheaf Hotel in Thebarton with Repo who we are everlastingly grateful to for forcing us to get out there and strut our stuff. If they hadn't set a date, we'd probably still just be jamming now 8 years later! It also forced us to decide on a name for the band. Getting five women to agree on a band name is more difficult than many might realise. Toxic Shock was the only name we came up with (after about a thousand suggestions) that no-one hated.
In 2003 we completed our second recording at Sound House studios (our first was a live demo recorded in 1999 at John Reynold's studios before Rai left due to family commitments, to be replaced by Derek - an 8 track CD entitled "What Part of "Yes" Don't You Understand?" which reached Number 3 on the Three D radio charts that year and gained media exposure from DB magazine and RipItUp Magazine.
Then sadly, shortly after that release, the band decided to split due to various factors - Billy had moved to Melbourne, Bec had fallen pregnant with her first child - a beautiful daughter she named Tigerlilly (with the delightful little fella, Eden, to follow a couple of years later) and Anna had decided to move to London for an extended period where she played in bands 'Punk Recruit' and 'The Revenge'. Derek also took time out to spend time with his gorgeous daughter - Bekki Renee (with the handsome & smart Scott, to follow a couple of years later). During this hiatus, Kaz has been studying video production and is working on..... wait for it! Our brand new... well... first ever FILLUM CLIP!!!
ANYWAY, It's over a year later and we're back with a bleedin' vengeance!!! We've consolidated into a four piece with heaps of new killer songs. 3 of the 4 of us are sharing lead vocals which makes for interesting viewing & listening dynamics, especially when our cookie monster (or is it snuffaluppacus?) is let out of his cage.We've played some WICKED shows with the likes of Fear & Loathing, Red Rascal, Angelik, Killer Birds (VIC), Star 10 Hash, Miss Golly Gosh, Leather Messiah, Fiendish Cavendish, Roadkill 66, The Temps, Transmitter, NFI, Blistered Palms, Backseat Romeos, Chevron Whores (QLD), Crackwhore (VIC), Trixie Plain, Kamikaze, The Peaves, Obdurate Seduction, Scarlett Cook, The Milton Expereince, The Driven, The Gels and many more.Our brand spankin' new cd release entitled