K.ommando Toxik | pt

Any of you who were fans of hard rock and melodic metal have no doubt heard of the Canadian band Slik Toxik. They were a mainstay of Much Music’s Power Hour video show and supposedly the next big thing to hit the American metal market. The lineup consisted of Nicholas 'Nick' Walsh (vocals) Rob Bruce (guitar) Kevin Gale (guitar) Pat Howarth (bass) Neal Busby (drums) and Dave Mercel (lyricist). They released the E.P. Smooth and Deadly in 1991 on Capitol/EMI Records and followed that up with their debut full length CD Doin’ The Nasty in 1992 (also on Capitol/EMI). They...

Toxik is a thrash metal group formed in 1985 by Joshua Christian and Lee Erwin of Peekskill, New York. The band's style was comprised of a complex thrash metal base mixed with progressive influences. By the end of 1992 the band had broken up but not before reshaping what was to be termed "progressive thrash". Bands like Watchtower, Fates Warning and King Diamond had all approached the point of actually becoming mainstream. Toxik was in that group and had an equal commercial potential or greater but before they had that chance the industry changed. Toxik, originally called Tokyo line up,...

Toxic Ephex come from Aberdeen in the north of Scotland. They got together in 1979 and made the vinyl debut on the Bullshit Detector compilation LP on Crass records in 1982 with the track Police Brutality. They released their first 7", the classic Fallout Shelter on local Aberdeen record label Green Vomit records in 1986. First few copies that appeared had a hand made black and white sleeve glued together by the band themselves as they could not wait for the proper sleeves to arrive! Also on Green Vomit was the bands debut album which was a split record with...

French thrash metal/grindcore band from Ploeren, Brittany, formed in 1987. Discography (all releases are demos): 1989 - Rehearsal 26/07/89 1989 - Demo 1989 - H.C. Bomb 1990 - Promo tape '90 .