Matthew Fox (musician)
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Matt Fox is an American
musician, founding member and a current lead guitarist
for the hardcore punk
band Shai Hulud
and his side project Zombie Apocalypse.
Fox writes the most of the Shai Hulud's musical and lyrical output. He has also played guitar in many other rock bands, like Planet X, The Murrychesstoes, The One Eyed Kings, Unwillful Demise, S.F.B and Bingo Mut.
" term in the late 90s/early 2000s, identifying bands like Earth Crisis
, Deadguy
and Integrity
as metalcore bands, even calling Shai Hulud a metalcore band back then- as a tongue-in-cheek term with his friends. However, in some interviews, he has stated that he no longer considers Shai Hulud a metalcore band, since the term "has lost its original meaning", in reference to melodic metalcore bands being referred simply as "metalcore." Fox even called the genre "trite" and "shallow music," "made by people that imitate it than love it."
and will be releasing the Hulud related projects it originally intended on releasing.
movement, as stated in many interviews.
Matt's favorite group is the thrash metal band Metallica
. He also has been influenced by many other hardcore punk
, metallic hardcore, thrash metal
, punk rock
and progressive metal
bands.
It seems that he suffers from coulrophobia
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
musician, founding member and a current lead guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
for the hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
band Shai Hulud
Shai Hulud (band)
Shai Hulud is an American hardcore punk band with progressive metal influences, originally formed in Pompano Beach, Florida, the band later moved up to Poughkeepsie, New York....
and his side project Zombie Apocalypse.
Fox writes the most of the Shai Hulud's musical and lyrical output. He has also played guitar in many other rock bands, like Planet X, The Murrychesstoes, The One Eyed Kings, Unwillful Demise, S.F.B and Bingo Mut.
Metalcore term
Matt is credited with popularising the "metalcoreMetalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
" term in the late 90s/early 2000s, identifying bands like Earth Crisis
Earth Crisis
Earth Crisis is an American metalcore band from Syracuse, New York, active from 1989 until 2001, reuniting in 2007. Their most recent record, To the Death, was released in May 2009 through Century Media....
, Deadguy
Deadguy
Deadguy was a metalcore band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.-History:Formed in 1994, Deadguy took inspiration from bands like Unsane and Today is the Day. The band took their name from a line in the John Candy movie, Only the Lonely,...
and Integrity
Integrity (band)
Integrity is a metallic hardcore band formed in 1988. Their lyrical themes include religion, the supernatural, mental illness, individualism, and the occult.- Discography :*Harder They Fall - Demo cassette - 1989...
as metalcore bands, even calling Shai Hulud a metalcore band back then- as a tongue-in-cheek term with his friends. However, in some interviews, he has stated that he no longer considers Shai Hulud a metalcore band, since the term "has lost its original meaning", in reference to melodic metalcore bands being referred simply as "metalcore." Fox even called the genre "trite" and "shallow music," "made by people that imitate it than love it."
At Dawn We Wage War
At Dawn We Wage War (former Ides of March) is a small record label started by Matt Fox in 2001. The label was started to release Shai Hulud related projects, but it ended up releasing other hardcore bands' music as well. The label's releases are distributed via Revelation RecordsRevelation Records
Revelation Records is an independent record label focusing originally and primarily on hardcore punk. The label is known for its role in the evolution of hardcore and metallic post-hardcore with important releases by bands such as Youth of Today, Warzone, Sick of It All, Quicksand, Side By Side,...
and will be releasing the Hulud related projects it originally intended on releasing.
Personal life
Although Matt practices a drug and alcohol-free lifestyle, he is not part of the straight edgeStraight edge
Straight edge is a subculture of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and other recreational drugs. It was a direct reaction to the sexual revolution, hedonism, and excess associated with punk rock. For some, this extends to not engaging in promiscuous sex, following a...
movement, as stated in many interviews.
Matt's favorite group is the thrash metal band Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
. He also has been influenced by many other hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
, metallic hardcore, thrash metal
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
, punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
and progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
bands.
It seems that he suffers from coulrophobia
Coulrophobia
Coulrophobia is a fear of clowns. The term is of recent origin, probably dating from the 1980s, and according to one analyst, "has been coined more on the Internet than in printed form because it does not appear in any previously published, psychiatric, unabridged, or abridged dictionary," however...
.
Bands
- Planet X - guitar (1991)
- The Murrychesstoes - drums, guitar (1991–1992)
- Bingo Mut - drums (1993–1994)
- Unwillful Demise (1994)
- StrongarmStrongarm (band)Strongarm was a five-piece Christian metalcore band, formed in Pompano Beach, Florida.-Biography:Strongarm came from South Florida. The band was the result of several local bands who had similar tastes in music and who were all Christians. Jason Berggren started Ikthus which included Chris...
- drums (1994) - The One-eyed Kings - bass (1995)
- S.F.B
- Shai HuludShai Hulud (band)Shai Hulud is an American hardcore punk band with progressive metal influences, originally formed in Pompano Beach, Florida, the band later moved up to Poughkeepsie, New York....
- lead guitar, backup vocals (1995–present) - New Found GloryNew Found GloryNew Found Glory is an American rock band from Coral Springs, Florida. Formed in the summer of 1997, founding members were lead vocalist Jordan Pundik, guitarists Chad Gilbert and Steve Klein, bassist Ian Grushka and drummer Joe Marino...
- fill in guitar (1998) - Zombie Apocalypse (formerly called "Boddicker") - guitar (1998, 2003–present)
Discography
- The Murrychesstoes - First demo (1991)
- The Murrychesstoes - Second demo (1992)
- Unwillful Demise - Unsigned Iii Killing Time Compilation (1994)
- "Nuclear Door"
- Bingo Mut - Demo (1994)
- Bingo Mut - The Meanest Man EP (1995)
- "Stop the Bus It's Russell Epstein" - 3:22
- "I Can Own the World" - 2:22
- "Amir Bacollie" - 2:13
- "I'm Done" - 2:27
- Bingo Mut - Unreleased EP (1995)
- Shai HuludShai Hulud (band)Shai Hulud is an American hardcore punk band with progressive metal influences, originally formed in Pompano Beach, Florida, the band later moved up to Poughkeepsie, New York....
- 1995 Demo (1995) - Shai Hulud - 1996 Demo (1996)
- "For The World" - 3:02
- "This Wake I Myself Have Stirred" - 2:54
- "Hardly" - 3:28
- Shai Hulud - A Profound Hatred of ManA Profound Hatred of Man-Reissue:# "The Bonds of Those Who Have No Understanding of Consequences" – 2:29 # "Love Is the Fall of Every Man" – 2:34...
EP (1997) - Shai Hulud - Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and CompassionHearts Once Nourished with Hope and CompassionHearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion is the first full length album by hardcore punk band Shai Hulud, released on November 4, 1997, on the Revelation Records' subsidiary, Crisis Records, in CD/LP and 12" clear brown . It is now sold through Revelation Records. It was reissued in a...
(1997) - Shai Hulud - The Fall of Every ManThe Fall of Every ManThe Fall of Every Man is a split EP featuring songs from hardcore punk bands Shai Hulud and Indecision, released on September 15, 1998, on the Revelation Records' subsidiary, Crisis Records, in CD and 10" clear green . It is now sold through Revelation Records...
(Split with IndecisionIndecisionIndecision was a hardcore band which was started in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn in 1993 and officially disbanded in the summer of 2000 though they still play shows occasionally.- History :From the band:...
, 1998) - Boddicker - Demo (1998)
- Shai Hulud - A Whole New Level of SicknessA Whole New Level Of SicknessA Whole New Level of Sickness is a split EP featuring songs by hardcore punk bands Shai Hulud and Another Victim, released on June 27, 2000, on Trustkill Records and, in Europe, Good Life Recordings, in CD and 12" various colors from brown swirl to purple . Shai Hulud tracks were included in A...
Split with Another Victim (1999) - Shai Hulud - Crush 'Em All Vol. 1Crush 'Em All Vol. 1Crush 'Em All Vol. 1 is a split EP by hardcore punk bands Boysetsfire and Shai Hulud, released on March 24, 2000, on Undecided Records, 7" purple , grey , clear red , and Detroit Fest press black . The Shai Hulud cover song "Damage, Inc." was included in A Profound Hatred of Man...
(Split with Boy Sets Fire, 2000) - Further Seems ForeverFurther Seems ForeverFurther Seems Forever is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Pompano Beach, Florida and disbanded in 2006. Over the course of their career the band experienced several lineup changes, resulting in a different lead vocalist performing on each of their three studio albums...
- The Moon is DownThe Moon Is Down (album)The Moon Is Down is the debut album by the Pompano Beach, Florida rock band Further Seems Forever, released in 2001 by Tooth & Nail Records. It was the band's first full-length album and their only album with original vocalist Chris Carrabba and guitarist Nick Dominguez...
- Shai Hulud - A Profound Hatred of Man
- "Just Until Sundown" - 3:14
- Shai Hulud - That Within Blood Ill-TemperedThat Within Blood Ill-TemperedThat Within Blood Ill-Tempered is the second studio album by hardcore punk band Shai Hulud. It was released on May 20, 2003, through Revelation Records on CD and 300 pressings on LP format. A picture disc was released through Matt Fox's At Dawn We Wage War Records on March 30, 2004, with 1100...
(2003) - Zombie Apocalypse - This is a Spark of LifeThis Is a Spark of LifeThis is a Spark of Life is an EP by American crossover thrash/metalcore band Zombie Apocalypse, released on October 14, 2003. This album has more crossover thrash elements than its predecessor.-Track listing:# "Prologue: Forthcoming Apocalypse"...
(2003) - Zombie Apocalypse - Tales Told by Dead MenTales Told by Dead MenTales Told by Dead Men is a split album by English crossover thrash band Send More Paramedics and American crossover thrash/metalcore band Zombie Apocalypse.-Track listing:# "Just Meat"# "God I Hope the Data Is Lying"# "Breaking Off Fingers"...
(Split with Send More ParamedicsSend More ParamedicsSend More Paramedics were a horror film-influenced crossover thrash band from Leeds in the north of England.-Biography:The name is a reference to the 1985 horror/comedy Return of the Living Dead...
, 2005) - Shai Hulud - Great Worm (2006 Demo)
- Shai Hulud - That Within Blood Ill-Tempered
- "To Bear the Brunt of Many Blades" - 3:45
- "We Who Finish Last" - 3:15
- "If A Mountain be my Obstacle" 3:22
- Shai Hulud - A Comprehensive Retrospective: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Release Bad and Useless Recordings (2006)
- Shai Hulud - Misanthropy PureMisanthropy PureMisanthropy Pure is the third studio album by hardcore punk band Shai Hulud, released on May 26 in Europe and May 27 in the U.S. through Metal Blade Records, the band's first record release by that label...
(2008) - Shai Hulud - Not Without a Heart Once Nourished by Sticks and Stones Within Blood Ill-Tempered Misanthropy Pure Gold Can Stay (Split with New Found GloryNew Found GloryNew Found Glory is an American rock band from Coral Springs, Florida. Formed in the summer of 1997, founding members were lead vocalist Jordan Pundik, guitarists Chad Gilbert and Steve Klein, bassist Ian Grushka and drummer Joe Marino...
, 2009)
External links
- Official Shai Hulud Homepage
- [ allmusic.com Profile]