Thax Douglas

Thaxter Elliott Douglas III (b. 31 October, 1957) , better known as Thax Douglas, is an American poet based out of Chicago, Illinois. Due to his close relationship to the city's music scene, he is often referred to as a "rock poet." For many years, Douglas has been a fixture at Chicago-area shows, reading poems directly inspired by the music of bands as introductions for their performances. Many of these poems have been compiled in Douglas's books.

In 2006, Douglas made an ill-fated attempt to move to New York City. He has since returned to Chicago and resumed reading poems before performances.

Selected Bands

Thax Douglas has read poems before shows of many notable rock groups and performers. These include:
*Andrew Bird
*Animal Collective
*Arctic Monkeys
*Autechre
*Battles
*Ben Kweller
*Blonde Redhead
*The Blood Brothers
*Blur
*Bonnie Prince Billy
*The Books
*Bound Stems
*The Brian Jonestown Massacre
*The Breeders
*Brendan Benson
*Bright Eyes
*Broken Social Scene
*Built to Spill
*Butterfly Assassins
*The Buzzcocks
*Califone
*Calvin Johnson
*Cavashawn
*Centro Matic
*The Changes
*Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
*Clearlake
*Cold War Kids
*Cursive
*Damien Jurado
*Daniel Johnston
*The Dandy Warhols
*The Debauchers
*Destroyer
*Dials
*The Dirty Projectors
*Don Caballero
*Eleventh Dream Day
*Elf Power
*Enon
*Ezra Furman and the Harpoons
*Fall Out Boy
*The Flaming Lips
*The Futureheads
*Gary Glitter
*Guided by Voices
*The Handsome Family
*The Heligoats
*Hey Mercedes
*The Hush Sound
*Idlewild
*Jim O'Rourke
*Jimmy Eat World
*Joan of Arc
*Jon Brion
*The Lemonheads
*The Life and Times
*Local H
*M Coast
*M Ward
*The Magnetic Fields
*Magnolia Electric Co.
*Make Believe
*Maps & Atlases
*Maritime
*Maxïmo Park
*The Mekons
*Mercury Rev
*The Microphones
*The Minus 5
*Modest Mouse
*Mucca Pazza
*Mudhoney
*My Morning Jacket
*The Natural History
*New Order
*The New Pornographers
*Nick Cave
*Of Montreal
*Oh My God
*OK GO
*Okkervil River
*The Olivia Tremor Control
*Polvo
*The Ponys
*Quintin Nadig
*The Redwalls
*Riddle of Steel
*sally
*Santa
*The Sea and Cake
*Scout Niblett
*Shiner
*The Shins
*Silver Jews
*Smog
*Sparta
*Spoon
*Starlight Mints
*Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks
*Sunset Rubdown
*Super Furry Animals
*Swimmer Missing
*Ted Leo
*Thunderbirds Are Now!
*Tony Bennett
*Tortoise
*The Twilight Sad
*Ultra Sonic Edukators
*Urge Overkill
*The White Stripes
*Wilco
*Wolf Eyes
*The Wrens
*X
*Xiu Xiu
*Yo La Tengo
*Zwan

External links

*Official Website - [http://www.thaxdouglas.com]
*Biography - [http://www.strangerthanfilms.com/home.html]
*THAX documentary - [http://goldenagestore.com/webshop/index.htm#thax]
*"Califone #9" (Audio) - [http://pastrysharp.com/audio/califone9.mp3] - from official Califone website
*The Daily Northwestern - "The rhetoric of rock" [http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/19/43cf3c3c5fb2d]