BUX (band)

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Name = BUX


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Origin = Washington, D.C., United States
Genre = Hard Rock Boogie Rock
Years_active = Daddy Warbux: 1967-1972
BUX: 1972-1974
Label = Capitol
Associated_acts = The English Setters, The Cherry People, Angel, Joe Perry Project, Savoy Brown
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Past_members = Daddy Warbux
James Newlon
Sheba Coates
Jerry Stroup
Tommy Bonriggio
BUX
James Newlon
Ralph Morman
Punky Meadows
Mickie Jones
Rocky Isaac
Wiley Crawford

BUX was an American hard rock/boogie rock band that is best known for having lead guitarist Punky Meadows and bassist Mickie Jones both of who joined Angel, and lead singer Ralph Morman who was with the Joe Perry Project from 1979-1981 and Savoy Brown from 1981-1982.

Origins

James Newlon formed Daddy Warbux, a Cape Cod based outfit in 1967. Under this guise the band consisted of vocalist Sheba Coates, Newlon (known as 'The Wheel'), bassist Jerry Stroup and ex Fate drummer Tommy Bonriggio. Coates departed in 1972 for a covers act Cortege and former Richie & the Renegades man Bob Leger filled the position. As Daddy Warbux the band toured America supporting Brits Humble Pie. A later addition to the line up was keyboard player/ vocalist Wiley Crawford. Re-billed as BUX the band was signed to Frank Connolly, then Aerosmith manager.

BUX

BUX was comprised of guitarist James Newlon, guitarist Punky Meadows, lead singer Ralph Morman, bassist Mickie Jones, drummer Rocky Issac, and keyboardist Wiley Crawford. BUX were a successful club act on the circuit in the DC area between 1972 and 1974. In the earliest phases of the band, the lineup included two future Angel members, Punky Meadows and Mickie Jones. In early 1973, Capitol Records signed the band and rushed them into the studio to record their debut album. Within several months the album was complete, but Capitol balked on the deal and the band were dropped from the roster. It is not know just how much longer the band continued, but reports of shows in 1974 confirm that they were functional at least early in the year. By the end of the year, Meadows and Jones were signing a new contract with Angel and their debut was released the following year. By 1976, Angel was in full swing and enjoying national exposure. Capitol, sensing an opportunity to cash in on the band's success, issued the Bux album they had canned several years prior. Though some ardent Angel fans snapped them up eagerly, the album kept a low profile and failed to ignite widespread interest. Singer, Ralph Morman, went on to sing for Joe Perry's first solo album Let the Music Do the Talking. The rest of the band's whereabouts are not known.

Discography

*"We Came to Play" (Recorded in 1973, Released in 1976)