Samer el Nahhal

Samer el Nahhal
Background information
Birth name	Samer el Nahhal
Also known as	OX
Born	July 11, 1975 (1975-07-11) (age 36)
Origin	Espoo, Finland
Genres	Hard rock, heavy metal, power metal
Occupations	Bassist
Instruments	Bass, vocals
Associated acts	Lordi

Samer El Nahhal (born July 11, 1975 in Espoo, Finland) is the current bassist of the Finnish hard rock band Lordi. He goes by the stage name of OX (both letters capitalized,) a possible reference to John Entwistle, the bassist for The Who, who was also nicknamed "The Ox."^[1] OX plays an Ibanez BTB Bass.^[2] His father is Egyptian and his mother is Finnish.^[3] He made his Lordi debut as OX the hellbull in 2005, replacing the former bassist, Kalma.His father died when Samer was 13, so they moved back in Finland. Then he wanted to become a musician and wanted to take up the bass

Character Background

OX is a half-man, half-bull creature known as a Minotaur, a creature rare even in Ancient Greece. In 1000BC, OX was the loyal servant of the magus Androlus on a small island located in the Greek Archipelago. The time-traveler Kalmaged stole the 10th book of Octavus, a book belonging to Androlus and which contained the magus' dark spells. Kalmaged then impelled the men from the nearby islands to kill both Androlus and OX.

Soon, however, Kalmaged awoke the slain OX, taking the undead creature as his own servant. In his fortress in the dark realm between dimensions, Kalmaged formed the Ka OX eventually discovered that Kalmaged was responsible for the death of Androlus, and he wasted no time in slaughtering his new master. When Mr. Lordi arrived in search of Kalmaged the Timetraveller, he formed an alliance with the Brotherhood. Kalma, another member of the Brotherhood, left with Mr. Lordi, while OX stayed behind as ruler of the Brotherhood. Years later, Kalma returned to take over leadership of the Brotherhood, and OX took his place in Lordi.

OX is also known as "The Hellbull," "The Hornhead," "The Hornskull," "The Bulltaurus," "The Smashsquatch," "The Giant Powerhouse on Hoofs," and "Operation 10."^[4]

References

1. ^ "THE OX - The John Entwistle Home Page". John Entwistle. http://www.johnentwistle.com/. Retrieved 2007-07-25. 
2. ^ "Ibanez - Ox Page". Ibanez. http://www.ibanez.com/artists/default.aspx?a=416#416. Retrieved 2007-11-28. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Jussi Ahlroth: Mie oon Lordi. Helsinki: WSOY, 2006. ISBN 978-951-0-32584-1
4. ^ "Lordi - The Official Website". Lordi. http://www.lordi.fi/Lordi_The_Official_Website.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-25. 

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Name	Nahhal, Samer el
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Date of birth	July 11, 1975
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