Axium

Infobox musical artist
Name = Axium

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Origin = Kansas City, Missouri
Genre = Hard rock
Post-grunge
Years_active = 1999 – 2006
Label = Hello Klameleon Records
Current_members =
Past_members = David Cook
Bobby Kerr
Jeff Shrout
Travis Grogan
Nathan Russell
Keith Crawford
Ryan Butler
Jerron Nichols
Matt McLaughlin
Drew Foss
Anthony Mazzarella

Axium was a Missouri-based band once headed by "American Idol" season 7 winner David Cook. Their sound was described as Alice in Chains meets Tantric.cite web | title = MySpace Group Profile | url = http://www.myspace.com/axium | publisher = MySpace | date = 2008-04-18]

History

David Cook formed Axium in his junior year of high school alongside drummer Bobby Kerr. The band was originally called Red Eye, but they changed it because it sounded too much like Pink Eye. The first performance as Axium (actually spelled Axiom at the time) consisted of Cook, Kerr, as well as Matt McLaughlin on guitar and Drew Foss on bass. Foss was soon replaced by Anthony Mazzarella, and this lineup recorded an unnamed 5 song demo [http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=6370294&version=7&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1] . Cook and Kerr then went through a few bass players in search of the perfect band, [cite web | title = Top Band: Axium | url = http://www.examiner.net/thex/past/archive/stories/0104/0104004.shtml | publisher = The Examiner | date = 2008-04-19] but these two always stuck together. It was in May of 2001 that Cook and Kerr finally found Jeff Shrout. In June of 2004 they recruited Travis Grogan on bass in support of their final studio album, The Story Thus Far. Since then, Bobby Kerr left the band in 2005, followed by David Cook a little over a year later when Axium mutually disbanded in 2006.

uccess

Axium played with notable acts like 8Stops7, Caroline's Spine, Maroon 5, Fountains of Wayne, and Smash Mouth. [ [http://www.rockkansas.com/axium RockKansas.com - Live Loud Local ] ]

One of the band's songs, "Hold," was picked up by AMC Theatres Movie Tunes and was played before previews on over 20,000 screens nationwide. Axium was also named one of the top 15 independent bands in the country in the "Got Milk?" independent band contest, and it was chosen as the best band in Kansas City in 2004.

Discography

Albums

*"Matter of Time" (2002)
*"Blindsided" (2003)
*"Alive in Tulsa" (2004)
*"The Story Thus Far" (2004)

References