from Fayetteville Flyer http://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/2009/07/14/flyer-profile-the-rox/ We first heard the ROX a few months ago, and we were blown away by their rocking pop tunes complimented by Roxie’s great vocals, Dan’s guitar work (sweet, sweet guitarmonies) and backing vocals, and a rock solid rhythm section. We got in touch with them for an interview, and they were nice enough to answer some questions for us. You can check out one of the ROX’ tunes below, and there’s a whole bunch more on their Myspace page (myspace.com/theroxsongs). FF: What have you been listening to lately? The ROX: Dan recently rediscovered Jets to Brazil and Sarge. Roxie has been listening to Stephen Steinbrink (French Quarter) a lot. Laura has been rockin’ out to Afro-Celt Sound System, Michael Franti, and Scythian. Kristina has been listening to The Posies, The Magic Numbers, Sloan, and Immaculate Machine. FF: How long have you been playing together? The ROX: Our first show with this lineup was at the Mayapple Salon Grand Opening November 1st, 2008. But Roxie first played some of these songs with Dan and her man Dagen at the Dino House in May 2008. from Free Weekly Band of the Week www.freeweekly.com Type of music: We play catchy rock with strong harmony vocals, occasional Happy Monkey Drums, melodic bass lines, fake-shredding leads and crunchy hollow-body power chords. Originals or covers: Mostly originals, though we do a Ska version of “Diamonds and Rust” and occasionally cover “Pearl of the Quarter” Sounds like: Dan: Rainer Maria with a little Lungfish and Sarge, dancing on the roof of Empire Records. Laura: Each song sounds like something different from Death Cab for Cutie to Metallica to Rilo Kiley to The White Stripes. Roxie: Maybe The Fastbacks a little bit … depends on the song. Kristina: Rock ’n Roll donning a hair-net. Songwriter’s muse: Motherhood, sisterhood, childhood, the Oregon Country Fair, among other things … . Influences: Dan might not have ever made music at all without the encouragement of his brother Dave. Laura’s bass playing is influenced by him as well as by Kristina, Kelly Mulhollan and Flea. Kristina likes the rhythm sections in Seam, Sleater Kinney, Fugazi and Sloan. For songwriting, we look to a broad range of writers, from Loretta Lynn to Kurt Cobain to Shunryu Suzuki. Total number of tattoos and piercings: Roxie is the only one of us with tattoos, but she has us covered in terms of quantity. Kristina has four piercings. Laura had one once. Roxie says it’s none of your business! Dan has a piercing whine when he doesn’t get his way. Back stage ritual: Roxie uses “hair product” to help the style-challenged member of the band look as much like a pseudo-rock-star as possible. In return, he polishes the instruments so we sparkle in the stage lights.