Whatever happened to Bill Fox?

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Seven years have passed since ex-Micer's two Spinart records (Shelter from the Smoke & Transit Byzantium). Just revisiting them this weekend...such beautiful songs, gossamer-like recordings. I want more already.

Anybody?

Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link

I'd like to know as well, his solo albums were underrated.

zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 12:09 (eighteen years ago) link

The only indication I know of was a line in the promo notes for last year's Mice reissues that went something like, "Bill Fox gave up music years ago, but he's hoping to come back to it soon." I've read about mentall illness or emotional problems accounting for his long absences before and after the solo albums, but nothing specific.

Curt (cgould), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 16:54 (eighteen years ago) link

the mice's bass player is a republican with a blog. of course, i cannot find the url to his blog. paging maura johnston...

maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 17:26 (eighteen years ago) link

three years pass...

Out of nowhere, Fox has scheduled two shows in Cleveland in the next two months. The first one is this Thursday at the Beachland Tavern and the second is February 28th, also at The Tavern.

BillFromCleveland, Sunday, 4 January 2009 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link

one year passes...

Shelter From The Smoke has been destroying me all week tbh. Such great songs.

ian, Wednesday, 7 April 2010 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link

Nobody?
People I expected to be all over this: Pete, Hatch, Stormy?

ian, Thursday, 8 April 2010 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pYp90T2naQ

ian, Thursday, 8 April 2010 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Still loving this record tbh.

ian, Friday, 30 April 2010 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link

one month passes...

I've also been listening to these Bill Fox records over and over. I wish I could make out the full lyrics to "Burning Down a Snowflake."

jsimp, Monday, 14 June 2010 00:34 (thirteen years ago) link

These records are classic.

Hadrian VIII, Monday, 14 June 2010 02:09 (thirteen years ago) link

three years pass...

was going through itunes looking for dinner cookin music and was like "bill fox who's that why is this on my computer" and now i'm listening to transit byzantium

well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 00:29 (ten years ago) link

"Shelter from the Smoke is great too. The Believer article on Fox from 2007 is worth reading, though saddening: http://www.joehagan.net/images/pdf/fox.pdf

one way street, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 05:15 (ten years ago) link

great stuff!

i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 06:25 (ten years ago) link

seven years pass...

This stuff is really excellent, had the Mice records for years and I guess never looked into Bill's solo work? But a friend brought him up in a text and now I'm obsessed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZZ5hF5SSAY

The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Saturday, 23 January 2021 16:23 (three years ago) link


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