One weekend last march, 3 members of Golden AX decided to take a road trip out to the infamous Sin City, Las Vegas... as you might expect, the trip was full gambling, drinking, and the regular debauchery that happens (and stays) in Las Vegas, but the main purpose of the road trip was to meet up with their singer and LV resident, Mikey Francis, who would be recording and producing their debut EP. What came of this drunken, blur of a weekend? A bad-ass 6 song debut EP that pushes the boundaries of the rock music world and aims to catch the attention of 2 of the biggest cities in music right now - Vegas and LA.
Long distance relationships aren't always easy, but this group seems to be playing their cards right.... golden ax is jumping into the perfect combination of scenes.... Vegas, home to recent mega-successful artists (namely the Killers and Panic! at the Disco) that seem to have drawn so much national attention to Sin City, and LA, the well-established launching pad for the majority of today's hottest rock bands.
Like many artists starting out these days, the album was done in a home studio. The tracking was done in 3 days, and just like that, the 3 members left as quickly as they came.
"After all the tracking was done, the guys went back to LA, and I was basically rollin' solo in Vegas trying to produce the best damn record I could. I recorded all the vocals and keyboards and then emailed the tracks to the guitarists Cecil who would hit me back with his ideas about the song." It seems like their formula for recording worked well. One of the biggest reasons the songs sound so tight is because singer MF and guitarist Cecil Adams have been writing these songs together for over 2 years. MF travels regularly back and forth between LA and Vegas to write with the band, but recently he has decided to head out to the west coast on a more permanent basis. "Vegas will always be my home town, but right now I want to be out in LA with the band on a full-time basis."
Golden AX's raw rock n' roll wall of sound is influenced by artists like the recently departed noise-rockers Death from Above 1979, Los Angeles thrashers the Bronx, and even Nirvana at times.
The release date of their new EP has not been set, but be on the lookout for the buzzworthy band in the next year. You can hear streaming songs from the EP on their myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/goldenaxslays). In the meantime, here is a FREE DOWNLOAD of their single "Hard To Get". A little something to chew on... the flavor will definitely last.