Foxes That Fight

Foxes That Fight, a sort of experimental rock band, formed in May 2006, and is based in Columbia, SC. We had all been playing music in various bands for a few years, but hadn't really found a group that just felt right. It seems like we've finally done that. Now, with more experience as musicians and as band mates, we've really been able to begin to push our boundaries a little bit more. The music is a blend of all the genres we hold dear, funk, latin, rock, jazz, psychedelic, dance, ska, and of course some 70's prog. Our sound is definitely evolving, so please: come out, lend us your ears, and enjoy our next show.



"I'm in a particularly forgiving mood for some reason, so I won't lambaste Foxes that Fight for describing themselves as "purveyors of the finest aural sex" on their MySpace site. Come on, dudes — leave the second-rate sex puns for third-rate frat-rock and cover bands. Besides, Foxes that Fight is neither, fleshing out their dark two-tone ska with some nifty progressive flashes, mixing in funk, classic rock, Latin jazz and, yes, even a little emo for some added kick. Think a more rocking Tom Ze or a decidedly less masturbatory Mars Volta and you're halfway there." P. Wall [Free Times]



"So.System of a Down meets mariachi meets Depeche Mode meets

Hooverphonic on Red Bull w/ a slight nod to the Dream Theater boys

and PFunk. String theory rocks - well done." Gary Beckman, Ph.D. [Professor of Musicology]



"Like sands through the hourglass, so have white suburbanite boys always stolen the musics of poor black men. Even at their worst, rock and rap have proved infinitely better aesthetic booty than ska could ever hope to be. (Well, at least those flavors favored by white suburbia anyways.) But the canids at war on this, their eponymous debut, don’t play the kind of ska that ends up on Pac Sun compilations and soundtracks to Amy Heckerling movies. No, there’s more grit, more grime and hence more legitimacy here — as if Bad Brains had bartered with Hepcat in lieu of payment to . uh . finish. And when these five guys do steal — like from Ray Parker Jr. on “Ghosts” — it’s decidedly more tongue-in-cheek than divide-and-conquer." L. Young [Free Times]



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