The Foxys have got more than just dirty, raw, fast-as-hell rhythm and blues music in common with The Gimmies. They also throw stuff at journalists. But this time I was minding my own business when Saitama-based singer/guitarist Ryo Hashida collided with my table at a show and sent my beer flying over me. He later apologized and gave me a copy of their home-burned self-titled debut mini-album.
The first track, "Foxy Dance," sounds like the Stooges covering the Stones in a toilet while a tornado rips the house apart. Like the Foxys' other stuff it's also plastered in distorted funky wah-wahing. "I love the Stones," says Hashida. "And actually I did get the 'woo-hoos' idea in 'Foxy Dance' from 'Sympathy for the Devil.' The Foxys also have the energy of The Who and the fuzzed-up intensity of Sonic Youth and Velvet Underground. All bands Hashida, bassist Toru Imai, and drummer Keiichi Akiyama cite as influences.
The Foxys play Shinjuku Red Cloth, March 16 ([03] 3202-5320); Higashi-Koenji UFO Club March 29, April 10 and May 14 ([03] 5306-0240). For more info check the-foxys.hp.infoseek.co.jp/