Mega Music Talent

Every month we at Mega Music Talent showcase a band or artist who we enjoy listening to and we believe are talented and will do well with their music. Our October showcase is the Norwegian band Toxic.

October 2008 Showcase - Toxic

Heavy rock band Toxic was formed in 2003 in the Norwegian town of Stavanger. The band was formed by two workmates, two brothers of a workmate and the vocalist replied to an advertisement in a newspaper.The complete line up is: Trash Hamer: Vocals, Guitar Geir Ove Bernhoff: Guitars, Backing Vocals Daffy: Guitars Rolf Lura: Bass, Organ, Cello, Double-Bass Kristian Moen: Drums

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Initially Toxic played cover songs but after a few months guitarist Geir Ove Bernhoff started to put together some songs for the band and now they have their own music for us to enjoy.

After playing together for a year Toxic started gigging and made 2 demo tapes which helped to get them a record deal with the Norwegian company Downbeach Music. Toxic’s first album was called Intoxicated. It was released to good reviews and especially the track Chronos.

Toxic made a video for Chronos featuring bikers as the good guys. The video is great to watch and unsurprisingly earned a gold medal at EuroFilmForum Skandinavia. Although I liked Chronos on first hearing it grows on me every time that I listen to it. You can see and hear the video yourself below.

Toxic – Chronos

After playing together for 5 years the Toxic sound has matured well. When I first heard them I likened them to 70s bands Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden and even Rainbow – that’s a compliment for Toxic because I love listening to those bands. Even so Toxic has some exciting originality and that shows on their second album Fear which was released under the UK label Rocksector Records in September 2008 – just in time for their October UK Tour Of Fear and Halloween!

That sounds scary but I can assure you that there is nothing scary about Toxic or Fear. They are a friendly bunch of guys producing a great atmospheric sound with lyrics that have a conscience. The looked forward to UK tour kicks off with a Red TV/Sky 186 TV interview on October 14th.

16th October 8.00 pm Grand Central 80 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5NH UK With: Killheathen and Propax www.myspace.com/rockcentralmanchester 17th October 8.00 pm Hark to Towler 43 Market St, Tottington, Bury, BL8 4AA UK With: Killheathen http://www.myspace.com/hark2towler Hard Rock Radio Live Chorley, Northwest UK Live live radio interview @ Hard Rock Radio Live With: Killheathen www.hardrockradiolive.com 18th October 8.00 pm Sanctuary Rock Bar 73 Cow la, Burnley, BB11 1NN UK With: Killheathen & more TBC http://www.myspace.com/sanctuaryrockbar 19th October 8.00 pm The Snooty Fox 1 Brunswick St Wakefield, WF1 4PW UK With: Killheathen & more TBC http://www.myspace.com/snootyfoxlive 20th October 8.00 pm Manchester Radio Online Manchester, Northwest UK Live acoustic session @ Manchester Radio Online With: Killheathen www.manchesterradioonline.com 21st October 8.00 pm Yorkshire House 2 St. Marys Place, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, With: Killheathen http://www.myspace.com/theyork 22nd October 8.00 pm Sawyers 44 Montagu St, Kettering, NN16 8RU UK With: Killheathen + more TBC www.myspace.com/sawyersvenuecouk 23rd October 8.00 pm The Racehorse 15 Abington Sq, Northampton, NN1 4AE With: Fury UK, Killheathen www.myspace.com/sawyersvenuecouk 24th October 8.00 pm The Bedford Park 223 Streatham High Rd, London, SW16 6EN UK With: Killheathen + more TBC http://www.myspace.com/theoldkingsheadrocks Total Rock Radio Live interview @ Total Rock Radio With: Killheathen www.totalrock.com 25th October 8.00 pm Hall Cross Rock Bar 33-34 Hall Gate, Doncaster, South Yorkshir With: Killheathen www.hallcross.co.ukPurple Turtle 65 Crowndale Rd, London, With: Killheathen, Sigil, Muted http://www.myspace.com/turtlesmurtle

You can find Toxic at: www.toxic-rock.com MySpace Facebook Toxic Photos Toxic Posing Toxic Chilling Toxic Rocks More Posing From Toxic Toxic Live Toxic Rocks The Stage Toxic Order Fear from Amazon Now!