BIX is a rock band from Lithuania. The band was formed in 1987 in

Šiauliai Šiauliai (; bat-smg, Šiaulē; german: Schaulen, ) is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 107,086. From 1994 to 2010 it was the capital of Šiauliai County. Names Šiauliai is referred to by various names in different l ...

and in a few months became a

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. After a period of intensive touring throughout Europe and the US they were the most experienced Baltic band, and probably the best known in the West. Recording never was a strong side of BIX since they were a 'live' band. Their style of music may be described as

post-punk Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and non-roc ...

with the elements of

ska Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...

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and

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

Members

* Saulius 'Samas' Urbonavičius -

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Gintautas 'Profesorius' Gascevičius -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Mindaugas 'Špokas' Špokauskas -

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* Skirmantas Gibavičius - bass * Aurimas Povilaitis -

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Discography

* 1991 Akli Kariai (LP) * 1992 La Bomba (LP) * 1993 Doozgle (CD,MC) * 1994 Tikras Garsas (MC) * 1995 7 (CD,MC) * 1996 Žiurkių Miestas (MC; originally recorded in 1982) * 1997 WOR'S (CD,MC) * 2008 XX. I dalis (CD) * 2015 BIX-Ray (CD) * 2017 XXX (7 CD's remastered compilation of the previously released albums in different formats; Reissued albums: 1982 - Žiurkių Miestas/Rats City, 1991 - Akli Kariai,1992 - La Bomba,1993 - Doozgle, 1995 - 7,1997 - Wor's,2015 - Bix-Ray) * 2021 BIX-Berlin'89 (CD,LP) (The very first live album of the band recorded in 1989 in Berlin and discovered unexpectedly after almost 30 years)

External links

Official Site
Musical groups established in 1987 Music in Šiauliai Lithuanian post-punk music groups Lithuanian rock music groups Soviet rock music groups {{europe-band-stub