Flesh Roxon is a Finnish

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band, formed in 2012 in

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, Finland.

History

The band originated when Tampere double bass player Ville Mäkinen ("Mr. Willy") met two chemical punk rock musicians: Nicky Rothen and Petri Torkell ("Peter Cordell") in 2010 in Tampere. Together they decided to form a psychobilly band and Flesh Roxon was formed in January 2012. During the first year, the band honed their live performance and played in the studio. In the summer of 2014, Flesh Roxon left Live Nation and signed a new deal with Finnish Stupido Records. The band's second long play Darker Side of Life was recorded in January 2015 at Studio Vire in Tampere with The Brains singer-guitarist Rene D La Muerte, who also co-produced the album with Flesh Roxon. In February 2015, the new single was released on the digital single God Sent Me to Hell, which was solo guided by Andy McCoy, who toured three tracks on the album. Peter Cordell (Petri Torkell) left the band in 2015. Antero Malinen from Hyvinkää was chosen as the drummer. Peter Cordell rejoined the band in 2016, when Malinen left the band's drummer's ball. Cordell played in the ranks of Flesh Roxon until 2019, when he left the drummer washed. Tuomas Vuorio (Thomas Roxon) from Turku was chosen as the new drummer. Vuorio is a well-known face in Finnish drum circles and has gained fame among the Death Metal band in Mysore. Flesh Roxon signed a record deal with German Blood Rite Records & Dark Wings in 2020 and released a new third studio album in October 2021. In November 2021, Nicky Rothen announced the end of her career at Flesh Roxon and said she was moving on to a solo career. Other members said they would continue to operate under the new name ROXON A.D. who released their debut single "Rest In Pain" on 24 December 2021. ROXON A.D. debut single named "Rest In Pain"

Style

Flesh Roxon's style combines

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and the tradition of

, using morbid or violent imagery and lyrics influenced by

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or science fiction

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s. They had described their style as "

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rock" and have professed their admiration for

s and

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's work. The video "Back From Your Grave" from their album ''Flesh to the Bone'' is inspired by the black and white horror films of the 1920–1940 period. In early October 2013, the latest version of the

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and

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arcade game ''

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'' by Noodlecake Studios featured a special Flesh Roxon bundle, consisting of a branded vehicle and chainsaw launcher gun and the songs "Lonely Rider" and "Suck My Chainsaw" from the debut album ''Flesh to the Bone''. The update has been also advertised on the band's Facebook page and is available for free. On 1 November 2013, there was also released the

arcade game ''Flesh Roxon's Zombie Rock'' in which the three band members appear as enemy

characters with songs from the "Flesh To The Bone" album playing as

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Members

*Nicky Rothen – vocals, guitar (2012–) *Andy Reagan – guitar,

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(2019–) *Tommy The Mummy – double bass (2019–) *Tuomas "Thomas Killjoy" Vuorio – drums (2019–) ;Former members *Ville "Mr. Willy" Mäkinen – double bass (2012–2014) *Peter Cordell

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Discography

The debut album of the band, ''Flesh to the Bone'', was released on 2 January 2013, in

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and has been released on

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and other digital stores worldwide on 1 March 2013. The album got a very favorable review from

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for their fast and muscular punk attitude, melodic purity and vocal harmonies. The

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for the ''Lonely Rider'' song also got favorable reviews as a modern interpretation of the theme and style of

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Track list

References