No Lies

I won't front for a second.  Screamed, sang, spit and strained and I will stand here all day and tell you the honest truth:  I am NOT the powerful vocalist Mark Farner is and was in 1971, but we gave it HELL!  Initial rough vocal mix is incredible with some BIG (dare I say almost Queen-like?) backing vocals.  Tommy Smith took the song and made it tap out on both bass and guitars (and backing vocals) and our co-conspirator in this little project, Joe Perri of Youtube's Drum Channel flat tears it up on drums.  I am just honored to be a part of this one guys.  Seriously honored.

I'm sure Tommy will tweak the mix on it a bit more, it's his nature to try everything he can think of before deciding what he likes best.  He's also a lead break away from completing our election song "Electile Dysfuction" and adding some final touches to "We Will Not Fail" before releasing.  On future projects, Tommy says he's "got something going" that I'll be hearing soon for a new project and we're still knocking around another cover, either Alice Cooper's "Under My Wheels" or the Beatles' "I Am The Walrus".  I'm leaning toward Walrus despite being the one that suggested Cooper!

Coming Attractions!

Tommy Smith and myself have began another musical journey featuring a well-known drummer, Joe Perri, the owner of YouTube's Drum Channel.  He offered up his drum track to Grand Funk Railroad's "I Come Tumblin'" from the epic E Pluribus Funk album (1971).  I've heard the first rough mix of guitar/bass/drums (read: Tommy/Tommy/Joe Perri) and I stand with my mouth open and jaw slack.  Sounds INCREDIBLE to say the least.  I will attempt to do Mark Farner a little justice this coming Saturday as it's MY turn to make some noise on this track!

Oh yeah, we're collectively known as ROXX!

Check out ALL of our releases at Tommy Smith's Soundcloud account or check out the ROXX Music Page!  Share the music, ya'll and feel free to comment!

Relaunch May 2016

Never know how to react to the fact I had an old blog site that I posted 3 times on and forgot about.  Well, I've wiped that puppy, re-named it and re-thought it.  Doesn't guarantee that I won't forget about again in a week, but that's the chance you take trying to get inside of MY head, ya'll!

Yup, this is how we began that whole satellite program, back in the day.  I will NEVER forget the anger that came across my mother's face when she realized that the graphic read "Randolph" Hedrick.  "That's NOT what your father and I named you!"  Thus, the almost annual post on the Insiders Soapbox titled "Randoph Is A Work!"

Today, yeah, still playing pro rasslin' but we've kicked up music side of my life too.  Currently recording with Tommy Smith under the name of ROXX, we have several original songs already published on Soundcloud.  Here's the most recent, our first ballad, "It Wasn't Me":

It Wasn't Me by ROXX 

Please feel free to share ROXX music and comment!