LAVA.OX.SEA

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LAVA|OX|SEA (previously The Los), Psychedelic band from Hefei, Anhui

Introduction

The Los is the evolving species of former bands "DCTV","Baboon","Dancing Television","Dirty" and "Coffee Sugar" in Hefei. Although coming from different (even conflicting) music backgrounds, the 4 members dramatically shared some common aesthetic interests in music and live styles, so they decided to fuck each other finally in 2006.

Lineup

Vocals / Guitar: hans

Guitar: old C

Bass: jin 2

Drums: fulpurple

History

2007

In May 2007, The Los published their first EP Media Murdered the Young under two indie labels in China (Lie Records and Miniless Recordings). In June they performed during the Dino Beach Rock Festival.

2008: The Los becomes LAVA.OX.SEA

Mid 2008 they changed their name to LAVA|OX|SEA (or LAVA.OX.SEA). Lineup at that time consisted of Lowspirit on vocals and guitars, 金翼 on bass and 任子宜 on drums.

July 26th, they performed at Shanghai's YuYinTang, a show which was recorded for their first EP Beloved, our deserted landscape, that was released in the following month (August). In August, their song Grave (published under The Los) was included in Pocket Music 17. September 12th, they performed in the 革命者 bar in Hefei as support act to P.K. 14. October 18th, they performed in Maanshan during the 馬鞍山第二届揺滾節 event. December 12th, they performed in the Yuyintang in Shanghai. December 30th 2008 their record Heavy Metal Rock is the Best Music is released by Miniless Recordings.

2009

February 21st, they performed in Nanjing's 古堡 bar. March 28th, they rocked the Dream Factory during their Battles event. May 2nd, they rocked the Strawberry Music Festival 2009 in Beijing. At the beginning of June 2009 (around the 4th or 5th), they released their song Catty Cat on their Neocha page.^[1] A song of theirs was featured in the So Rock! Magazine (no. 89) in August 2009.