Babe the Blue Ox (band) explained

Babe the Blue Ox (BOX) are an American, Brooklyn-based rock band. Formed in 1991, the trio was initially composed of Tim Thomas (guitar, vocals), Rose Thomson (bass, vocals) and Hanna Fox (drums, vocals).^[1] In 1995, the band contributed the song "Hazmats" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Bothered produced by the Red Hot Organization. Fox's husband Eddie Gormley was formally added as 2nd drummer in 1998, and the band continues to play a handful of shows a year. In 2010, they were a headline act at the Cincinnati Mid-Point Music Festival.

The group's musical style is eclectic, drawing from multiple disparate influences.^{[1] [2]} Their early albums were released by indie labels, after which they signed a two-album deal with major label RCA. Subsequently they continue to write music collaboratively in "the basement focused primarily on the joy of making stuff," according to Thomas.

Over the past ten years, each member has recorded and performed music with other projects. Thomson writes, sings and plays with The Walking Hellos; Thomas helms Noblesse Oblige and records under the name Timothy James Thomas; Gormley and Fox create music as Vatican III.

In February, 2013, the band released its first album in 15 years, Guilty.^[3]

Discography

• "There's Always Room for One More, Honey" (single) Stamp Records
• "Chicken Head Bone Sucker" (single) 1992
• Box, 1993 Homestead Records
• Je m'Appelle Babe (EP) 1993 Positive Records
• Track "The Lady Is a Tramp" on the Frank Sinatra tribute album Chairman of the Board (although it listed as the fifth, it was the fourth - the list mistakenly switched position with the next Indian Bingo track which is really the fifth)
• Color Me Babe, 1994 Positive Records
• People, 1996 RCA Records
• The Way We Were, 1998 RCA Records
• Guilty, 2013 Guilty Records
• What About Today?, 2024 ??? Records

External links

• Babe the Blue Ox Bandcamp page
  • A lament for Brooklyn’s late, great BOX
• Noblesse Oblige
• Walking Hellos
• Timothy James Thomas

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bush . John . Babe the Blue Ox Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More . . 12 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211021020408/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/babe-the-blue-ox-mn0000057082/biography . 21 October 2021 . en . live.
2. Web site: Robbins . Ira . Babe the Blue Ox . . 12 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408004527/https://trouserpress.com/reviews/babe-the-blue-ox/ . 8 April 2024 . en . live.
3. News: Burdick . John . Reunited Babe the Blue Ox at Beacon’s In the Pines Music Festival . 12 April 2024 . Hudson Valley One . 23 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210305035949/https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2013/05/23/reunited-babe-the-blue-ox-at-beacons-in-the-pines-music-festival/ . 5 March 2021 . live . en.