Influences
The P.O.X. mostly played without the usual double bass and replaced the upright bass through electric bass or omitted the bass completely. With the introduction of a strongly distorted Rhythm guitar The P.O.X. brought in a further style element which was still uncommon in psychobilly 1984. In connection with likewise atypically distorted singing resulted the characteristic P.O.X. - Sound, which distinguished itself clearly from the traditional psychobilly sound of a slap bass dominated band. Starting from 1985 The P.O.X. used also Midi and Samples, which again represented an innovation in the scene. The P.O.X. produced the intro track for the Voodoo Power demo and studio production together with producer Yak Bondy.
P.O.X's arrangements differ from the predominant blues pattern of early psychobilly; the Song “It's so dark” is composed and arranged more in the style of New Wave or early Gothic rock in the kind of Bauhaus, rather than being classical “Old School“- psychobilly. While modern psychobilly shows playful aspects in the song lyrics and stage shows, P.O.X. consider psychobilly to be a style of expression for the dark sides of human nature. The shows include visual elements of music and text using morbid references of animal blood or skeletons, as well as transvestite elements echoing The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
The P.O.X. were considered influential in introducing psychobilly to other music genres.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)