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Band Pages The Oxymorons Candyass ColaVision Heike Shoot the Gift Snaggletooth Releases MRR000 - V/A Lost At The Crossroads MRR001 - The Oxymorons The Oxymorons MRR002 - The Oxymorons Bash On Regardless MRR003 - The Oxymorons St. Jude MRR004 - The Oxymorons Dancing On Billy's Grave MRR005 - ColaVision Joan of ArcWelding MRR006 - Candyass Candyass MRR0007 - The Oxymorons Skeletons From Our Closet MRR008 - Heike Precious Underground MRR009 - SnaggleTooth / Shoot the Gift Contact Info Order MRR Releases Order Other Releases ![]() |
![]() ![]() The name the Oxymorons came about from a book Ben was reading at the time. Right after he decided on the name Iggy Pop appeared at WSU and Ben, being a huge Iggy fan, told him about the band. Iggy revealed that he too was reading the same book as Ben and therefore it was taken as a sign of a seal of approval from Iggy himself. Within a month the Oxymorons started playing shows all around Dayton and released their first 10 song cassette, until their drummer quit 5 months later. Ben and Grog decided to handle the situation the way their musical heroes would have, drink lots of beer and listen to the Replacements, Husker Du, Soul Asylum, the Who and the Damned. Once drunk they ventured over to Patric's and told him the news. He said "fuck it, lets find a new drummer". So the adventure continued. Nick Atkinson joined a few months later and the Oxymorons began playing out all over Ohio and Indiana. During the next several years they played throughout the Mid-West and received airplay on over 80 college radio stations throughout the US, Canada and Europe. They released a second cassette, a four song 7", an 18 song CD and appeared on over 25 compilation CD's, 7"s and cassettes. By 1993 The Oxymorons had logged tens of thousands of miles of road time and opened or headlined with such bands as Fugazi, The Dead Milkmen, Green Day, No Means No, Coffin Break, Big Wheel, Local H, Screeching Weasel, Scrawl and The Toll. Taking the clue that all bands should die before they suck, the Oxymorons went into a coma. Patric formed ColaVision (after being in Planet Ed while the Oxy's were still together) and Nick and Ben formed Candyass. Grog remained doing his label, zine and other miscellaneous projects. The Oxymorons reformed for a short while in 1994 to play two shows. Then in 1997 there was talk of doing a few more shows before the tragic death of Ben Schelker. Nick was recently in the band Irish Leo And Patric was in the duo The Vectors, Grog runs theChickenFishSpeaks.com and various other lost causes.
THE OXYMORONS SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
MUTANT RENEGADE RECORDS RELEASES
The Oxymorons - The Oxymorons - Cassette - 1989
SOME COMPILATIONS FEATURING THE OXYMORONS
Breathe on the Living - 1989 Nexus Records LP
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