Alternative Rock Nostalgia Buzz

Discography: Halo  (RainMaker, 1994) Foma  (MCA, 1995) The Nixons  (MCA, 1997) Latest Thing  (Koch, 2000) Popular Tracks : Sister, The Fall, Happy Song, Baton Rouge Proving that Oklahoma had more to offer besides country and the Flaming Lips, the Nixons quickly scored a deal with MCA and had a smash across the board with “Sister.” The band even opened for Kiss! Though the band fell apart after everyone moved on, frontman Zac Maloy became an in-demand songwriter and drummer John Humphrey became the drummer of Seether. In 2017, the band reunited and in 2021 they released some new music and went back out on the road, still sounding as great as they did back in the day. A few years back, Zac was kind enough to share his memories of the band's time in the spotlight Pete Crigler: When did you become interested in music? Zac Maloy: My grandfather was a country singer, so those old Cash, Merle songs…were the first songs I remember hearing. Then, Zeppelin came through a friend’s older broth

Discography: Aurora Gory Alice (CherryDisc/Giant, 1993) Wholesale Meats and Fish (Giant, 1995) Go! (Revolution, 1997) Back to Nebraska EP (Dot Rat Records, 2016) OK Christmas 12" (Dot Rat Records, 2019)   Popular Tracks: Here & Now, Awake, Cruel to Be Kind, Anchor Letters to Cleo burst out of the Boston scene in 1994 with “Here & Now,” an upbeat little ditty with a lot of guitars. They didn’t have the angst of an L7 but a void was empty and begging to be filled for a band with a girl singer that didn’t play the stereotype of some of the cute bands that were coming out at the time. The band went away at the turn of the millennium but because of Ben Wyatt’s undying love for the band and vocalist Kay Hanley on “Parks and Recreation,” the band had a complete resurgence around 2012 and haven’t stopped since. Guitarist Michael Eisenstein filled me in on the band's career around 2017 and the band are still going strong. Pete Crigler: How did you become inter