Oxbow is a long-lived avant-garde band formed in 1988 in San Francisco, California that is notable for their prolific touring and unique sound.
Oxbow plays a blend of noise rock, avant-garde jazz, musique concrète (AMG), and blues, creating soundscapes caustic, or plangent, with overtones of paranoia, revulsion, exaltation.The first album in 1989 combining the squall of bands like The Birthday Party with elements of free jazz and musique concrète from
Oxbow, Fuckfest, met with international success and created a small but loyal following that has grown ever since.Followed in 1992 by King of the Jews. The menacing The Balls in the Great Meat Grinder Collection also appeared in 1992, and after 1995's Steve Albini-pro...
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