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Bobaflex
Formed in the 1990s, they have released three albums and are featured on the Gigantour DVD/CD. The latest album titled "Tales From Dirt Town" was released on 30 October, 2007. The unique thing about the band is the two frontmen, brothers Shaun and Marty McCoy, who trade guitar and lead vocals, depending on the song. Bobaflex was established in 1998 by the McCoys. The brothers are no strangers to the press, having ancestral ties to the most infamous family feud in American history, between the Hatfields and the McCoys which almost caused a war between the states of West Virginia and Kentucky in the 1880s. With their anthem-style songs and maniacal live performances, the group quickly gained popularity throughout the OH, WV, and KY tri-state area establishing their “base of operations” in Point Pleasant WV, home to the infamous Mothman Prophecies. Influenced by their surroundings and the elements of the Mothman legend, the band began to develop their unique style of songwriting. Describing the band’s sound is difficult, however the press and newspapers have often compared their sound to that of new metal artists like System of Down and Disturbed fused with the lyrical aggression of hip-hop pioneers Wu-tang Clan and song structural elements of classic rock pioneers Queen.
Finding themselves overwhelmed by popularity, Bobaflex soon became the only out of state unsigned act to headline Columbus OH’s premier all-ages rock club the Alrosa Villa. Continuously co-headlining Ohio’s largest independent rock festival Woodshock three years in a row, they performed for crowds of over 5,000. ”It was crazy. The fans were buying everything we had, even the shirts off our backs,” stated Shaun McCoy. After playing out of state for months at a time, the band returned to West Virginia to find themselves booked on 106.3-FM’s X-Fest, (West Virginia’s largest Rock festival, sponsored by Huntington’s largest commercial rock radio station, WAMX). Performing to an audience of 12,000 and sharing the stage with Nickelback, Disturbed and many others, Bobaflex played the X-Fest 3 years in a row, thus landing them a spot on the renowned Locobazooka tour in 2002 performing alongside Filter, Sevendust, and Mushroomhead just to name a few. In September 2000, Bobaflex independently released its 2nd EP, “Primitive Epic”. Sales of the sci-fi reality thriller began to take off. The band sold all 1,000 copies of the initial pressing in its first four weeks strictly through live performances, word of mouth, and mail order, which quickly caught the attention of New Jersey’s Eclipse Records (Mushroomhead, Disarray). On March 10, 2001, Bobaflex signed with Eclipse and went back into the studio to record additional material and remix “Primitive Epic” for a national release.
Pushing the sonic boundaries of what is “the norm” in modern rock music, this band has the hunger and determination to overcome any obstacle in their way. On July 28, Eclipse officially released the band to TVT Records. For more information, check out TVT's website.
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