Founded on July 2000 by Gabriel Toxic, PSYCHOTOXIC is not a conventional project within Argentinean rock. The ambiguous aesthetic between punk and dark, the almost constant lineup changes and the working methods of their recordings make PSYCHOTOXIC an atypical band within the local scene.
Lead by Gabriel Toxic (vocals, guitar, bass, programming), the band included different musicians from the Buenos Aires underground scene, such as Nicolas Moavro (drums, Sancamaleon) and Jesus R. (bass, Sublow, Carne Para Cerdos, Sur Del Cruz), and shared the stage with bands like Devil 69, Gallo De Ria, Disckolos, Godown, Eskizofrenia and Nozh (a.k.a. Mantra) among others.
Unlike most bands, PSYCHOTOXIC operates as Toxic's solo project, being most songs written, arranged, produced and performed by him, with collaborations from the live band's musicians as well as special guests. At the same time, it functions as a band, but lacking the bindings proposed by a steady lineup.
With two albums independently released, Nevermind The Botox (2003) and Land Of The Silver (2005), the band that joins Toxic on stage includes Nadia Painlover on lead guitar, Ioia on bass and backing vocals, and Candeth on rhythm guitar.
PSYCHOTOXIC rarely performs live, and tries to avoid the cliches and rules of the local underground scene, making out of this pseudo-independence a way of life, with no intentions of committing to the music industry.
October 6
Well, after the show we're playing with Spellbook tonight, Psychotoxic will take a much needed break from all band activities.
After 7 long years of working on this project non-stop, I simply need to focus on other aspects of my life, mainly my personal life, and it would be impossible for me to do both things right now, not to mention it would be unfair, since I wouldn't be able to put 100% commitment to this project.
I have no idea when we'll be back, how we'll be back, who will be back, or when I'll have a new record ready, but that's the way things have always been with Psychotoxic, and it doesn't trouble me at all.
In the meantime, this profile, as well as the two MySpace ones and the official site will be updated every now and then with new things and some old stuff that hasn't surfaced yet.
See ya,
Gabe Toxic.
http://www.myspace.com/psychotoxic
http://www.myspace.com/gabrieltoxic
http://www.gabrieltoxic.com.ar
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May 14
Drummer Romixxx has decided to leave Psychotoxic, citing personal reasons for the departure. Gabe and the remaining toxiquettes wish her the very best in any project she embarks on.
The band's new lineup will be announced soon.
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January 2
suckRIFICE is available for download at www.gabrieltoxic.com.ar.
Get it while it's free.
Gabe Toxic.
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November 16
Well, after a long time, I finally managed to upload the pictures from our last two shows, the first two with the band's new line-up, the toxiquettes.
These are the September 30th pictures. That was at a little basement called Remember, in Buenos Aires. It was fucking hot, but we managed to keep our make-up in place. We shared the stage with Coche Funebre and Satan's Night Out that afternoon. It didn't only mark the debut gig of the toxiquettes as my live band, it was also the first-ever show for drummer Romixxx and rhythm guitarist Candeth, and they completely rose up to the ocation.
These pictures were taken by my girlfriend, Mery.
Here and here are the November 11th pictures. The first album contains over 100 photos taken by Martin Nahuel Rabaglia, while the second one has about 20 more taken by one of Candeth's friends, Luth.
This is the first show we ever did outdoors, and it was excellent. We hope to do more of these soon.
Hope you enjoy these photos, and soon we'll have some more updates regarding the release of suckRIFICE and soem other plans we have for 2007.
Gabe Toxic.
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September 20
Gabe Toxic and the new live band (a.k.a. the Toxiquettes) playing 'Blank Page of the Bible' during rehearsals last week.
Check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFyMbI6KRSM
Check out http://www.gabrieltoxic.com.ar for news and our Official Message Board.
Cheers.
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xcucsix
me encanto la banda (sobre todo la guitar nueva
candeth!) bsos aguante la actitud de gabriel.
posted Dec 05
roma_
muy buena la banda =) saludos
posted Nov 08