Foxy Shazam Steal Spotlight With Stage Diving, Cigarette Eating
May 11, 2008 - Studio A, Miami, FL
It was a hot Miami day and I wasn’t quite sure what to expect out of a band named Foxy Shazam. Something in the vein of that ’70s one-hit-wonder funk group Foxy, or maybe Foxy Cleopatra from the third Austin Powers film … who knows? Already disillusioned from the 98° weather outside, the last thing I needed was to witness what I can only imagine to be the visual representation of Prince on an acid trip mixed with the unpredictably appealing mix of glam-punk and neo-soul.
Between a keyboardist whose occupation must be confused for a rabbi’s, rather than a touring musician’s, on account of his long and nappy beard, to the seemingly endless amount of stage dives singer Eric Nally insisted on, regardless to the not-so-impressed audience pushing him back onstage, Foxy Shazam’s set was nothing short of a spectacle. “There’s no more good songs left write,” recited Nally in a drunken ramble, all while playing a human piano over keyboardist Schuyler White’s hunched back. “You want to know why?” he yelled. “Because the Beatles took ‘em all!”
Apparently there were a few Beatles fans in the room, because the crowd ate it up. About three songs into Foxy’s opening slot for experimental prog-rockers the Fall of Troy, the crowd at Miami’s Studio A weren’t the only ones eating things up. Nally had started collecting cigarettes from fans during the previous song and proceeded to stick half a dozen of them into his mouth. Light, puff and swallow seems to be Nally’s routine with cigarettes.
By far one of the wildest bands I’ve ever seen grace a Miami rock club, Foxy Shazam were quite the surprise. Though some antics and spoken-word poems stretched most of the audience’s patience, it was all in good fun from a band I definitely see myself checking out again in the near future.
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