Moxy V

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Moxy V
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Studio album by Moxy
Released 2000
Recorded 1999 Toronto
Genre Hard rock, Heavy metal
Label Pacemaker Entertainment (2000)
Record Heaven Music (2001)
Bullseye Records (2002)
Producer Bill Wade
Moxy chronology
Best Of: Self-Destruction
(1993)		Moxy V
(2000)		 Raw
(2002)
European Release
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Record Heaven Music (2001)
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Moxy V, or Moxy 5, [2] is the fifth album by the Canadian rock band Moxy, Three of the original members of Moxy reunited when Bill Wade (just before his death from cancer on July 27, 2001 [3] ) got Moxy back into the studio (Recorded at Wade's home studio and self-produced) in 1999, with Earl Johnson and Buddy Caine after a 20-year gap, to produce Moxy's fifth studio album appropriately titled Moxy V . With a new singer Brian Maxim (former member of Stumbling Blind), who is also considered a true member of Moxy, as Brian sung back-ups with Moxy on tour back in the 1970s and worked with Buddy Caine in the band Voodoo. In 2001 a special release with a new CD cover unique for the European fans was released it includes one bonus track, "Time To Move On" that was recorded live at the El Mocambo in Toronto on January 12, 2001. In 2002 the album was released again with the original cover in North America with the addition of two live tracks "Still I Wonder" and "Young Legs" the tracks were originally to be included on the live album Raw also released in 2002. Also unique to the 2002 North America release, is the inclusion of an edited version of "Yucatan Man" The 2002 Bullseye Records version of the album features a nice testimonial from Canadian “Metal Queen” Lee Aaron about drummer Bill Wade, who played on LEE's debut album called "The Lee Aaron Project". I first worked with Billy when I was about 19. I was young and very green in the industry — Bill was about 33 at that time — and I remember having a bad couple of weeks. My expectations of the industry were pretty grandiose at that stage: I was a kid with stars in my eyes. Bill took me aside one night and, like a kind, loving father, said I had to remember to be grateful and that I had to remember every day that I was lucky to be in this business and working. Throughout the course of my career, especially at times when I felt like hanging up my microphone, I always remember those words he imparted to me. It's sad to think that such a cool and talented person can be taken at such a young age.

Canadians citizens of Canada

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Moxy (band) band that plays hard rock

Moxy is a Canadian hard rock and heavy metal band, formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1974, from previous members of the rock group Leigh Ashford – which included singer Douglas "Buzz" Shearman, alongside Greg Godovitz of Fludd & Goddo, and Gil Moore, Earl Johnson, Bill Wade and Terry Juric, as Leigh Ashford. The group changed its name to Moxy in late 1974. This name change was accompanied by a change in the group's sound. Buddy Caine, a former bandmate of Earl Johnson, was added to the group in 1975.

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Track listing

  1. "Yucatán Man" - 4:50 (Caine) (Edited Version North America release) originally written in 1976
  2. "B-757" - 5:47 (Caine)
  3. "Candy Delight" - 3:48 (Tom Griffin, Johnson) - originally written in 1985
  4. "Burning in the Night" -3:39 (Johnson) originally written 197?
  5. "Working Man" - 4:49 (Wade) originally written in 1984
  6. "Fire Down Below" - 3:19 (Wade) originally written 197?
  7. "Not for the Glory, Not for the Gold" - 5:52 (Wade)
  8. "Nitro Love" - 4:08 (Caine)
  9. "Snakebite" - 4:29 (Caine)
  10. "Walking on the Wild Side" 4:41 (Johnson) originally written in 1976
  11. "High Lonely" 5:07 (Wade)
  12. "Thunder Inc." 4:29 (Caine)
  13. "Time to Move On" (Live) (Johnson, Shearman) (Bonus track 2001 Record Heaven Music)
  14. "Still I Wonder" (Live) (Johnson) (Bonus track 2002 Bullseye Records)
  15. "Young Legs" (Live) (Wade) (Bonus track 2002 Bullseye Records)

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  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Discography". canadianbands.
  3. ↑ "Bill Wade memoria". canadianbands.com.
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