"Nothing can quite describe the feeling of standing in front of the stage at a rock concert, immersed in bodies, pushed to the point where you can't breathe, and everyone's screaming lyrics, singing along, phones aloft while they're being pummeled by the driving sound of grunge. This past Saturday night, Dec. 20, Dexter and The Moonrocks brought grunge back to Portland at the Crystal Ballroom. There was a twist, though. Their sound has a bit of country twang."
"Fox was working as a children's baseball coach while attending law school when he answered the ad. Tuffs and Ryan were undergrads when they started the band ,working respectively as a fry cook and as a concrete-surface decorator. Ty was a drilling-rig crew member. The members of the band continued to work their day jobs and attend school for about a year before they quit to play music full time."
A four-member Gen Z band from a small town outside Abilene, Texas blends grunge with a country twang and performs high-energy live shows in venues like Portland's Crystal Ballroom. Band members include vocalist James Tuffs, lead guitarist Ryan Anderson, bassist Ty Anderson and drummer Ryan Fox. Members balanced jobs and school—coaching, fry cooking, concrete-surface decorating and drilling-rig work—before quitting to pursue music full time. Their sound draws on parents' grunge influences and Lone Star musical traditions, producing raw, world-weary lyrics and songs that express disaffection and emotional intensity.
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