Roxus

Roxus
Origin	Melbourne VIC
Genres	Melodic hard rock
Years active	1987 - 1993
Labels	Melodian
Associated acts	Chocolate Starfish, Kids in the Kitchen, Taipan, Brill, Pseudo Echo
Past members	Joe Cool, Darren Danielson, Craig Harnath, Warren Jenkins, Steve Moffit, John "Stones" Nixon, Juno Roxas, Andy Shanahan, Dragan Stanic, Zach Zedras

Band members

• Final line-up
  • Warren Jenkins (bass)
  • Steve Moffit (drums)
  • Juno Roxas (vocals)
  • Dragan Stanic (guitar)

• Former members
  • Craig Harnath (bass) (1989, 1993)
  • Zack Zedras (drums) (1993)
  • Darren Danielson (drums) (1987 - 1993)
  • John "Stones" Nixon (bass) (1987 - 1993)
  • Andy Shanahan (keys) (1987 - 1993)
  • Joe Cool (guitar) (1987 - 1989)

Formed

Melbourne, VIC, 1988

Band information

Roxus was a Melbourne hair metal band that scored both a high-charting single and album but was unable to capitalise on this success and predictably self-destructed. The group originally formed as Bahragah in 1987 with ex-Taipan member Joe Cool on guitar but when Roxas joined the following year the band became known as Roxus. On the strength of a self-financed single, they became the first act signed to Molly Meldrum's ill-fated Melodian label.

The band first tasted chart success with a live EP followed by national tours with Poison and Bon Jovi. The single "Where Are You Now?" shot up into the heights of the Top 20 and Roxus toured with Warrant but the follow ups were virtually ignored. Nightstreet charted briefly but stiffed after only a week or so and while they stumbled on for a further three years, the band split in 1994 following wholesale personnel changes the previous year which saw the entire line-up with the exception of Roxas and Stanic replaced.

The bass role was taken briefly by producer and songwriter Craig Harnath, who first made his name in post-New Romantic pop group Kids in the Kitchen. Nixon and Danielson later turned up in Chocolate Starfish, Nixon as Harnath's replacement in that band. Juno Roxas moved on to a solo career that produced two singles and the album Far From Here in 1994. Danielson played in a revamped Pseudo Echo line up some years later and went on to form the Fur artist management company with Chocolate Starfish guitarist Zoran Romic.

Discography

Albums:

	1991	Nightsteet	Melodian

EP:

	1990	Live	Melodian

Single:

	1988	I Love Women	self release
	1989	Stand Back	Melodian
	1989	Body Heat	Melodian
	1991	Where Are You Now?	Melodian
	1991	Bad Boys	Melodian
	1991	Jimi G	Melodian