The story
Hard Rock band NAWTY ROXX formed in 1985 in Ridgecrest, California. The band started out under the name DEFENDER. In the fall of 1986 the band auditioned to play at the Bakersfield Fair along with many other bands but only seven were chosen and DEFENDER made the cut. The Fair decided to hold a first Battle of The Bands compitition on a Wednesday night with all seven of the chosen bands. At the end of the compitition DEFENDER was crowned the winner over the six other bands. In December of 1986, big time producer Peter Kelsy drove to Ridgecrest to listen to the band and wanted to produce them. At that time the band didn’t have a lot of money to pay for a big time producer. Peter Kelsy has produced Elton John’s Yellow Brick Road, The Fix and numerous others. By 1987 DEFENDER changed their to NAWTY ROXX. NAWTY ROXX performed numerous shows around the Los Angeles area in places like The Troubadour, Gazzari’s, The Roxy and The Waters Club in San Pedro. In 1987 NAWTY ROXX went into two different recording studio’s to record their music. First the band went to Santa Ana to record four songs at South Coast Sound in April 1987. At the beginning of September 1987 NAWTY ROXX hit the studio again but this time in Sierra Madre, CA. at South West Sound recording studio and recorded seven songs. In October of 1988 NAWTY ROXX opened for major recording artist WARRANT in San Pedro, CA. The show was a great show for NAWTY ROXX to perform and get viewed by the public. A following of loyal fans started to develop in Ridgecrest and Los Angeles. By 1989 NAWTY ROXX had underwent some personnel changes. Two guitarist from West Virginia would replace Todd Moore. The band had once more changed the name to STREET JUSTICE and the band then moved to Los Angeles in July of 1990. By November of 1990 the band dissolved. To this day NAWTY ROXX music is being heard in several different countries. In 2001 lead singer Eddie Jacobs met with Todd More in Ridgecrest and was discussing the possibility of reuniting NAWTY ROXX but was short lived by the sudden death of guitarist Todd Moore three weeks after their meeting. It was a tough loss for the former members of NAWTY ROXX.
Original Members:
Eddie Jacobs -Lead Vocals
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