The song Gasoline is as much a mystery as the band itself. Dark songs for dark times. “Gasoline” is about raging for the light, hand in hand, with your ride or die. Love is all about risk and reward. Fear over faith. Don’t look back and don’t go home. Love, sex, and death never sounded so good..

Who or what is dying? You? Or all of your hopes and dreams? Sometimes life feels like a game of Russian Roulette. One wrong move and it’s over, or you have to live with the consequences of your choices. Or the choices of others.

Between the government, the opioid epidemic, social media, and school shootings; it’s better to live like there is no tomorrow. There may not be for some. Pounding bass provided by Thad Coleman, keyboards by producer and punk legend Paul Roessler; like a goth punk version of jaws riding shotgun with the repo man. Drums provided by Melanie Jo kick in like a click of a 21 gun salute. Another day in the death of America.

From the jump, it’s a frantic “do what I want” not “do as you please” attitude and vitriol. First lines, first verse and we are off to the races. Vocalist Joie X Blaney singing or screaming “I don’t think much/ About the limits/ I don’t want much/ Of what they’re  giving”..Sounds like he got fucked over too many times. A couple of bars in, Rx27 lady in waiting who waits for no one Mis Maxine “Murr Derr” joins Joie matching note for note and scream for scream “Tore myself to pieces/ Rip my soul in two.” Those words echo like a promise she will never break. By now Rx27 is pushing the musical boundaries to make room for the one and only, Rikk Agnew of Christian Death. I will leave it right there to hang in mid air.

The question is the answer.

The highs and lows of life are all we have.

It’s the journey, not the destination.

The destination is a hole in the ground.

Rx27 will dig it for you, or watch you dig your own.

What is RX27?

Throughout history, music has reflected the moods and attitudes of a world gone wrong. Los Angeles punk band, Rx27, writes and reflects upon the life and times we are living in. They hold a mirror up to society’s face. A mirror that reflects how our government is telling us lies, make millions, hiding behind religion for the greater good. There is an all out war on the youth. The opioid epidemic, social media, school shootings; innocent kids have no chance of survival. The politically correct are out to destroy artistic expression with what they deem right and moral. The world has their faces buried in their phones, trying to escape what they cannot. To be disconnected from each other and ignore the death of the American Dream. These are very dark times. RX27 is about to shine a light upon it all.

Everyone wants the truth, nobody wants to hear it. In the case of RX27, everyone wants you to hear it and once you do, there is no denying it. This band is something special. We all want to be part of this club of misfits and outsiders. This is the band they warned you about. Come take part in something bigger, darker, louder, and faster than you have ever heard before. Rx27 will make you feel things you have never felt before or wish you never did. Their musical influences range from The Dead Boys, Pixies, X, the Misfits, and the Damned, as well as elements from the Goth and New Wave scene. Their lyrics will rip your beliefs in half, and the choruses will rattle around your head for days. Their songs tell tales from the dark side of life, the destruction of hope, suicide, drug addiction, love, sex and death. This is not a series of cautionary tales. This is the ugly truth that nobody wants to know, no one wants to hear, and few live to tell.

Rx27 are here to show you what you have been doing for far too long. You live a lie. You believe what you want or what you are told, your life is a lie, and you have been fooling yourself for too long. The truth is, life is not fair. No one is promised tomorrow, and there is no such thing as a happy ending. Some are born to live and some are born to die. Each member of this band has seen both sides. They are living proof it ain’t over until it’s over.

The members of Rx27 are punk rock veterans hailing from New York City to Hollywood and everywhere in between. They’ve been around forever. They were at all the shows. They’ve played with all the greats. They’ve played in many bands you’ve never heard of, but you wish you did. Bassist Thad Coleman has been on stage with everyone, and he’s hard to miss. He walks into a room like he owns it, and he plays bass like a melodic runaway freight train. Singer Joie Blaney escaped from NYC to Los Angeles a decade ago to find himself up against everything. He is the eternal misfit with a heart of gold that never wanted anything but a life on his own terms. He has many colors to his vocal abilities. He can go from a guttural croon to a visceral tone that makes you feel what you just heard deep in your soul. Blaney and Coleman stumbled upon each other by chance and founded a musical brotherhood of like minded souls who aren’t afraid to be themselves. The duo wrote a Christmas song after Coleman heard Blaney’s body of music. They released the song, decided to write more, and eventually they decided to start a band. Armed with an arsenal of songs and a vision, they decided to join together to form Rx27. The name, Blaney explains, reflects society’s addiction to the quick fix, feel good or feel nothing lifestyle. It is the false prescription for positivity, love, and happiness in a world that is far from it. The 27 represents the astrological occurrence that happens between the ages of 27 through 30, called Saturn’s Return. It also pays homage to the dreaded 27 Club that has claimed so many people for so long.

The duo needed a guitar player that could play as well as create a mood that reflects the poetry and intensity of the lyrics. Rx27’s lyrics are more like magic spells or incantations than lyrics. They are the type of lyrics you carve in your arm or seethe with envy that you didn’t write. Their words can bring all your fears to life and leave you in a place you have never been before, praying for a way out.

The boys called upon underground musician/producer, The Dust Warrior, to let him in on what was going down —and he was eager to join. The Dust Warrior grew up on the hardcore scene in NYC and ran around the Bowery with The Beastie Boys.

The band wanted to bring a female element to sing backup to compliment the various vocal stylings of Blaney. Was there such a woman? The band heard echoes chanteuse of a Ms. Maxine “Murr Derr” a staple of the LA punk scene. They loved what they heard and invited her down to record a few demo songs. Ms. “Murr Derr” is no back up singer. She is a force of nature and a perfect match for the bands aesthetic. They all realized this instantly when her and Blaney’s vocals joined seamlessly together as one voice. A musical collision of male and female energy. So they offered her the role of co-lead singer in the band. Absolutely stunned, she agreed- and the rest is history in the making.

The chemistry and songs came together so fast that Rx27 decided to go into the studio with Paul Roessler producing at Kitten Robot Studios to track six songs in 6 days. After a couple of listens, Roessler asked the band if they would be into having Christian Death guitarist Rikk Agnew play on a couple of their songs. Of course, the band jumped at the chance and Mr Agnew plays on 3 of the songs on the debut record entitled Welcome to a Sick City. The world now awaits its release. They won’t have to wait too long for the band will be releasing their single Gasoline on October 19th of 2019. They are currently talking with labels to see who wants to release the full record in early 2020.

RX27 came together in such a short time to tell a truth- the truth that we all know but won’t admit. We are killing our own, killing the things that make us feel alive, killing the faith in a better tomorrow that some may never see. Killing the belief in the magic of life and love, killing the connection to one another and power of the human spirit.

Right now, there is no hope. There is no redemption or happy endings. Society is ruled by fear, a fear of the unknown. There is a big mystery behind this band. Who are they? Where did they come from, and where the hell are they taking us? Welcome to Sick City, boys and girls. Buy yourself a ticket or sneak your way in. It’s about to start. Get ready to begin.