Ox is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 alternative country

Alternative country

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 indie band. The core of the band consists of Mark Browning

Mark Browning (musician)

Mark Browning is a Canadian singer/songwriter and musician known for founding the band Ox. He was born in Sudbury where the band is based. As Ox he has performed with artists such as Sarah Harmer, The Be Good Tanyas, Jason Molina, Chad Vangaalen and Julie Doiron among others.He is also the founder...

 on lead vocals and guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

, Ryan Bishops

Ryan Bishops

Ryan Bishops is a Canadian rock and country guitarist and songwriter from Sudbury, Ontario, who plays as a supporting musician in Ox and in singer-songwriter Kate Maki's backing band....

 on guitar and piano, Shawn Dicey on bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 and Max Myth on drum

Drum

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s. Jesse Zubot

Jesse Zubot

Jesse Zubot is a Canadian musician primarily known for his unique violin playing. Zubot also works as a producer, engineer, and composer.-History:...

, Nathan Lawr

Nathan Lawr

Nathan Lawr is a Canadian singer-songwriter, currently fronting the band Minotaurs.The original drummer for Royal City, Lawr left the band in 2002 to pursue a solo career...

, Kevin Kane

Kevin Kane

Not to be confused with the drummer for the band Bad City.Kevin Kane is a Canadian songwriter, musician, and record producer.He was a founding member of The Grapes of Wrath in 1983, but was ejected from that band in 1992...

 and the members of Be Good Tanyas are among the band's frequent guest collaborators.

Formed in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 after Browning and Bishops moved there from Sudbury, Ontario

Ontario

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, the band released its debut album in 2003. The album was popular on Canadian campus radio

Campus radio

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 where it reached #1 across Canada (#56 in the USA CMJ Chart), and the band toured across Canada, the United States

United States

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 and Europe

Europe

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 to support the album.

They released their second album, American Lo-Fi, in October 2006. The album reached #6 across Canada in !earshot. The band subsequently moved its home base back to Browning's hometown of Sudbury.

Their third album, Burnout, was released in November 2009, and reached #5 in !earshot. Subsequently, Ox filmed music videos for the tracks "Unknown Legend" and "Prom Queen" with director John Alden Milne

John Alden Milne

John Alden Milne is a Canadian film director, producer and editor.Milne is an Associate Producer for Science North, a world-renowned science centre and producer of Award winning IMAX films and large-format multimedia exhibits shooting 5K with cameras developed by the Red Digital Cinema Camera...

.

Discography

• Dust Bowl Revival
  Dust Bowl Revival
  Dust Bowl Revival is the debut album by Canadian band Ox, released in 2003. The album was released independently with distribution by Scratch. The record was subsequently released in the USA by Second Nature Recordings, in the United Kingdom by 4th Street Records, in Germany by Arctic Rodeo...
  
  (2003)
• IPX No. 6 (2004, split CD with Kid Lightning)
• American Lo Fi
  American Lo Fi
  American Lo Fi is the second album by Canadian band Ox, released in 2006. The CD was released by Weewerk and vinyl released by Saved By Vinyl both with distribution by Outside Music. The record reached #6 on Canadian campus radio at Earshot and Chartattack....
  
  (2006)
• Burnout
  Burnout (album)
  Burnout is the third album by Canadian band Ox, released in 2009. The album was released by Weewerk with distribution by Outside Music. It was recorded in Vancouver at The Upstairs Sound Lab/Profile during the Winter season of 2007...
  
  (2009)