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JoBoxers are a British new wave group formed in 1982 when former Subway Sect members Rob Marche (guitarist), Dave Collard (keyboardist), Chris Bostock (bassist), and Sean McLusky (drummer) teamed up with England-based American singer Dig Wayne (born Timothy Wayne Ball, 20 July 1958, Cambridge, Ohio).
- 1982–1985, 2020–present
- London, England
- Rob Marche, Dave Collard, Chris Bostock, Sean McLusky, Dig Wayne
Released: October 1983. Like Gangbusters is the first studio album by British new wave band JoBoxers, first released in 1983 [1] and featuring five chart singles. The first single "Boxerbeat", the group's anthem, worked its way up the UK charts while the group were the opening act on the Madness 'Rise and Fall' tour, [2] reaching number three.
- 1982/1983
- Alan Shacklock
- 1983
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The band’s name came about when someone remarked that there seemed be a lot of boxers named Joe - hence JoBoxers. The chemistry was electric, and JoBoxers soon took their club shows to a new level of surging high energy, soul fused pop. Dig Wayne’s raucous, powerful vocals complimented the tight, pulsating sound of the JoBoxer’s ...
With their Jazz-inspired sound, London based quintet Joboxers evolved during this fertile period in time. They not only had imagination, drive and musical chops, they had already paid their dues as well. American vocalist Dig Wayne helped nurture the Rockabilly scene in the U.S. as the frontman for Buzz & The Flyers.
Feb 1, 2021 · JoBoxers Frontman, Actor, and Poet Dig Wayne Walks to a Boxerbeat. Whether a spry youth thrashing about in punk clubs, a writer publishing poetry, or an actor appearing on police procedurals,...
Between 1980 and 1982, as Vic Godard and The Subway Sect, Rob Marche, Sean McLusky, Dave Collard and Chris Bostock hosted a club in Soho every Thursday night at the Whisky-a-Go-Go (later abbreviated to the WAGG) in Wardour Street where the band played under the banner ‘Cool Bop & Swing’. Our manager Bernard Rhodes had had his eye on this ...
Just Got Lucky. " Just Got Lucky " was the second single from the British band JoBoxers. The track was initially released on the band's debut album, Like Gangbusters, in 1983. The song reached the top ten in the UK [2] and the top 40 in the United States that autumn. It was later released on the band's albums Doing the Boxerbeat - The Anthology ...
