text: Boxer Rebellion set for knockout performance - Surrey Live
  Boxer Rebellion set for knockout performance
  DIY band The Boxer Rebellion lead a Suburban Sprawl gig at The Boileroom, Guildford, on Monday, March 23.
  The Boxer Rebellion hit headlines recently when their self-produced, self-released album UNION cracked the Billboard Top 100 Albums Chart, and broke the iTunes Top 5 chart on both sides of the Atlantic in 48 hours, going on to sell 10,000 copies in a week.
  The formation of The Boxer Rebellion, like so many of history's wonders, was the result of pure chance: the crossing of paths at a London venue between American vocalist Nathan Nicholson and Aussie guitarist Todd Howe.
  As fate would have it, Nicholson's powerful yet ethereal vocals couldn't have found a more perfect counterfoil in Howe's relentless guitar assaults had he wailed imploringly into the catacombs of cyberspace for a willing accomplice.
  Completed by a supremely talented rhythm section in Englishmen Adam Harrison (bass) and Piers Hewitt (drums), The Boxer Rebellion set about making their eponymous debut EP which was released in 2003 to a rapturous reception from press and public alike.
  This was followed in 2005 by debut album EXITS, with NME stating: "This band will change your life," and both The Fly magazine and MusicOMH dubbing the album "flawless".
  Never failing to sell out venues in London or indeed across Europe, the band's incendiary live shows – whenever they happened to manifest themselves – soon became the stuff of legend, underpinned always by performances of new songs well before they could ever be recorded.
  Their latest release – the aptly-titled and self-produced UNION – is the result of what can be achieved when sublime ability, relentless drive, and true commitment converge towards a shared, immovable goal.
  And so finally, in 2009, this jealously guarded secret, this preserve of a few, was bought to the world's attention with no record label backing whatsoever.
  Their music has been described as full of substance, flawless melodic escapism, and pathological noise-rush warfare. Check out for yourself at the Boileroom.
  Support on the night will come from The Molotovs and Spires.
  Doors open at 7pm, entry is £8 in advance, £9 on the door and admittance 16 or over. Tickets from www.theboileroom.net
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