Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man

The band formed in December 2006, a month after the break-up of Les Incompétents. Singer Fred MacPherson and bassist Tommy Howson were joined on drums by the former Bono Must Die frontman Tobi O'Kandi. The latter had previously been the lead singer of O. Children.{{cite news|last=Lester|first=Paul|title=New Band of the Day: O.Children (No 621)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/04/new-band-ochildren|accessdate=9 December 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=4 September 2009}} After demos were recorded, O'Kandi left to be replaced by Eduard Quarmby.{{cite web|title=Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man.|url=http://www.myspace.com/oxeaglelionman|publisher=MySpace|accessdate=9 December 2011|date=4 March 2010}}{{primary source inline|date=December 2011}} Transgressive Records issued their debut single, "Motherhood/Fatherhood", (produced by Gordon Raphael) and subsequent EPs.

They played with Four Tet, Bono Must Die, The Polyphonic Spree, These New Puritans, Emmy The Great and toured with Lightspeed Champion and The Scare.

Rather than recording an album, the band planned a sequence of EPs,{{cite web|title=In The Studio With Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man|url=https://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&title=in_the_studio_with_ox_eagle_lion_man&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1|publisher=NME|accessdate=9 December 2011|date=26 August 2008}} or "Opera"; "The Lay of the Land, the Turn of the Tide" being Opus 1{{cite web|title=Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man Opus 1 Launch Party|url=https://www.facebook.com/events/18103785941/|publisher=Facebook|date=10 June 2008}} and "Obscured By a Setting Sun" being Opus 2, which was released in November 2008.{{cite web|last=Costa|first=Maddy|title=Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man: Opus 2: Obscured by a Setting Sun|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/nov/21/ox-eagle-lion-opus-obscured|work=The Guardian|accessdate=9 December 2011|date=21 November 2008}}

The name of the band is suggestive of both Hebrew and Greek scriptural references—at Ezekiel 1:10 and Revelation 4:7, respectively—of the cardinal attributes of God personified and displayed by His four attending creatures. These creatures were described as having the faces of an ox, an eagle, a lion, and a man—singularly or collectively on each one's head—representing a perfect balance of power, wisdom, justice, and love.

Macpherson left the band to form Spector with former Les Incompétents bandmate Chris Burman.

Frederick Macpherson was briefly a presenter/reporter for MTV2 UK.{{cite web|last=Stanton|first=Katie|title=Slow Club / Spector / Tom Williams and the Boat|url=http://www.poppedculture.co.uk/music-reviews/item/198-slow-club-/-spector-/-tom-williams-and-the-boat|publisher=PoppedCulture|accessdate=9 December 2011|date=28 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425050108/http://www.poppedculture.co.uk/music-reviews/item/198-slow-club-/-spector-/-tom-williams-and-the-boat|archive-date=25 April 2012|url-status=dead}}

• "Fatherhood/Motherhood" Double A Side, Transgressive Records, November 2007
• "Opus 1: The Lay of the Land; The Turn of the Tide" EP, Transgressive Records, June 2008
• "Opus 2: Obscured by a Setting Sun" EP, Transgressive Records, November 2008

• "Motherhood" - Directed by George Fafalios
• "Fatherhood" - Directed by Blake Claridge
• "The Drowned & The Saved" - Directed by Jamie Jones

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• [http://www.myspace.com/oxeaglelionman MySpace - band page]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOfhxhRTNxg Fatherhood/Motherhood - music video]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_8RTzGODpw The Drowned & The Saved - music video]

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Category:Musical groups established in 2006

Category:English alternative rock groups