Nytrix

Websites:  No
Origin: Markham, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Biography:

Nytrix were a glam-infused heavy rock band from Oshawa, Ontario, who came together in 1981 and carved out a brief but memorable presence on the Southern Ontario club circuit. Their first major break came in 1982 when they opened for Coney Hatch, an early high-profile gig that gave them instant credibility and set the stage for steady work across the region. Fronted by the soaring vocals of Klaus Small and driven by the twin-guitar attack of Dave Bene and Roger Xavier, with Mike Hunt on bass and Al Jervis on drums, the band blended the polished hooks of glam with the grit of Canadian bar-band metal. Earlier incarnations also featured guitarist Bob Schmahl, bassist Terry Tiller, and drummer Fred Collins, but by the mid-eighties the classic five-piece lineup was firmly in place.

In 1985 Nytrix documented their sound on a self-released four-song 12-inch EP, produced and engineered by Bob Gallo and recorded at Nova Sound in Toronto. Songs like “Bad Boys Lovin’,” “No Need for Love,” and “Don’t Believe in Tomorrow” captured their knack for driving riffs, layered vocals, and big, radio-ready choruses. The latter track, dedicated to the late Mike McGrath, became their signature piece and the song that pushed them beyond the Ontario club circuit when it was picked up the following year for Capitol’s Canadian heavy metal sampler Moose Molten Metal, Vol. 2. For many collectors and fans overseas, that compilation was their first exposure to Nytrix and helped secure the band’s reputation as part of Canada’s mid-eighties metal underground.

Despite the momentum, Nytrix never secured a major label deal and by 1986 had disbanded, leaving behind just the one EP, a compilation track, and a cult reputation that has only grown with time. Today their record is prized by collectors of Canadian private-press metal, a snapshot of Oshawa’s contribution to the glam-metal era and a reminder of the depth of talent circulating through the clubs of Ontario in the early to mid-eighties.
-Robert Williston

Klaus Small: lead vocals
Dave Bene: lead and rhythm guitars, vocals
Roger Xavier: lead and rhythm guitars, vocals
Mike Hunt: bass, vocals
Al Jervis: drums, vocals