How Christopher James Paxman Became Pax of the People (POTP) Every band has a bass player. Only one band had Paxperson. And only one human bean [sic] — born Christopher James Paxman, Kalgoorlie WA, July 1962 — could have risen from the red dust of the Goldfields to become a rhythm section punkish hero of The Chancres. 🎸 Kalgoorlie Beginnings: Heat, Dust, Destiny Kalgoorlie, where the ground shakes, the air shimmers, and hardy local denizens develop a kind of mythic […]

Mr Little John Guelfi (although he is of normal stature) of Camden Town, London has remixed another two live Chancres performances from the Canberra Irish Club, July 2022. For your audio delectation, My Mistress and Goodbyes are not Worthwhile can be found at https://soundcloud.com/user-25648475/my-mistress-remix-by-ljg-wav and https://soundcloud.com/user-25648475/goodbyes-are-not-worthwhile-1. My Mistress is our adaptation of Shakespeare Sonnet 130 (look it up in your FunkNWagnalls) and Goodbyes is always the song we finish on, based on “Without Ceremony” by lyrical poet Thos Hardy (1840-1928).

Here is a version of the renowned Chancres track Sanity Room, featuring an extended jam with punkish lead guitar by our talented multilingual collaborator Mr Little John Guelfi (although he is of normal stature). In the words of LJG from his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6tUMxKfTiY This Chancres’ anthem about neuro-divergency is the result of their trans-world collab with Little John Guelfi. The Canberra-based punk/guff rock combo The Chancres and the London based, world-famous Guitar player and producer Little John Guelfi have created […]