THE CRYSTAL FOXXES
Recovered Recordings, 1989 → 2008 → 2025
About The Crystal Foxxes
The Crystal Foxxes were an unclassifiable British rock collective active through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Led by the elusive Johnny Foxx, their presence was felt more in rumours and late-night radio sessions than in any verified discography. Eyewitness accounts place them in studios and stages shared with members of Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC and the Stones, yet no official release was ever logged.
Following the disappearance of Foxx in 1989 and the presumed destruction of the master reels, the group passed into myth. Bootlegs, coded lyric sheets and whispered talk of an artefact known only as the crystal kept their story alive in collector circles.
In 2025, a single surviving cassette surfaced — a warped SA90 containing recordings later catalogued as Diamonds and Demons. Restoration revealed recurring themes of secrecy, sonic experimentation, and an untraceable signal that seemed to cross frequencies beyond the audible spectrum.
The evidence suggests that music was only one aspect of the project. Military research notes, broadcast anomalies, and recovered correspondence imply the Foxxes were entangled in something larger, a collision of art, science, and forces not yet understood.
This archive is maintained for research and cultural memory.
The truth, as always, hides between the frequencies.
— A. Grymme, Custodian
First Recovered Track
In 1989, The Crystal Foxxes recorded a cycle of songs that disappeared along with the disappearance of lead singer Johnny Foxx.
In 2008, his daughter Susie uncovered the first fragments: a lost cassette, a red box of notes, and a trail that led her deep into her father’s world of music, myth, and madness.
In 2025, this archive is opened to the public. What follows documents the music, the myths, and the investigation that bound them.
Handle with care.
Play the first recovered track: Don’t Hold This Against Me
Archive Deposits
Deposit 001
The Photographs
A recovered series of prints taken in the lead up and during the band’s final performances in 1989, shortly before the planned release of Diamonds and Demons.
The images capture the Foxxes candidly behind the stage and on stage. Moments of chaos, light, and foreshadowing in the weeks before the release was cancelled.
Deposit 002
Unexplained notes
A small collection of sketches, diagrams, and marginalia received from an unnamed contributor, believed to be original drawings by Johnny Foxx. The imagery aligns with references to harmonic fields, vortex sequences, and early Cymatech research found throughout the recovered materials.
Deposit 004
Lightning artefacts
Images of two related specimens, a fractured quartz crystal and a scorched gritstone fragment, recovered from the local landmark Penshaw Monument, which was once displayed in the Crystal Foxxes hometown pub, The Prospect.
Both appear linked to a paranormal event at the pub in December 2008, where, according to local folklore, the crystal and stone became connected by paranormal energy. The crystal bears traces of lightning damage. Whether coincidence or consequence remains unverified.
Deposit 004
The Cassette Case
An image believed to be of the original demo tape containing early mixes, dating from 1989. The paper inlay features a hand-drawn vortex diagram attributed to Johnny Foxx – a recurring symbol across his notes and lyric sheets. The numbers correspond to a sequence later identified in Foxx’s studio log under the heading “Energy Pattern 1-2-4-8-7-5-9.”
Deposit 005
Diamonds and Demons Promotional T-Shirt
A single surviving T-shirt from the abandoned Diamonds and Demons album campaign. Believed to be an early proof print produced ahead of the band’s 1989 tour, the design features the album title above a crystal fox motif. The shirt was recovered from a box of unsent promotional materials in the back of a print warehouse.
No other examples have surfaced, suggesting this may be the only physical trace of the cancelled release. The garment bears the track listing on the reverse and a manufacturer’s label dated February 1989.
Deposit 006
Invictus Cymatech
Printout of a recovered corporate logo once belonging to Invictus Cymatech Ltd., a private research company active during the late 20th century. The organisation described itself as “pioneering the quantum effects of sound, frequency and vibration.”
References to Cymatech appear throughout Johnny Foxx’s notes and lyric drafts. The same lotus-shaped emblem was later found sketched in his Blue Book beside the phrase “resonance = weapon?”
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Contact Custodian: adelana.grymme@crystalfoxxes.com