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Infobox musical artist | name = Non Phixion| image = Non Phixion.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = New York City | genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop Underground hip hop | past_members = Ill Bill Sabac Red Goretex (rapper)|Goretex DJ Eclipse MC Serch | years_active = 19952006| label = Uncle Howie Records|Uncle Howie Matador Records|Matador Geffen Records|Geffen | associated_acts = La Coka Nostra Necro | Non Phixion (pronounced non-fiction ) was a New York -based hardcore hip hop|hardcore Hip-hop music|hip-hop group.
History
In late 1994, MC Serch (of 3rd Bass fame) took his protege Sabac and teamed him up with DJ Eclipse and Ill Bill, thereby creating the group known as Non Phixion.Goretex Interview"> http://www.smnnews.com/2008/10/06/goretex-goretex-himself/, SMN News Goretex Interview Within six months Goretex, a childhood friend of Ill Bill, had joined the crew after freestyling for MC Serch.Goretex Interview" />Goretex Interview"> http://designermagazine.tripod.com/NonPhixionINT1.html, Designer Magazine Interview Six months later they had released their first single, "Legacy". It went on to sell over 20,000 copies worldwide. http://www.matadorrecords.com/non_phixion/biography.html, Matador Records Non Phixion Biography
MC Serch secured the group a deal with major label Geffen Records . Serch kept releasing singles for the group and they continued to garner underground notoriety. http://blownyourmind.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/mcserch_2gs5.jpg, Grandslam Magazine MC Serch Interview Eventually a series of mis-communications between the group, Serch and Geffen over the whereabouts of money led to Non Phixion being dropped by the label.
Following their attempt at a major label release, the members of Non Phixion spent their time performing live in New York and around the world; opening for contemporaries such as Gang Starr , The Beatnuts and The Roots . After 1998 saw the release of their "I Shot Reagan" 12" on Uncle Howie Records , Non Phixion secured a deal for a full-length with Matador Records , however, this never came to fruition. Around 2000, Rick Rubin was attempting to bring Non Phixion to Warner Bros. and executive produce their record, but this too never materialized and ultimately their debut LP The Future Is Now was released on Ill Bill's own Uncle Howie Records on March 26, 2002.Ill Bill Interview"> http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.1247/title.ill-bill-positive-mental-attitude, HipHopDX Ill Bill Interview
After the release of their seminal album, Non Phixion's members put out their first round of solo material: Ill Bill released '' What's Wrong with Bill? , on March 2, 2004; this was followed by Sabacs Sabacolypse: A Change Gon' Come on June 15, 2004 and Goretexs The Art of Dying'' on September 7, 2004; all of their solo efforts were released on Necro's Psycho+Logical-Records . The following year, Ill Bill and Goretex released an album with Necro and Mr. Hyde as The Circle of Tyrants on September 13. At the time there was talk of another full length Non Phixion album, called The Nuclear Truth , with the same producers and ideas being extended from The Future Is Now . http://www.newrealm.com/charts/archives/nonphixion_int.htm, The Live and Direct Radio Show Non Phixion went on indefinite hiatus in 2006 before a second LP was finished. Goretex (G Blasphemy) left to develop his new project Supercoven and Children Of Doom, while rumor has it the insulation company Gore-Tex forced Goretex to change his name resulting in surmounting legal issues, .Goretex Interview"/> Sabac Red moved to Oakland to likewise pursue solo efforts. Ill Bill started a new group with a number of other emcees called La Coka Nostra . Ill Bill, Sabac Red and DJ Eclipse still often perform together, but they have not recorded as Non Phixion.Ill Bill Interview"> http://www.hiphopgame.com/index2.php3? page=illbill, HipHopGame.com Ill Bill Interview
The band's logo was created by Away (aka Michel Langevin ) using the same font style that was used for his own futuristic metal band, Voivod (band)|Voivod . http://www.metal-archives.com/more.php? id=27529, Injustice at Metal Archives
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