"neXus" has been a band in the making since 1996. Ironically, the first combination of musicians was Brian "Tricky Myx" Amyx (drums), Ryan Finney (guitar), and Chris Paxton (bass guitar). Jason Gunderman also started as bassist in a combo with Brian on drums/Ryan on guitar (Solar Flow). Jason later switched roles with Ryan (who was playing bass in the school jazz band) as lead guitarist. While this was going on Chris was drumming in "BlackList", and later joined a progressive band "Razing Beauty". In high school, Amyx moved from percussion to vocals with new co-vocalist/dj Matt Jon Aguilar. When this happened Chris was willing to change styles and joined as drummer. In 2000 "neXus" was official and the original 5 were set: Tricky Myx (vocals), Matt Jon (vocals/dj), Chris (drums), Ryan (bass), Jason "Spy" Gunderman (guitar). Amyx began playing rhythm guitar along with vocals. The group played in and out of garages and storage units until settli...