Jax panik biography

South African Band

Jax Panik is a South African pop, rock and synth-pop musical band from Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa now relocated to Cape Town.

History

Jax Panik was started as a parody.^[1] When the founding members, Jacobus van Heerden and Johnny de Ridder, wanted to create a mock pop star/group against all the traditional rock bands that ruled South Africa at that time.

That's how Jax Panik was born.^{[citation needed]}

Jax Panik was the guy who did things differently.

Jacobus had recently completed a degree in visual communication and worked as a copywriter and illustrator while producing music on the side.

The development of Jax Panik is an evolutionary story of continuing significance, starting out as a one man bedroom outfit & evolving into a full blown studio.

Jax Panik is a South African pop, rock and synth-pop musical band from Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa now relocated to Cape Town.

Jax Panik (aka Jacobus van Heerden) did things differently, initially refusing to play live, only distributing music online, making use of fan content.

Jax is principally a virtual performer who started his career on the internet; putting out tracks and videos online-only.

Back then he refused to play live, only distributing music online, making use of fan content and using social media/networks to promote himself.^{[citation needed]}

By 2007, the first album Cigarettes & Cinnamon was completed and in 2008 released independently in South Africa.

Following the typical pop blueprint, 'oohs', 'aahs' and 'baby' ^[2] can be heard throughout the album. Throughout 2008 tracks like Hit or Miss, Cigarettes & C