Boxer

The Profile

Boxer was an English quartet formed around Mike Patto and Ollie Halsall, active in the mid-1970s. Reviews describe their music as a blend of pub rock, jazz/progressive elements, soul and British blues, with notable releases including Below The Belt and the posthumous Bloodletting.

Key personnel mentioned in reviews include singer Mike Patto and guitarist/pianist/vibraphonist Ollie Halsall; the band's debut was Below The Belt (1975). Bloodletting is presented in reviews as a 1979 posthumous collection assembled after the deaths of bassist Keith Ellis (died December 1978) and Mike Patto (died 1979). Ollie Halsall is noted as having died in 1992.

Two DeBaser reviews emphasize Boxer as a mid-1970s English quartet led by Mike Patto and Ollie Halsall. Their sound mixes pub rock, jazz/progressive touches, soul and British blues. Below The Belt and the posthumous Bloodletting are discussed in detail; Patto's voice and Halsall's guitar solos are repeatedly praised. Bloodletting is presented as a posthumous collection assembled after personnel deaths.