THE WILDE SYNDICATEINDEPENDENT / DETROIT
Detroit, Michigan • Est. 1974

ROXIE& THEWILDE
SYNDICATE

Jukebox dust. Iron lungs. No apologies.

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THE VOICE. THE ROOM.
THE WHOLE DAMN TRUTH.
The debut collection

The Wilde Syndicate

12 tracks
Hard rock / cosmic funk

Twelve stories from Detroit dirt: street sermons, warehouse thunder, a piano’s quiet ache. From the first jukebox quarter to the last, Roxie sings every word like she means it.

The Wilde Syndicate album cover: an orange-lit jukebox, microphone, sax, guitar, piano keys and three silver quarters, surrounded by silver smoke

RWS—001 / THE WILDE SYNDICATEALBUM ART

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  1. Jukebox Dust & Iron1973 · 4:57

    Her uncle’s bar jukebox taught her to sing. A producer asked her to soften up. She walked.

    Jukebox soul / warehouse rock
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  2. Motor City Sermon1967 · 3:43

    Nine years old, watching Detroit burn in ’67. Street poetry over funk, with a hook that rises from the ashes.

    Spoken-word verses / clavinet & congas
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  3. Grande Ballroom Brawl1975 · 3:46

    1975. The power dies at a battle of the bands. Roxie leads the crowd in a stomp, and the Syndicate wins.

    Twin guitars / stomp-and-shout
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  4. Eight Mile Telegraph1975 · 3:42

    A pirate DJ wears out their bootleg tape until the whole city is singing it back.

    Radio static / call-and-response funk
    0:00 / 0:30 preview

  5. Iron Lungs1976 · 4:52

    20,000 doubters. One dead mic. One huge held note that silences the room.

    Core lineup / a voice that carries
    0:00 / 0:30 preview

  6. Rust Belt Valentine1977 · 4:04

    Cal, a tow-truck driver. Chili dogs at 2 a.m. A short romance she doesn’t regret a mile of.

    Wurlitzer shuffle / guest harmonica
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  7. Quarters for Danny1969 · 4:18

    Her brother never came home from Vietnam. She still keeps his three quarters. This quiet ballad is for him.

    Grand piano / string quartet
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  8. Truck Stop Cathedral1978 · 5:08

    Snowbound in the blizzard of ’78, she turns a diner full of truckers into a congregation.

    Upright piano / a snowbound groove
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  9. Sunday Night Sinner1978 · 3:59

    A Clarksdale revival tent. Hammond organ, a gospel choir, and a voice that shakes the canvas.

    Hammond / slide / gospel choir
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  10. Smoke Signals1979 · 4:45

    She buys Smoke’s sax back from a pawn shop with the tour money. Play tonight, or never again.

    Sax up front / loyalty & second chances
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  11. Ilya's Winter1972 · 4:29

    A waltz for the Leningrad piano prodigy who walked away from a Soviet tour and found a life in Detroit.

    Grand piano waltz / guest balalaika
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  12. Last Quarter1980 · 4:36

    The bar is torn down. She wins its jukebox at auction and drops in Danny’s quarter. The circle closes.

    Full band / the jukebox’s last crackle
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Every track has a 30-second preview. Full songs download as 320 kbps MP3 with cover art. Read the lyrics

The origin / Detroit, 1974

BUILT FROM
DETROIT DIRT.

Two blocks from the Rouge plant, Roxie learned her first rhythm from a shift whistle. She learned to sing over her uncle’s bar jukebox. When a producer asked her to soften the edges, she walked. In 1974, six players found each other in an east-side warehouse, and the Syndicate was born.

Her brother Danny gave her the quarters that started it all. He never came home from Vietnam. His last letter held three coins she couldn’t spend. This record carries him through the noise, the quiet, and the jukebox’s last crackle.

A note on the band: Roxie and the Syndicate are fictional, and this story is invented. The music is AI-assisted, written and produced by Brian Boyd.

“If you can’t hear every word,
the band is too loud.”

Meet the band →

RoxieVocals
Dez MonroeBass
Kwame AshbyPercussion
Jimmy LarkGuitar
Ilya VostrovKeys
Theo “Smoke” HainesSax
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