
Onyx is bekend voor hun agressieve, ruige en gebrulde rap.

The group has released eight studio albums, three of which have charted in the Billboard 200 albums chart Top 25. They are best known for their 1993 platinum hit single "Slam", which The Source magazine described as a song that introduce the art of slam dancing into hip-hop.
#Onyx hip hop group plus
L'ancien membre Big DS (Marlon Fletcher) quitte le groupe pour une carrière solo, et meurt plus tard à la suite de complications liées à un cancer. Le groupe se compose de Sticky Fingaz, Fredro Starr et (anciennement Suavé et Sonee Seeza).

Vineyard recorded a number of tracks for a possible LP release, but with poor singles sales these tracks remained unreleased. Original drummer Dell left the band to be replaced by Herman Rarebell (later of Scorpions). Under the guidance of Jerry Lordan, the band emerge shortly afterwards as Vineyard releasing two singles on Decca and Deram. The band continued as The Onyx with a new guitarist, Bernie Lee from Paper Blitz Tissue and Orange Bicycle, releasing one final single "The Next Stop Is Mine". Hodge left the band in late 1970 to get married and return to Cornwall, leaving just prior to the release of "Our House". "Climb That Tree", which was recorded by The She Trinity in 1970, in addition to writing "I'm Going Down" for Mike Raynor & Sky. They are also credited as the writers on the single. Most of the A sides of the singles were written by Guy Fletcher and Doug Flett with the B sides credited to the members of the band. Oddly, it had been hoped that a change in the band's name would help distance them from their BBC Radio One work and increase record sales. They released a total of seven singles, one of which was released under the pseudonym. They also featured heavily on radio stations in Europe. They also featured on numerous Radio One sessions, resulting in the band being one of the most played bands on BBC Radio at the time. During the late 1960s they were a popular live attraction, focusing most of their gigging activity in Bristol and South Wales, as well as touring throughout the UK and making trips to Germany. It was known for its intricate five part harmonies. The band evolved from doing cover versions of popular contemporary Beat boom bands in its early days to Psychedelia. The band members were: guitarist Alan Hodge, who had previously played with various local bands such as The Buccaneers and The Fabulous Jaguars, vocalist Tony Priest, bassist Dick Bland, keyboard player Steve Cotton and drummer Roger Dell. After various changes in the line-up they shortened their name to The Onyx and the classic line-up was formed.

Out of the ashes of Rick & The Hayseeds the band came to be known as The Onyx Set, named after an Onyx ring owned by original band member Mike Black-Borow. The Onyx or Onyx were a psychedelic rock band formed in Wadebridge, Cornwall, England in 1965. A rare Spanish picture sleeve of Onyx's 1971 single, a cover version of the Crosby, Stills, and Nash song "Our House" with the B-side "Air"
