The Flex (band)

[2] The band formed in 2012 under the name Rick Flex from members of other UK hardcore bands (including Arms Race and Violent Reaction),[3] playing different instruments to those that they were used to,[4] for the original guitarist Rick Savage's birthday party, however due to in-band tensions, he was eventually replaced by then-drummer Liam Fox and Tom Pimlott of Violent Reaction was recruited to play drums.

[12] On 1 June 2016, the band opened for Power Trip at the Boston Music Room in London.

[13] In April 2018, they played Damaged City festival in Washington D.C.,[14][15] followed by releasing their EP Flexual Healing Vol 7: Perhaps the War is Over?

[16][20] Their music is influenced by the sound of '80s New York and Boston hardcore like Agnostic Front and SSD.

[22] Gav Russell of CVLT Nation described them as "a band who trim away all the fat to leave a no-frills, 80’s infused hardcore battering of the finest order".

The Flex performing in 2020. From left to right: Dave Egan, Sam Laycock, Andy Jones, Tom Pimlott, Liam Fox