Basczax were a British post-punk band that was formed in Redcar in August 1978.
The musicians were: [a=Alan Savage (2)] (guitar, vocals), Jeff Fogarty (saxophone), later both members of The Flaming Mussolinis, Mick Todd (bass),
Nigel Trenchard (keyboards) and Cog (drums), the latter two replaced by John Hodgson (keyboards), Alan Cornforth (drums), both from Blitzkrieg Bop
In February 2010, four members from the 1979-80 line-up (Alan Savage, Jeff Fogarty, John Hodgson & Mick Todd) started to record and released a digital album entitled This Machine Rocks was released on 1 September 2010.