Melanie Green on keyboard and vocals is the Next Best Thing if
you can't get to hear Chrissie Hynde, Alanis Morrisset or Madonna. She
has many years experience on keyboard and has performed in a big band,
in stage musicals and most recently in D'Como, the forerunner
to NBT. Melanie is a child of the 80's who has also been absorbing
the music of the 60’s and 70’s from her parents since she
was an embryo. She is a top shelf singer and is in fact the voice of Next
Best Thing. Despite being blessed with a wonderful natural talent she
is constantly working on her craft and since her experience on Australian
Idol is sounding better than ever. Melanie also performs with The Shy Guys and The Starliners
Graeme Keavney is a versatile performer in any environment - from solo work to lead guitarist. He's now a full-time musician presently as a member of Next Best Thing, Something Else, The Starliners, Memory Loss, Ill Prepared, Rhythm Method, The Jury, and he also fills in on bass or guitar from jazz trio to countless other cover and original bands and projects. Possessing an ability to play songs on request he once became known as "Mister Jukebox". Grae trained with Mal Eastick, and has performed extensively throughout Sydney and NSW, including Sydney Star City Casino, The Basement and Acer Arena.
Rob Askew is an experienced bass guitarist/vocalist who began
playing bass at the age of 17 - gigging for 2 years with high school chums
in a band called Me'n'Mine.
In the early eighties as one half of the Sydney pub duo Survivor
he was a pioneer of the electronic small band format. Rob has played in
many bands such as Flake, Barnaby Rudge, Nattai
(a reggae band), Gopher Broke, Mid Life Crisis
and D'Como. He is also a member of The Starliners. Rob produces the NBT backing tracks at his home studio.
