Melanie Askew 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.
Graeme Keavney on guitar and vocals is a versatile performer
at home in any environment - from solo acts up to lead guitarist in a
rock band. Graeme began his musical career in the early seventies with
Blackstone Union, and spent a number of years with Vinyl
Revival playing bass, acoustic, lead guitar and vocals, eventually
becoming the manager. Having trained with Mal Eastic, he has
performed throughout Sydney and NSW, including the Sydney Star City Casino.
He carved out a niche in cafes with his ability to play songs all night
on request where he became known as "Mister Jukebox".
He has worked with originals band No Cause For A Llama, Gopher
Broke, The Fabulous Firebyrds, D'Como, Mid Life Crisis
and jazz trio Sugar Blue. Since 1999 he has also focused
on his own 3-piece band Something
Else and solo work.
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. Rob produces the NBT backing tracks at his home studio.
