Next Best Biography


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.

Melanie

Graeme


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.

Rob


Photography: William Le

Last modified June, 2008