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 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. Melanie has won a Mo award and been nominated for several ACE awards for her work with The Shy Guys and she also performs with The Starliners |
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Graeme is a versatile performer in any environment - from solo work to lead guitarist. He's a full-time musician and is a member of The Starliners, The Headliners, Next Best Thing, Something Else, Debbie Does Salad, The Crumpets, The Fabulous Fudd Brothers, The Jury, Ill Prepared, Honey & The Bee and Champagne Jazz. He runs the weekly Champagne Jam Open Mic nights at Dundas Sports Club as well as filling in on bass or guitar for countless other cover and original bands and projects when required. Possessing an ability to play a multitude of songs on request he became known as "Mister Jukebox" by some. He trained with Mal Eastick and has performed extensively throughout Sydney and NSW, including Sydney Star City Casino, The Basement and Acer Arena.
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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 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 backing tracks for Next Best Thing at his home studio.
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