[HAM] Australian Hammond based Progressive Rock / Psychedelic Rock band ' Cosmic Nomads" gig.

[Kon Zissis]

Hi everyone.
For anyone  who is in Melbourne,  Australia at the moment and who loves
‘’balls to the wall’’ overdriven Hammond C3 organ based Progressive Rock
/ Psychedelic Rock / Space Rock etc , the band “ Cosmic Nomads” will be
playing a gig tomorrow night  as part of the  Progressive Rock  night at
the Cornish Arms Hotel which is in 163A  Sydney Road , Brunswick,
Melbourne.  
 ‘Cosmic Nomads’ are due  on stage at 9 PM and the Progressive Rock
bands  “ Template “  and “ Uncle Chunk” will be playing after Cosmic
Nomads have finished their 45 minute gig. The admission cost is $10.
On Saturday December 16  at 9 PM,   ‘Cosmic Nomads’ will be playing  at
the Torquay Hotel ( near the Torquay Beach ) . Torquay is further south
down from the Victorian city Geelong.
On Monday  January 1 2007  at 11 AM or 12 PM  ,  ‘Cosmic Nomads’ will be
playing at the Bluestone Festival which will be held at Moriac which is
near Geelong.

‘Cosmic Nomads’  are led by Ray Vanderby who plays a beefed up 1959  C3
(  with a 12AX7  based EQ / Overdrive  unit and a spring reverb unit
that I have  built into Ray's 1959 C3 ) through two early 70’s  Leslie
925 cabinets and the band also  includes Con Patogiannis  on Gibson Les
Paul Custom guitar played  through  a  Marshall JCM 900 SLX  half stack
and also on backing vocals  , Gina Woods  on  Wurlitzer EP200 electric
piano and a  Prophet 600 analog synthesizer , Geoff Brown  on Fender 5
string bass played through an Ampeg SVT amplifier  , Miam Lentini on
drums and Anni Lang on backing vocal and tambourine.

‘Cosmic Nomads ‘ music is influenced by the heavy sounding late 60’s /
70’s bands such as Deep Purple , Uriah Heep , Emerson Lake & Palmer ,
King Crimson , The Doors , The Who  etc  and Ray Vanderby’s  powerful
sounding organ playing style and tone  is on a similar level as  the
Gothic sounding British  progressive Rock Hammond organists  such as
Keith Emerson , Jon Lord , Ken Hensley , Tony Kaye , etc , but with his
own distinctive  character.

Last week ‘Cosmic Nomads’ recorded  their new album “ Vultress”  at
Atlantis Sound Studios.  I believe that it will be released  next
January or February.  This new album sounds very good with stunning
Hammond playing and  I think that it deserves to become  a modern
classic Hammond  Rock album.

All the best.
Kon