Paradise 9 are Gregg McKella on main vocals, guitar, glissando guitar, psychedelic clarinet and spaceFX's, Carl Sampson on drums/backing vocals, Neil Matthars (ex Casual Affair) on bass, Tyrone Thomas (Olympic Clamp Down/ex-Alternative TV) on lead guitar and Jaki Windmill (Mick Farren/ex Space Ritual/Whimwise) djembe/backing vocals.. Paradise 9 have been described as cutting edge, space-rock-stroke-punk-rock-stroke-space-dub-stroke-space-core.This can be heard on their last 4 track EP Nothing For Tomorrow. The EP was recorded at Liscombe Park Studios, mixed and engineered by Steve Rispin, at the end of 2008 and finished early 2009, and received extensive radio plays worldwide. They regularly feature guests'performances in their live sets, including,Nik Turner, Miss Angel Flame, PeteMcDonald (Alex1/ Alabarma3 producer), Jeanette Murphy BV's, Nik Nimbus (Here & Now) drums, Ron Tree (Hawklords) vox, Lord Richard Armstrong Sealand (Aurora) on therimin/fx's, Keith Sutton (Whimwise) keys and Kev Ellis (Bubbledubble) on vox. The late great Judge Trev Thoms (Inner City Unit), who sadly passed away December 2010 also occasionally joined them on lead. He also contributed guitar on 2 tracks on their forthcoming EP "State Of The Nation". He is solely missed by the band and on the festival circuit.
Their music can be described as psychedelic,ambient, punk, space rock/space-core and have been described as "Hawkwind meets Joe Strummer" and as "Here &Now meets The Buzzcocks".
Paradise 9's next 4 track EP 'State Of The Nation', is now available here on SoundAwesome, with digital tracks exclusively available on this site. The EP has been released as a tribute to our late friend and collaborator, Judge Trev, who played lead on the title track 'State Of The Nation' and electro-acoustic 'Distant Dreams'. All digital download sales of 'Distant Dreams' will go to The Judge Trev Memorial Fund.
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