Ben Rogers - Guitar.
Nikki Scarlett - Bass Guitar & Double Bass.
Denis Close - Drums & percussion.
Influences
The Shadows, The Ventures, Django Reinhardt, Duane Eddy, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, JJ Cale, Peter Green, Danny Gatton, Atlantics, Wishbone Ash.
Sounds Like
Hank B Marvin on acid, Ventures with distortion, ranging from heavy surf to deep twang, lots of reverb and echo, Link Wray, Neil Young without vocals, Jeff Beck.
“Huge guitar, intense energy, and very emotional” – Phil Dirt, Reverb Central (Santa Cruz USA)
“a guitar player whose genre bending technique, taste and eclecticism place him among the world’s great guitarists.” – Billy Pinnell, Music Australia Guide (Australia)
ONE OF THE TOP 10 ROOTS ALBUMS OF 2007 (Reverb Rehab) – Billy Pinnell, Rhythms Magazine Writers' Poll (Australia)
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Like Hank Marvin on Acid!
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When electric guitars ruled the earth…
Ben Rogers was listening, learning and stealing everything he could from Django Reinhardt, Hank B. Marvin, Duane Eddy, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, JJ Cale and Peter Green. Having now left the primordial ooze, he’s unleashing his fearful blend of surf/gypsy/Tarantino rock solid pulp guitar truth and fiction to the masses. Ben Rogers' Instrumental Asylum is a trio made up of electric guitar, bass and drums and features reverb drenched guitar music that echoes some of the best work of The Shadows, Ventures and Surfaris, but with an extreme left turn towards the surreal. All done up with an Aussie accent.
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“…this is a band that takes no prisoners.” – Matthew Frederick, The Age (Australia)
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“A muscular, lovingly distorted guitar sound” – Greg Haymes, Times Union (USA)
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“Huge guitar, intense energy, and very emotional” – Phil Dirt, Reverb Central (Santa Cruz USA)
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"Against the hard-driving rhythm section of Nikki Scarlett on bass and Denis Close on drums, Ben fires salvo after salvo of tastily aggressive licks…” – Alan Taylor, Pipeline (UK)
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“The overall one-two punch of dazzling instrumentals played by expert hands makes Reverb Rehab one of the most favorable guitar instrumental CDs of the millenium” – Robert Silverstein, 20th Century Guitar (USA)
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“Their cover of Dick Dale’s Shake’n’Stomp is feverishly hot and the opening track KangaRoux could run at the beginning of the next Tarantino movie.” – Karl Mayerhofer, Australian Guitar
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“A mind-twisting compound of guitars, genre-swapping, echo and a garden frog, Reverb Rehab is, well, quite mad. Love it!” – Phil Bennett, Nova West (Perth Western Australia)
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“glimpses of Django Reinhardt, Peter Green and J.J. Cale poke through Rogers' Strat...” – Dan Forte, Vintage Guitar Magazine (USA) ________________________________________________________________
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“This is tough, punchy, guitars-astride-the-world stuff, not for the faint-hearted” – Ken Williams, the Sunday Age (Australia)
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Purchase from:
>Australian Distributor MGM Distribution: http://www.thegroovemerchants.com
>Payplay (MP3 format): http://payplay.fm/rogersia
>Waterfront Records: http://www.waterfrontrecords.com
>CDBaby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/rogersia (Welcome to the Instrumental Asylum), and http://cdbaby.com/cd/rogersia2 (Reverb Rehab)
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Ben Rogers’ Instrumental Asylum's Friend Space (Randomized)
Hello guys many thanks from France for the add it's a real pleasure to be in the lot of your friends it's a nice day for us Long life at your and our music
Hello guys many thanks from France for the add it's a real pleasure to be in the lot of your friends it's a nice day for us Long life at your and our music
Hi Ben, WELCOME!, Many thanks for your friendship. Thanks too for the excellent sounds you've brought with you. My "BLESSINGS" to you 'n' yours, from me 'n' mine. ...Peace and Respect Always... Jon Royle Cape Schanck
When I found your page I was absolutely intrigued by your music sounding like 'Hank Marvin on acid'... & having been a fan of HM for over 2 decades I like your style ..! Instrumental music for the new millenium? A resounding yes! and you have my vote!
Loved your stuff at Apollo Bay, but didn't manage to track you down for an interview. Using Apache to promote the Apollo Bay Music Festival special on Wed 2nd.
