BLACKOCEAN
BLACKOCEAN IS: Winston Grant:Keyboards,bass,guitars,sax,drums,vocals---
Velocedog: bass,guitars,horns,organ,percussion,backing vocals---
Ricky"CHAINGUN" Smith--drums,electric drums,percussion
"THE FELLAS IN THE BACK":
Vocals,horns,jazz bass,fluegelhorns,koto,and assorted audio interference*
(we'd tell you who they are--but they've got Grandma tied up in the basement--)
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
We are a spinoff-a side project if you will--of OVERWORLD.
(So many people flipped when they found out it was only two guys--they wanted to be in on the fun.)
VELOCE: "And who was I to say NO?"
Winston:"My evil twin!"
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Constantly. Anywhere they'll have us.Yeah..a lot.
Listen for them.
Your musical influences
Jeff Lorber,Chester Thompson,Wally Badarou,Nick Rhodes,Alex Bugnon,Heaven 17,Level42,Mark King,AWB,Hamish Stuart,Hiroshima,Kitaro,the Rippingtons,Down to the Bone,Keiko Matsui,...in no particular order,and for a VARIETY of reasons..
What equipment do you use?
Hands----and Yamaha gear---so far...and thanks to the boys at Korg for the Pandora....
Anything else?
Yeah, and I'd like to thank Carlos Alomar for showing me that you can be cool AND kind......
