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"Having a special quality that allows for one's music to stand out from the crowd can really help make a band shine. Such diversity is one of the strong points behind The Absolute Zeros. Not only does their music cross many styles, but their members cross many generations and walks of life. When put together, they all make incredible music." Bill McThrill, The Compendium Vol 3, Issue 7
Formed from an unlikely union of beachtown British singer/songwriter Kelvin Cochrane and North Philly percussionist extraordinaire Sabu Rex, The Absolute Zeros is an evolving musical collective soon to be taking on the Philly music scene in 2007. Sabu & Kelvin performed a few low key gigs in late 2006 while concentrating mostly on recording and finding the essential parts of a full live band.
Enter Steve La Monica and Bill Rose. Steve nonchalantly strolled in and managed to fill the all important shoes of the bass player after a year long search. Without the bass where is the harmony? Without the bass where lies the groove?
Bill isn't just a drummer he plays guitar (check out his lead guitar playing on Dead Flowers & We Can Sell You Anything), bass, keyboards and saxophone!!! The down side of this is that you can't hit him with all the usual drummer jokes, ("What do you call a guy who hangs around with musicians? etc etc) the plus side speaks for itself. Wild Bill, as he shall be known, knows what he is doing musically and chooses the right beat to fit each song.
And now there is Austin on lead guitar. Wah Wah stomping, mouth open bending, blues lick riffing Austin brings a very cool vibe to the band and has added some much needed melodic interjections to compliment Kelvin's chunky rhythm playing.
We are still looking for a keyboardist but for now The Absolute Zero's are playing out and about and making a name for ourselves in Philadelphia. FUNKY as you wanna be, more ROCK than Gibraltar, SOUL to the ninth power, COOLER than ice-cold.....come check us out. We WILL blow your mind.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/12/2006
Band Website: Booking info - [email protected]
Band Members: The New EP! Available on 11/16/2007 @ Grape Street Pub!

Track Listing
1. Dead Flowers
2. Higher Place
3. We Can Sell You Anything
4. Obstacles to a Full Life
5. Diamond Nomad
6. Trouble With Love
7. Don't Get Me Started
Kelvin Cochrane - Vocals, Guitar
Sabu Rex - Bongos, Percussion
Steve La Monica - Bass
"Wild" Bill Rose - Drums
Austin - Lead Guitar

Check us out in the September 2007 Issue of The Compendium (click here for the full issue www.localmusicnetwork.com/compendium/Vol.3/Vol3%20Issue7.pdf
Influences: Jimi, Prince, James Brown, David Bowie, Rock 'n' Roll, The Beatles, The Clash, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, The Smiths, George Harrison, The Meters, Parliament, Funkadelic, Sly & The Family Stone, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Small Faces, Pink Floyd, The Sex Pistols, The Who, Allah Raka, Cream, Michael Jackson, Buddy Guy, Peter Gabriel, Massive Attack, The Police, Bob Marley, Sam & Dave, The Jam, John Lennon, Steve Cropper, Thin Lizzy, Howlin' Wolf, The Buzzcocks, John Lee Hooker, The Kinks, Willie Dixon, Billy Cobham, The Stone Roses, Third World, Diana Ross, Portishead, Muddy Waters, The Foo Fighters, Janis Joplin, Ray Davies, Outkast, The Specials, Pearl Jam, The Isley Brothers, Charlie Parker, Paul Weller, Jeff Beck, Snoop Dogg, The The, B.B. King, P.J. Harvey, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Temptations, Deep Purple, The Maytals, Van Morrison, Queens of the Stone Age, Tom Jones, The Doors, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Leiber & Stoller, Queen, Grace Jones, Stan Campbell, John Martin, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Vaughn Williams, Mozart, Bach, Purcell, Stravinsky etc, etcetera and onandonandonandon.....
Sounds Like:The Penny Dropping
Record Label: Ha!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

11/10 Update - CD RELEASE SHOW AT GRAPE STREET! 11/16/07!

CD RELEASE - 11/16/2007 @ Grape Street Pub!We are excited to announce that our debut 7-song EP is here!!! We've updated the page with 3 of the mastered tracks (and added 2 live tracks to mix things u...
Posted by The Absolute Zeros on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:39:00 PST

9/29 - HOLY CRAP! Were gonna be on Comcast on Demand!!! Come out to the live taping on 10/23

That's right, we're making our television debut! The production crew at Comcast on Demand will be interviewing us and taping our performance at Grape Street Pub on 10/23! We'll then be featured on C...
Posted by The Absolute Zeros on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:12:00 PST

9/28/07 - Dewey Beach Music Conference mishaps...luckily all ended well!

Our performance at the Dewey Beach Music Conference will definitely go down in The Absolute Zeros history book for a few reasons.....while we had a great performance and an excellent response from the...
Posted by The Absolute Zeros on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:16:00 PST

Update - 9/1/07 - The Absolute Zeros in The Compendium! Check it out here!

Check us out in the September 2007 issue of The Compendium! (click here for the full issue www.localmusicnetwork.com/compendium/Vol.3/Vol3%20Issue7.pdf )...
Posted by The Absolute Zeros on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:27:00 PST

8/3/07 Update (part 3) - Return to NYC w/Boy Wonder 10/27/07 (Bus trip in the works)

Following a VERY successful debut in NYC, we have been asked to return for another performance at Kenny's Castaways.....and this time we're taking our good friends from Boy Wonder with us to rock the ...
Posted by The Absolute Zeros on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:24:00 PST

8/3/07 Update (part 2) - The Absolute Zeros interview!

We were recently interviewed by Bill McThrill for the September issue of The Compendium. Keep an eye out for the issue on newstands and at www.localmusicnetwork.com in September and get to know every...
Posted by The Absolute Zeros on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:21:00 PST

8/3/07 update - The Absolute Zeros on the (internet) radio!!!

What's up everyone. We are happy to announce that we were featured on the June 17th broadcast of the www.acousticphilly.com radio show (also featuring our good friend Wayne Hsu). Our song 'The Troub...
Posted by The Absolute Zeros on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:17:00 PST

MUSICIANS WANTED...read on

Listen (or look would be more appropriate), if you are a musician who DOESN'T play rhythm guitar then I want to hear from you. I am a loose end, a nut without a sack, a banjo without a head, a b...
Posted by The Absolute Zeros on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 06:55:00 PST

More Songs......

Yes, its slow progress when its just one guy (currently with a cast on his hand!!) putting down the vox, guitars, keys, bass and whatever else. At last though we have a couple of extras to add a...
Posted by The Absolute Zeros on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 06:30:00 PST

Sabu Rex

I'm kind of hoping that word will spread around and soon we will be able to recruit more soldiers into our particular little collective musical offensive but until then The Absolute Zeros is the two o...
Posted by The Absolute Zeros on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 08:55:00 PST