Gizzae
The
Dominica Connection
Rocket
and Clem grew up together in Dominica. With Rock singing and
keeping the bass line, Clem is free to tear it up Dominica
Style, and man, that is what he does. Clem seems to have been
born with a guitar in his hands, and his jazz background will
amaze your senses. Clem will make the hairs on your neck get
up and stand up.
When
you hear Rocket for the first time, you may have to strain
a little to make sure that it's not the Father of Reggae himself,
the Honorable Robert Nesta. Rock has played with the likes
of : The Rolling Stones, Carly Simon, Sugar Minott, Bruce
Springsteen and many others. Sunday is fun night at the Wild
Hare and Rocket invites up the local talent for impromptu
songs and jams. Rocket was born to entertain people and is
fortunate enough to do that for a living.
All the way from Ethiopia
Rafael
and Asrat were born and raised in Ethiopia, Reggae's 2nd birthplace.
These two, along with several of their friends started Dallol,
which toured with INXS and Ziggy Marley internationally for
about 5 years. After the band split up, 3 bands were formed:
Gizzae, Baaro, and Zeleke, all who are doing very well on
the reggae scene.
Rafael,
the drummer, is currently playing keyboards, which he taught
himself after Melaku left the band to tour in his homeland,
Ethiopia. Asrat, who has played percussion for the last 5
years, now is the drummer and has kept the beat going for
the last 2 years. They also manage and own the Wild Hare Club
in Chicago. Rafael also did almost all of the artwork at the
Wild Hare and designs the CD covers for Gizzae and Sam Ghansah.
web address: www.gizzae.com
