The TenGooz (Japan)

The TenGooz (Japan)
What happens when musical seeds from Melbourne, New York, Nashville, Pittsburgh and Seattle grow in the fertile but untapped soils of Japan? You get the TenGooz, on the Fringes of salaryman Japan!

Deriving their name from apparitions in Japanese folklaw, The TenGooz appear in the flesh for the first time in Melbourne.

The band has developed a huge following with their wildly eclectic shows. Based in Tsukuba City, an hour from the heart of Tokyo, this band, inspired by Melbourne’s own Ascelin Gordon (The Brown Hornet, Geronimo), helped make possible the explosion of original independent music now taking place in Japan, bearing the torch of Ascelin’s original band, Xenophonia, who defied the LIVE HOUSE system playing original, eclectic music at venues that had heard only covers.

The TenGooz have taught Japan how to party! Their diverse repertoire is highly conducive to dancing, jumping, shouting, howling and smirking.

The TenGooz are:
o Avi - originally from NYC, using Japan as a base to explore the world and its myriad of musical influences.
o HaseG - plays the bass, plays the bass and plays the bass.
o Kenya - a long time jazz trombonist and famous teacher and big band leader.
o Tanaka - a true bluesman in the old sense. You never know what you come across in Japan.
o Jon Hicks - from Nashville, brings passion and a deep love of the rock and roll life-style.

TenGooz are coming to Melbourne Fringe. It’s a long way away. But it feels like going home!

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