MARIE DANCE: lead vocals, guitar
JOE CUMMINGS: lead guitar, electric sitar, vocals
CHAKKAPAN WATTANAPAN: bass
MARK IWAMOTO: drums
Influences
Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, Razorlight, Buckcherry, Kings of Leon, BRMC, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Grin, Nirvana, Uncle Tupelo, White Stripes, Dinosaur Jr ... the list is too long.
Take two singer/songwriter/guitarists - one from England, one from America - and throw them together with a Japanese drummer and Thai bassist, in the mountains of northern Thailand. Result: The Tonic Rays. Marie Dance does most of the singing, plays rhythm (and occasional lead) guitar and composes the T-Rays' chart-toppin' hits. Very brave, yet also sensitive, an intriguing combination of rough and delicate, naughty and angelic. Joe Cummings plays lead guitar, sings harmonies and occasional lead, and also writes songs for the band. Freelance writing is his day gig but making guitars feed back in front of a packed house is his life passion. Sun Ray the bassist is a tall, shy hippie with torn jeans who, when you finally get to know him (and it takes a long time, even if you speak Thai), will surprise you with his intelligence and his detailed knowledge of classic rock history. Drummer Mark Iwamoto hails from Tokyo but has spent a lot of time in the USA and now Thailand. Grounded in rock, but with interests in Latin and African percussion, he was an early regular at the Mt Fuji Rock Festival. The Tonic Rays' major inspiration is the new rock renaissance, that is, doing what you can with two guitars, bass and drums.
At the end of 2007 the band finished producing their first full-length CD, and the album is now available at www.amazon.com, www.cdbaby.com, myspace.com/tonicrays and at live performances, or as MP3 downloads from reverbnation.com, Snocap (see below), iTunes, Ruckus, Tradebit, MusicIsHere,
Inprodicon, GreatIndieMusic, AudioLunchbox, Verizon, PayPlay, GroupieTunes
and BuyMusic.
If you have a PayPal account you may also buy the CD direct from the band NOW for US$13 plus US$2 for shipping anywhere in the world. Just click 'Buy Now' below:
This is Greg from Winds Of Thor - The Music Of Led Zeppelin. Hope to see you at The Madison on August 29th for the ULTIMATE Led Zeppelin concert! www. windsofthor. net
Thanks! The end of July we're making our schedule up for performances during the busy season...We'll get in touch with you and see if you want to participate!
Awwwwwwwwwwww i cant believe!!!! u added me today, i clicked on ur name cause i saw "The Tonic" with music picture u know what?? i have been to Pai and staying for 4 months and also been to Phupai so many many times!!!! i saw u, i like ur song, especially "After the flash" and "too lazy" i like all of u and much for singer and quitar i bought ur cd anf got ur sign .. so appreciate and hope to see u again
now im at TX,USA gonna go back there in 2 months i will be there.. in Pai and Chiang mai soon!!!
ummm how can u see me? im just wonder how can u added me im so exiting :)
Getting geared up for another week in the trenches. Line-editing again this week. My wife has been reading the new book while I work on it and she's been surprisingly positive. Usually she's my toughest critic. Hopefully that means it's going to be a smash.
LET'S CELEBRATE RAINY SEASON COMING EARLY WITH 4 MIND BLOWING BANDS THIS SATURDAY! JOINING US AT NORIEGAS ON SILOM SOI 4 WILL BE ELECTRO PUNK VIXEN MOMOKOMOTION, GLAM PUNK ROCKERS REVENGE OF THE CYBERMEN , GRUNGE GODS BROWN FLYING AND POP INDIE PRAYING MANTI HONEYMOON.
ON THE DECKS AND LAPTOP DJ MAMA KOOL & THE PAI PREACHER WILL BE HITTING YOU WITH A WALL OF PUNK/INDIE/ROCK N ROLL CLASSICS FROM THEIR LEGENDARY ROCK N ROLL DISCO PARTIES IN PAI, MAE HONG SON.
