Book Of Caverns

When I lived in Tokyo a few years ago, I played the bass guitar in a band called Hunting Tom. It was a very international band, with an Aussie on each of bass and rhythm guitar, an American/Scottish lead singer, a Japanese lead guitarist and a British drummer.

We never really played any gigs (playing to an entire primary school in their school gym on “culture day” doesn’t exactly count) but we did rehearse a lot and there was a good dynamic in the group. We had a lot of fun with it, and also recorded some great original songs that I was proud of.

Eventually as with so many hobby bands, we self-imploded. Our drummer quit to write the Great British Novel^TM, and the tension between our lead singer and rhythm guitarist/songwriter bubbled over. Pretty soon my girlfriend (at the time) and I decided that it was time to return to Australia so we could get married and make babies, and that was the end of Hunting Tom.

I’ve kept in contact with the guys, all of whom are still based in Tokyo. Two of them, Ray and Yoshi (undisputably the most talented of our group) continue to make music, and the band that they have since put together is called Book Of Caverns, featuring Yoshi on lead guitar and Ray on lead vocals/rhythm guitar. Their sound is rockin’ and has certainly evolved for the better from our hack sessions five years ago.

If you feel like checking out some new rock’n‘roll, then they have a MySpace page up as well as a video on YouTube from one of their recent gigs. And if you really dig the tunes then you can also order the three-track demo CD Black Hole by emailing the guys (info at the bottom of the bands FreeWebs page).

Nice one guys!

posted: 17.04. 2007, 23:42 (0)