MAJOR MUSIC ARTISTS - ANTARCTICA
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| Nunatak |
DESCRIPTION: Nunatak are a band from Antactica who members are made up from the British Antarctica Survey team. They are most notable for their performance on internationally televised Earth Day concerts in 2007.
ACTIVITY STATUS: Active
ACTIVITY PERIOD: 2006 - Current
MUSIC GENRE: Indie Rock
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ANTARCTICA
RECORD COMPANIES / LABELS (Current & Past): Unsigned
BAND'S WEB PAGE: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/featured/nunatak/band.php
ABOUT THEM:
Nunatak is the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station’s house band. The five person indie rock band is part of a science team investigating climate change and evolutionary biology on the Antarctic Peninsula. They are chiefly known for their participation in Live Earth in 2007, where they were the only band to play in the event's Antarctica concert.
The band's name is the Greenlandic word for a mountain top protruding from an ice sheet. Originally, the band had named itself after a disease previously common to Punta Arenas roughly translated to "Rat Shit Death" but felt that the pronunciation of that name was less than politically correct.
Nunatak played the Live Earth Antarctica concert on July 7, 2007, to a "sell out" crowd of seventeen, the entire population of the Rothera Research Station.Their participation fulfilled the event's promise to hold a concert on all seven continents. Lead singer Matt Balmer, 22, said of the event that the band "expected to spend our Antarctic winter here at Rothera quietly getting on with our work and maybe performing at the occasional Saturday night party. We could never have imagined taking part in a global concert."
British Antarctic Survey cameraman Pete Bucktrout made videos of the band's performances that were transmitted back from Antarctica for later inclusion in Live Earth. The videos are available on the BAS website and the BAS Youtube channel
Source: Wikipedia
BAND LINE UP
- Matt Balmer – lead vocals and guitar – electronics engineer with the physics and meteorology team.
- Tris Thorne – violin – communications engineer
- Ali (Alison) Massey – saxophone – marine biologist
- Rob Webster – drums – meteorologist
- Roger Stilwell – bass guitar – Field General Assistant (polar guide)
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LINKS:
- Wikipedia Page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunatak_(band)
- Nunatak's British Antarctica Survey Page - http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/featured/nunatak/index.php
- Nunatak story on Reuters - http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/07/06/us-concert-antarctica-idUSL0580573920070706
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