New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ RVQ Official Website) RVQ's front man songwriter Ray Vanderby admits he feels like he's been re born after 3 years away from the rock genre. He's recently re ignited his rock passion having written 2 singles and a 10 track album post forming 5 piece progressive rock band RVQ in 2010. As one insider journalist friend recently commented to Ray "Great to see you finally really powering along again - congratulations." As if to say where have you been Ray? What were you thinking? Vanderby is of course is well known for his wild on stage antics throwing around a Hammond C3 organ with his previous band Cosmic Nomads who released 3 albums from 2003 to 2006. Cosmic Nomads cut their teeth on the stages of the Empire, Hopetoun and Bridge Hotels in Sydney and The Espy, Cornish Arms, Railway, Central Club and National Hotels in Melbourne/Geelong throughout that period. In the time the band was based in Melbourne Vanderby received some bad press and was heavily criticized for having written and dedicated a song to the 2 school girls who committed suicide together in a pact in 2007. Stephanie Gestier and Jodie Gater, both 16-year-old students from Belgrave in Melbourne's east, were found dead in the Dandenong Ranges National Park. The event moved Ray to the point where he wrote a song called "No Suicide". The day the band was booked to record the song at Atlantis Sound he was contacted by the mother of one of the girls who threatened him with all sorts of retaliation if he went ahead with the release. Emotions were running high so out of respect this prompted Ray to cancel the session, finish the run of booked live shows and hang up his rock hat to play jazz and blues for a while. Ray Vanderby moved back to his home state NSW in 2009 where he soon formed RVQ and made a fresh start. RVQ includes Dale Tuckey, Ebbo Brown, Brendan White and Lee Campbell. "No more song dedications for me" says Ray in a recent interview, "just music from the heart and soul". Vanderby signed a world wide deal with Blue Pie Productions and RVQ's debut single and video will be released shortly, date yet to be announced. RVQ is in the middle of mixing at Free Energy Device Sydney with engineer Richard Belkner. Starting at the young age of 12 Ray Vanderby was soon known to be the "youngest semi-professional keyboard player in Australia" in 1965. After touring and recording with Marcia Hines, Doug Parkinson, Blackfeather and Stevie Wright the 1990's saw the rise of his first band called 93-D. He won the WROC/BMG National Song Writing Competition in 1991 with his song "Suspicious" which later that year reached the Top 100 after being added to commercial radio rotations. RVQ is booked to do a regional album launch on Saturday 1st October at John Carter's 4 on the 4loor new artist showcase Victoria Hotel Orange. Some Sydney dates will be forthcoming shortly. For more information check out the band's website: www.rvqmusic.com
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