Artist description This is a musical performance group that blended music, visuals, and dance. Musically we incorporated 60s psychedelia with contemporary classical and jazz styles. The visuals included film, slides, and overhead transperancy. We also orchestrated audience participation, and inter-active set design.

Music Style jazz-blues meets a somber new-age Andy Warhol

Musical Influences Frank Zappa, Beatles, XTC,

Similar Artists people have compared us to the Mothers of Invention, Pink Floyd in the Syd Barrett phase,Max Webster, and even 80s and 90s era Tom Waits.

Artist History This Thing was a 9 piece music-performance group that started in Nelson, BC. 1991. It started fundementally, as ideas started by Richard Fordham, who approaced friend, musician, and film-maker Ian McCutcheon. The core of the group solidified with guitarist Eric Moon. along with a shifting blend of a cross section of Nelson based artists and musicians, This Thing played several performances on stage and TV. They released one cassette locally in 1994, and continued gigging until 1996. Fordham now works solo in Vancouver, Canada. For more info, see the website.

Group Members Richard Fordham is main member as songwriter and chief proponent. Other members sought for new line up in the future. To find out about past line ups, see the website.

Instruments up to 5 part vocals, bass guitar, drums, guitar, synth, flute, trumpet, tenor saxophone, percussion, frying pan

Albums False Idols, Holy Wine, and The Big Picture

Press Reviews It opened up braincells that have been dead for years.....Wiz Bryant, Canadian singer-songwriter see our site for more reviews, send your own to richardsthings@hotmail.com

Additional Info activity books and other items soon to be available

Location Vancouver, British Columbia - Canada

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