"This is tough, punchy, guitars-astride-the-world stuff, not for the faint hearted." - The Sunday Age

    


 

 

 

Meet the Instrumental Asylum

When electric guitars ruled the earth...™

Ben Rogers’ Instrumental Asylum is a power trio dedicated to reverb drenched surf/spy/guitar noir.

The band is Ben (guitar), Nikki Scarlett (bass) and Denis Close (drums). They’re based in Melbourne, Australia, and play a mix of rocking original compositions and instrumental classics that pay homage to their influences (Link Wray, Django Reinhardt, Ventures, Atlantics, Shadows, Duane Eddy), but with their own distinctive distorted twang and tough edge. Read more...

 

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Latest News

 "Windfarms of Your Mind" listed in Rhythms Magazine Writers Poll Top Ten for 2011.

Review of  "Windfarms of Your Mind" on mwe3.com - included in "Best CDs of 2011" 

New acoustic album - "Windfarms of Your Mind" by The Ben Rogers Trio - now released.  Click here for details.

Reviews of the latest album "Instrumentally Disturbed":

  • New Gandy Dancer, Spring 2011 (UK)
  • Pipeline Instrumental Review, Spring 2011 (UK)
  • Vintage Guitar Magazine, April 2011 (USA)
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Full details of Welcome to the Instrumental Asylum, Reverb Rehab and Instrumentally Disturbed in Discography...

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News

Rehab ReverbLatest CD

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Acoustic album Windfarms of Your Mind by The Ben Rogers Trio now available

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