The Nomads Band of Tahoe

Lake Tahoe's Rock Supergroup, The Nomads, bring their blend of mountain rock and metal to the Lake Tahoe Music scene and beyond. The band, features local rockers from various projects including: Kandy Xander (Metal Echo, Moonlight Movement, Fortress ), Jeff Martin (Racer X, Surgical Steel, Badlands, Fortress and The Greg Golden Band), Dave Hatchet & George Grass (Fortress) and The Nomads founding member Barry Thys. The Nomads came together several years ago just for some fun jams. Well, things took off from there when they realized we had formed an incredibly special alliance of musicians. All raised on rock and heavy metal they started jamming songs from artists they all admire such as Led Zeppelin, Joan Jett, AC/DC, Pat Benatar, Heart, Rolling Stones, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, Van Halen, Aerosmith, The Scorpions, Joan Jett, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Dio and more! This made for a fun rock through the decades cover band that Tahoe fans have come to know and love! They've been performing in and around the Lake Tahoe and Reno scene for the past several years and are best known for their incredible outdoor winter concerts set to fireworks like the Palisades Tahoe New Years Eve torchlight parade, as well as,the annual North Lake Tahoe SnowFest opening night festivities. People are still raving about their epic performance for Sunnyside's 'Rock the Barge' 5th of July celebration where they performed on a floating barge. Most notably, they won BEST BAND last year at the Guitar Strings VS Chicken Wings competition put on by Tahoe Institute for Natural Sciences at Palisades Tahoe.


Meet the Band
• Kandy Xander - Front Woman
Kandy Xander, otherwise known around the Lake Tahoe area as “Tahoe’s Rock Goddess” is a multi-faceted singer, front woman, performer & collaborator. She is known for her powerhouse vocals and emotionally charged theatrical live performances. Nowadays Xander spotlights several distinct projects: hard rock - alternative & grunge - heavy & nu metal cover band Metal Echo, vintage rock troubadours The Nomads, and dirty blues- country sass- unabashed punk soul folk duo Honey Vixen. She is a featured singer for Moonlight Movement and also the lead singer for The Mountains are Pretty folk opera. You’ll also catch her melting faces and belting out operatic rock with the band Fortress from time to time, as well as, a special featured guest blues singer with local favorites, The Blues Monsters.


• Jeff Martin - Drums & Vocals
Legendary singer and drummer, Jeff Martin, hails from L.A. 80's hair metal band Racer X, as well as, Surgical Steel, and Badlands. Jeff currently fronts the Tahoe 80’s metal cover band Fortress, as well as, performs tours, and records with various national acts and projects. Jeff has also recently joined the Greg Golden Band as their drummer.

• Dave Hatchett - Guitar
Co-founder/producer of Standard Films (ski/snowboard films), author/founder Tahoe Bouldering Guides. Dave is also the founder/guitar shredder for the Tahoe 80’s metal cover band Fortress.

• Barry Thys - Guitar & Vocals
Barry is the founding member of The Nomads band. Barry is known for his epic Squaw Valley Cushing Classic pond crossing in 2019 when he shredded the Star Spangled Banner on electric guitar with colored smoke shooting out the back of his ski boots as he crossed the pond.

• George Grass - Bass
Former bands include Cerberus & Arcana. George is currently the bassist for the Tahoe 80’s Metal cover band Fortress and also Metal Echo.


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