ABOUT
Red Bazar formed in 2007 as an instrumental trio featuring Andy Wilson on guitar, Paul Comerie on drums and Mick Wilson on bass and keyboards. The line-up released two albums, ‘Connections’ and ‘Differential Being’, and a three track EP, ‘Beyond The Ice Storm’. The
releases were well received by audiences and critics alike and the band developed a reputation for their live performances. To expand on the sound, the band recruited keyboard player Gary Marsh and soon after teamed up with singer and multi-instrumentalist Peter Jones.
This line up released the first Red Bazar vocal album, ‘Tales From The Bookcase’. The album was voted runner up in the Classic Rock Society album of the year awards 2016 and appeared in a number of top 10 album listings including magazines, radio stations and internet sites.
Progressive Aspect reported ‘Red Bazar may just have released one of the Prog albums of the year’.
The band played a large number of gigs throughout 2016 and 2017 and featured on a number of festivals and continued to develop their live performance and show. 2019 saw the release of the second vocal album ‘Things As They Appear’ which the band followed up with a series of gigs throughout the first part of the year. The album has retained the bands prog foundations but added a more direct and rockier sound which has broadened the fan base. Both the album and the live shows have received high praise. Shortly after completing the album Gary left the band to concentrate on recording projects, at this point Pete took on the
keyboard role along with lead vocals.
November 2020 saw the release of a live DVD filmed at the album launch of ‘Things As They Appear’ at the Borderij in the Netherlands.
In 2022 the band released ‘Inverted Reality’ the 3rd vocal album continuing to explore the directions as ‘Things As They Appear’ and purposely included sections which left room for live improvisation, something the band are keen to explore.
During 2024 Red Bazar wrote and recorded the album ‘Blood Moon’ which is the most diverse album to date featuring songs more in the Prog Metal genre through to a classical guitar based track. It also features 2 instrumental tracks giving a nod to the original work from Red Bazar. The album is due for release in March 2025.
Following the completion of recording Mick decided to follow a new path and so we welcome Roman Dudovskij into the Red Bazar fold as bassist and backing vocalist.
Gigs for 2025 are now falling into line and the band are currently working on presentation of tracks from across the back catalogue as well as tracks from the new album. We very much look forward to performing to audiences over the course of 2025
Andy Wilson
Paul Comerie
Peter Jones
Roman DubovskiJ
Andy is from Nottingham, UK. He started learning classical guitar when he was seven but switched to electric guitar when he was 11. Since then he has played with many bands covering lots of genres. He has played gigs around the world including several festivals such as Wacken (Germany) and Metal Meltdown in Philadelphia (USA). Since Red Bazar formed in 2007 Andy has been guitarist but still enjoys playing with other bands and musicians, including jazz.
Andy's Gear:
Guitars: Schecter, Charvel, Jackson, Ibanez, Gibson and Fender
Amps by Hughes & Kettner
Cabs by Marshall
Effects By Boss, Alesis & Roland
Paul is from Nottingham, UK. He started playing drums when he was four. He has since played with several bands and played around the world with them. Paul studied many different styles of drumming which can be heard in his playing.
Paul's Gear:
Pearl Master Drums
DW drums
Zildjian Cymbals
2" x 2" timbre for sticks!
Pete was born on October 6th 1980. At fifteen months Pete lost his sight due to Retinoblastoma. From an early age he was into all things musical and at the age of four had his first piano.
"Music has always been a huge part of my life. How much of that was influenced by my sight loss it's impossible to say, but i've always had a knack of picking up music by ear pretty quickly." (Pete)
Throughout his school years he took part in all kinds of musical activities ñ school plays, music festivals and concerts. One of the highlights of his young life was winning the junior final of BBC’s ‘Song for Christmas’ in 1988. Around this time he started to be aware of the music in the charts and was also influenced by music his parents listened to. Artists such as Phil collins, Paul McCartney and George Michael were big influences, along with bands including Queen, Genesis, the Beatles and the Carpenters.
Born in Lithuania, Roman found his groove early, swapping lullabies for basslines. Guided by fate (or just bad WiFi), he packed up and moved to the UK, chasing the dream of making noise professionally.
He founded Three Thirds Below, a band that’s been rocking for over eight years, and took up bass duties for pirate metal crew Red Rum, plundering stage's across the UK and Europe.
While he plays multiple instruments, the bass is his spiritual anchor—low, steady, and impossible to ignore (much like him). From sweaty clubs to festival fields, his musical path is one of passion, adventure, and just enough chaos to keep things interesting.
The journey continues—probably in a tour van, definitely with a bass in hand.
Romans Gear.
Guitars: Ibanez and Fender
Amps: Mesa and Ashdown
Cabs: Ampeg, Ashdown
Effects: Zoom, Boss and Roland
