Gaia Mesiah

This three-part female, one-part male rock band from Prague, Czech Republic, strives to share the same vision of heavy music as a playground for all sorts of musical, stylistic and spiritual experimentation that unify many great rock bands such as Faith No More, Jane's Addiction, Deftones and Tool. The harsh, juicy riff-driven rock of Gaia Mesiah is always seasoned with unexpected stylistic twists and turns into funk, Latino music or jazz, and even at its most straightforward Gaia Mesiah usually sounds inspired and energized. The band's genesis traces back to a childhood friendship between guitarist Santa Morella and drummer Misha Cortez. Both girls grew in the not so well-to-do outskirts of Prague and sought refuge in their music. These two formed the core of Gaia Mesiah back in 1998. In 2001 they were joined by singer Marka Rybin who possessed a strong vocal talent and a number of years in athletic training, ability rather useful for a rock band vocalist. Their live debut took place in December of 2001, in a Prague club called Futurum. By that time Gaia Mesiah was still without a permanent bassist; during their debut performance that position was filled in by Josh Stewart, an Australian-born traveler and musician who left his native land a few years prior in search of "music and soul" and ended up in Prague sharing rehearsal space with Gaia Mesiah. After some deliberation (and a fruitless search for bassist) Stewart was offered to become a permanent member of the band, an offer he gladly accepted. The band self-released their debut record Gaia Mesiah in 2003 -- although in actuality it was not really a full-fledged record but rather the very first demo the band recorded together. Due to their fiery, explosive performances around the Czech Republic Gaia Mesiah were...