Who’s Next?

Next are three boys and three girls who are in this contest to be the difference! Bandleader Isiah Okoh learnt to play musical instruments like you learn to speak a language. In 1994 he started with the drums, progressing to the keyboards the following year, and eventually graduating to bass, which is what he wields with Next!

Computer guru Albert Oyakhilome employs his programming skills on the keyboards to great advantage, and Guitarist Bright Ejike adds experience, maturity and great philosophical depth to the mix-all that could come into play on those nerve-wracking, tension-soaked moments.

But that’s just one half of the picture; now add Tope “Top Sticks” Odebiyi, female drummer par excellence, and Menzi Iwedi and Amanda Kalu on vocal chores and you have a band that’s almost just complete…three strong males and three tough girls! But that could be a problem, right? Wrong! Next! seem to have it all tied up nicely. They got everything they need to be the next big thing!