Far away in distant lands, there was a musical master nurturing an instinctive
need to rock. Born deep within an iceberg in the Arctic Ocean, son of a
shipwrecked Viking and an aboriginal Inuit, Gabe endured an extreme life among the
'berg people'. The arctic cold caused
Gabe's body to develop a natural coat of inch-thick fur, which would ceremoniously have to be shaved every day, with the
rising of the morning sun. This tough life, however, was not without its benefits,
for it greatly enhanced his musical prowess. By the time of his adolescence, Gabe had become an expert diver and ocean cavern explorer, and this
acclimation to underwater adventure helped him to develop his unbelievable breath and voice control.
Life alongside the nightly tides of the crashing ocean additionally instilled in
Gabe a greatly enhanced sense of rhythm.
On the night of his 17th birthday, Gabe was sent out into the wilds of the arctic icebergs to perform a rite of
passage, as was the custom amongst the berg people. He was to hunt and return with
the head of a 'Doko Poku', the mythical beast whom the berg people both feared and
revered (we call this beast a Polar Bear).
Three days after his departure, Gabe returned triumphant and jubilant, carrying
something the berg people had never before seen. In his left hand he held the head
of a giant polar bear, but clutched in his right was an instrument crudely shaped
from the bones and intestines of the slain beast, which Gabe called a 'Gewgaw'. It
was a primitive guitar, and Gabe wanted the legacy of the mythical creature
to live on thoughout the bergs in music. That night during the celebrations, Gabe
began to play this newly fashioned guitar, and it caused such a sensation among the
dancing folk that an immense crack formed in the ice, plunging the entire village
head long into a dark abyss. Gabe was the sole survivor, for a sharp bone from his
Gewgaw had latched itself securely into a pocket of ice, preventing Gabe's fall to
certain doom.
Unbeknownst to Gabe, who has been lost in song since the disapperance of his people, the iceberg he called
his home shifted and his rocking rhythms began pushing it towards the Indian Ocean, where his fate awaited him...
On the night of his 17th birthday, Gabe was sent out into the wilds of the arctic icebergs to perform a rite of
passage, as was the custom amongst the berg people. He was to hunt and return with
the head of a 'Doko Poku', the mythical beast whom the berg people both feared and
revered (we call this beast a Polar Bear).
Three days after his departure, Gabe returned triumphant and jubilant, carrying
something the berg people had never before seen. In his left hand he held the head
of a giant polar bear, but clutched in his right was an instrument crudely shaped
from the bones and intestines of the slain beast, which Gabe called a 'Gewgaw'. It
was a primitive guitar, and Gabe wanted the legacy of the mythical creature
to live on thoughout the bergs in music. That night during the celebrations, Gabe
began to play this newly fashioned guitar, and it caused such a sensation among the
dancing folk that an immense crack formed in the ice, plunging the entire village
head long into a dark abyss. Gabe was the sole survivor, for a sharp bone from his
Gewgaw had latched itself securely into a pocket of ice, preventing Gabe's fall to
certain doom.
