Highly Recommended · Taranaki Weddings Industry Awards
Four-Piece Function Band · Taranaki · Since 2005

Everything from ABBA to AC/DC. Fifties to today. A live band that reads a room and fills a dance floor — weddings, corporate events, parties, and anything else worth turning up for.

Live music that actually gets people up

Four musicians, three voices, a wide songbook, and enough experience to know that the right song at the right moment is the whole job. We'll play to the room you've got, not the setlist we'd prefer.

Seven decades of songs

Fifties rock and roll through to current chart. Enough range to keep the grandparents happy at eight and the floor packed at eleven.

Up to four hours

Play through the night, or break it into sets around speeches, dinner and cake. Tell us the shape of your evening and we'll build a package around it.

Happy to travel

Based in New Plymouth and out across Taranaki. Further afield is absolutely on the table — just ask.

We bring everything

Full PA and stage lighting, all our own gear, set up and packed down by us. All we need from your venue is somewhere to plug in.

Your date is safe

We're a working band with a deep bench of players we trust. If life happens to one of us, the booking still happens. You're not gambling your reception on a head cold.

Taranaki Weddings Industry Awards — Highly Recommended, Avalanche, Entertainment

Twenty years on Taranaki stages

Avalanche played its first gig in November 2005 — and two decades on, founding members Dave and Nige are still driving it. Recognised by the Taranaki Weddings Industry Awards as Highly Recommended for Entertainment, judged by the people who work these events every weekend. We've played rooms right across the region, from town halls and clubs through to ticketed shows and charity nights.

Butler's Reef, Oakura New Plymouth Club Inglewood Town Hall Weddings & receptions Corporate functions Charity fundraisers

What we play

The short version: if people know it and it goes off, it's probably in the book. Full song list on request — and if there's a first-dance song you need, ask us.

50s & 60s Rock & Roll 70s Disco & Glam 80s Pop & Rock 90s Anthems 2000s Current Chart Kiwi Classics
A packed dance floor at an Avalanche gig Avalanche on stage Avalanche playing live

Boys vs girls sing-off, live. Turn it up.

The line-up

Four pieces, three voices, no backing tracks.

Paul Morrison — lead vocals and rhythm guitar

Paul Morrison

Lead Vocals & Rhythm Guitar

Dave Cronin — lead guitar

Dave Cronin

Lead Guitar

Founding member
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Graham Powell

Bass & Vocals

Nige Montgomery — drums and vocals

Nige Montgomery

Drums & Vocals

Founding member

Check your date

Tell us a bit about the event and we'll come back with availability and a price that suits what you're planning. No obligation, no hard sell.

If the venue isn't locked in yet, the town is plenty. We bring our own PA and lights — just need power on site.

We'll usually come back to you within a couple of days. If your date is close, give us a call instead.