About the Terminal Syphons

By Gareth Ridout

The Terminal Syphons is a caver band that began at the 1985 NSS Convention in Frankfort, Kentucky, and has been performing a blend of rock and roll, blues and R&B for fellow cavers at nearly all the conventions ever since.

Wednesday nights at NSS Conventions were traditionally "dead nights", with no parties, no photo salons, and no banquets. Enter Albert Ogden, with the idea for a band to provide free entertainment for the cavers.

Albert first formed the band with Jake Cox, Gareth Ridout, Nancy Taylor and Claire Snider in 1985. Since then the band has grown and seen many personnel changes, depending on who was actually available to play. A basic core of players evolved in the early years and these have been joined by several other caver musicians since then to form the current lineup.

Contact us!

You can reach us at (the name of the band, without spaces, dashes or periods in between) at gmail.com.