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SummerPint jUNkie is from Mumbai. The band combines progressive, psychedelic-rock, grunge and metal music set to today’s culture and modes but also try, in the process, to create music that expresses a range of emotions that delve in symbolism, socially relevant ideas, love and a disorientation of obvious notions. SummerPint Junkie are the only ‘Progressive Space-Grunge’ band around to listen for. The band has hard-hitting lyrics that are sung to unconventional time signatures and eclectic sounds.
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Highway 61 is a Hindi/Urdu rock band based in Pune. The band was formed in November 2008.Each of the band members have been part of various rock bands over the past 7-8 years, and in that time they have been through the usual rock/heavy metal/film music phase that most bands go through. It is now time to make some serious music, and it is with this intention that Highway 61 was conceived. The People: Mohammed Muneem: Lead Vocals/Lyricist Rohit Vasudevan: Lead Guitars/Backing Vocals Jatin Kale: Lead Guitars Rahul Majumdar: Bass Guitars/Backing Vocals Hardik Vaghela: Keys/Backing Vocals Anant Joshi: Drums
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"Pip of the Fourth Mother" started off as a solo project. Jason played drums for many bands in and around Chennai. Later he took up playing the guitar. Jason moved back to Shillong from Chennai in 2009.He met his music buddies Steven(bass) and Ben(drums) and they formed the band in june 2009 where they played at band Night at DejaVu restolounge on June6th. Pip of the Fourth Mother had a lineup change in october with patrick on bass and Ronald on guitar/backing vocals. Then they played twice at the Autumn Festival on 31st october and 6th November where the crowd response was very much unexpected(good :>). A few other shows to mention are Hornbill national Rock contest 2009, World Human rights day 2009,shillong, Alcheringa 2010 @ IIT Guwahati and a few other smaller shows.Pip of the Fourth Mother has a setlist of 10 original numbers where they fit in 1 or 2 covers at times.. Theyre ready to take it to the next level. *"Shillong" by Pip of the Fourth Mother was featured in a compilation "Great Eastern Rock Vol1" by TNT magazine *"Shillong" is again selected by a US label to be featured in a compilation called "Vs. the World" comprising of up and coming alternative bands from all over the world. Jason Manners - vocals/guitar Patrick Khyriem - Bass Ben Daniel - Drums
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In ancient philosophy it is believed that the entire univierse was created just by the vibrations created by the sound of the word OM. Nisvann is the sanskrit word for SOUND, symbolizing power, energy and the universe in its purest form. Just as the universe it created,Sound is a raging beast of raw power that has an unimaginable number of forms and can raise a storm or calm a volcano or simply move thousands and millions of people in ways unlike anyhing else. Old tales tell of how Miyan Tansen almost burned from the inside when he sang the raag Deepak and how his daughter then exhibited control over the weather by singing Raag Megh Malhaar and made it rain to save his life. Nisvann is an attempt to gain some semblance of control over that mightiest of universal forces by envoking its ever changing, varied and versatile form to make an impact, a change in this world we live in today.
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Tough on Tobacco is singer songwriter Sid Coutto’s talent packed, genre bending, convention defying, wildly funny brand new live act. The music is a mix of pop, rock and reggae. ‘Tough on Tobacco’ is an anti -tobacco message. The band advocates not to start smoking because it’s hard to quit once you start! And it’s just not worth it! The band believes that if even one young adult says no to tobacco because they heard Tough on Tobacco, they’ll be justified in their cause!
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Digital Suicide is an alternative rock band from Guwahati, Assam, India. The band consists of Daniel Langthasa on lead vocals and guitar, Deepak Borah on backing vocals and bass guitar, and Ratan Bordoloi on drums and percussion. Their sound is a refreshing blend of alternative rock music, grunge, punk, old school Bollywood music, mid- 90s boy band pop and progressive rock. Digital Suicide is the new voice of independent rock scene of India. Strong bass and drum groove acts as the driving force behind the band’s music with the guitar providing simple atmospheric and ambient textures to the songs rather than just carrying the melody. Digital Suicide’s flirtation with 70’s disco and 80’s pop melodies reflect on their vocal melodies. The band is known for their energetic live performances. Their lyrical themes and inspiration involve California dreams, love, communal hate, regional terrorism, real politik, fatty food, sex, hallucination, wild life, animals, global warming, aliens etc and to see a clearer sky is Digital Suicide’s concern.
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Zygnema is four piece heavy /power groove metal band. The basic idea of the band is to attain a sound of its own and to send messages to the society through our music. The band believes in focusing on current affairs happening in the country and society.With respect to that the band also loves to Groove and dig deep down on riffs that are heavy and groove oriented.Zygnema was formed somewhere in August 2005.The founder members of this band are Jimmy and Sidharth,who managed to stick around for almost a year inspite of an unstable lineup .By December 2006 the band line up became strong complete and consistent when Ravi and Mayank decided to lend a helping hand.The band was on break from Sept 2007-Sept 2008 because Sidharth, the guitarist of Zygnema had to depart to get a music degree from Musicians Institute(Los Angeles) . This band has also been featured in the upcoming documentary called rockumentary which is going to release by May 2009 and have a list of full page articles in Hindustan times,Mid day,Sakaal.
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There could be many reasons why every now and then a group of youngsters decide to form a band. This quintet simply wants to make good music and have a good time while they’re at it. After a painstakingly long search for a drummer, the line up was completed finally on 10.02.2009. MH 04’s music is based on a concept which only a few bands have dared to follow in the past: Alternative rock music based on Indian melodies and ragas. The band’s members come from various backgrounds and thereby bring in diverse musical influences, a fact which acts as the requisite catalyst for many of the band’s creative endeavours. With every new composition the band strives harder to achieve the fusion of the alternative rock sound with exquisite melodic tranquility of Indian melodies. Almost all the compositions of the band have a distinct melody attached to them while retaining a heavy and groovy alternative rock sound. The name of the band couldn’t have been better thought of as the boys from Thane get all geared up to serenade the crowds with their music. The line up consists of Anand, Vikrant, Muni, Nikhil and Kiron. Here’s a little bit about every member of MH 04.
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Formed in 2005, Half Step Down began gigging in 2006 as essentially a rock ‘n’ roll band, though it would be more accurate to acknowledge their sound as a versatile mish-mash incorporating elements of the blues, alt-rock, funk and reggae. Consciously refusing to let themselves be fenced in by genres, they derive their sound from influences and inspirations ranging from Led Zeppelin, RHCP, and Dave Matthews to Rachmaninoff, Marley, and Django Reinhardt. In early 2007 the band made it to GIR with their track Overture to Outerspace, which subsequently launched them on a much vaster platform. They spent most of the following year touring the country, taking time out in June to appear on Channel [V]’s show Launch Pad. They wrapped ‘07 with a highly acclaimed unplugged performance in their city, Delhi, where their cover of Redemption Song stood out as one of the critics’ finest of the evening. Known for their antics on stage, HSD are perhaps as much the performers, as they are the musicians. With a hedonistic approach to music, they maintain an air of fun that remains a key quotient despite lineup changes and other minor disruptions. The nomenclature of the band is derived from the fact that the band tune their guitars a step down from standard tuning. Half Step Down are Dhaval (vocals), Carl (bass), Shiv (piano/organ), Srijan (drums) and Karan (guitar/backing vocals).
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Illuminati was born back in 2006 when the members were studying in Jain college. Shubhodeep wanted to form a rock band in college and got in touch with a few people. After many changes in the lineup Illuminati found a stable one. Initially the band played competitions at college levels. The turning point for the band was Campus rock idols 2006 where the band qualified to the regional finals. Since then Illuminati has played and won more than 25 competitions at both college and semi-pro levels. Some of their big Wins were: Campus rock idols 2007 – Regional Winners BMSCE Whiplash 2007 Jipmer(Pondicherry) 2007 IIM Lucknow – 2008 & 2009 IIM Bangalore – 2008 & 2009
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The Local Train is a Delhi - Chandigarh based Hindi rock act.They have a unique acoustic driven sound with melodious vocal hooks. The band is currently working on their first EP The band comprises of Raman Negi(lead vocals),Abhinav Bansal(lead guitars/piano), Anand sharma(rhythm guitars/backing vocals), Sahil sarin(drums) and Ramit Mehra(bass).
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The seed of Bliss Logic was planted in 2002. You may not find a lot of logic in the music of Blisslogic but you will hopefully obtain a considerable amount of musical bliss. “The tracks are just explorations of ideas, thoughts, moods and feelings… it’s intensely personal in that sense ” said Yanger.” But I’ve been told that it makes sense to a lot of people. So if it works… great”
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There’s a lot that has been said and a lot that can be said about the mad scientists that have created and feed Split. But in a nutshell, they are a bunch of good friends, a quintet of drinking buddies, and musicians that know how to floor a tune. Split was formed in 2001 and, after the usual rock 'n' roll roulette of line-up changes, broken strings, lost equipment and assorted mishaps, settled on the perfect formula for chaos. With Garreth on vocals, Mel and Aviv on guitars, Shekhar on bass and Nigel on drums, Split’s music has conquered stages, hearts, and minds across the country. Split's music is equally about conflict and resolution. A slick construction of wit and drunken wisdom, with baritone bass and pounded drums that chase edgy guitar riffs and screaming solos right down to a breakdown of nuclear proportions. The themes range from the epic to the mundane; from slimy evangelists to train travel, from revolution to becoming “adult”, and from existential angst to the eternal favourite – a broken heart. Split has played the pants off festivals like ‘Independence Rock’ & ‘GIR’ more than once, not to mention ‘Eastwind’ & ‘June Rock Out’ .They have also performed at events like ‘Yamaha Roxx’, ‘RSJ Pubrockfest’ and ‘Channel V- Launch pad’ and have been featured twice on India's premier Indie Unmetal compilation ‘Stupiditties’ as well as on GIR’s Volume X.
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When the Traveling Rivers woke up one morning from their unsettling dreams, they refused to find themselves changed into a monstrous vermin. And of the desire to sound out their refusal, this strange looking band, half-men-half-vermin, weird but wonderful started making their music. With their distinctive hybrid of folk, blues, introspection, jazz and all the genuine, honest music of the universe, the riverine band remains in a constant state of flux, plunging their eager proboscis everywhere, genre after genre, artist after artist, experience after experience, into the vast unknown recesses of the internet and the illegal. Still in their nascent days, the band holds tremendous promise, takes its music seriously, and takes the serious musically.
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RUCKUS (Formerly RADAR) is a band that plays a lot of different kind of music, from Classic Rock to Alternative. The band was formed in mid November 2006 with Rishi Talwar (Vocals and Guitar) and Aditya Talwar (Percussion and Back up Vocals) looking for a Bass player who enjoyed the music they play. That’s when a common friend introduced them to Prasad Ruparel (Bass Guitar). The Band has now been jamming on a regular basis for nearly two years now and there has been a lot of different stuff that they come up with every time they jam. They have a number of originals as well as covers which they personally feel very strongly about.
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FIVE8 is a progressive band from Delhi and was formed in the summer of 2005 at Kirori Mal College. With a keyboard player prone to untimely panic attacks and obsessed with funk, syncopation and bringing that ultra cool "feel" to everything we play; a bass player who brings to the table a rare combination of unbridled enthusiasm, formidable technique and killer rhythm; a guitar player working relentlessly – not just on the instrument but also on a time machine that is sure to bring Vito Brata back for another roar. A drummer who has no issues with meter, technique, genre and causing permanent damage to our eardrums with those overpowering rimshots. And a vocalist who comes into practise after sweating it out with an Indian classical choir and undoubtedly hits those exact same notes you heard Sebastian Bach hit a moment ago[with the vibrato and everything;)]. What we DO care about is playing well together, sounding tight(and then cranking that up a notch or two), about coalescing our various influences into something innovative.
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The band began with a group of five students teaming up to represent Xavier Institute of Communications at the city’s most prestigious inter-collegiate festival, Malhar held in August this year. On realizing that they shared a lot in common besides their musical inclinations, the band decided to take this group a step forward, roped in a bassist and thus formed, Snatch D’Monk. Snatch D’Monk is a Mumbai based versatile rock band that cuts through varied genres of music with musicians from across the country and from an array of backgrounds. With influences ranging from funk to alternative rock and blues to progressive rock, the band is slowly gaining recognition for their unique style of music. Capitalizing on a catchy name which does have a lot of sub-text and connotations to it (will be revealed soon!); the band hopes to make a strong impact in the Indian rock scene with their live acts and records. Some of the band’s influences include the likes of Jamiroquai, Alice in Chains, Bob Marley, Days of the New, Dave Matthews Band, Eddie Vedder, Eric Clapton, Frank Zappa, Incubus, RHCP, Hendrix, John Mayer, Jose Gonzalez, Led Zeppelin, Nick Drake, Phish, Porcupine Tree, Zakk Wylde, Tenacious D, The Grateful Dead, The Beatles, Blues Traveler. The band doesn’t believe in covering music literally but making each cover their own. The band has recorded two rough demo tracks at present and intends recording loads more in the near future. “Something Else” and “6 March, 2111”, though very different from each other, both stem from the variety, versatility and different styles of the band members. Snatch D’Monk is Keegan D’Mello – Vocals/Harmonica Sameer Suri – Lead Guitar Arjun – Guitar/Vocals Nikhil Carneiro – Keyboards Sambhav Khandelwal – Drums Demetrius D’Souza – Bass Having gigged around the city at venues like Not Just Jazz by the Bay, Celebrate Bandra Festival, FIrangi Paani, the Monks are very much eyeing newer venues to SNATCH a few more fans their way.
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Formerly known as The Apostles, Zinc is a Delhi based band and has been together for 3 years now. The band was formed in July 2006 in school by Akshay Kaushik, Madhav Moorthy, Gautam Menon, and Mansur Farhat. It featured Akshay and Madhav on vocals and guitars while Gautam was on drums and Mansur on bass. Our first gig was at the farewell for the class XII batch. In the following year, we played at the school numerous times and took part in 2 interschool competitions. With the end of school life in 2007, we entered different colleges. The band was featured on the Delhi university local radio station and also got a chance to play at the Hindustan Times Youth Nexus (2007) and Ramjas College (Delhi University). Summer 2008 brought about some changes in the lineup with Mansur leaving the band and the additions of Soumya Jha on lead vocals. The band also had Soumyajeet Roy on keyboards during this time. Zinc, then, proceeded to record an EP with Basement Records Studios, which is now available. Unfortunately, for now, the EP is available only in New Delhi and all interested in purchasing their copy should contact the band members. One of the songs on the EP, Jinxed, was even reviewed by Rolling Stones Magazine and was given 3 out of 5 stars. The band has also played at the IP College For Women, as a part of their film festival. In December 2008, Zinc played a 2-hour set at Terrace Garden in TDI mall, Rajouri Garden. Most recently, the band entered the NSIT rock competition, Avalanche, with the addition of their new bassist, Nawal Alvin Minj, and they reached the elimination round after creating quite an impression. In addition to this, Zinc has been regularly gigging at the Living Room Café in Hauz Khas Village. Zinc has also recently added Nitin Saksena on rhythm guitar. Zinc's sound has been the subject of much debate since it does not conform to any particular genre. Featuring a host of influences, ranging from jazz to progressive rock, Zinc's music is charachterised by haunting vocals, blues influenced guitaring, signature drum beats, all defined and complemented by mature song writing. In addition, the band also tries to bring in a flavour of Art Rock, featuring long improvisational passages, which are important components of their music.
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Blood & Iron was formed in early 2005 by Ashish and Vivin with the aim of forging a new kind of band, combining the best the various sub-genres of Metal have to offer. After numerous line-up changes, for about a year and a half, the band stabilized – and since then there’s been no looking back. Each member of the band brings a variety of influences which makes the synthesis – the music – of Blood & Iron so unique. While firmly rooted in Metal, the band effortlessly displays unbridled innovation and virtuosic skill combined with catchiness, raw power and melodic passages. Blood & Iron is accessible to a wide spectrum of listeners without ever sacrificing the integrity required to play this form of music. Blood & Iron carves a new path in the Metal universe and it’s not easily classified under any one genre. It’s just Metal, as pure as it gets without any compromises and without any restrictions.Blood & Iron released a self-titled demo album in 2007. It received an amazing response in the underground metal scene and has encouraged the band to strive for greater things.
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Evergreen’s music can be loosely classified as slightly progressive, midly heavy, and for the most part, melodic hard rock. Its roots lie in their individually varied tastes in music. What makes them difference is their approach to music as it is targeted both at musicians and common ear. The band’s vocalist and keyboardist were nominated at JD Rock Awards. The band has played various prestigious festivals all over the country. The band comprises of: Jagan George ( Vocals) Arjun Sasi ( Bass) Saji Antony ( Keys) Sunil Silvester ( Guitars) Anish ( Drums).
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It was in the dark winter of 2003 that three members of a death metal outfit in Aizwal finally decided that there should be a permanent representative in the capital city of New Delhi. They did that in the form of an upstart death metal band called IIIrd Sovereign. Since their first gig at Lunglei ( Mizoram) these metal heads have never looked back. They have gone from strength to strength facing numerous obstacles in their evolution with admirable determination. Currently, they are working on their second full-length album, due to release later this year.
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Imagine a huge avalanche sliding down a mountain and you’re right in its path, only the avalanche is coming down holding guitars and screaming its guts out. Bhayanak Maut hails from Mumbai, the metal capital of India. Bhayanak Maut make it a career goal to win over audiences at rock festivals all over India, having won several honours in their six years of existence, at competitions including Strawberry Fields, Bangalore; Livewire, Mumbai, and Saarang, Chennai. Their appearances at Independence Rock, Great Indian Rock and on Channel [V]’s wildly popular Launch Pad show propelled the band to plumb new depths of the musical equivalent of fearsome death. It continues to charm, delight, and be, erm, fearsome. Bhayanak Maut are Vinay (vocals), Sunneith (vocals), Venky (guitar), Aditya (guitar), Vinit (bass) and Rahul (drums).
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Spook is a 5 piece pop-rock alternative band It was born out of a previous 1-gig fun covers outfit played by drummer Zain Calcuttawala, violin player-Clavell Santiago and guitarist/vocalist Akshay Deodhar. Wanting to complete the band and move past the whole covers rut that bands get stuck in, after much searching, almost in the same week they came across keyboard player, Anis Gandhi(of Sledgehammer fame) who bass player Sonam Lama. The 5 instantly clicked and got together for their first show at Cafe Goa for BEP's UTV music and movies night opening for the band Aftertaste. With various influences of Funk, Metal, Progressive Metal, Western Classical, Grunge , Classic and pop-rock, Sonam and Akshay do most of the songwriting with the entire band actually coming together to complete and arrange songs. The music that the 5 churn out is an interpretation by 4 people of a song written by the fifth. While they are constantly working on their increasing originals set, the band are at present in the process of recording a 5 song EP to get some of their music out and not just leave it online. With 5 shows under their belt and 2 more coming up, Spook hopefully shall have their music well known and widespread. Concentrating more on how they sound as opposed to how they look, Spook are around and here to stay! Overhauls can be powerful, and more so when they happen in your own garage. Spook is a band that’s a manifestation of pure, unbridled, raw energy. A collective of five band expats barely-into-their-twenties minds; Spook sounds fresh off the laundromat – spiffy. Akshay Deodhar on vocals and rhythm guitar is the songwriting talent, crafting the incendiary musicianship of Anis Gandhi on piano, Zain Calcuttawala on percussion and drums, Clavell Santiago on violin and Sonam Lama on bass into scattered sound-packets stitched in melodies and harmonies. Grunge based, heavy, reverberating sounds echo in a spiral of constant whirlpool of musical emoting – Spook represent everything a young band should be. Passionate. That’s the least you can expect out of an outfit represented by a gawking Owl called Pedro as the mascot, considering their influences range from Pearl jam, Chris Cornell, Coldplay, RHCP, GooGoo Dolls, Alice In Chains, Foo Fighters, The Calling and Kings of Leon to name a few. Progressively new age, yet rebelliously old-skool; Spook songs bridge the gaps between instrumental solos and melodic riffs enchantingly. Diverse logic may be easy to define each band mate’s musical heritage Post their one gig at Café Goa where they played a 3 song solo set, where a call for resurrection from a threatening damper called power failure only displayed their eclectic performance skills. This be true grunge and just made you raise your fingers in a m/. ‘Spook’ have the potential to spook the daylights out of you. Hang around and lend an ear!
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When their particular brand of irreverent music landed them the winner’s title at Independence Rock 2007 in Mumbai, their insatiable hunger for composing, playing and releasing music started taking prominence. Shortly after their 2006 EP ‘Have Hard Will Core’, Scribe released their first full length album called ‘Confect’ following it up with an intensive tour making all sorts of squiggly lines across the map of India and in the process winning fans outside of it as well.
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Lazy River is a 4 piece indie-rock/ funk blues-ish outfit that started as a bunch of friends jamming. formed in 2006 and a few line up changes later, lazy river has been actively gigging and has worked towards a groovy, blues laced psychedelic jam-band oriented sound thats only gotten clearer since. The band draws it's influences from artists and bands such as john scofield band, arctic monkeys, led zeppelin, hendrix, franz ferdinand, john mayer, etc. Members: Meg D'souza-Vocals,Chaitanya Bhalla-Guitars,Jeffrey Laloo-Bass,Farid singh-Drums
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When Satan and God had sex, the big bang happened. However since Satan was prone to multiple orgasms another bang happened and that’s how Workshop was formed. Workshop launched their 1st video Cookie Monster on 19th March 2009, exactly a year after transforming into Workshop and starting writing their debut effort. May 2009 saw the release of the Khooni Murga CD DVD combo, the 1st for any Indian band and the album is already creating waves across the country.
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With vocals that shimmer over an expansive ocean of guitar sounds that are as jagged-edged as they are crunchy, with an almost aching longing in the softer parts that segue seamlessly into each other , Bicycle Days is a band that is fearless and will stand for itself in the face of all the “this-is-not-how-music-is-played” pundits. The refreshing thing about Bicycle Days is that these young gentlemen have something to say. With lyrical themes that are as powerful social commentary as they are plain old enjoyable songs, they’re brave enough to speak of issues as thorny as religious intolerance – something that requires courage and conviction along with a sense of musical propriety.
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Lucid Recess is an Alternative Metal/Hard Rock band from Guwahati, Assam, India. It was formed in 2004 by brothers Siddharth and Amitabh but became active from the end of 2007. Partha Boro joined them as their drummer in 2009. Their music is a blend of Alternative Metal and Hard Rock. Their songs range from both heavy and fast to slow ballads and try to write songs that people can relate to. The elements that can be seen in their songs are catchy choruses, meaningful lyrics, good melodies and memorable hooks. Lucid Recess released their 7 song EP ‘Carved’ in Dec 2007 which was later distributed as the CD of the month with RSJ magazine, with a circulation of 42,000 copies all over India, in their June 2009 issue. The video of their song ‘Painstaking Obsession’ was directed by Reuben Issac with the cast of the Theater Studies Group, Surrey University, UK. They have performed at the Prestigious Great India Rock in Shillong in 2008. In 2009, they played shows in Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Shillong and Guwahati in the Kingfisher RSJ PubRockFest along with other artists like Boomerang, October, Jester and Five Little Indians. They were also headliners in no. of shows in Assam such as IIT Guwahati Rock O Phoenix 2010, Picks N' Sticks 2008 in Guwahati, Rock Chapel Vol II 2009 in Diphu, Rock Harvester 2009 in Howraghat etc.
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Curve is a Bangalore based duo, comprising two permanent members as of now. Deepak is the vocalist and rhythm guitarist. Ambar Nag is the lead guitarist. They have been together for about 4 years. Ambar is an accomplished guitar player who has been on the instrument (classical and electric) for more than 10 years. Ambar has a blues band too, with which he performs at leading venues in Bangalore. Deepak has been with Altered Scales ( a Bangalore rock band) and performed a few gigs in the Bangalore music scene. However, he's more of an independent composer, vocalist and rhythm guitar player.
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The band was formed in year 2006, and specializes in the Modern Age Alternative Music. In 2009, Channel [V] Launch pad III was responsible for bringing Prachir to the attention of the national audience. They created an emphatic buzz and made their presence felt nationwide. It was for the first time that Bengali Rock Music came into prominence on a national platform.
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(the story so far) : no safe word started when singer songwriter kishore (adam and the fish eyed poets http://www.myspace.com/afisheyedpoet) got bored of writing/recording songs in his bedroom and wanted to start a psychobilly band(ie punk garage rockabilly influences) in the tradition of the gun club and the cramps just to shake up chennai's boring non-adventurous music scene ....Kishore and guitar player Vikki kannon formed the band on the infamous night the "black lips" destroyed Chennai ....inspired by the sheer madness of the gig, they recruited charan and simi (who were similarly jaded with the stagnant music scene) to handle the rhythm section and within 2 days kishore wrote a fresh setlist of ten songs and set things in motion , the band played their first gig with "them clones" and "junkyard groove" at the rollingstone summer tour on the 23rd of may...which was followed by several more gigs in the following month each more intense than the last, generating a real buzz about the city with thier lethal combination of a wild, agressively cathartic live act and cleverly crafted pop songs (which the band are currently recording in kishore's bedroom) when asked about their sound ,the band claims they were looking for a "dark ominous, blatently sexual psychobilly/blues sound while maintaining a refined and literate streak .." and their live act aims to express the "nihilistic and hedonistic urges of a lost generation trapped in the crossfire of conflicting cultures all while serving to entertain like no other indian band has done before",the band admits that despite the adventurous artistic approach(such as playing a toy casio plugged into distortion pedals and many other crazy little stunts) the eventual objective is to write good effective pop songs, which is obvious in the chaotic ear worms that are "hack hack hack" and "machete rules", the disturbing yet inspiring "porky's last stand" and a gory reinvention of Michael Jackson’s "billie jean" which fits seamlessly into the dark lurid world of love lust and murder scripted by Kishore who's says that his lyrical objective for this band is " to write the greatest b grade horror movie musical of all time". The immediate influences cited by the band include "the cramps , the gun club , nick cave and the bad seeds,the birthday party, the gories ,the stooges , mc5 , the horrors , patti smith ,tom waits , screaming jay hawkins , howlin wolf , new york dolls, the rolling stones circa exile on main street ,oblivions ,the sex pistols , bad brains, and several other bands of a similar vein they also admit to all share a common love for british pop music like the smiths the la's, blur and the beatles among others Kishore Krishna - vocals ,and miscellaneous noise emmiters Vicky Kannon - guitars Simi Singh - bass Charan B - drums
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February 31st is a solo project focused on making honest, feel-good music. Though not restricted to any particular genre, the overall feel could be classified as grunge-influenced alternative rock. The soul of the project lies in experiencing the music and well, feeling good. February 31st signifies that state that will never happen on any ordinary day. Maybe somewhere in shangri-la they have it every year. who knows.
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Suspended fifth’s songs are perfect for listening to while one is driving down a windy street in the city, with not a care in the world. Having said that, their live stage performances are even more phenomenal. All hailing from different parts of Kolkata, and performing in the language of their city, it is not surprising that their music has a strong urban flavour. With that flavour intact, however, there is a certain unconventionality packed in. When asked what inspires them they come up with answers like, “sports, good food, Kolkattans seem to be loving this band quite a lot, with Suspended FIFTH gracing the stage at quite a few venues all around Kolkata. The crowds love their singles, ‘Himalaya’ and ‘Bichanar aloo’.
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The Light Years are an Indie/Punk/Garage revival band from Mumbai.Formed in August 2009 , their music is characterized by fast tempos , catchy melody's and meaty hooks, and their live shows are insanely fun. The song the Weapon was featured in Stupidities 3 , India's premier un-mental compilation. Band Members: Saurabh Roy – Vocals, Guitars Aaron Carvalho – Drums Shalom Benjamin – Bass, Backing Vocals
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Formed: Late 2009 Genre: downtempo/electronica/triphop ___________________________________ Sulk Station is an electronic music duo from Chennai/Bangalore and consists of Tanvi Rao (Vocals/Synthesizer) and Rahul Giri (Knobs/Sliders/Pads). Their music is a mishmash of various electronic genres (down tempo/trip-hop/ambient/etc) and has traces of Indian classical music at times. Sulk Station, when only four months and two tracks old was nominated for the Toto Funds the Arts for Music and received a Special Jury Commendation. The TFA jury described their music as “stark and beautiful.”
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The Mavyns are a rock band from Mumbai, who are heavily inspired by the life and times of The Beatles. Having developed a brit-pop sound, The Mavyns are currently one of the bands on the rise across India. The Mavyns are Vivek (vocals/guitar/keys), Pradeep (vocals/guitar), Kristofor (drums/percussion) and Varoon (bass).
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Khiladi is a Mumbai based Metal/Punk/Rock n Roll band. Formed in September 2008, the band is the brainchild of P-Man. So far Khiladi has already played gigs all over Mumbai, Pune, Goa and Bangalore with performances at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2009, Gaajaa Baajaa Music Expo 2009 in Pune, Republic Rock – Celebrate Mumbai Festival 2009, Let’s Rock Pune Festival 2009, Celebrate Bandra Festival 2009, as well as college festivals all over Mumbai. They call their music Metal n Roll, and it’s all about going back to the roots of rock n roll, uprooting them, and putting them back with a twist that will blow your mind. While Khiladi is relatively a new band, the members are all experienced musicians having played with a number of bands. Khiladi comprises of P-Man on bass/vocals (PDV), Ashu (Baba Bangali) on guitars (Groovelab), Nikhil on guitars and Viru on drums (PDV, Prayag, Demonic Resurrection). This unusual combination of musical influences combines well to create a powerful and in-your-face sound. A Khiladi gig is always super-fun to watch and never complete without some crazy antics and stand-up comedy by P-Man. P-Man a.k.a Khiladi No. 1 – Bass/Vocals Baba Bangali – Guitars Nikhil a.k.a. International Khiladi – Guitars Viru a.ka. International Khiladi – Drums
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BLAKC started of in 2005 when Shawn (vocals) and Anish (guitars) started jamming in St. Xavier’s College. 2006 saw Roop and Shishir join the band on bass and drumsrespectively. In 2007, the final lineup change was Reinhardt on guitars. Since then Blakc have played over 50 shows and competitions across eight cities in India. Shows with 50 people to shows with over 3,000 people like in Indore, Kanpur, Pune, Ahmedabad, Assam and Delhi .BLAKC is only about two things, the music and he fans.
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Sometime in early 2008, Paradigm Shift sprung into existence. They realized how their outlook on music had uncanny similarities though influences were vast and varied. These fundamental commonalities helped them transcend what other bands would often stumble over. Capitalizing on this chemistry they have worked fervently to identify and hone their sound. Blending the infectiousness of funk, crunchy rock n’ roll and staccato of progressive with hints of Indian classical in a musical kaleidoscope that deftly ventures out of the realms of each. Despite their straightforward approach to composition, Paradigm Shift’s technical arsenal is singular that never alienates the listener. In fact it causes unpredictable, if not consistent bursts of head banging, violent foot tapping and vigorous cheering. With the drummer providing a bedrock foundation, the guitarists bringing forth melodic irresistibility, the bassist, unrestrained energy and the vocalist musical rapture, Paradigm Shift hopes to keep evolving with their drive and love for sound. With eight album capable originals which are Damn, In Too Deep, Radiance, Funk This, High, Stud Farm, Fuzzy Logic, All Wrong, Mother Perfect, Psychonaut; The band has won over mobs of fans and critics alike. Each time on stage, Paradigm Shift put on a vividly energized show for their music enthusiasts, combining their originals with covers of all time favorite numbers from bands like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Queen, Wolfmother, Pearl Jam, Guns n’ Roses, Foo Fighters and The Rolling Stones among others. Band Highlights (in chronological order) - Winners Momentum ‘08 at Institute of Technology and Management, Gurgaon. Took the best vocalist title as well. - 2nd runners up, Moksha ‘08 at Netaji Subhash Chandra Institute of Technology. - Won 2nd position at Blitzkrieg ’08,ICFAI, Gurgaon. - Performed at Dublin, Maurya Sheraton November ’08 as Part of Rock n’ Roll Thursdays. - Performed at 'Elevation' organized by AIESEC Delhi alongside Lazy River. - Performed an acoustic set at Chili Seasons, January ‘09 on The Special Band Night. - Opened for English Wine Shop at Mocha BAR in June ’09. Covered by The Times of India online @ http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4672732.cms - Played at The Living Room in July ’09 as a part of Sunday Specials. - Performed alongside Frequency and IAFWAY in September ’09 at Superstars, Noida as a part of Kingfisher PubRockFest. - Short-listed for GIR ‘09. Were amongst the top 8 Delhi bands. - Finalists at Synchronicity ’09,IIT Kanpur with Best Drummer - Paradigm Shift and Parikrama at Passion ’09, IMT Ghaziabad on 2nd November ‘09. - Played at Café Oz in March ’10 as part of weekly band nights. - Featured on 104.8 FM as Artist/Band of the month in March ‘10 - Selected for Indian Rock Revolution 2010, India's first studio based compilation album to be released later this year across the nation.
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It was in the dark winter of 2003 that three members of a death metal outfit in Aizwal finally decided that there should be a permanent representative in the capital city of New Delhi. They did that in the form of an upstart death metal band called IIIrd Sovereign. Since their first gig at Lunglei ( Mizoram) these metal heads have never looked back. They have gone from strength to strength facing numerous obstacles in their evolution with admirable determination. Currently, they are working on their second full-length album, due to release later this year.
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Funky. Groovy. Eclectic. Vicious. Happy. Mellow. Furious. Quirky. Angsty. Bouncy. Think of a musical recipe which has a healthy dollop of all these ingredients and you’re thinking The Circus. A band that believes the ferocity of intent and perfection of execution and an absolute take no prisoners attitude when it comes to their original music.
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Tempo Tantrick’s music, while difficult to classify into the rigid confines of a genre, infuses elements of funk, electronica and break beat, while also trying to amalgamate the same with a hint of both members' cultural diversities. Their uniquely diverse musical tastes set them apart from a large majority. To explain it sans the jargon, Tempo Tantrick’s music makes even the most uptight listener move. The principle that the duo works on is relatively simple – to make music that the listener can relate to, retain and recollect. There is no great philosophy or ideology behind the lyrics except that each song is based on something real and that description is what best represents the duo and their music. While Tempo Tantrick primarily functions as a duo, they aim to collaborate with various musicians to create a dynamic that is always fresh and diverse.
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In the beginning, the four piece band hailing from the hills of Aizawl ,Mizoram was formed back in 2005, as a simple local band for doing and performing covers and other local gigs. But, however during the fall of last year 2006's , their pathway took an adverse turn when they discovered their creativity for songwriting and arrangements ;hence-onwards - performing and managing their own original compositions with having the crowd go wild with their killer performances everywhere . Within a short span of a few months, they were able to release their E.P called "Rhythm of a Revolution" with no signing on recording labels as such. The band likes to call their music as Junk rock since it contains progressions of various genres of music which ranges from - jazz, blues, reggae, funk and to extreme metal. Therefore, in the end their music makes out to what can all be truly unified and be signified as a pure "Rock & Roll". The four piece band is triggered by a soul-full six-string slinger, a thundering and groovy bass player, implemented with a battering ram from the backside and with killer performances from the front-man. The Band Line Up: Atea Lianmawaia – Vocals, Guitars Brian Hangsing – Guitars Joshua Zoramliana – Bass RS - Drums
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The band was formed on the 22nd of March, 2009 by four young individuals; Jonah on guitars, Mike on bass, Rindy on drums and Jeff on vocals. Musical influences range from different styles including Rock n' Roll, Blues, Grunge, Alternative and Punk summed up together in a form of Hard Rock. The band has participated in only two rock contests to this date viz, N.I.T Thunder March, Silchar, on April of 2009 and were 2nd runners up there. They also bagged the first prize on MICAH Challenge; a state level rock contest held in Aizawl as a media show. Freddy's Nightmare are now among the popular local bands in Mizoram. The Band Line up: Jeff (Vocals) Jonah (Guitar) Mike (Bass) Rindy(Drums)
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Silver is a rock band formed with the intention of creating original groovy music. Their ethereal melodies and resonant tone combined with haunting and inspired performances make for a heady listening experience. A fun mix of musicians highly influenced by blues, funk, rock , jazz and good old reggae they bring you a sound that is distinctly, well, S.I.L.V.E.R. Silver were national winners at Yamaha Roxx 2008 and represented India in Taiwan at the Asian Beat 2008. They also were Independence Rock winners in 2008. Silver are Mahesh (vocals), Savio (guitar), Rishi (bass/ambience) and Amit (drums).
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Cast away your tried and tested alt rock flavourings just this once and find new home in the atmospheric, prog -laden abyss that is Goddess Gagged, primarily a three piece showcase of Bombay’s youngest rock talent and now a full fledged five piece behemoth. Breathing in influences from all cross sections of nineties rock/metal following up to present day prog kings like Karnivool and Porcupine Tree these five fantasists find cohesion within layers of intricate guitar work, crushing rythyms, solid basslines and moody atmospherics worthy of the darkest nights of solitude. The Band Members:- Arman Menzies – Guitars/Vocals Krishna Jhaveri – Bass Jeremy D’souza - Drums
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The band "The Avalanche" was formed in the mid of December 2008 . They define their genre of music as alternative funk. The band did its first gig at Campus rock idols 2009. Band Achievements : Campus Rock Idols (Regional Finalist) LBISM COLLEGE (Winner) GTBIT COLLEGE (Winner) Delhi college of Arts & Commerce (Runners up) M.A.I.T College(Runners up) Amity University (Best Bassist) The band has performed at IIM Ahemdabad, IIM INDORE, IIT Rorke Cafe Morrison, Blues,Chicane, SRCC, DCE
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The Pot, Stone & Blues are a delightful bunch of musicians, who believe in playing their heart out through their instruments. The band is focused towards creating music which people instantaneously recognize and get carried away to hallucinogenic spaces envisaged as a euphoric manifestation of melodies. The music is so pure and innocent that it creeps under your skin.
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Moving away from the “rock till you drop” genre, this eclectic band displays a new kind of energy straight from the heart. The band is the perfect melting pot for these musicians as each one brings their individual influences to the fore. With a unique sound that is jazz, funk, blues and progressive rock, Level 9 is probably one of India’s most unique sounding rock bands. The band played in Channel V’s launchpad 2007, along with 16 other bands from all over India. The band got selected for RSJ’s The Great Indian Rock festival’08 and played at Hamsadhwani, New Delhi Band Members: Anirudh Goswamii (Lead Guitars) Nikhil Auluck (Guitars)
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Undying Inc is a combination of two different words that form a common ideology. A band known for making some overwhelming heavy music in today’s metal scene. Combining a lethal blend of speed, technique, groove and extreme aggression, Undying Inc create a sound they can proudly call their own. The band has been around since 2004 and has been consistently building a formidable reputation. Relentless intensity, sharp twists; rapid changes and fluid gear shifting make their music a lesson in monumental grind like ferociousness. The result is crushing! Like adrenaline in the bloodstream, Undying Inc is at once powerful, explosive and yet abstract. UI live is a wrecking ball, having honed their destructive skills to such an extent, that violent mosh-pits break out at even the smallest venues they play.
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Subhro & Sourin - brothers and connivers behind it all are singers, song writers and instrument lovers. They recorded an album named Sacred Musings in collaboration with Utpal, a creative composer and arranger for The Freaky Devotees Band. Few songs from the album were aired by the ABC Radio networks in the U.S. after being selected by an International radio show named Fame Games focused on best undiscovered Indie music from around the world. The Freaky Devotees were nominated for two years in succession in categories like Best World Act, Best Spiritual Song and Best World Song at the Effigy Awards organized by the Fame Games. They won the Best World Artist title at the 2009 Effigy Awards. Sourin and Subhro also performed recently at the Radio Mirchi sound check.
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Dark Horizon hailing from the hills of Haflong, Assam was formed back in 2003 as a school band. Soon the band started their rock n roll business. But the band became inactive a year later as all the members were pursuing higher education in different locations. After a gap of two years, the band reformed in the year 2005 with some slight changes in their line-up. Once again the band resumed their duty towards rock n roll. Since then, the band has never looked back and has performed at various rock competitions and soon started getting various local gigs. Within a short span of time, the band starts gaining popularity among the masses and also considered one of the emerging upcoming bands from North East India. The band defines their music as Alternative Funk Rock with blend of Reggae, Blues and Rock n Roll. Headlined “Rongtheang Traditional Festival”, Diphu - Karbi Anglong on 29th October 2009 Headlined “Tarang 09”, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi on 13th November 2009 Headlined “7 Sisters Winter Rock Fest”, DLF Place, Saket, New Delhi on 14th and 15th November 2009 Performed at “Shilputsav 2010”, Guwahati on 18th January 2010 Performed at “Fireball 2010”, Shilpgram, Guwahati on 14th February 2010.
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Dischordian began as an attempt to move away from the wall of sound and aggression and testosterone that makes up most rock music. Dischordian is constantly evolving and is today a three-piece acoustic band whose members play guitars, harmonica, trumpet, djembe and a variety of other percussion instruments. The music incorporates all the sounds I have loved and learned from since I was a child, including country, pop, rock ‘n’ roll, punk, metal, folk, and a multitude of styles that have no real labels. Dischordian has just finished its as yet untitled debut album which should be released by the summer of 2010.
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The band was formed on the 22nd of March, 2009 by four young individuals; Jonah on guitars, Mike on bass, Rindy on drums and Jeff on vocals. Musical influences range from different styles including Rock n' Roll, Blues, Grunge, Alternative and Punk summed up together in a form of Hard Rock. The band has participated in only two rock contests to this date viz, N.I.T Thunder March, Silchar, on April of 2009 and were 2nd runners up there. They also bagged the first prize on MICAH Challenge; a state level rock contest held in Aizawl as a media show. Freddy's Nightmare are now among the popular local bands in Mizoram. The Band Line up: Jeff (Vocals) Jonah (Guitar) Mike (Bass) Rindy(Drums)
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Though for purposes of entirely official nature, we like to categorize Fire Exit as a band that plays “Progressive Alternative Rock”, we truly believe that it falls in the category of bands that are almost impossible to categorize under one single genre of music. Our music is a combination of rock, metal and electronic sounds. The band essentially blends great vocal melody along with instrument harmony, and is based on experimentation with varied time signatures, jazz-influenced bass-lines and an Indian percussion instrument. But at the same time, we like to keep our music simple. As a group of musicians brewing our styles together, we also lay equal focus on the way we “sound” live and on record, giving importance to not just what we play, but also how all that playing comes together and mixes when it comes out on speakers; hence immense stress is laid on the production of our tracks. Our focus as a band is to create a sound unique to the band, with varied styles of rock, metal and psychedelia coming together for great listening pleasure to both the common listener and other musicians. We lay stress on improving our songwriting and playing as we grow together as a band, looking to create mature and sensible music.
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Umbrella Vibe, formerly known as Zodiac, started off with a spark of enthusiasm from Anjo and Aniket, sometime during the end of 2007.With the help of competitions, we raised a few eyebrows, and we had the spark rolling. Later, Shannon George(The guitar loop phantom blaster) who was our second guitarist stepped forward and took lead. Change as we know, is inevitable, and so it was, and in October 2008 Alan Rego joined us as our permanent drummer. There has been no looking back , and our first major gig was Great Indian Rock 2008. The band was featured in the GIR compilation and later shows like iris, competitions like mood indigoand Saarang did well to boost our confidence. More importantly it channelized our music, our sound. Joshua Abraham joined us in 2009adding emotion to the songs, worth dying for. Our music is emotional, ambient, and our lyrics sprinkle salt on a few issues that we really feel about. Songs like Sunshine Africa, Save Your Money, World Wide Web talk about a daily pattern we’ve all noticed in the papers; so yes, our lyrics are current; they talk about now, the present.
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2 guys, a bunch of instruments, and an unlimited supply of cigarettes. With Influnences of Grunge , punk , alternative and progressive and the ties that bind us all , the lovely indie acoustic singer songwriter stuff they seamlessly tend to make simple music that is just simply easy to listen to. The Band comprises of: Siddharth Basrur - Guitar, Vocals, Programming, Coughs Ayan De - Guitar, Vocals, Keys, Samples, Programming, Coughs
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Atmosfear is 4-piece death metal band from Mumbai. Formed in 2005 by Ulhas, Bruce and Frank, they were jamming on covers for quite some time. After the inclusion of Mayank on drums & Shezan on lead guitars by the end of the year, the band gained momentum created few originals and started playing shows in Mumbai. The band's music is hugely influenced by Six Feet Under, Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Carcass, Slayer, Kaamos and other death or extreme metal bands. The band has headlined many festivals as well as won many college competitions.
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October Is An Alternative/Grunge Band From New Delhi, India. The name 'October' hatched out of an unborn egg, infamously known as 'Life'; A dire need to find human beings, in a broken, dusty yet beautiful amplifier called 'humanity' ; Certain unforeseen circumstances, mostly moronic in nature and 'Vela' in stature. On a more serious(ly unforgivably off) note, October plays Rock n roll, brewed with a disastrously large amount of 'Alternative' music,Grunge and a dash of the Blues. The Band Comprises Of: Drik Ghosh - Vocals Abhimanyu Mullick - Vocals Shantanu 'shanty' Sudharshan - Drums Rohan 'banjo' Panjiar - Guitars Shashvat Pandit - Guitars Jeffery Laloo - Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals
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Chronic Phobia is a metal band based in Mumbai with influences of power groove / thrash / death / grind core / metal core and heavy metal. The band has switched from its old school thrash sound to being an extreme metal band as of April 2009 with a complete new set of originals, after starting out as an all out thrash metal band in September 2007. The band has won various college competitions. The line-up: Jugal Jagwani – vocals Pratika Prabhune – bass guitar / clean vocals Pritesh Prabhune – drums Charan Singh Pathania – guitars.
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Well now, the story of Lavender Carnage goes back to the summer of 2008. The band came into limelight after winning the Cafe Coffee Day Grammy 2008 for the best Rock group. The band has performed at venues like Cafe Morrison, Delhi, Hard Rock Cafe, Mumbai and various other college fests around the country. The band members unanimously agree that the sound of the band is heavily influenced by Green Day but it still is unique when it comes to their our own songs.
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"CLEAVE" of the people, for the people & by the people (Winner of Manipur Rock Fest 2009-2010 including best Guitarist, best Drummer, best Bassists, best Vocalist and Red Ribbon Superstar Band of Manipur (Manipur Idol) 2009-2010, including best vocal imphal west at manipur idol. Best Drummer Award at IIT Alchenringa Rock – O – Phonix (IIT Guwahati) 2010 With the competition growing each passing day, "Rock bands" of different genres are working hard in their fields. Music, love and brotherhood being its motto, we don't differentiate castes, religions or creeds in this field, rather all the Rock lovers enjoy & live on a rhythm of beat. Rock, being its one kind of music, attracts large number of people ranging from young to old. We believe that music knows no boundaries and it's always there to support you in your happy, excited, sad, love... etc hours. Cleave gets its meaning from the dictionary - "to split or cut something by using sharp or a heavy object", but we have somewhat personalised and transformed it as "crushing of evil by a force of music", we also believe in doing so in our society with our music. Just as we mentioned earlier, the competition is growing each passing day; we have created our genre and we called it "Progressive Seclusion Metal", under which, we composed many original songs based on fantasy, current situations, HIV/AIDS and historical facts and many other songs like Princess of Arabia, Dusk or Dawn, ART, Seven Years Devastation (Chahi taret khuntakpa), Soldier of Silence, Night of the damn etc being our original Numbers. We want to expose our original Numbers to our beautiful fans everywhere and make them realize we are always there for them in their hard times and good times. We also believe that band must have at least one original composition to expose themselves who really they are and what message do they want to convey to the people.
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As the name suggests, the bands influences range from Old school Blues to Rock’n’Roll. Apart from artists like Muddy Waters, BB King, Eric Clapton, the band also brings in influences from other artists like Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Allman Brothers, Rolling Stones etc. In addition to the standard ensemble, the native sound of harmonica and slide guitar add to the authentic blues feel, combined with a contemporary percussion to form a whole new sound in the Delhi music circuit. Formed in May 2009, we have performed several gigs at Haze, Turquoise Cottage,the Living room, Olive Bar and Kitchen.
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SummerPint jUNkie is from Mumbai. The band combines progressive, psychedelic-rock, grunge and metal music set to today’s culture and modes but also try, in the process, to create music that expresses a range of emotions that delve in symbolism, socially relevant ideas, love and a disorientation of obvious notions. SummerPint Junkie are the only ‘Progressive Space-Grunge’ band around to listen for. The band has hard-hitting lyrics that are sung to unconventional time signatures and eclectic sounds.
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Highway 61 is a Hindi/Urdu rock band based in Pune. The band was formed in November 2008.Each of the band members have been part of various rock bands over the past 7-8 years, and in that time they have been through the usual rock/heavy metal/film music phase that most bands go through. It is now time to make some serious music, and it is with this intention that Highway 61 was conceived. The People: Mohammed Muneem: Lead Vocals/Lyricist Rohit Vasudevan: Lead Guitars/Backing Vocals Jatin Kale: Lead Guitars Rahul Majumdar: Bass Guitars/Backing Vocals Hardik Vaghela: Keys/Backing Vocals Anant Joshi: Drums
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"Pip of the Fourth Mother" started off as a solo project. Jason played drums for many bands in and around Chennai. Later he took up playing the guitar. Jason moved back to Shillong from Chennai in 2009.He met his music buddies Steven(bass) and Ben(drums) and they formed the band in june 2009 where they played at band Night at DejaVu restolounge on June6th. Pip of the Fourth Mother had a lineup change in october with patrick on bass and Ronald on guitar/backing vocals. Then they played twice at the Autumn Festival on 31st october and 6th November where the crowd response was very much unexpected(good :>). A few other shows to mention are Hornbill national Rock contest 2009, World Human rights day 2009,shillong, Alcheringa 2010 @ IIT Guwahati and a few other smaller shows.Pip of the Fourth Mother has a setlist of 10 original numbers where they fit in 1 or 2 covers at times.. Theyre ready to take it to the next level. *"Shillong" by Pip of the Fourth Mother was featured in a compilation "Great Eastern Rock Vol1" by TNT magazine *"Shillong" is again selected by a US label to be featured in a compilation called "Vs. the World" comprising of up and coming alternative bands from all over the world. Jason Manners - vocals/guitar Patrick Khyriem - Bass Ben Daniel - Drums
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In ancient philosophy it is believed that the entire univierse was created just by the vibrations created by the sound of the word OM. Nisvann is the sanskrit word for SOUND, symbolizing power, energy and the universe in its purest form. Just as the universe it created,Sound is a raging beast of raw power that has an unimaginable number of forms and can raise a storm or calm a volcano or simply move thousands and millions of people in ways unlike anyhing else. Old tales tell of how Miyan Tansen almost burned from the inside when he sang the raag Deepak and how his daughter then exhibited control over the weather by singing Raag Megh Malhaar and made it rain to save his life. Nisvann is an attempt to gain some semblance of control over that mightiest of universal forces by envoking its ever changing, varied and versatile form to make an impact, a change in this world we live in today.
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Tough on Tobacco is singer songwriter Sid Coutto’s talent packed, genre bending, convention defying, wildly funny brand new live act. The music is a mix of pop, rock and reggae. ‘Tough on Tobacco’ is an anti -tobacco message. The band advocates not to start smoking because it’s hard to quit once you start! And it’s just not worth it! The band believes that if even one young adult says no to tobacco because they heard Tough on Tobacco, they’ll be justified in their cause!
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Digital Suicide is an alternative rock band from Guwahati, Assam, India. The band consists of Daniel Langthasa on lead vocals and guitar, Deepak Borah on backing vocals and bass guitar, and Ratan Bordoloi on drums and percussion. Their sound is a refreshing blend of alternative rock music, grunge, punk, old school Bollywood music, mid- 90s boy band pop and progressive rock. Digital Suicide is the new voice of independent rock scene of India. Strong bass and drum groove acts as the driving force behind the band’s music with the guitar providing simple atmospheric and ambient textures to the songs rather than just carrying the melody. Digital Suicide’s flirtation with 70’s disco and 80’s pop melodies reflect on their vocal melodies. The band is known for their energetic live performances. Their lyrical themes and inspiration involve California dreams, love, communal hate, regional terrorism, real politik, fatty food, sex, hallucination, wild life, animals, global warming, aliens etc and to see a clearer sky is Digital Suicide’s concern.
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Zygnema is four piece heavy /power groove metal band. The basic idea of the band is to attain a sound of its own and to send messages to the society through our music. The band believes in focusing on current affairs happening in the country and society.With respect to that the band also loves to Groove and dig deep down on riffs that are heavy and groove oriented.Zygnema was formed somewhere in August 2005.The founder members of this band are Jimmy and Sidharth,who managed to stick around for almost a year inspite of an unstable lineup .By December 2006 the band line up became strong complete and consistent when Ravi and Mayank decided to lend a helping hand.The band was on break from Sept 2007-Sept 2008 because Sidharth, the guitarist of Zygnema had to depart to get a music degree from Musicians Institute(Los Angeles) . This band has also been featured in the upcoming documentary called rockumentary which is going to release by May 2009 and have a list of full page articles in Hindustan times,Mid day,Sakaal.
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There could be many reasons why every now and then a group of youngsters decide to form a band. This quintet simply wants to make good music and have a good time while they’re at it. After a painstakingly long search for a drummer, the line up was completed finally on 10.02.2009. MH 04’s music is based on a concept which only a few bands have dared to follow in the past: Alternative rock music based on Indian melodies and ragas. The band’s members come from various backgrounds and thereby bring in diverse musical influences, a fact which acts as the requisite catalyst for many of the band’s creative endeavours. With every new composition the band strives harder to achieve the fusion of the alternative rock sound with exquisite melodic tranquility of Indian melodies. Almost all the compositions of the band have a distinct melody attached to them while retaining a heavy and groovy alternative rock sound. The name of the band couldn’t have been better thought of as the boys from Thane get all geared up to serenade the crowds with their music. The line up consists of Anand, Vikrant, Muni, Nikhil and Kiron. Here’s a little bit about every member of MH 04.
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Formed in 2005, Half Step Down began gigging in 2006 as essentially a rock ‘n’ roll band, though it would be more accurate to acknowledge their sound as a versatile mish-mash incorporating elements of the blues, alt-rock, funk and reggae. Consciously refusing to let themselves be fenced in by genres, they derive their sound from influences and inspirations ranging from Led Zeppelin, RHCP, and Dave Matthews to Rachmaninoff, Marley, and Django Reinhardt. In early 2007 the band made it to GIR with their track Overture to Outerspace, which subsequently launched them on a much vaster platform. They spent most of the following year touring the country, taking time out in June to appear on Channel [V]’s show Launch Pad. They wrapped ‘07 with a highly acclaimed unplugged performance in their city, Delhi, where their cover of Redemption Song stood out as one of the critics’ finest of the evening. Known for their antics on stage, HSD are perhaps as much the performers, as they are the musicians. With a hedonistic approach to music, they maintain an air of fun that remains a key quotient despite lineup changes and other minor disruptions. The nomenclature of the band is derived from the fact that the band tune their guitars a step down from standard tuning. Half Step Down are Dhaval (vocals), Carl (bass), Shiv (piano/organ), Srijan (drums) and Karan (guitar/backing vocals).
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Illuminati was born back in 2006 when the members were studying in Jain college. Shubhodeep wanted to form a rock band in college and got in touch with a few people. After many changes in the lineup Illuminati found a stable one. Initially the band played competitions at college levels. The turning point for the band was Campus rock idols 2006 where the band qualified to the regional finals. Since then Illuminati has played and won more than 25 competitions at both college and semi-pro levels. Some of their big Wins were: Campus rock idols 2007 – Regional Winners BMSCE Whiplash 2007 Jipmer(Pondicherry) 2007 IIM Lucknow – 2008 & 2009 IIM Bangalore – 2008 & 2009
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The Local Train is a Delhi - Chandigarh based Hindi rock act.They have a unique acoustic driven sound with melodious vocal hooks. The band is currently working on their first EP The band comprises of Raman Negi(lead vocals),Abhinav Bansal(lead guitars/piano), Anand sharma(rhythm guitars/backing vocals), Sahil sarin(drums) and Ramit Mehra(bass).
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The seed of Bliss Logic was planted in 2002. You may not find a lot of logic in the music of Blisslogic but you will hopefully obtain a considerable amount of musical bliss. “The tracks are just explorations of ideas, thoughts, moods and feelings… it’s intensely personal in that sense ” said Yanger.” But I’ve been told that it makes sense to a lot of people. So if it works… great”
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There’s a lot that has been said and a lot that can be said about the mad scientists that have created and feed Split. But in a nutshell, they are a bunch of good friends, a quintet of drinking buddies, and musicians that know how to floor a tune. Split was formed in 2001 and, after the usual rock 'n' roll roulette of line-up changes, broken strings, lost equipment and assorted mishaps, settled on the perfect formula for chaos. With Garreth on vocals, Mel and Aviv on guitars, Shekhar on bass and Nigel on drums, Split’s music has conquered stages, hearts, and minds across the country. Split's music is equally about conflict and resolution. A slick construction of wit and drunken wisdom, with baritone bass and pounded drums that chase edgy guitar riffs and screaming solos right down to a breakdown of nuclear proportions. The themes range from the epic to the mundane; from slimy evangelists to train travel, from revolution to becoming “adult”, and from existential angst to the eternal favourite – a broken heart. Split has played the pants off festivals like ‘Independence Rock’ & ‘GIR’ more than once, not to mention ‘Eastwind’ & ‘June Rock Out’ .They have also performed at events like ‘Yamaha Roxx’, ‘RSJ Pubrockfest’ and ‘Channel V- Launch pad’ and have been featured twice on India's premier Indie Unmetal compilation ‘Stupiditties’ as well as on GIR’s Volume X.
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When the Traveling Rivers woke up one morning from their unsettling dreams, they refused to find themselves changed into a monstrous vermin. And of the desire to sound out their refusal, this strange looking band, half-men-half-vermin, weird but wonderful started making their music. With their distinctive hybrid of folk, blues, introspection, jazz and all the genuine, honest music of the universe, the riverine band remains in a constant state of flux, plunging their eager proboscis everywhere, genre after genre, artist after artist, experience after experience, into the vast unknown recesses of the internet and the illegal. Still in their nascent days, the band holds tremendous promise, takes its music seriously, and takes the serious musically.
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RUCKUS (Formerly RADAR) is a band that plays a lot of different kind of music, from Classic Rock to Alternative. The band was formed in mid November 2006 with Rishi Talwar (Vocals and Guitar) and Aditya Talwar (Percussion and Back up Vocals) looking for a Bass player who enjoyed the music they play. That’s when a common friend introduced them to Prasad Ruparel (Bass Guitar). The Band has now been jamming on a regular basis for nearly two years now and there has been a lot of different stuff that they come up with every time they jam. They have a number of originals as well as covers which they personally feel very strongly about.
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FIVE8 is a progressive band from Delhi and was formed in the summer of 2005 at Kirori Mal College. With a keyboard player prone to untimely panic attacks and obsessed with funk, syncopation and bringing that ultra cool "feel" to everything we play; a bass player who brings to the table a rare combination of unbridled enthusiasm, formidable technique and killer rhythm; a guitar player working relentlessly – not just on the instrument but also on a time machine that is sure to bring Vito Brata back for another roar. A drummer who has no issues with meter, technique, genre and causing permanent damage to our eardrums with those overpowering rimshots. And a vocalist who comes into practise after sweating it out with an Indian classical choir and undoubtedly hits those exact same notes you heard Sebastian Bach hit a moment ago[with the vibrato and everything;)]. What we DO care about is playing well together, sounding tight(and then cranking that up a notch or two), about coalescing our various influences into something innovative.
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The band began with a group of five students teaming up to represent Xavier Institute of Communications at the city’s most prestigious inter-collegiate festival, Malhar held in August this year. On realizing that they shared a lot in common besides their musical inclinations, the band decided to take this group a step forward, roped in a bassist and thus formed, Snatch D’Monk. Snatch D’Monk is a Mumbai based versatile rock band that cuts through varied genres of music with musicians from across the country and from an array of backgrounds. With influences ranging from funk to alternative rock and blues to progressive rock, the band is slowly gaining recognition for their unique style of music. Capitalizing on a catchy name which does have a lot of sub-text and connotations to it (will be revealed soon!); the band hopes to make a strong impact in the Indian rock scene with their live acts and records. Some of the band’s influences include the likes of Jamiroquai, Alice in Chains, Bob Marley, Days of the New, Dave Matthews Band, Eddie Vedder, Eric Clapton, Frank Zappa, Incubus, RHCP, Hendrix, John Mayer, Jose Gonzalez, Led Zeppelin, Nick Drake, Phish, Porcupine Tree, Zakk Wylde, Tenacious D, The Grateful Dead, The Beatles, Blues Traveler. The band doesn’t believe in covering music literally but making each cover their own. The band has recorded two rough demo tracks at present and intends recording loads more in the near future. “Something Else” and “6 March, 2111”, though very different from each other, both stem from the variety, versatility and different styles of the band members. Snatch D’Monk is Keegan D’Mello – Vocals/Harmonica Sameer Suri – Lead Guitar Arjun – Guitar/Vocals Nikhil Carneiro – Keyboards Sambhav Khandelwal – Drums Demetrius D’Souza – Bass Having gigged around the city at venues like Not Just Jazz by the Bay, Celebrate Bandra Festival, FIrangi Paani, the Monks are very much eyeing newer venues to SNATCH a few more fans their way.
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Formerly known as The Apostles, Zinc is a Delhi based band and has been together for 3 years now. The band was formed in July 2006 in school by Akshay Kaushik, Madhav Moorthy, Gautam Menon, and Mansur Farhat. It featured Akshay and Madhav on vocals and guitars while Gautam was on drums and Mansur on bass. Our first gig was at the farewell for the class XII batch. In the following year, we played at the school numerous times and took part in 2 interschool competitions. With the end of school life in 2007, we entered different colleges. The band was featured on the Delhi university local radio station and also got a chance to play at the Hindustan Times Youth Nexus (2007) and Ramjas College (Delhi University). Summer 2008 brought about some changes in the lineup with Mansur leaving the band and the additions of Soumya Jha on lead vocals. The band also had Soumyajeet Roy on keyboards during this time. Zinc, then, proceeded to record an EP with Basement Records Studios, which is now available. Unfortunately, for now, the EP is available only in New Delhi and all interested in purchasing their copy should contact the band members. One of the songs on the EP, Jinxed, was even reviewed by Rolling Stones Magazine and was given 3 out of 5 stars. The band has also played at the IP College For Women, as a part of their film festival. In December 2008, Zinc played a 2-hour set at Terrace Garden in TDI mall, Rajouri Garden. Most recently, the band entered the NSIT rock competition, Avalanche, with the addition of their new bassist, Nawal Alvin Minj, and they reached the elimination round after creating quite an impression. In addition to this, Zinc has been regularly gigging at the Living Room Café in Hauz Khas Village. Zinc has also recently added Nitin Saksena on rhythm guitar. Zinc's sound has been the subject of much debate since it does not conform to any particular genre. Featuring a host of influences, ranging from jazz to progressive rock, Zinc's music is charachterised by haunting vocals, blues influenced guitaring, signature drum beats, all defined and complemented by mature song writing. In addition, the band also tries to bring in a flavour of Art Rock, featuring long improvisational passages, which are important components of their music.
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Blood & Iron was formed in early 2005 by Ashish and Vivin with the aim of forging a new kind of band, combining the best the various sub-genres of Metal have to offer. After numerous line-up changes, for about a year and a half, the band stabilized – and since then there’s been no looking back. Each member of the band brings a variety of influences which makes the synthesis – the music – of Blood & Iron so unique. While firmly rooted in Metal, the band effortlessly displays unbridled innovation and virtuosic skill combined with catchiness, raw power and melodic passages. Blood & Iron is accessible to a wide spectrum of listeners without ever sacrificing the integrity required to play this form of music. Blood & Iron carves a new path in the Metal universe and it’s not easily classified under any one genre. It’s just Metal, as pure as it gets without any compromises and without any restrictions.Blood & Iron released a self-titled demo album in 2007. It received an amazing response in the underground metal scene and has encouraged the band to strive for greater things.
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Evergreen’s music can be loosely classified as slightly progressive, midly heavy, and for the most part, melodic hard rock. Its roots lie in their individually varied tastes in music. What makes them difference is their approach to music as it is targeted both at musicians and common ear. The band’s vocalist and keyboardist were nominated at JD Rock Awards. The band has played various prestigious festivals all over the country. The band comprises of: Jagan George ( Vocals) Arjun Sasi ( Bass) Saji Antony ( Keys) Sunil Silvester ( Guitars) Anish ( Drums).
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It was in the dark winter of 2003 that three members of a death metal outfit in Aizwal finally decided that there should be a permanent representative in the capital city of New Delhi. They did that in the form of an upstart death metal band called IIIrd Sovereign. Since their first gig at Lunglei ( Mizoram) these metal heads have never looked back. They have gone from strength to strength facing numerous obstacles in their evolution with admirable determination. Currently, they are working on their second full-length album, due to release later this year.
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Imagine a huge avalanche sliding down a mountain and you’re right in its path, only the avalanche is coming down holding guitars and screaming its guts out. Bhayanak Maut hails from Mumbai, the metal capital of India. Bhayanak Maut make it a career goal to win over audiences at rock festivals all over India, having won several honours in their six years of existence, at competitions including Strawberry Fields, Bangalore; Livewire, Mumbai, and Saarang, Chennai. Their appearances at Independence Rock, Great Indian Rock and on Channel [V]’s wildly popular Launch Pad show propelled the band to plumb new depths of the musical equivalent of fearsome death. It continues to charm, delight, and be, erm, fearsome. Bhayanak Maut are Vinay (vocals), Sunneith (vocals), Venky (guitar), Aditya (guitar), Vinit (bass) and Rahul (drums).
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Spook is a 5 piece pop-rock alternative band It was born out of a previous 1-gig fun covers outfit played by drummer Zain Calcuttawala, violin player-Clavell Santiago and guitarist/vocalist Akshay Deodhar. Wanting to complete the band and move past the whole covers rut that bands get stuck in, after much searching, almost in the same week they came across keyboard player, Anis Gandhi(of Sledgehammer fame) who bass player Sonam Lama. The 5 instantly clicked and got together for their first show at Cafe Goa for BEP's UTV music and movies night opening for the band Aftertaste. With various influences of Funk, Metal, Progressive Metal, Western Classical, Grunge , Classic and pop-rock, Sonam and Akshay do most of the songwriting with the entire band actually coming together to complete and arrange songs. The music that the 5 churn out is an interpretation by 4 people of a song written by the fifth. While they are constantly working on their increasing originals set, the band are at present in the process of recording a 5 song EP to get some of their music out and not just leave it online. With 5 shows under their belt and 2 more coming up, Spook hopefully shall have their music well known and widespread. Concentrating more on how they sound as opposed to how they look, Spook are around and here to stay! Overhauls can be powerful, and more so when they happen in your own garage. Spook is a band that’s a manifestation of pure, unbridled, raw energy. A collective of five band expats barely-into-their-twenties minds; Spook sounds fresh off the laundromat – spiffy. Akshay Deodhar on vocals and rhythm guitar is the songwriting talent, crafting the incendiary musicianship of Anis Gandhi on piano, Zain Calcuttawala on percussion and drums, Clavell Santiago on violin and Sonam Lama on bass into scattered sound-packets stitched in melodies and harmonies. Grunge based, heavy, reverberating sounds echo in a spiral of constant whirlpool of musical emoting – Spook represent everything a young band should be. Passionate. That’s the least you can expect out of an outfit represented by a gawking Owl called Pedro as the mascot, considering their influences range from Pearl jam, Chris Cornell, Coldplay, RHCP, GooGoo Dolls, Alice In Chains, Foo Fighters, The Calling and Kings of Leon to name a few. Progressively new age, yet rebelliously old-skool; Spook songs bridge the gaps between instrumental solos and melodic riffs enchantingly. Diverse logic may be easy to define each band mate’s musical heritage Post their one gig at Café Goa where they played a 3 song solo set, where a call for resurrection from a threatening damper called power failure only displayed their eclectic performance skills. This be true grunge and just made you raise your fingers in a m/. ‘Spook’ have the potential to spook the daylights out of you. Hang around and lend an ear!
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When their particular brand of irreverent music landed them the winner’s title at Independence Rock 2007 in Mumbai, their insatiable hunger for composing, playing and releasing music started taking prominence. Shortly after their 2006 EP ‘Have Hard Will Core’, Scribe released their first full length album called ‘Confect’ following it up with an intensive tour making all sorts of squiggly lines across the map of India and in the process winning fans outside of it as well.
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Lazy River is a 4 piece indie-rock/ funk blues-ish outfit that started as a bunch of friends jamming. formed in 2006 and a few line up changes later, lazy river has been actively gigging and has worked towards a groovy, blues laced psychedelic jam-band oriented sound thats only gotten clearer since. The band draws it's influences from artists and bands such as john scofield band, arctic monkeys, led zeppelin, hendrix, franz ferdinand, john mayer, etc. Members: Meg D'souza-Vocals,Chaitanya Bhalla-Guitars,Jeffrey Laloo-Bass,Farid singh-Drums
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When Satan and God had sex, the big bang happened. However since Satan was prone to multiple orgasms another bang happened and that’s how Workshop was formed. Workshop launched their 1st video Cookie Monster on 19th March 2009, exactly a year after transforming into Workshop and starting writing their debut effort. May 2009 saw the release of the Khooni Murga CD DVD combo, the 1st for any Indian band and the album is already creating waves across the country.
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With vocals that shimmer over an expansive ocean of guitar sounds that are as jagged-edged as they are crunchy, with an almost aching longing in the softer parts that segue seamlessly into each other , Bicycle Days is a band that is fearless and will stand for itself in the face of all the “this-is-not-how-music-is-played” pundits. The refreshing thing about Bicycle Days is that these young gentlemen have something to say. With lyrical themes that are as powerful social commentary as they are plain old enjoyable songs, they’re brave enough to speak of issues as thorny as religious intolerance – something that requires courage and conviction along with a sense of musical propriety.
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Lucid Recess is an Alternative Metal/Hard Rock band from Guwahati, Assam, India. It was formed in 2004 by brothers Siddharth and Amitabh but became active from the end of 2007. Partha Boro joined them as their drummer in 2009. Their music is a blend of Alternative Metal and Hard Rock. Their songs range from both heavy and fast to slow ballads and try to write songs that people can relate to. The elements that can be seen in their songs are catchy choruses, meaningful lyrics, good melodies and memorable hooks. Lucid Recess released their 7 song EP ‘Carved’ in Dec 2007 which was later distributed as the CD of the month with RSJ magazine, with a circulation of 42,000 copies all over India, in their June 2009 issue. The video of their song ‘Painstaking Obsession’ was directed by Reuben Issac with the cast of the Theater Studies Group, Surrey University, UK. They have performed at the Prestigious Great India Rock in Shillong in 2008. In 2009, they played shows in Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Shillong and Guwahati in the Kingfisher RSJ PubRockFest along with other artists like Boomerang, October, Jester and Five Little Indians. They were also headliners in no. of shows in Assam such as IIT Guwahati Rock O Phoenix 2010, Picks N' Sticks 2008 in Guwahati, Rock Chapel Vol II 2009 in Diphu, Rock Harvester 2009 in Howraghat etc.
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Curve is a Bangalore based duo, comprising two permanent members as of now. Deepak is the vocalist and rhythm guitarist. Ambar Nag is the lead guitarist. They have been together for about 4 years. Ambar is an accomplished guitar player who has been on the instrument (classical and electric) for more than 10 years. Ambar has a blues band too, with which he performs at leading venues in Bangalore. Deepak has been with Altered Scales ( a Bangalore rock band) and performed a few gigs in the Bangalore music scene. However, he's more of an independent composer, vocalist and rhythm guitar player.
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The band was formed in year 2006, and specializes in the Modern Age Alternative Music. In 2009, Channel [V] Launch pad III was responsible for bringing Prachir to the attention of the national audience. They created an emphatic buzz and made their presence felt nationwide. It was for the first time that Bengali Rock Music came into prominence on a national platform.
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(the story so far) : no safe word started when singer songwriter kishore (adam and the fish eyed poets http://www.myspace.com/afisheyedpoet) got bored of writing/recording songs in his bedroom and wanted to start a psychobilly band(ie punk garage rockabilly influences) in the tradition of the gun club and the cramps just to shake up chennai's boring non-adventurous music scene ....Kishore and guitar player Vikki kannon formed the band on the infamous night the "black lips" destroyed Chennai ....inspired by the sheer madness of the gig, they recruited charan and simi (who were similarly jaded with the stagnant music scene) to handle the rhythm section and within 2 days kishore wrote a fresh setlist of ten songs and set things in motion , the band played their first gig with "them clones" and "junkyard groove" at the rollingstone summer tour on the 23rd of may...which was followed by several more gigs in the following month each more intense than the last, generating a real buzz about the city with thier lethal combination of a wild, agressively cathartic live act and cleverly crafted pop songs (which the band are currently recording in kishore's bedroom) when asked about their sound ,the band claims they were looking for a "dark ominous, blatently sexual psychobilly/blues sound while maintaining a refined and literate streak .." and their live act aims to express the "nihilistic and hedonistic urges of a lost generation trapped in the crossfire of conflicting cultures all while serving to entertain like no other indian band has done before",the band admits that despite the adventurous artistic approach(such as playing a toy casio plugged into distortion pedals and many other crazy little stunts) the eventual objective is to write good effective pop songs, which is obvious in the chaotic ear worms that are "hack hack hack" and "machete rules", the disturbing yet inspiring "porky's last stand" and a gory reinvention of Michael Jackson’s "billie jean" which fits seamlessly into the dark lurid world of love lust and murder scripted by Kishore who's says that his lyrical objective for this band is " to write the greatest b grade horror movie musical of all time". The immediate influences cited by the band include "the cramps , the gun club , nick cave and the bad seeds,the birthday party, the gories ,the stooges , mc5 , the horrors , patti smith ,tom waits , screaming jay hawkins , howlin wolf , new york dolls, the rolling stones circa exile on main street ,oblivions ,the sex pistols , bad brains, and several other bands of a similar vein they also admit to all share a common love for british pop music like the smiths the la's, blur and the beatles among others Kishore Krishna - vocals ,and miscellaneous noise emmiters Vicky Kannon - guitars Simi Singh - bass Charan B - drums
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February 31st is a solo project focused on making honest, feel-good music. Though not restricted to any particular genre, the overall feel could be classified as grunge-influenced alternative rock. The soul of the project lies in experiencing the music and well, feeling good. February 31st signifies that state that will never happen on any ordinary day. Maybe somewhere in shangri-la they have it every year. who knows.
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Suspended fifth’s songs are perfect for listening to while one is driving down a windy street in the city, with not a care in the world. Having said that, their live stage performances are even more phenomenal. All hailing from different parts of Kolkata, and performing in the language of their city, it is not surprising that their music has a strong urban flavour. With that flavour intact, however, there is a certain unconventionality packed in. When asked what inspires them they come up with answers like, “sports, good food, Kolkattans seem to be loving this band quite a lot, with Suspended FIFTH gracing the stage at quite a few venues all around Kolkata. The crowds love their singles, ‘Himalaya’ and ‘Bichanar aloo’.
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The Light Years are an Indie/Punk/Garage revival band from Mumbai.Formed in August 2009 , their music is characterized by fast tempos , catchy melody's and meaty hooks, and their live shows are insanely fun. The song the Weapon was featured in Stupidities 3 , India's premier un-mental compilation. Band Members: Saurabh Roy – Vocals, Guitars Aaron Carvalho – Drums Shalom Benjamin – Bass, Backing Vocals
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Formed: Late 2009 Genre: downtempo/electronica/triphop ___________________________________ Sulk Station is an electronic music duo from Chennai/Bangalore and consists of Tanvi Rao (Vocals/Synthesizer) and Rahul Giri (Knobs/Sliders/Pads). Their music is a mishmash of various electronic genres (down tempo/trip-hop/ambient/etc) and has traces of Indian classical music at times. Sulk Station, when only four months and two tracks old was nominated for the Toto Funds the Arts for Music and received a Special Jury Commendation. The TFA jury described their music as “stark and beautiful.”
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The Mavyns are a rock band from Mumbai, who are heavily inspired by the life and times of The Beatles. Having developed a brit-pop sound, The Mavyns are currently one of the bands on the rise across India. The Mavyns are Vivek (vocals/guitar/keys), Pradeep (vocals/guitar), Kristofor (drums/percussion) and Varoon (bass).
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Khiladi is a Mumbai based Metal/Punk/Rock n Roll band. Formed in September 2008, the band is the brainchild of P-Man. So far Khiladi has already played gigs all over Mumbai, Pune, Goa and Bangalore with performances at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2009, Gaajaa Baajaa Music Expo 2009 in Pune, Republic Rock – Celebrate Mumbai Festival 2009, Let’s Rock Pune Festival 2009, Celebrate Bandra Festival 2009, as well as college festivals all over Mumbai. They call their music Metal n Roll, and it’s all about going back to the roots of rock n roll, uprooting them, and putting them back with a twist that will blow your mind. While Khiladi is relatively a new band, the members are all experienced musicians having played with a number of bands. Khiladi comprises of P-Man on bass/vocals (PDV), Ashu (Baba Bangali) on guitars (Groovelab), Nikhil on guitars and Viru on drums (PDV, Prayag, Demonic Resurrection). This unusual combination of musical influences combines well to create a powerful and in-your-face sound. A Khiladi gig is always super-fun to watch and never complete without some crazy antics and stand-up comedy by P-Man. P-Man a.k.a Khiladi No. 1 – Bass/Vocals Baba Bangali – Guitars Nikhil a.k.a. International Khiladi – Guitars Viru a.ka. International Khiladi – Drums
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BLAKC started of in 2005 when Shawn (vocals) and Anish (guitars) started jamming in St. Xavier’s College. 2006 saw Roop and Shishir join the band on bass and drumsrespectively. In 2007, the final lineup change was Reinhardt on guitars. Since then Blakc have played over 50 shows and competitions across eight cities in India. Shows with 50 people to shows with over 3,000 people like in Indore, Kanpur, Pune, Ahmedabad, Assam and Delhi .BLAKC is only about two things, the music and he fans.
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Sometime in early 2008, Paradigm Shift sprung into existence. They realized how their outlook on music had uncanny similarities though influences were vast and varied. These fundamental commonalities helped them transcend what other bands would often stumble over. Capitalizing on this chemistry they have worked fervently to identify and hone their sound. Blending the infectiousness of funk, crunchy rock n’ roll and staccato of progressive with hints of Indian classical in a musical kaleidoscope that deftly ventures out of the realms of each. Despite their straightforward approach to composition, Paradigm Shift’s technical arsenal is singular that never alienates the listener. In fact it causes unpredictable, if not consistent bursts of head banging, violent foot tapping and vigorous cheering. With the drummer providing a bedrock foundation, the guitarists bringing forth melodic irresistibility, the bassist, unrestrained energy and the vocalist musical rapture, Paradigm Shift hopes to keep evolving with their drive and love for sound. With eight album capable originals which are Damn, In Too Deep, Radiance, Funk This, High, Stud Farm, Fuzzy Logic, All Wrong, Mother Perfect, Psychonaut; The band has won over mobs of fans and critics alike. Each time on stage, Paradigm Shift put on a vividly energized show for their music enthusiasts, combining their originals with covers of all time favorite numbers from bands like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Queen, Wolfmother, Pearl Jam, Guns n’ Roses, Foo Fighters and The Rolling Stones among others. Band Highlights (in chronological order) - Winners Momentum ‘08 at Institute of Technology and Management, Gurgaon. Took the best vocalist title as well. - 2nd runners up, Moksha ‘08 at Netaji Subhash Chandra Institute of Technology. - Won 2nd position at Blitzkrieg ’08,ICFAI, Gurgaon. - Performed at Dublin, Maurya Sheraton November ’08 as Part of Rock n’ Roll Thursdays. - Performed at 'Elevation' organized by AIESEC Delhi alongside Lazy River. - Performed an acoustic set at Chili Seasons, January ‘09 on The Special Band Night. - Opened for English Wine Shop at Mocha BAR in June ’09. Covered by The Times of India online @ http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4672732.cms - Played at The Living Room in July ’09 as a part of Sunday Specials. - Performed alongside Frequency and IAFWAY in September ’09 at Superstars, Noida as a part of Kingfisher PubRockFest. - Short-listed for GIR ‘09. Were amongst the top 8 Delhi bands. - Finalists at Synchronicity ’09,IIT Kanpur with Best Drummer - Paradigm Shift and Parikrama at Passion ’09, IMT Ghaziabad on 2nd November ‘09. - Played at Café Oz in March ’10 as part of weekly band nights. - Featured on 104.8 FM as Artist/Band of the month in March ‘10 - Selected for Indian Rock Revolution 2010, India's first studio based compilation album to be released later this year across the nation.
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It was in the dark winter of 2003 that three members of a death metal outfit in Aizwal finally decided that there should be a permanent representative in the capital city of New Delhi. They did that in the form of an upstart death metal band called IIIrd Sovereign. Since their first gig at Lunglei ( Mizoram) these metal heads have never looked back. They have gone from strength to strength facing numerous obstacles in their evolution with admirable determination. Currently, they are working on their second full-length album, due to release later this year.
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Funky. Groovy. Eclectic. Vicious. Happy. Mellow. Furious. Quirky. Angsty. Bouncy. Think of a musical recipe which has a healthy dollop of all these ingredients and you’re thinking The Circus. A band that believes the ferocity of intent and perfection of execution and an absolute take no prisoners attitude when it comes to their original music.
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Tempo Tantrick’s music, while difficult to classify into the rigid confines of a genre, infuses elements of funk, electronica and break beat, while also trying to amalgamate the same with a hint of both members' cultural diversities. Their uniquely diverse musical tastes set them apart from a large majority. To explain it sans the jargon, Tempo Tantrick’s music makes even the most uptight listener move. The principle that the duo works on is relatively simple – to make music that the listener can relate to, retain and recollect. There is no great philosophy or ideology behind the lyrics except that each song is based on something real and that description is what best represents the duo and their music. While Tempo Tantrick primarily functions as a duo, they aim to collaborate with various musicians to create a dynamic that is always fresh and diverse.
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In the beginning, the four piece band hailing from the hills of Aizawl ,Mizoram was formed back in 2005, as a simple local band for doing and performing covers and other local gigs. But, however during the fall of last year 2006's , their pathway took an adverse turn when they discovered their creativity for songwriting and arrangements ;hence-onwards - performing and managing their own original compositions with having the crowd go wild with their killer performances everywhere . Within a short span of a few months, they were able to release their E.P called "Rhythm of a Revolution" with no signing on recording labels as such. The band likes to call their music as Junk rock since it contains progressions of various genres of music which ranges from - jazz, blues, reggae, funk and to extreme metal. Therefore, in the end their music makes out to what can all be truly unified and be signified as a pure "Rock & Roll". The four piece band is triggered by a soul-full six-string slinger, a thundering and groovy bass player, implemented with a battering ram from the backside and with killer performances from the front-man. The Band Line Up: Atea Lianmawaia – Vocals, Guitars Brian Hangsing – Guitars Joshua Zoramliana – Bass RS - Drums
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The band was formed on the 22nd of March, 2009 by four young individuals; Jonah on guitars, Mike on bass, Rindy on drums and Jeff on vocals. Musical influences range from different styles including Rock n' Roll, Blues, Grunge, Alternative and Punk summed up together in a form of Hard Rock. The band has participated in only two rock contests to this date viz, N.I.T Thunder March, Silchar, on April of 2009 and were 2nd runners up there. They also bagged the first prize on MICAH Challenge; a state level rock contest held in Aizawl as a media show. Freddy's Nightmare are now among the popular local bands in Mizoram. The Band Line up: Jeff (Vocals) Jonah (Guitar) Mike (Bass) Rindy(Drums)
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Silver is a rock band formed with the intention of creating original groovy music. Their ethereal melodies and resonant tone combined with haunting and inspired performances make for a heady listening experience. A fun mix of musicians highly influenced by blues, funk, rock , jazz and good old reggae they bring you a sound that is distinctly, well, S.I.L.V.E.R. Silver were national winners at Yamaha Roxx 2008 and represented India in Taiwan at the Asian Beat 2008. They also were Independence Rock winners in 2008. Silver are Mahesh (vocals), Savio (guitar), Rishi (bass/ambience) and Amit (drums).
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Cast away your tried and tested alt rock flavourings just this once and find new home in the atmospheric, prog -laden abyss that is Goddess Gagged, primarily a three piece showcase of Bombay’s youngest rock talent and now a full fledged five piece behemoth. Breathing in influences from all cross sections of nineties rock/metal following up to present day prog kings like Karnivool and Porcupine Tree these five fantasists find cohesion within layers of intricate guitar work, crushing rythyms, solid basslines and moody atmospherics worthy of the darkest nights of solitude. The Band Members:- Arman Menzies – Guitars/Vocals Krishna Jhaveri – Bass Jeremy D’souza - Drums
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The band "The Avalanche" was formed in the mid of December 2008 . They define their genre of music as alternative funk. The band did its first gig at Campus rock idols 2009. Band Achievements : Campus Rock Idols (Regional Finalist) LBISM COLLEGE (Winner) GTBIT COLLEGE (Winner) Delhi college of Arts & Commerce (Runners up) M.A.I.T College(Runners up) Amity University (Best Bassist) The band has performed at IIM Ahemdabad, IIM INDORE, IIT Rorke Cafe Morrison, Blues,Chicane, SRCC, DCE
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The Pot, Stone & Blues are a delightful bunch of musicians, who believe in playing their heart out through their instruments. The band is focused towards creating music which people instantaneously recognize and get carried away to hallucinogenic spaces envisaged as a euphoric manifestation of melodies. The music is so pure and innocent that it creeps under your skin.
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Moving away from the “rock till you drop” genre, this eclectic band displays a new kind of energy straight from the heart. The band is the perfect melting pot for these musicians as each one brings their individual influences to the fore. With a unique sound that is jazz, funk, blues and progressive rock, Level 9 is probably one of India’s most unique sounding rock bands. The band played in Channel V’s launchpad 2007, along with 16 other bands from all over India. The band got selected for RSJ’s The Great Indian Rock festival’08 and played at Hamsadhwani, New Delhi Band Members: Anirudh Goswamii (Lead Guitars) Nikhil Auluck (Guitars)
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Undying Inc is a combination of two different words that form a common ideology. A band known for making some overwhelming heavy music in today’s metal scene. Combining a lethal blend of speed, technique, groove and extreme aggression, Undying Inc create a sound they can proudly call their own. The band has been around since 2004 and has been consistently building a formidable reputation. Relentless intensity, sharp twists; rapid changes and fluid gear shifting make their music a lesson in monumental grind like ferociousness. The result is crushing! Like adrenaline in the bloodstream, Undying Inc is at once powerful, explosive and yet abstract. UI live is a wrecking ball, having honed their destructive skills to such an extent, that violent mosh-pits break out at even the smallest venues they play.
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Subhro & Sourin - brothers and connivers behind it all are singers, song writers and instrument lovers. They recorded an album named Sacred Musings in collaboration with Utpal, a creative composer and arranger for The Freaky Devotees Band. Few songs from the album were aired by the ABC Radio networks in the U.S. after being selected by an International radio show named Fame Games focused on best undiscovered Indie music from around the world. The Freaky Devotees were nominated for two years in succession in categories like Best World Act, Best Spiritual Song and Best World Song at the Effigy Awards organized by the Fame Games. They won the Best World Artist title at the 2009 Effigy Awards. Sourin and Subhro also performed recently at the Radio Mirchi sound check.
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Dark Horizon hailing from the hills of Haflong, Assam was formed back in 2003 as a school band. Soon the band started their rock n roll business. But the band became inactive a year later as all the members were pursuing higher education in different locations. After a gap of two years, the band reformed in the year 2005 with some slight changes in their line-up. Once again the band resumed their duty towards rock n roll. Since then, the band has never looked back and has performed at various rock competitions and soon started getting various local gigs. Within a short span of time, the band starts gaining popularity among the masses and also considered one of the emerging upcoming bands from North East India. The band defines their music as Alternative Funk Rock with blend of Reggae, Blues and Rock n Roll. Headlined “Rongtheang Traditional Festival”, Diphu - Karbi Anglong on 29th October 2009 Headlined “Tarang 09”, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi on 13th November 2009 Headlined “7 Sisters Winter Rock Fest”, DLF Place, Saket, New Delhi on 14th and 15th November 2009 Performed at “Shilputsav 2010”, Guwahati on 18th January 2010 Performed at “Fireball 2010”, Shilpgram, Guwahati on 14th February 2010.
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Dischordian began as an attempt to move away from the wall of sound and aggression and testosterone that makes up most rock music. Dischordian is constantly evolving and is today a three-piece acoustic band whose members play guitars, harmonica, trumpet, djembe and a variety of other percussion instruments. The music incorporates all the sounds I have loved and learned from since I was a child, including country, pop, rock ‘n’ roll, punk, metal, folk, and a multitude of styles that have no real labels. Dischordian has just finished its as yet untitled debut album which should be released by the summer of 2010.
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The band was formed on the 22nd of March, 2009 by four young individuals; Jonah on guitars, Mike on bass, Rindy on drums and Jeff on vocals. Musical influences range from different styles including Rock n' Roll, Blues, Grunge, Alternative and Punk summed up together in a form of Hard Rock. The band has participated in only two rock contests to this date viz, N.I.T Thunder March, Silchar, on April of 2009 and were 2nd runners up there. They also bagged the first prize on MICAH Challenge; a state level rock contest held in Aizawl as a media show. Freddy's Nightmare are now among the popular local bands in Mizoram. The Band Line up: Jeff (Vocals) Jonah (Guitar) Mike (Bass) Rindy(Drums)
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Though for purposes of entirely official nature, we like to categorize Fire Exit as a band that plays “Progressive Alternative Rock”, we truly believe that it falls in the category of bands that are almost impossible to categorize under one single genre of music. Our music is a combination of rock, metal and electronic sounds. The band essentially blends great vocal melody along with instrument harmony, and is based on experimentation with varied time signatures, jazz-influenced bass-lines and an Indian percussion instrument. But at the same time, we like to keep our music simple. As a group of musicians brewing our styles together, we also lay equal focus on the way we “sound” live and on record, giving importance to not just what we play, but also how all that playing comes together and mixes when it comes out on speakers; hence immense stress is laid on the production of our tracks. Our focus as a band is to create a sound unique to the band, with varied styles of rock, metal and psychedelia coming together for great listening pleasure to both the common listener and other musicians. We lay stress on improving our songwriting and playing as we grow together as a band, looking to create mature and sensible music.
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Umbrella Vibe, formerly known as Zodiac, started off with a spark of enthusiasm from Anjo and Aniket, sometime during the end of 2007.With the help of competitions, we raised a few eyebrows, and we had the spark rolling. Later, Shannon George(The guitar loop phantom blaster) who was our second guitarist stepped forward and took lead. Change as we know, is inevitable, and so it was, and in October 2008 Alan Rego joined us as our permanent drummer. There has been no looking back , and our first major gig was Great Indian Rock 2008. The band was featured in the GIR compilation and later shows like iris, competitions like mood indigoand Saarang did well to boost our confidence. More importantly it channelized our music, our sound. Joshua Abraham joined us in 2009adding emotion to the songs, worth dying for. Our music is emotional, ambient, and our lyrics sprinkle salt on a few issues that we really feel about. Songs like Sunshine Africa, Save Your Money, World Wide Web talk about a daily pattern we’ve all noticed in the papers; so yes, our lyrics are current; they talk about now, the present.
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2 guys, a bunch of instruments, and an unlimited supply of cigarettes. With Influnences of Grunge , punk , alternative and progressive and the ties that bind us all , the lovely indie acoustic singer songwriter stuff they seamlessly tend to make simple music that is just simply easy to listen to. The Band comprises of: Siddharth Basrur - Guitar, Vocals, Programming, Coughs Ayan De - Guitar, Vocals, Keys, Samples, Programming, Coughs
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Atmosfear is 4-piece death metal band from Mumbai. Formed in 2005 by Ulhas, Bruce and Frank, they were jamming on covers for quite some time. After the inclusion of Mayank on drums & Shezan on lead guitars by the end of the year, the band gained momentum created few originals and started playing shows in Mumbai. The band's music is hugely influenced by Six Feet Under, Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Carcass, Slayer, Kaamos and other death or extreme metal bands. The band has headlined many festivals as well as won many college competitions.
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October Is An Alternative/Grunge Band From New Delhi, India. The name 'October' hatched out of an unborn egg, infamously known as 'Life'; A dire need to find human beings, in a broken, dusty yet beautiful amplifier called 'humanity' ; Certain unforeseen circumstances, mostly moronic in nature and 'Vela' in stature. On a more serious(ly unforgivably off) note, October plays Rock n roll, brewed with a disastrously large amount of 'Alternative' music,Grunge and a dash of the Blues. The Band Comprises Of: Drik Ghosh - Vocals Abhimanyu Mullick - Vocals Shantanu 'shanty' Sudharshan - Drums Rohan 'banjo' Panjiar - Guitars Shashvat Pandit - Guitars Jeffery Laloo - Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals
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Chronic Phobia is a metal band based in Mumbai with influences of power groove / thrash / death / grind core / metal core and heavy metal. The band has switched from its old school thrash sound to being an extreme metal band as of April 2009 with a complete new set of originals, after starting out as an all out thrash metal band in September 2007. The band has won various college competitions. The line-up: Jugal Jagwani – vocals Pratika Prabhune – bass guitar / clean vocals Pritesh Prabhune – drums Charan Singh Pathania – guitars.
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Well now, the story of Lavender Carnage goes back to the summer of 2008. The band came into limelight after winning the Cafe Coffee Day Grammy 2008 for the best Rock group. The band has performed at venues like Cafe Morrison, Delhi, Hard Rock Cafe, Mumbai and various other college fests around the country. The band members unanimously agree that the sound of the band is heavily influenced by Green Day but it still is unique when it comes to their our own songs.
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"CLEAVE" of the people, for the people & by the people (Winner of Manipur Rock Fest 2009-2010 including best Guitarist, best Drummer, best Bassists, best Vocalist and Red Ribbon Superstar Band of Manipur (Manipur Idol) 2009-2010, including best vocal imphal west at manipur idol. Best Drummer Award at IIT Alchenringa Rock – O – Phonix (IIT Guwahati) 2010 With the competition growing each passing day, "Rock bands" of different genres are working hard in their fields. Music, love and brotherhood being its motto, we don't differentiate castes, religions or creeds in this field, rather all the Rock lovers enjoy & live on a rhythm of beat. Rock, being its one kind of music, attracts large number of people ranging from young to old. We believe that music knows no boundaries and it's always there to support you in your happy, excited, sad, love... etc hours. Cleave gets its meaning from the dictionary - "to split or cut something by using sharp or a heavy object", but we have somewhat personalised and transformed it as "crushing of evil by a force of music", we also believe in doing so in our society with our music. Just as we mentioned earlier, the competition is growing each passing day; we have created our genre and we called it "Progressive Seclusion Metal", under which, we composed many original songs based on fantasy, current situations, HIV/AIDS and historical facts and many other songs like Princess of Arabia, Dusk or Dawn, ART, Seven Years Devastation (Chahi taret khuntakpa), Soldier of Silence, Night of the damn etc being our original Numbers. We want to expose our original Numbers to our beautiful fans everywhere and make them realize we are always there for them in their hard times and good times. We also believe that band must have at least one original composition to expose themselves who really they are and what message do they want to convey to the people.
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As the name suggests, the bands influences range from Old school Blues to Rock’n’Roll. Apart from artists like Muddy Waters, BB King, Eric Clapton, the band also brings in influences from other artists like Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Allman Brothers, Rolling Stones etc. In addition to the standard ensemble, the native sound of harmonica and slide guitar add to the authentic blues feel, combined with a contemporary percussion to form a whole new sound in the Delhi music circuit. Formed in May 2009, we have performed several gigs at Haze, Turquoise Cottage,the Living room, Olive Bar and Kitchen.
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