Junkyard Groove(Chennai)

GENRE :: Rock / Alternative / Funk

BAND MEMBERS ::

Ameeth-Vox and Guitars
Sid:Guitars and backing Vox
Jerry:Drums
Craig:Bass and backing vox.

BIOGRAPHY ::

What do you get when you put a drummer with heavy metal roots, a guitarist with classic rock roots, a bassist crazy about Jazz and a very ‘volatile’ vocalist, in one band? JUNKYARD GROOVE This band has carved its own unique niche in the Indian rock scene, fusing rock with funk to give an uplifting style that reaches out to all ages; wowing the audience with a tight, high energy, flawless, musical stage performance. Ever since its conception in the summer of 2005, Junkyard Groove was nothing but your silly sense of humour trying to be creative and once it got rolling there was really nothing anybody wanted to do in terms of changing direction or slowing down the pace of things. With an inspirational songwriter in Ameeth and equally brilliant musicians in Jerry, Sid and Craig the band came up with some “wicked” compositions with truckloads of promise. The competition held at Le Royal meridian Chennai saw the band land up in second place, bagging the best guitarist award and probably the best verbally outrageous band award, if ever one existed. From there on the band tasted sweet victory at JIPMER winning best band, vocalist, guitarist, drummer and own composition and the second best bassist and rhythm in SPANDAN 2005. Next stop was one of the bands most memorable gigs at NLS’ Strawberry Fields, an extremely excellent experience, with loads of love and respect to all the people who made it feel like home. Madras Christian College came next and that saw very similar results with best band and best drummer. But the main highlight of the evening was, that from the previous show in Bangalore (NLS Strawberry Fields) the band grew a small fan base which resulted in the audience randomly requesting for their songs. Next up, home town competition at IIT Madras was great fun. The band made it through to the finals and walked away with best guitarist and a fancy Fender as a prize. Junkyard Groove came back to their favourite haunt JIPMER to perform at the SPANDAN 2006 pro show. A kick-ass performance at SHAMAL, Dubai saw them emerge victorious and landed them a 3 year recording contract with Creative Kingdom Records, USA. The band was the opening act at Dubai’s Desert Rock Festival 2007 opening for the likes of IRON MAIDEN, INCUBUS and ROBERT PLANT.

LINKS ::

My space :: http://www.myspace.com/junkyardgroove

Soundclick :: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=698746

Orkut Community :: http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=18660270

Soul Burn(Kerala)

GENRE :: Grunge

BAND MEMBERS ::

Vocals – Vivek thomas
Lead guitars – Arun Dutt
Guitars – Melin
Bass – Chippu
Drums – Sabu

BIOGRAPHY ::
INFLUENCES ::

Tool, A Perfect Circle, Riverside, Pearl Jam , Pain Of Salvation, Autolux,Alice In Chains

LINKS ::

Official Orkut Community :: http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=21383633

CONTACT :: 9995050642

Enthrall(Bangalore)

GENRE :: Progressive Metal

BAND MEMBERS ::

Neil - Vocals
Pranav - Electric Guitar
Vishal - Bass Guitar
Arjun - Synth
Naveen - Drums

BIOGRAPHY ::

Hailing from Bangalore, Karnataka , India, “ENTHRALL” is one of the hottest METAL bands around. With “Dream Theater” as their major influence, Enthrall thrills fans with their very unique and identifiable Progressive Rock/Heavy Metal style.

Vinapra(Bangalore)

GENRE :: Hindi Rock

BAND MEMBERS ::

Natraj (vocals)
Manoj George (violin)
Pradeep M.R (Bass Guitar)
Vivian Terance (Lead Guitar)
Prasad (Drums)

BIOGRAPHY ::

We are a India (Bangalore)based Hindi Rock Act.With around 70 public & private
gigs till date. Our solo track is featured in a compilation album “Asha Wali
Dhoop” in aid of Tsunami relief along with world renowned artists like Ustad
Zakir Hussain, Ustad Sultan Khan, Taufiq Qureshi, Ali Azmat, Alms for Shanti
etc. Our debute full lenth CD & Video is almost ready for release.

DISCOGRAPHY ::

Tracklisting ::

1. Aankhon Mein.
2. Kya Yeh hi pyaar hai.
3. Dreams.
4. Gurur Brahma Guru Vishnu.
5. Nasha.
6. Baatein Banana.
7. Yaadein.
8. Suno.
9. Dharti.

LINKS ::

Official website :: http://www.vinapra.com

CONTACTS ::

Email :: natraj@vinapra.com

Old Saying Jungle(Bangalore)

GENRE :: Funk / Experimental / Grunge

BAND MEMBERS ::

Sandeep Madhavan - Bass Guitar
Mel D'Mello - Electric Guitar
Aditya Menon - Vocals
Greg Hamra - Drums

BIOGRAPHY ::

A bunch of experimental, wise, improbably funky, jazzy, groovy love kamikazes, Old Jungle Saying is based in one of the lazy layouts of the southern city of Bangalore, India. Influenced by the likes of Primus, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More, Infectious Grooves and a whole lot of other bands whose genealogy is hard to trace, Old Jungle Saying serves up sumptuous slabs of psychedelic funk, held in place by the riotous rhythm section of Sandeep Madhavan (bass) and Greg Hamra on drums. As they steer the mothership through the murky, quirky guitars of Mel D’Mello and the spaced-out funkiness emanating from resident hippie Avijit Michael, the charismatic gurgling of Aditya Menon can be heard calling the faithful from above the rarified groove.

LINKS ::

Official website :: http://oldjunglesaying.com/

My space :: http://www.myspace.com/oldjunglesaying

CONTACTS ::

Email :: sandeep@oldjunglesaying.com

Whitenoiz(Bangalore)

GENRE ::White Metal

BAND MEMBERS ::

Sam Thomas John - Vocals
Moncy Abraham - Electric Guitar
Godson Gigin - Bass Guitar
Samuel Alexander - Drums

BIOGRAPHY ::

Bangalore christian heavy white metal was formed in the year 2004.Born from the remanents of Faith Warriors, they are here to Infest you.

LINKS ::

Official website :: http://www.whitenoiz.co.nr/

CONTACTS ::

Email :: whitenoiz@rock.com

Aurko(Bangalore)

GENRE :: Hindi Fusion Rock

BAND MEMBERS ::

Supratik- Lead vocals,

Souvik- Lead vocals,

Saumya- Rhythm,

Jeet- Lead Guitar,

Dev- Bass Guitar,

Yathi- Drums,

Rrithu- Keyboards,

BIOGRAPHY ::

The guitars chugged, the synth whistled, the drums got rolling and the dholak rose to engulf the sounds of monday morning traffic… and AURKO was born!

Six exciting years, 200+ rocking live concerts, debut music album ‘Nadiyaa‘ with Times Music, two vibrant music videos- ‘Nadiyaa’ and ‘Puchhe Ye Dil Se’ across television Channels… its rush hour !

Unabashedly populist and passionately Desi, we are where the masses are…
High voltage live performances, adrenalin fuelled vocals, pulsating rhythm, refreshing melody…

ACHIEVEMENTS: TVS Sa Re Ga Ma finalists. 170 successful concerts/corporate shows till date. Covered by all leading dailies , Radio City, TV channels. Debut Album & Video in the making.

DISCOGRAPHY ::

LINKS ::

Official website :: http://aurko.com/

CONTACTS ::

Email: info@aurko.com

aurkolive@gmail.com

Thermal And A Quarter(Bangalore)

GENRE :: Rock / Progressive / Jam

BAND MEMBERS ::

Bruce Lee Mani — Lead, acoustic and rhythm guitars, vocals, songwriting
Rajeev Rajagopal — Drums, percussion
Rzhude — Bass guitar, acoustic guitars, vocals, songwriting

BIOGRAPHY ::

About Thermal And A Quarter (TAAQ)
Thermal And A Quarter is a trendsetting rock band from Bangalore, India, more recently infamous as the outsourcing capital of the universe. We are three members, three albums and ten years old. We are known as TAAQ to the affectionate and the impatient and have been fortunate to earn the loyalty of a worldwide fan base mostly thanks to that little ditty that Al Gore claims he started, the Internet. We believe that each album sold, each swatch of music played creates a potential messenger of TAAQ’s music.

INFLUENCES ::

Steely Dan, The Dave Matthews Band, Yes, Pink Floyd, The Police, Blood Sweat and Tears, Pat Metheny, RHCP, Phish, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, Gary Moore

LINKS::

Official website :: http://thermalandaquarter.com/

My space :: http://www.myspace.com/thermalandaquarter

Catharsis(Hyderabad)

GENRE :: Fusion/Jazz

BAND MEMBERS ::

Phani > Guitars
Vivek > Bass
Sanjay > Drums

BIOGRAPHY ::

There is nothing called ‘Good Music’ and ‘Bad Music’ but only music you like and you don’t. – Catharsis How could it not be a divine intervention in bringing together the elements of Carnatic and Western music to create soul – strring music into reality!! We introduce ourselves as Vivek Sagar,Sanjay Das and Phani Teja…as if names make a difference! We wish to speak ourselves out through music. A better introduction would be a frisky bassist, a psyched-up drummer and a crazy guitarist….so what?? there have always been bands and they will continue to be…but not bands which can say ‘C Major’is ‘Shankarabharanam’.

INFLUENCES ::

Too many…

LINKS ::

MySpace : http://www.myspace.com/musiccatharsis

YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=catharsis+hyderabad

5 AM(Bangalore)

GENRE ::Alternative Rock

BAND MEMBERS ::

Amrit Rao (Vox)

Sandeep Gnanakan (Lead Guitars)

Subhramani.S (Drums)

Prony Melvin (Bass)

Zaki Merchant (Rythm Guitars)

BIOGRAPHY ::

The band 5 AM was formed in aug’ 05.We used to have impromptu jams with jus an acoustic guitar at sandeep’s place.This was in early 2004 when all of us were going for guitar classes.We had an overnight party at sandeep’s place and on the following morning we suddenly decided to form a band and thought we should be serious about our music.We had no proper equipments and prony played the drums on a shoe stand with books arranged on it when he was Bassless and when the band had no drummer..We found a drummer named Santosh in aug ’05 and got the equipments we wanted.We wanted a wacky name for the band and came up with the name “5 Aphrodisiac Munks” and finally settled with “5 AM”. The band 5 AM was born.

The Band got an oppurtunity to play in a cafe called espressophilia and that was our first ever break.We were confused and rusty initially but the sunday jam in feb’06 was the turning point in the band’s music.We were tagged cliched and confused but that particular gig was a learning experience for the band.We realised that we need to do what we are good at and not experiment too much.So we went back to our roots and stuck to alternative/punk rocks which is our kinda music.We started to play a lot more regularly after the band members were done with the academics.Our Drummer Santosh had to leave the band due to his professional commitments and the band was in search of a new drummer.That was when we found Subhramani who was introduced to us by a common friend.Subbu as he is called was a perfect fit for the band and played his first gidg with us at Barista Unplugged.The band has seen radical shift after the inclusion of Subbu as the drummer.

INFLUENCES ::

GreendayRed Hot Chili Peppers

Memorobilia

LINKS ::

Official website :: http://5am.in/

CONTACT ::

Email:

1.Amrit Rao

amrit_rocks@yahoo.com
2. Subhramani.S

subhramani@gmail.com.

3. Sandeep Gnanakan

gnanakanalex@hotmail.com

4. Prony Melvin

prony_melvin@yahoo.com

5. Zaki Merchant

zakimerchant@yahoo.com

6. Common ID which all of us use :: contact@5am.in