UP78 is a seven-piece LIVE band based out of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The band has been performing professionally for a while now and has played at various colleges and clubs. They have performed at Jamia Hamdard, NSN College, Jamia Millia Islamia, Dr Ambedkar College, Deshbandhu, and Sri Ram College in Lucknow. Band Members: Amit Verma – Vocalist Akshit Arora – Rapper Sarthak Mishra – Lead Guitarist Kartik Mishra – Drummer Abhishek Gautam – Rhythm Guitarist Siddhant Srivastava – Bassist Sonu Verma – Synth
Nisarg is a LIVE indie/rock/progressive band based out the capital city of India, New Delhi. It is a six-piece band, and the members have come together from different genres and musical preferences. Suparna Mandal is the lead vocalist, trained in Hindustani classical vocals. She has a sweet and mesmerising voice, and can sing dynamic genres. One guitars, there are Manish Vaid and Tarang Mongia, who have a great influence from Western music. The bass duties are handled by Sumit Singh who holds a strong control on both Indian classical and Western music. Anuj Gupta takes on the keyboards and he too is greatly influenced by Western classical music. Lastly, Pawan Vaid is the drummer who has played for the show ‘India's Got Talent’. He is inspired from Gavin Harrison and Dave Weckl, and also from many Western drummers.
Mutiny In March is a hardcore band formed in April 2011 in Gurgaon, India. With members Shoumitro Roy (guitars) and Reemo Banerjee (drums) sharing ideas about a band for well over a year, jamming and working on songs and playing styles, the band started off on a pretty decent note accompanied, later on, with Jatin Chhabra (bass), Aviral Prakash (vocals), Prateek Aggarwal (Keyboards) and Tushar Saxena (guitars) completing the lineup. Their impacts range from bands like Parkway Drive, August Burns Red, For The Fallen Dreams and Hatebreed to bands like Meshuggah, Gojira, Textures and Tesseract. This also made them fall for low tuned guitars, as a result of which the band has found its own sound. With a different music style and a whole new view on music compared to the other bands, the band has engrossed quite a lot of attention and a decent fan following over the few gigs that they have played so far. The band has faith in making music that is original, raw and full of emotion. The goal of the band is to make music that they themselves enjoy, as well as the people outside the band can enjoy. Band Members: Shoumitro Roy – Guitars Jatin Chhabra – Bass Ankit Bhagat – Drums Prateek Aggarwal – Keyboards Sandarsh Srivastav – Vocals
M'Atory is a four-piece band from the capital city of India, New Delhi. The major genres this band plays are Bollywood and Sufi. They have already done plenty of gigs and LIVE shows to mark its presence in the music industry. Band Members: Shubham Gaur – Vocals, Guitars Shivam – Vocals Shiraz Ahmad – Bass Faraz Ahmad – Drum The band has already played at venues like Cafe High 5. Their performances include private and corporate events as well.
Klevoans is a LIVE band based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. It is a progressive rock and metal band with a touch of rock n roll, blues, and classic rock music. Some of the band’s influences are Tool, Evanescence, Metallica, and Porcupine Tree. Band Members: Iris Rose – Vocals Iris has been singing since the age of three. Although not formally trained in music, she was the youngest child in her school choir. While singing, she is in her natural habitat. When being scolded or punished, she would hum to soothe herself as a child and still continues to use music as both a therapy and to express her several dramatic emotions. She is also the songwriter of the band. Some of her influences are Within Temptation, Evanescence, Scorpions, Epica, Amy Winehouse, Etta James, Eva Cassidy, and Ella Fitzgerald. Jatin – Guitar Jatin is the guy with wit. He is the Chandler and Joey combined of the band. On stage, he is a supernova with cool techniques of guitar playing and loves to parties hard after every gig! Jimmy – Guitars Born in Bangalore and bought up in Delhi, Jimmy is a music lover, but comes home to rock and metal. Some of his influences include Megadeth, Metallica, Karnivool, Tool, Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, Coldplay, King Crimson, Disturbed, and A7X. He is the guitarist and loves the limelight of performing LIVE! It is his happy pill. Andrew Chyne – Bass Andrew Chyne, the bassist, likes to keep away from the limelight. Although he is multi-talented, playing the keyboards, guitar as well as singing, he often backs Iris by offering her the perfect complimenting harmony. He loves motivating people and lends a helping hand to anyone who wants to do something in life, irrespective of his or her goal. Taranjeet Singh – Drums A graduate in the tabla, Taranjeet has been playing the drums for more than four years. He is indeed true to his name. His beats are like an athlete running, exuding energy to the world and around! His most loved artists are Thomas Lang, Benny Greb, Matt Garstka, Tony Jr, Anika Niles, and Matt Halpern, and seek his inspiration from bands like Tool, TesseracT, Dream Theatre, Periphery, and Karnivool.
Harqatt is a LIVE band based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. The name of the band is taken from the Urdu dictionary that defines the word as a term used by musicians to exhibit spontaneous improvisation in a given piece of music. The musicians come from varied musical backgrounds bringing together a unique amalgamation of sounds and technical virtuosity from different genres of music. The songs are driven by lyrical melodies and the arrangement for each song is sprinkled with a unique production process that uses a grand sound palette inspired by nature, life, earth, and emotions. Members: Deepak – Bass Guitar Nabam Takar – Electric Guitar Vaishali Sardana – Vocal Vishal Mehta – Drums
Gaaner Guto is a LIVE band based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. It is an attempt by a few musicians in Gurgaon to keep alive the fire of the art they love. This band is living proof that good music is eternal in nature and intends to stay as dedicated students of music forever! Gaaner Guto is as equally adept at presenting high voltage fusion and Sufi music as it is in recreating the magic of traditional creations of Tagore, Salil Chowdhury, and RD Burman as well as the magic of ghazals and folk from different parts of India. From stage shows to corporate gigs; to dance drama and musicals - music is their soul. Gaaner Guto is here to pamper the souls till music becomes life, personified.
DOR is a Sufi Rock LIVE Band based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi, delicately weaving and finely balancing Western elements of Hindustani vocals with blues, jazz, and rock music. DOR, in English, means ‘thread’, and the name was coined during the inception signifying the thread of music that binds the world together; especially its much talented and vivacious band members. DOR is a thread of trust, a thread of belonging, a thread of love which has been nurtured into power-packed performances over a period of time. Each member of DOR has an expertise in entertaining the crowd. They stand proficient in the genres of indie-pop, Sufi Rock, and popular Bollywood numbers today. Each song performed by them is chosen meticulously, keeping the target audience as the central point, and rendering a version of its own which is both entertaining and unique. Music produced by DOR is a good mix of different genres, the objective of which is to create a ‘feel good factor’ by offering something unique and pure. Two of their compositions – MAAHI VE, a progressive rock song and YAAR, a Sufi Rock composition – have been highly acclaimed by the audiences and are still greatly appreciated by them.
Curtain Blue is Abhishek Bhatia's solo project. Vocalist of a Delhi based band, The Circus, Abhishek has also been producing his own electronic music and has finally decided to take it live in the 'Curtain Blue' avatar. Fusing haunting vocal melodies with down tempo and bass sensibilities, he aims to create a textural blend which can uniquely be called his own. Curtain Blue has performed at a number of venues and festivals in India in the last two years, including the flagship edition of the Magnetic Fields Festival in Rajasthan in 2013, where Berlin based producer Robot Koch saw him perform for the first time. Their initial meeting led to a musical collaboration between the two producers on Koch’s acclaimed ‘TSUKI’ EP, released via MONKEYTOWN Records earlier this year. He was recently in UK for a 4 City Tour and was very well recieved! “I really liked this guy called Curtain Blue, who’s somewhere between 'Apparat' and 'Jon Hopkins', a bit sound track-y, melancholic but really detailed production.” – Robot Koch Curtain Blue has now released his Debut EP called 'Drones', which is available on Soundcloud and Bandcamp
Brahma Satya is a LIVE band based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. Their music genres include pop, rock, punk, Sufi, alternative, Bollywood, Indie, etc. They perform in Hindi and English. The band has performed in numerous events like college fests, corporate events, private parties, etc. The band’s major influences are Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, System of a Down, and Gary Moore. Band members: Mohit Sadana Rahil Chaudhry Nitish Garg Joy Prabhudas Akhil Sindhwani Rahul Chhabra Anuraag Arora
Jazba is a project initiated by Ashish Chhabra. He is currently learning music under the guidance of Ustad Aftab Ahmed Khan Saheb (Rampur Gharana). Something that sets his vision apart from the usual throng of singers and players coming together is his open-mindedness and the ability to accept and incorporate any criticism that comes his way. He, along with some accompanying musicians, was also one of the contestants of the acclaimed reality show, 'Idea Rocks India', which aired on Colors TV from September to October 2009. With the kind of spectrum of music he covers, he hopes to soon weave his way into many a heart.
Ameya's uniqueness lies in the wonderful amalgamation of different music styles from around the world. They are not bounded by a certain genre and believe in producing good music. They won the Converse Original Band Wash and United Sanitation Song and been nominated for GIMA. The band has worked with Hungama.com as well. Ameya is a LIVE band based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. Most of the times, Ameya's compositions are driven by emotions, and when it comes to the arrangement, they try to produce something which is different but appealing. Band Members: Abhishek Gaurav Shiva Arsh Shubhanshu
Adjustment is about five friends who came together (Dhaani, Ashish, Naman, Pramod, and Karan) with different and magical skills of music and genres, which is why they call their band an independent rock band known as ADJUSTMENT. They have been playing genres from Bollywood and Western with flavors of Grunge rock, Indian rock, Western rock music, old school rock music, rock n roll, Sufi rock, blues, unplugged sessions, etc. They have their own two original compositions in English – Rage and Agent of Chaos. All members of the band are magical with their musical capabilities and have done many shows across India together. They have performed on stages like Agra – Sefai Mahotsav sponsored by UP Govt, DLF Cyber Hub Amphitheatre Gurgaon, Great India Palace Mall Launge, Oyesters Beach Gurgaon and played as an opening band for Indian rock band – PARIKRAMA as well. And also, they have been listed in Top 10 emerging bands in India, prelims done by IIT Guwahati. They have been highlighted in Hindustan Times for their performances in Gurgaon many times. They believe in simple living but with an innovative mindset to create some great music when they perform.
Xunoon is a six-piece metal/indie/rock/Sufi band based out of the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow. They have performed more than 72 shows till date in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The partners of Xunoon are Dainik Jagran, NBT, and Anupama Foundation (NGO). They have won many Battles of Bands at colleges like Amity University (Lucknow), SRMU (Lucknow), IET (Lucknow), and IIM (Lucknow). They were also awarded for fair play at Ganjing Carnival (Lucknow) by the Magistrate. Xunoon was telecast LIVE during the ICC World Cup 2015 on the news TV channel, India News. The band has received compliments from noted people like Dr Kiran Bedi, Late Dr Abdul Kalam, Akhilesh Yadav, Mika Singh, Harshit Saxena (singer), Kaushi Diwakar (singer of Emptiness, female version), Vineet Singh (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa finalist), and Tanmay Chaturvedi (Little Champs winner). Band Members: Abhishek Gupta – Vocalist, Founder, General Manager Swetank Gupta – Vocals Tarish Prakash – Guitars Aman Chaurasia – Substitute Guitars Utkarsh Mishra – Guitars, Percussions Deepanshu Trivedi – Drums Performances: Ganjing Carnival, Lucknow Republic Day and Independence Day at Vidhan Sabha, Lucknow Amity University, Lucknow Anna University (Official) UP Administration in front of Mr Akhilesh Yadav, CM of UP Launchpad of Xunoon in 2015 at SRS City Mall, Lucknow ...and many more.
Trishna the BAND was formed in 2009 by Monty and Max. It was initially called, "Tashna"; however, later, the incredibly famous Kailash Kher named it 'Trishna'. Trishna is a versatile band that deals in Bollywood rock genre. Trishna's tally of LIVE shows remains more than 500, globally. They were the finalists of Idea India Rocks 2009 and semi-finalists of IGT Season 6. They shot and released two episodes with Indian Ocean band for an international channel, Fox Traveller and also released their first music video on MTV, titled 'Kudi Patole Vergai'. Band Members: Max – Lead Guitar and Vocals Monty – Bass Guitar and Vocals Mama – Rhythm Guitar Tanmay Mukherjee – Drums
The Just Band is a LIVE act based out of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The band started as a school act in 2005, influenced deeply by the Backstreet boys. Later, the band evolved into an acoustic classical pop band and started composing originals. The members belong to different states of India but are always willing to come together when it's time to hit the stage. Their original compositions are a mix of Sufi and old Vedic trends. The extremely unique project has played across the nation, including in Lucknow and Mumbai. The band has played at venues like The Percussion Lounge, Happy Streets, and Imambada Agha Baaqar.
Nemesis The Band is a LIVE band that is based out of Lucknow. Band Members: Rishabh Prakash Singh – Vocalist Ashish Bhatia – Drummer Somesh Chandra – Lead Guitarist Faisal Aziz, Himanshu Srivastava – Rhythm Guitarist Shubham Singh – Bass Guitarist Aakash Srivastava – Keyboardist They won the first prize in Band Wars, Encore 2016 They are influenced by Metallica, Guns n' Roses, Led Zepplin and Megadeath.
Defaulters The Band is a LIVE band based out Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. They are known to perform alternative, Bollywood, fusion, rock, and Sufi music. The band has performed in numerous gigs, college fests, private parties, renowned cafes, clubs, etc. The band’s major influences are Indian Ocean, Raghu Dixit, Metallica, Alter Bridge, etc. Band members: Lead Guitarist: Arpit Raje Drummer: Marshal Nath Vocalist: Vishal Thakur Bass: Prashant Choudhary Vocalist: Satyansh Rajat Percussion: Kaushiki Yaduvanshi Rhythm Guitarist: Dheeraj Jain
Escape Artists is a LIVE band based out of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. All the band members have experienced the art of music for more than four years. Their motto and the aim are to provide a blissful experience to the audience and listeners. The accurate and ethnic touch of creativity to the band’s music comes from the bond and love for music. Achievements: IIT Roorkee Thomso 15, First Runner-Up MotoSpotlight NH7, Winners IIIT Allahabad, Winners Shiv Nada University, First Runner-Up Viva Vibgyor, Winners Kingdom of Dreams, Semi-Finalists Amity University, First Runner-up Up Crossroads OFA, First Runner-Up
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