Dark Expeditions is a LIVE band based out of the IT capital of India, Bangalore. The band plays progressive rock and metal music. Some of the band’s influences are Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Rush, Opeth, Death, Meshuggah, Animals As Leaders, Skyharbor, Baiju Dharmajan, and Pangea. Dark Expeditions’ music will take you on a dark musical journey. Band Members: Abhishek – Drums Kiran – Guitars Harsh – Vocals Ashish – Bass
Dark Desolation is a five-piece LIVE band based out of the IT hub of India, Bangalore. The band has been flamboyant since its inception and has quickly established a place in the music world. Unarguably, Dark Desolation has emerged as the most vehement black metal outfit from India. After a phenomenal audition of top-notch drum chops, the devious drummer Karthik – the youngest member in the band – was hired in 2010. The band then recruited the talents of guitarist, Dharni, and bassist, Jake.
CROSS Legacy is a Bangalore based band. All members are expert in their genres. The band is alternative and rock band. They have performed in numerous private parties, pubs, bars, college fests, corporate events, etc. Their music style includes Irock, alternative, etc. They are known as to be the best rock band. Band members: Amith - Keyboards, Violin and Vocals Bijoy - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Keys Isaac - Bass Billy - Lead Guitars Jagan - Drum
Crazy Diamonds is a five-piece progressive/rock/tribute band based out of the IT capital of India, Bangalore. It is a group of seasoned musicians who have come together to honor and pay tribute to one of the most legendary bands in the history of music - Pink Floyd. The name 'Crazy Diamonds' is inspired by a Pink Floyd song itself. Band Members: Vivek Raju – Bass Guitar Akshay Suresh – Drums Sikanth Gopinath – Lead/Rhythm Guitar/Vocals Juby Thomas – Keyboards Sagar Rao – Lead/Rhythm Guitar/Vocals
Crazy is a pop/rock LIVE band based out of the IT capital of India, Bangalore. It was founded on 26 July 2014. The band, over the years, has established its foot in the music industry. Crazy has been influenced by a lot of artists like Coldplay, Hillsong, John Mayer, etc. Awards and Performances: Awarded 1st Place at Darpan 2014, Christ University, Bangalore Awarded Best Lead Guitarist and Best Rhythm Guitarist at Darpan 2014 Invited to play as a guest band at National Level Seminar Media Meet 2014, Christ University Awarded 1st place at Plexus 2014, Sri Devraj URS Medical College, Kolar Awarded Best Drummer at Plexus 2014 Awarded 1st place at Infinitum 2014, KLE Society Law College, Bangalore Awarded Best Vocalist, Best Lead Guitarist, Best Rhythm Guitarist at Infinitum 2014 Awarded 1st place at Colbalt Skies 2014, Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore Awarded Best Vocalist, Best Lead Guitarist, Best Rhythm Guitarist, Best Drummer, and Best Bassist at Cobalt Skies 2014 Awarded 1st place at Maaya 2014, PESIT, Bangalore Selected to play for Searock Music Festival in Goa (Qualified to top 6) Awarded 1st place at Inflore 2014, Rajagiri Centre For Business Studies at Kochi, Kerala Performed at Phoenix City Mall, Bangalore as a guest band Competed and won against Bangalore's best bands for Pravega's Inter-city Elimination Round, The Warehouse, Bangalore Performed as a guest band at The Warehouse (first independent gig) Performed at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore Qualified to represent Bangalore for the inter-city music festival, Pravega Headliner at Tsharp's Battle of the Bands, Opus, Bangalore Qualified to represent as Bangalore for the inter-city music festival Techofes 2015 Awarded 1st place at Asia's oldest inter-city music festival Techofes 2015 Opening act for Parikrama Awarded 1st place at Blaze 2015, T. John, Bangalore Surprise act to perform at Platform – Plethora of Art, alongside bands from Bangalore and across India Band Members: Jonathan Job Rishii Rohra Darryl Britto Nirvan Mahat
Conditions Apply is a four-piece experimental metal band based out of the IT capital of India, Bangalore. The band plays a variety of genres like alternative, progressive, and experimental rock. They play well-known covers to keep the audiences on their toes and blend in their original compositions to the set list. Playing their very first gig at the Xtreme Sports Bar, the band received a good response from the audience and aims to get better with every gig they perform! Starting off as a new year's resolution in 2013 between two colleagues, Conditions Apply was formed with the intent of playing music for one simple reason called passion. Since then, the four-member band has stayed strong and is coming up with original material, playing at gigs, and developing their musical talent.
Coma Rossi solidified in May 2014, in Bangalore. With shifted musical impacts extending from Indian traditional, funk and jazz, they plan to make diversity in their creations – keeping up the idea and feel. Coma Rossi has Suman Chalamcharla on vocals, Udayan Kashalikar on bass guitar and vocals, Juby Thomas on keyboards, Ravi Chandra on drums and Gaurav Govilkar on guitars.
Clown with a Frown is a Bangalore-based band that got into existence in 2011. The band plays pop and funk rock genres, and focuses upon dance music by redefining sounds from the 70s era. The band draws influences from the veterans like Chic, Jamiroquai, Earth Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang, Steely Dan, and Tower of Power. Their sound is usually a blend of jazz, funk, fusion, R&B, soul, reggae and disco – together making the modern pop rock style. Clown with a Frown uses groovy bass lines and simple upbeat rhythms along with soulful vocals and heavy horns.
Chronic Blues Circus Based out of Bengaluru, this band is one of the oldest ones from the blues genre. Members: Aarti Sivakumar on vocals and percussion Miriam John on vocals, harp, and bass Mukut on vocals and keys Owen Bosen on vocals, guitar, and bass Raveen Pandey on vocals and keyboard Sangeeta on bass Shreyas Sel on drums and percussion Peter Isaac on vocals, guitar, harps, and saxophone The band is famous for their original compositions, unique arrangements, and clean and natural sounds. It comprises four lead vocalists coming from different styles of singing, and this is what makes it probably the only blues band. The Chronic Blues Circus also pays tribute through their music, to famous masters of blues who have also been their influences, like John Mayall, The Climax Blues Band, Canned Heat, Paul Butter Field, Cream, Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band, The Band, Guess Who, JJ Kale, Big Brother, and The Holding Company, and also the veterans like Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howling’ Wolf, and Robert Johnson. The early compositions of the band were Sweet Nicotine, Prime Time News 95, and Restless Woman.
Brim River Bridge is a LIVE band that has been composing and performing music since 2011. The greater part of the individuals from B.R.B. has been beforehand included in different groups – covering classifications as punk, rock, and thrash. Their musical impacts are a blend of rock, punk, and metal. This gives their music a selection of heavy riffs still keeping the groove on. A few venues where Brim River Bridge have played are Rewind, Reliance Battle of Bands, Kyra, Freedom Jam, IIT Kanpur Synchrocity, Sindhi College, Forum Mall, Phoenix Market City, Country Club, and Royal Orchid.
Blushing Satellite is a LIVE band based out of the IT capital of India, Bangalore. They are known to perform alternative rock music. The band has performed in numerous gigs, college festivals, private parties, cafes, clubs, etc. The band’s major influences are Radiohead, Tool, Karnivool, Hiatus Coyote, A Perfect Circle, Deftones, Pixies, The Meters, etc. Band Members: Arjun Karthik Wesley Ramanan
Border Blast is a LIVE band based out of the IT capital of India, Bangalore. They are a rock n roll and blues band, founded by Ananth Menon and Rahul Tadimalla, who have 14 years of work experience in the industry. The band comprising of veteran musicians have been playing at various music circuits in the country. They were also featured on Page 3 of Bangalore Times at the Word Yoga Day Festival as well as for Fête De La Musique, The Humming Tree on the occasion of World Music Day. Ananth Menon is an accomplished blues guitarist. The band has performed at various music events and fests across the country. The audience can expect to hear the band cover music by Eric Clapton, Allman Brothers, The Rolling Stones, CCR, The Commitments, and the Beatles and some classic blues and rock n roll legends. Band Members: Ananth Menon – Guitar, Vocals Rahul Tadimalla – Keyboards, Vocals Lloyd Menezes – Bass, Vocals Deepak Raghu – Drums
Brahma Approaches is an experimental band. They draw influences from a lot of different bands such as Widek, Gru, Animals As Leaders, Cynic, Veil of Maya, Born of Osiris, Amogh Symphony, The Algorithm, Twelve Foot Ninja, Between The Buried and Me, Intervals etc. Brahma Approaches include Sanjay Stevens on guitars, Nithen Paul on drums, Cyril Muralidharan on bass. They have been winners of battle of bands at Jamboree 2014, Koshy's Group of Institution, Runners up of battle of bands at Visages 2014, Joseph's College, best drummer at Cambridge Institute of Technology, Chiguru 2014, winners of battle of bands at Nandi Utsav 2014, Nandi Institute of Technology and Management Sciences, winners of battle of bands at Furore 2014, Dayananda Sagar Institutions, and many more.
Blood & Iron is a LIVE band based out of the IT capital of India, Bangalore. They are known to perform heavy metal music. The band has performed in numerous gigs, college festivals, private parties, etc. The band’s major influences are Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Queensryche, Manowar, Sabaton, Savatage, Kreator, Metallica (Old school), Dokken, Nightwish, etc. Members: Lead Guitar: Vikram Bains Guitar: Ashish Shetty Drums: Praveen
Blues Before Sunrise is a blues band based out of Bangalore and has played all over the city. They cover the whole spectrum of the blues – from Muddy to Mayer, and throw-in some favorites from other genres and a few own compositions. From the trumpet to the harmonica and the slide guitar, they like to keep their sets versatile and high-tempo. They always keep their audiences on their feet and singing along! Over the last three years, they have played with some of Bangalore’s leading musicians, bringing the blues back to Bangalore and having a great time doing it!
Blurred Face is an eight-piece LIVE band based out of Bangalore, India. A few friends together, with their likes and compositions, realized they could turn their Indo-Western influences into heart-warming compositions, ranging from Sufi and fusion to electronica and blues. Blurred Face is not a band with a difference; it is the way to establish the lost audience-artist connection again. Discover the art of active music listening pleasure once more! Band Members: Honey Anand Sandip Goswami Manu Shrivastava Nisha Shrivastava Kshitij Puri Rahul Patankar Akshat Tambe Padmini Prabhu
Bevar Sea is a five-piece metal band based out of the IT capital of India, Bangalore. The band was founded in the year 2007, and became a serious recording and performing act in the late 2010. The band's self-titled first album was launched in October 2012, which received good response from audiences nationwide and abroad. The album was recorded at The Doom Cave, and was later mixed and mastered by Billy Anderson (Neurosis, Melvins, Sleep, High on Fire, Agalloch, etc.), while the featured artwork was done by the lead guitarist of the band, Rahul Chacko. The superb response to the album earned the band a slot at the renowned Maryland Deathfest in the US. After two years, the band was ready with new songs for its second album, titled 'Invoke the Bizarre'. The album was launched worldwide on October 31, 2015. 'Invoke the Bizarre' sees the band as mature, exploring new sonic territories while remained rooted in stoner and doom metal. Band Members: Ganesh Krishnaswamy – Vocals Rahul Chacko – Guitars Avinash Ramchander – Bass Srikanth Panaman – Guitars Deepak Raghu – Drums
Bhrame is a Bollywood, folk, fusion, punk, Sufi LIVE band based out of the IT capital of India, Bangalore. Also known as the musical illusionists, it is a team of young and well-established musicians who were born to discover the magnet of illusion. They are classical at heart, light is their unheard nature, ghazals – their relaxation, devotional – their religion, and old songs – their history. The band questions on your choice of accepting the reality, merging both illusionary and real worlds to make an important connection between your life and art. Members: Vikas K Vasishta Alaka Subramanya Vishwas K Vasishta Sparsha R K Sandeep Ravikumar
Black Letters is an alternative LIVE rock band based out of the IT capital of India, Bangalore. They have featured in NH7 Weekender, GoMAD Festival, 2013. Their first album – 'Shapes On The Wall', produced at Vivek Thomas Productions, was released on 27 Feb, 2014. They worked on their new sound and released a seven-track EP in 2015. Members: Sharath (Vocals) Sarang (Guitar) Arjun (Bass) Akash (Drums) Their four-track EP 'Petrichor' was released in December 2015. They got featured in the column 'An Artist To Watch Out For' in the Rolling Stone magazine in the year 2012. One of their songs – 'You Say' – featured in the Malayalam film 'Anchu Sundarikal' as a promotional song.
