12 centrespread Indian Ocean centrespread 13 FEBRUARY 23-29, 2020 Formed: 1990 | City: New FEBRUARY 23-29, 2020 The band is a pioneer in fusion and folk rock, combining classical raagas with rock. It was originally made up of Amit Kilam, Susmit Sen, Asheem Chakravarty and Rahul Them Clones Ram. Today, only Kilam and Ram are part of the band Formed: 2000 | City: New Delhi from the original group. Indus Creed Claim to Fame:The four-member alternative rock band from Formed: 1993 | City: the national capital was popular on the college rock circuit. it went on to sweep several accolades and began Uday Benegal, Mahesh Tinaikar, Zubin Balaporia, Mark hosting its own music festival in Delhi. Selwyn, Jayesh Gandhi and Mark Menezes got together under the banner of Rock Machine in 1984. But they changed the group’s name and began experimenting with new sounds in 1993 by including Indian instruments like the tabla. Their first video, Pretty Child, released in 1993, was a huge hit and won them an MTV Video Music Award.

Euphoria Formed: 1988 | City: New Delhi If you were around in the ’90s, you would possibly remember the band’s song Dhoom Pichuck Dhoom, released as part of its debut album in 1998. The popularity of the “Hindi rock band” formed by medical student SOUNDS Palash Sen skyrocketed after its release. In 2001, Euphoria played at Krosswindz the UN, along with Pakistani band LIKE Junoon. ' Formed: 1990 | City: One of the earliest rock bands THE from Kolkata, Krosswindz was the first band from this part of the country to release an album of original English tracks. The band combines folk and fusion S sounds, and has produced nine The 1990s were a heady time in . Liberalisation90 was just taking off, the tech albums in Bengali. boom was beginning and Indians were waking up to more choices than before. This was also a time when indie rock bands were coming into their own, amplified by platforms like MTV, Great Indian Rock festival and Rock Street Journal. The recent death of Sonam Sherpa, who founded Parikrama with Subir Malik in Delhi in 1991, has brought the spotlight back on the golden era of Indian rock bands: Skinny Alley :: Indulekha Aravind Formed: 1996 | City: Calcutta Among the most famous bands the city has produced, Skinny Motherjane Thermal And A Quarter Alley was formed by Jayashree Formed: 1996 | City: Kochi Formed: 1996 | City: Bengaluru Singh, her husband Gyan Singh, and Amyt Dutta. The band Formed to fill in for another band at a One of India’s most enduring rock bands, TAAQ has combined rock, funk and jazz college festival, Motherjane later went released seven albums so far. The band combines Zero on to open for Megadeth and Machine classic rock with blues, jazz and funk, and has and had a late night alter ego Formed: 1998 | City: Mumbai called Pinknoise. Head. It was ranked No. 1 in Rock Street toured the US, Europe and Asian countries. Journal’s bands of the decade in 2010. The alternative rock band was hugely popular on the domestic rock circuit, particularly with the college crowd. Zero released three albums before the members Pentagram split in 2008, though they still reunite occasionally to play at music festivals. Formed: 1996 | City: Mumbai Founding band member Vishal Dadlani is today better known for his compositions in Hindi cinema. But when the group was launched, Pentagram was popular for its rock music and, later, electronica.

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