We like to cut the crap and get to the point... but thats not always true...and if you dont understand what i'm saying you'r in tune.
Whats written below here is only for those who are REALLY bored or love us with all their hearts.
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Chaos 2002, The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad's annual culfest and pretty much the biggest and only true stage for a rock band to perform in this city. Since the inception of the band two years ago there was only one objective...well actually there were many but some of them were too modest for me to be telling them to you...like how we wanted to be the BEST i our city...anywayz back to the point ...what was i saying again?...ya so the idea was to do our first show at CHAOS. Nobody had ever heard us before but because of Ravi's persistence we got a spot more out of mercy than anything else. Little did the organizers know that they were inviting the most killer band ever to grace their stage. I mean with our mockstar attitudes and cheap quality instruments (which by the way we love more than anything else in the whole wide world) we didnt really have to try too hard to kick ass. Like Shiv says with an air of dismissal when asked about his ever growing gay fan population..."I;m just a drummer man...i just like to play drums..." Just for the record, Shiv's not gay...and had i not written that it would have been drumsticks up da ass for me. He gets his kicks when he hears about what Marylin Manson does to his drummer on stage but he's not gay. Stupid, but not gay...Happy but NOT gay. Enough of this...i swear this homophobia is going to be the end of me one day.
And so we were scheduled to open for a very popular fusion band. They refused to come and the replacements did not want anyone to open for them so we got shifted to a day slot which was kind of wierd cuz our first song was night prowler which starts with the line "somewhere a clock strikes midnight" NOT the song you want to do in broad daylight. We practiced hard and it was great fun...we prepared a rocking set of 7 songs having left out a couple of our favourites due to time constraints. Practice was real cool fun and we had lots of problems like absconding bassists and lead guitarists falling in love but we overcame all the crap and were ready for the show.
We were supposed to start at 5 pm and reached for soundcheck at 3 pm and were informed that our show was at 11 pm.hmmm...after exercising our proficient linguistic insult frenzy routine we shifted to the green room and practiced our asses off.When the show finally started it was 2 a.m. What happened from 2 to 3 that morning is HISTORY. Those who were there have been enlightened and sanctified by the performance that no one will ever forget. Sadly it wasnt recorded and in a way its a cool thing cuz what happened there will have a special value due to the fact that it will never be experienced again. We will never have a first show again.You only get one first show and when you crack it you realize what contentment is all about.
Now i'm gonna take you through a pictorial trip of the show. Franly i dont believe you are still reading my rant.You must really like me huh? What kind of trickery did i use to get you to read this??? I am a bad person. and oh ya...i like to my cornflakes all mashy..i like to suck out the milk and eat the delch that remains. Sorry, I just wanted to tell you that soo bad...On to the pictures then...or maybe not
THE BAND: WHATEVER (formerly known as Anachronox... but thats too hard to spell so...)
Ted Hunter: Band Mascot-ONE really screwed up teddy bear and iron maiden logo wannabe.
Shalin: Vocals, Flute, Guitars
Shiv: Drums and sense of humour
Shauwick: Lead and Rythm Guitars. He likes to play chicks too.
Ravi: Band Manager, Vocals on NIB, rythim guitar on With or Without You, Tabla on Shadow Warrior.
Amol: Bass
Nrupen: He doesnt play anything yet...we just kick him in the face and use his guitar.
Many thanks to:
Mitul(all the pics), Ginky(the first fan), Shiv's Xavier's friends(Couldnt have done it without you), Shalin's LD friends (you guys ROCK), Shalin's old schoolfriends(THANX guyz), Mr. Rahul Nanavati (2 bad u couldnt be there but thanks for showing me the music), Dhiren and everyone else...sorry i couldnt mention you in person but thank you so very much.
Thanks to our Parents...you guys deserve the REAL credit...
Austin...hey there little dawgy.
The SET:
Night Prowler (with blues interlude)
NIB
Nothing Else Matters
With or Without You (with flute)
Shadow Warrior (the original)
Another Brick in the Wall (flute interlude)
Smoke on the Water