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Blast from the past
Rock lovers let their hair down as they groove to music of the 60s.
I can hear it screaming through the air… Long live rock ‘n’ roll….
These lines from the Rainbow anthem said it all. Rock aficionados of the city may have had a blast at Campus Rock Idols last week. But they got together once again at the Tapas lounge, Jaypee Vasant Continental, on Sunday, to enjoy music from the 60s and 70s.
“Our vocalist fell sick at the last moment, but we were determined to put up a good show,” said Mohit Dimri, keyboardist of Crude Peace. Crude Peace performed a covers of bands like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and ended with Break on through by The Doors.
“I had a good time singing for an audience that understands good music and displays the same amount of excitement as the band playing,” said Gautam Jain, vocalist for Crude Peace. Members of the band were thrilled to play at a five-star venue and said this goes on to show that rock music is gaining new converts.
Next up were the Superfuzz Bigmuff, the runners up at Campus Rock Idols, who belted out some originals after while rocking the audience with covers from the flower power era. School, their self-composition, had many singing along because of its powerful vocals. “Though the band has great originals and usually plays an all-original set, they will be playing Nirvana’s Lithium as it’s a night dedicated to legends,” said Sam Lal, executive editor, Rock Street Journal that had organised the gig.
Satya Prakash, head of marketing and communications of Jaypee Vasant Continental was happy to see that the evening attracted a new set of people as the audience. “We want to experiment with genres. There is good demand for rock music and we will host at least two rock nights a month. The evening looks good and we’re hoping for the best,” he said.
Members of bands like MenWhoPause, Silk Route, Orange Street and Parikrama, were among the audience. Arpan Guha, bassist of Nakshatra, the last to play, had good stage presence. “We play for ourselves and a good audience. The idea is to keep both happy,” said Nakshatra drummer Amit Raj Kashyap. They implemented the idea well.