I was walking out of the concert but the music was still playing loud in my ears. “Chants of “Maiden, Maiden, Maiden” was reverberating in the air.As I stepped out of the grounds I saw a huge crowd around the place, most of them in black t-shirts with "Iron Maiden" on it. At that moment, my belief that ‘Metal is a global religion’ just grew stronger.
I could see the change, the enthusiasm, the euphoria.Metal lovers were screaming; for more and asking the metal bands to come to India and especially Bangalore to perform. And the message was simple ‘We are ready - bring it on’. The atmosphere even after the show was just "Electrifying".
Couple of days passed but I couldn’t get out of the hangover of that deadly music! And it was just one of those days, when a thought crossed my mind. I started taking that thought seriously. One question. ‘How many bands do I know and How well I knew them?’ haunted me all through. Now the second half of the question is what intrigued me more. Because the discovery for new bands had started long back but I just got to know them at the surface level. It was a like a formal handshake with these bands. But after that day, I knew that what I knew about the bands was just not enough. I started researching about them, so that I really do know about ‘ Rock’ and was not like just another pseudo who calls himself a ‘Rocklover’ and knows nothing about Real Rock Music.
PS: The first thing I did was to find how many kinds of rock are there and I found this http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/69020)
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Monday, March 1, 2010
The Concert -One Word - Mind Blowing - Part 2
Thanks for reading!
Continuing from where I left last time. With just two days left, and none of my friends from college or even office to accompany me, I thought I might have to go alone. But sometimes, your thoughts don’t become reality and this was one such moment, because I had a person accompanying me to the concert.
Who was this person. There’s a small story you got read. It was just another day at college with the professor calling out the attendance as if you were in school. A particular name was called out ( Privacy issues, names can’t be revealed, sorry folks) and I shouted “absent” and suddenly I was startled when a voice screamed “No Sir, I am present". Now, there I was looking, who that person was, I had never seen that guy for the entire semester and there he was saying present. Confused, bewildered, I shook my head and apologised for being wrong.
An hour later, after the class, during the breaks, an usual chat session was on and I spoke to that guy, and during the conversation he happened to mention about the Iron Maiden show. The very words Iron Maiden triggered an adrenal rush and I was totally energised! I said “I am going too”, and asked if I could join him” All he said was “5'0 clock Brigade Road, I will be waiting for you”. Now that I had some company, the excitement heightened and reached a whole new level.
The next day, I was ten minutes behind schedule, I called him on his cell phone, he said “ I am waiting down the road”. I went running just to find that what awaited me was something I never expected. There he was, with a couple of his friends. So finally the number was four, yeah there were four of us who barely knew each other but united by spirit of love for rock music.
It took about two hours to reach the ground zero, the place where the concert was happening, the palace grounds. The noise there was deafening. It was 7:15, and Parikrama — a local Indian Rock Band was on stage. People wanted Maiden and not them at that point of time, so people chant “Maiden” Mantra again and again.
And finally, at about nine we saw them. We saw the demi-gods. I was too far too see them. As it happens in rock concerts, there were divisions for different category of passes and tickets. I belonged to those who had a ticket for Rs.800. Those who paid Rs1200 were luckier, they got a closer view. Many jumped the fence and got into the 1200 bucks category. There were huge screen placed everywhere. But that didn’t satisfy many music lovers and I was one of them. I was lucky enough to escape the lathi charge while jumping into the1200 bucks category. ( I know, sometimes you do crazy stuffs and smile when you think of it later on) And finally, after all this madness, or passion, or whatever you may call it, I was right there, in the middle of the concert.
Got to stop for now. Will continue what happens next in the up-coming post. Believe me, you don’t know what to expect. All I say is ‘Wait for it’.
Rock Forever \m/
Continuing from where I left last time. With just two days left, and none of my friends from college or even office to accompany me, I thought I might have to go alone. But sometimes, your thoughts don’t become reality and this was one such moment, because I had a person accompanying me to the concert.
Who was this person. There’s a small story you got read. It was just another day at college with the professor calling out the attendance as if you were in school. A particular name was called out ( Privacy issues, names can’t be revealed, sorry folks) and I shouted “absent” and suddenly I was startled when a voice screamed “No Sir, I am present". Now, there I was looking, who that person was, I had never seen that guy for the entire semester and there he was saying present. Confused, bewildered, I shook my head and apologised for being wrong.
An hour later, after the class, during the breaks, an usual chat session was on and I spoke to that guy, and during the conversation he happened to mention about the Iron Maiden show. The very words Iron Maiden triggered an adrenal rush and I was totally energised! I said “I am going too”, and asked if I could join him” All he said was “5'0 clock Brigade Road, I will be waiting for you”. Now that I had some company, the excitement heightened and reached a whole new level.
The next day, I was ten minutes behind schedule, I called him on his cell phone, he said “ I am waiting down the road”. I went running just to find that what awaited me was something I never expected. There he was, with a couple of his friends. So finally the number was four, yeah there were four of us who barely knew each other but united by spirit of love for rock music.
It took about two hours to reach the ground zero, the place where the concert was happening, the palace grounds. The noise there was deafening. It was 7:15, and Parikrama — a local Indian Rock Band was on stage. People wanted Maiden and not them at that point of time, so people chant “Maiden” Mantra again and again.
And finally, at about nine we saw them. We saw the demi-gods. I was too far too see them. As it happens in rock concerts, there were divisions for different category of passes and tickets. I belonged to those who had a ticket for Rs.800. Those who paid Rs1200 were luckier, they got a closer view. Many jumped the fence and got into the 1200 bucks category. There were huge screen placed everywhere. But that didn’t satisfy many music lovers and I was one of them. I was lucky enough to escape the lathi charge while jumping into the1200 bucks category. ( I know, sometimes you do crazy stuffs and smile when you think of it later on) And finally, after all this madness, or passion, or whatever you may call it, I was right there, in the middle of the concert.
Got to stop for now. Will continue what happens next in the up-coming post. Believe me, you don’t know what to expect. All I say is ‘Wait for it’.
Rock Forever \m/
Sunday, February 28, 2010
The Concert which was mind blowing - Part 1
I heard some band is coming to Bangalore! I was excited about it, not because I knew the band but it was rock band and I have another chance to explore. This got me going again, I started listening to their music and also studying (means reading wiki most of time) about them. I was happy because they really put up a show wherever they go and all my friends were talking about it, which made me really excited. I heard a number of songs and there were these 3 songs I really loved
1. Number of the beast
2. Fear of the dark
3. Dance of death
Fact-O-File: These guys are a heavy metal band from Leyton in East London formed in 1975. In 2010, the band turned 35 years. Now can you beat that?
The band was formed by their bassist and songwriter Steve Harris ( I know you might have guessed right which band I am talking about, yes you are right! IRON MAIDEN \m/) Nicko McBrian on drums, Bruce Dickinson on vocals, Dave Murray on guitars, Adrian Smith on guitars and Janick Gers on guitars as well. Interestingly right three guitarists! Iron Maiden were ranked #24 in VH1 "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" and MTV ranked them #4 "Top 10 Greatest Heavy Metal Bands of All Time".
These guys have a masscot and its name is Eddie
Eddie
Now I knew these guys are coming to Bangalore, most of time I spent learning about the bands so that I can get into the grove when it starts going. But then something struck me very hard! (What is it that struck me, that's what you might be thinking?)
I didn't have the tickets!! and the show was just three days away. Yes, I had the same thing in my mind what the hell to do. Then began a rampant search. I was searching for it all possible places. And at last, a friend of mine who worked in an ad agency came to my rescue. She had a ticket and wasn’t going for the concert. ‘Lucky me’, I said to myself.
With tickets in my hand, and two days left for the concert, I didn’t have any company from either college or office, I was shocked! I was thinking "I have to go all alone for the concert", but the next thought was "so what? I will go alone, what's the big deal".
To be continued... Next part is the most exciting one and you can say I was lucky again! So don't forget to read the next part!
Rock Forever \m/
1. Number of the beast
2. Fear of the dark
3. Dance of death
Fact-O-File: These guys are a heavy metal band from Leyton in East London formed in 1975. In 2010, the band turned 35 years. Now can you beat that?
The band was formed by their bassist and songwriter Steve Harris ( I know you might have guessed right which band I am talking about, yes you are right! IRON MAIDEN \m/) Nicko McBrian on drums, Bruce Dickinson on vocals, Dave Murray on guitars, Adrian Smith on guitars and Janick Gers on guitars as well. Interestingly right three guitarists! Iron Maiden were ranked #24 in VH1 "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" and MTV ranked them #4 "Top 10 Greatest Heavy Metal Bands of All Time".
These guys have a masscot and its name is Eddie
Eddie
Now I knew these guys are coming to Bangalore, most of time I spent learning about the bands so that I can get into the grove when it starts going. But then something struck me very hard! (What is it that struck me, that's what you might be thinking?)
I didn't have the tickets!! and the show was just three days away. Yes, I had the same thing in my mind what the hell to do. Then began a rampant search. I was searching for it all possible places. And at last, a friend of mine who worked in an ad agency came to my rescue. She had a ticket and wasn’t going for the concert. ‘Lucky me’, I said to myself.
With tickets in my hand, and two days left for the concert, I didn’t have any company from either college or office, I was shocked! I was thinking "I have to go all alone for the concert", but the next thought was "so what? I will go alone, what's the big deal".
To be continued... Next part is the most exciting one and you can say I was lucky again! So don't forget to read the next part!
Rock Forever \m/
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