The songs will be made keeping in mind live concerts. Apart from that, we toured Hong Kong back in 2012, Dubai, Thailand and Vietnam. But I’ve always noticed that from the audience’s perspective, it’s always Angel, Endless Road and most recently, Rock the Highway are the defining songs for GATC. The band believes that the Indian music industry is largely film-bound and indie music is not even accepted as a pure music industry. Perhaps it’s the movie industry that overpowers the independent scene and other fields like folk music. We really feel a lack of this genre in the country.Before signing off, Girish says, “We want to give the audience a taste of good old hard rock/glam/heavy metal songs. We’ve learnt a lot over the years. We have our regrets and triumphs, but like they say, never too late to mend the mistakes. In this era where rock n roll is almost dead, we play some of their songs and watch people go crazy, proving that it’s always fresh, something people can have a real good time with.”Rock and metal are still limited to certain audiences in our part of the world, says Girish, adding that they are yet to get the recognition they deserve. It’s because of them that we chose music as a profession. “A lot of bands from our country deserve to tour the world and yes, earn more recognition.Girish and The Chronicles (GATC) have been a prominent name in the Hard Rock/Metal scene of the country since 2009 – their inception. We have immense respect towards the artists we have covered over the years.
Quizzed about which of their songs would represent the band in its fullness, Girish says, “From the band’s perspective, I guess it would be Ride To Hell, Rock The Highway, Revolving Barrel. Everyone involved had a part to play. We are thankful to all the venues and people who knowingly or unknowingly helped us out in our initial days. From Led Zepplin to Guns and Roses, they gave great renditions to classic songs. “Opening for Hoobastank, Poets of the Fall, Destruction probably got us the big audience.”The band had been to some amazing concerts round the globe. Looking back at the ‘crazy roller coaster ride’, Girish Pradhan, lead vocalist and founder member or the band, says, “Our journey so far would definitely make a best-selling biography for sure!”Laughing, he starts, “We were 10 years younger than today and although we faced a hell uva hurdles, we were always determined and knew that there was no turning back. But I can see that the independent scene is coming up slowly because of platforms like YouTube. “I guess it’s deeply embedded in us – the blues, classic rock and the ‘80s. That means there are a lot of albums in the horizon. On February 8 and 9, they will be band sawmill performing in Bangkok as well.”. The music award fest in Montenegro and of course, every northeast tour is packed with a loyal following. These are the bands that literally made us pick up our instruments.”Like most of the other Indie bands out there, GATC has covered some of the best classical anthems of all time at the beginning.”Currently busy with some shows, Girish shares that their primary goal is to release their new album by February and then go on a promotional tour. No plans, no strategies, just go and ram the gates open – that was the way we did things and in a lot of ways, still do. There are also plans to release a video, every one or two months in that direction.”The band predominantly started off from Gangtok and moved their base to Bengaluru, marking their place in the rock/ metal scene in the country
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