The Gig Rigger: Scribe, Nigambodh, Rabbit is Rich, Arcane Deception - The Mezz

V Km (Scribe) : Hey drunk chicks *waves his mic*. You having a good tttiiiiiimmmmmeeee?
Drunk chicks : Yeaaa hhh *waves some ..*
VK : Your parents must be proud of youuuuuu ?! *ishmyle*
Drunk chicks : Yeaaa hhh *raises hands*
VK : Do you know what heavy metal iiiiisssss??
the crowd: woooooo, hey haha!!!

If the casting couch fame Gulshan Grover would have told me , "Main hun teja, mark idhar hai", I would have pointed him to the mark on every metalhead's map for the weekend , The Mezz, pubrockfest , for Bombay was knocking on us and we love pav bhaji.

The gig started dot at 8:30, something the rednecks didn't expect, while they were busy slowing things down (and literally) as a sweet smell of grass and rain engulfed me as I reach outside the pub. Then some burgers, greeting fellow pseudo intellectuals and a minus 150 bucks later we enter to find Arcane Deception playing their last song. All I remember them saying was to visit their myspace page. (I certainly would recommend.)

Then entered some totally new, melodic, unexpected, band and Gavy(with his spartan hair on mic) started of with a real soft tone

" Hum hain Nigambodh , Hindi bhashiya band, rajdhani dilli se "

They started of with real groovy tunes and the bassy Tushar , was real पटाखेदार !!! Since these tunes were not one expected, some of 'em rather turned away. But suddenly then, they delivered the 'This Is Sparta' kick and the subtlety yet heaviness of their sound blew the corners away! Metalheads gathered in a jiffy and their song " भागो पागल आया !!!" was some shit. It totally rocked the house with everyone banging up to the brim. The double meaning of their lyrics is something to be noted. Manish growls like a bear and can hit those strings till u bleed, but I'd credit him most for the lyrics.

" बुद्धि ख़तम , असुर भसम , पंख लगा उड़ गए कदम ..."

Must I tell you that the band was playing 'Budhi Khatam' at IIT-g when fucking 'Eluveitie'! came out and clicked them!! Singing about Shiva (Stuti), Baiju (the peddler??) they are some trip you need to get on.


Manish - Nigambodh

Next up is 'Rabit is Rich'. Boy, they have been in the scene for some time now and have made a name and a die-hard following for themselves.

(after 6 some songs)
Sethi (R is R) : Guys, We ain't fucking play Lamb of God nomore.

Sethi has a clean guttural voice, that displays the power of his stomach to push the diapragm air (not that he has any lack of that area though!). People love them and if I may quote them

"...when you mosh we feed you and you fuel us, we find absolute calm in the chaos we unleash..."

For the drummer , let me tell you , don't be deceived by his looks. He may look like a school boy, but with the talent he displays, he must be banging a class load of chicks at a time.
But for the cool factor, no one can beat the Akshay, their man guarding the bass. he gives a shit how the rules play, he'd play, dance, drink (Victoria Bitter) and manage to pull of some real low pitch.

Akshay - Rabbit is rich

If you haven't heard them, search for the song 'Kaboom', and your neighbors shall hate you forever. They have an EP out, but really 'kaboom' is the only one for an inclusion in your playlist. For me, they started of good, but then became repetitive. But as they say, "rabbit is rich and will be".

Chaitanya Bhalla is way groovier in 'Lazy River'. And literally.

Now Ladyboys and Ungentlemens, we have for you the "Metal song - Tip of the day"

Start a metal song song with a scream!

Yes, there you have it. Frustrated college boys like (yours truly), jump straight up into that headbanging zone, once a sound beyond a certain decibel is heard. Besides, even Scribe did it. In every song.

V Km (Scribe) : blah blah...
Crowd : fuck you
VK : This bunch here loves to say "fuck"!
Crowd : Yeahhh
VK : And they also love to say "yeah"!
Crowd : hey, yeahh
VK : Lets try it together then ..
Crowd : Fuck yeahhh

Before I introduce you to some choupati ' खड़ा Pav-Bhaji ' , and a clean shaven bassist , lets us get to a little serious stuff. Its the secret behind their new drummer Virendra Kaith - aka - 'Viru' (ofcourse the DR one, and khiladi etc etc) who was introduced to the crowd as Doctor Dan (if I heard it right). Now hear this. Viru's facebook profile is called facebook.com/pdvirus . Here is the mystery. I hear his introduction and what comes to my mind is Dr. Dan burisch of Project lotus. Dr Dan is a well known man and was heavily covered by media in 2004 for his findings of extraterrestrial life on earth (Fucking real ALIENS !!) in the form of certain PD Virus!!! If u haven't you should read about it here. I till date believed it stood for 'Pin Drop Virus' as he played for Pin Drop Violence.
I stand with my hanging jaw.

I don't need to tell you about the band, do I. Still if you have been in a coma lately and haven't heard Scribe buy 'Mark of Teja' or even 'Have hard : Will core' or 'Confect' would do (and join the 3 ppl whom the band invited on stage for a song!!! ) , Or I'd say head to their reverbnation page first ; open the lyrics before you play a song, because Vishwesh Krishnamurthy has had this long name since birth and hence had a lot of practice speaking long sentences swiftly. So swift, even the rappers would eat their shit. But that's cause his voice is gold. Pure malleable. He sings as he like. He even makes music out of his mouth, tongue, neck and all the spaces in between. For a quick demo listen to their superhit 'Pav Bhaji' where there is a part he sings ( rather raps-growls-electronicates ) the recipe of pav bhaji. Tell me if u can catch him, doing that.

I went to the show with an aim of streaming the event live, but I forgot to switch to high quality and then suddenly I was sucked into a moshpit. Don't blame me. Blame the Scribe. Torchbearers of Indian hardcore.