- Sumit had to leave the band because of personal issues. It was a memorable year and half with him on board and we will miss him. But things move on. Currently, we are on the hunt for a drummer. Those of you who are interested, or those who know people who might be interested, give us a shout. Those who apply should keep in mind that they need to look as bad or even worse than the rest of the band. For reference, watch out for the upcoming photo post.
- As you might know, we were signed on to Phat Phish. Unfortunately, it didn't work out as planned. A week or so back, we had a meeting with the record label officials and both parties decided to part ways. Although we didn't have to fight the British to be independent again, we are almost as upbeat and optimistic about our future as Gandhiji was, and would like to exercise our freedom by coming out with some new music. Read further, for clarity.
- Quite honestly, we are tired of waiting for our yet unreleased debut album. It has been a long time (about a year, actually) since we visited the studios. Ergo, we have decided to start from scratch, almost. We are writing new material and are planning to record the songs. These songs will be released through the alma mater of music, the Internet. You will get to listen to them and on top of that, will get to download these songs! We are very excited about this. The first single (yes, one more reason why the title has the word) is in the process of being recorded. Watch this space for further details!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Single and looking
You heard it right! Shor Bazaar is single and looking. Not just once, but thrice!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Shor Bazaar @coustic Live! on 10th of May
You've heard us loud, you might even have heard us on the radio. But you haven't seen us unplugged! Yes, for the first time ever, Shor Bazaar presents its stripped down version with acoustic guitars and piano. And this time, we're debuting brand new songs and you don't want to miss that!
In this unique promotional event on Mother's day at 'The Club' in association with Furtados, we'll be sharing the stage with Cirkles for an afternoon of acoustic rock.
Entry:
Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009
Time: 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: The Club
Street: 197 D.N. Nagar, Andheri (West)
City/Town: Mumbai, India
In this unique promotional event on Mother's day at 'The Club' in association with Furtados, we'll be sharing the stage with Cirkles for an afternoon of acoustic rock.
Entry:
Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009
Time: 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: The Club
Street: 197 D.N. Nagar, Andheri (West)
City/Town: Mumbai, India
Friday, March 6, 2009
Shor Bazaar - School from Aarohi '09 @ VNIT Nagpur
- Lyrics are overlayed on the top portion of the video window!
This song's about a really funny story from JD's school days!
Nu-Hindi-Metal?
This song's about a really funny story from JD's school days!
Nu-Hindi-Metal?
Thursday, March 5, 2009
The 'Apsara' lyric
You guys requested for it and now you have it. These are the lyrics to the song 'Apsara' which we performed at Aarohi '09 at VNIT Nagpur. Watch out for this space as more goodies are on your way.
Apsara
chakshya lada kar, lakshya dikhati;
aisa dhooan, aag ho kaisi?
aei apsara... aa ab zara!
do kadam idhar, choom loon tera;
looton aise tujhe teri har maang bhar doon,
aise tujhe teri, har maang, bhar doon....
jab ang mile, besharmi kar,
unmaad mein, mere kaan bhar;
dil gusthak, dil beimaan, dil-e-kasish, dilruba,
dil gusthak, dil beimaan, dil-e-kasish, dilrubaa...
chakshya lada kar, lakshya dikhati;
aisa dhooan, aag ho kaisi?
aei apsara... aa ab zara!
do kadam idhar, choom loon tera;
looton aise tujhe teri har maang bhar doon,
aise tujher teri, har maang, bhar doon....
daanton se tujhpe, kayee naam likhoon,
cheerun khuraeid, dastakhat karoon;
dil gusthak, dil beimaan, dil-e-kasish, dilruba,
dil gusthak, dil beimaan, dil-e-kasish, dilrubaa...
aei apsara... aa ab zara!
do kadam idhar, choom loon tera;
looton aise tujhe teri har maang bhar doon,
aise tujhe teri, har maang, bhar doon....
We demand comments!
Apsara
chakshya lada kar, lakshya dikhati;
aisa dhooan, aag ho kaisi?
aei apsara... aa ab zara!
do kadam idhar, choom loon tera;
looton aise tujhe teri har maang bhar doon,
aise tujhe teri, har maang, bhar doon....
jab ang mile, besharmi kar,
unmaad mein, mere kaan bhar;
dil gusthak, dil beimaan, dil-e-kasish, dilruba,
dil gusthak, dil beimaan, dil-e-kasish, dilrubaa...
chakshya lada kar, lakshya dikhati;
aisa dhooan, aag ho kaisi?
aei apsara... aa ab zara!
do kadam idhar, choom loon tera;
looton aise tujhe teri har maang bhar doon,
aise tujher teri, har maang, bhar doon....
daanton se tujhpe, kayee naam likhoon,
cheerun khuraeid, dastakhat karoon;
dil gusthak, dil beimaan, dil-e-kasish, dilruba,
dil gusthak, dil beimaan, dil-e-kasish, dilrubaa...
aei apsara... aa ab zara!
do kadam idhar, choom loon tera;
looton aise tujhe teri har maang bhar doon,
aise tujhe teri, har maang, bhar doon....
We demand comments!
Monday, March 2, 2009
The Aarohi '09 Experience
We almost didn’t make it! It was a hastily put together, ill-planned itinerary which meant that three of us had work-related issues to take into consideration. Such journeys necessitate the acquired skills of clowning around to be utilized and the few VNITites we encountered on the train must have been left wondering how such a goofy group of people can perform cohesively as a band. The 13-hour-long journey without reservations in an Indian train’s second class compartment on an intensely hot day didn’t manage to wear four of us down - our guitar gizmo man Joy was flying in.
From the moment that we landed in the Nagpur railway station (along with the guys from Indigo Children who arrived at the same time coincidentally) we were treated with utmost care by the hard-working team at Aarohi ’09. JD’s asthmatic tendencies pre-empted an intense dusting session at the unused hostel rooms which would eventually become our abode for a couple of days - the bunker beds really were reminiscent of boys hostels from our past and the baths without showers reminded me of my own scary days from medical college hostels of the past.
As we walked across the ground through a dust storm which had formed right in front of our eyes to the ‘green room’ behind the stage, we were rather disheartened by the lackadaisical sound people who were running three hours behind schedule. Indigo Children took a couple of hours for their sound check which was marked by incessant delays due to technical snags and more. We tried to do our sound check as fast as we could as the crowd was already assembling and were getting impatient. We had used ‘Rasili’ and ‘School’ as our songs for teasing the crowd and it sure seemed to have worked.
Apparently, there was this viral SMS being sent across the campus about this hindi band playing hair-raising stuff. That surely helped us as a considerable crowd of about 500 had assembled by the time we got on stage after the band competition. Joy and Sumit who did not even have time to freshen up after being the judges of ‘Purple Haze’ (along with Jayen Verma, the fastest percussive bassist in the world) must have been recharged due to the energy rippling off the crowd before them. What followed will best be described in pictures and video.
In the half hour that we were allowed to perform we did six songs – ‘Rasili’, ‘Mumbhai’, ‘Apsara’, ‘Chuppi’, ‘School’ and ‘Jaisalmer’ - and we had a blast on stage. It was one of the only gigs where JD’s famously risqué lines got across to the crowd through the mayhem of cymbals, slap-pop and guitar drones and we saw guffawing teenagers in scores amongst the audience. A gig with Shor Bazaar can’t go on without JD injuring himself in one way or the other and this time he sprained his ankle while jumping off the stage, thereby disrupting the guitar circuitry of Robin, left lost amidst his fitful stage-act.
After the performance, as the punk-rock anthems of Indigo Children were being dished out live, we were overwhelmed with requests for photographs and some autographs too. We heard chants of ‘Shor Bazaar’ peppered with high-pitched shrieks when we headed out to watch the Children go amok. We were totally drained and yet we couldn’t help but bask in the adulation poured on us, at least partly due to my own version of couture. This is the first time that we were tagged with a few genres like hindi-metal and hindi-thrash!
It was a wonderful experience and we thank all you guys who helped us pull this off! We thank the talented bands who participated in the contest and Indigo Children for sharing the stage with us. We also would not like to overlook the sponsors ibibo.com and Xion Media Labs for sponsoring this event. It’s no secret that we would like to take centre stage, hopefully not just once more, when we could unleash our entire arsenal at you. We’re waiting for the call!
We would very much appreciate hearing from you about what you liked and what you didn’t about the band and the performance and about our mannerisms on stage and our wardrobe. I already have had many a requests to upload the lyrics of our songs. We are certainly going to be working on that. You could also send in the photos that you guys managed to take to our e-mail or post them on the many platforms for Shor Bazaar fans on the Internet – MySpace, FaceBook Group, FaceBook Arist Page, Orkut Community etc.
From the moment that we landed in the Nagpur railway station (along with the guys from Indigo Children who arrived at the same time coincidentally) we were treated with utmost care by the hard-working team at Aarohi ’09. JD’s asthmatic tendencies pre-empted an intense dusting session at the unused hostel rooms which would eventually become our abode for a couple of days - the bunker beds really were reminiscent of boys hostels from our past and the baths without showers reminded me of my own scary days from medical college hostels of the past.
As we walked across the ground through a dust storm which had formed right in front of our eyes to the ‘green room’ behind the stage, we were rather disheartened by the lackadaisical sound people who were running three hours behind schedule. Indigo Children took a couple of hours for their sound check which was marked by incessant delays due to technical snags and more. We tried to do our sound check as fast as we could as the crowd was already assembling and were getting impatient. We had used ‘Rasili’ and ‘School’ as our songs for teasing the crowd and it sure seemed to have worked.
Apparently, there was this viral SMS being sent across the campus about this hindi band playing hair-raising stuff. That surely helped us as a considerable crowd of about 500 had assembled by the time we got on stage after the band competition. Joy and Sumit who did not even have time to freshen up after being the judges of ‘Purple Haze’ (along with Jayen Verma, the fastest percussive bassist in the world) must have been recharged due to the energy rippling off the crowd before them. What followed will best be described in pictures and video.
In the half hour that we were allowed to perform we did six songs – ‘Rasili’, ‘Mumbhai’, ‘Apsara’, ‘Chuppi’, ‘School’ and ‘Jaisalmer’ - and we had a blast on stage. It was one of the only gigs where JD’s famously risqué lines got across to the crowd through the mayhem of cymbals, slap-pop and guitar drones and we saw guffawing teenagers in scores amongst the audience. A gig with Shor Bazaar can’t go on without JD injuring himself in one way or the other and this time he sprained his ankle while jumping off the stage, thereby disrupting the guitar circuitry of Robin, left lost amidst his fitful stage-act.
After the performance, as the punk-rock anthems of Indigo Children were being dished out live, we were overwhelmed with requests for photographs and some autographs too. We heard chants of ‘Shor Bazaar’ peppered with high-pitched shrieks when we headed out to watch the Children go amok. We were totally drained and yet we couldn’t help but bask in the adulation poured on us, at least partly due to my own version of couture. This is the first time that we were tagged with a few genres like hindi-metal and hindi-thrash!
It was a wonderful experience and we thank all you guys who helped us pull this off! We thank the talented bands who participated in the contest and Indigo Children for sharing the stage with us. We also would not like to overlook the sponsors ibibo.com and Xion Media Labs for sponsoring this event. It’s no secret that we would like to take centre stage, hopefully not just once more, when we could unleash our entire arsenal at you. We’re waiting for the call!
We would very much appreciate hearing from you about what you liked and what you didn’t about the band and the performance and about our mannerisms on stage and our wardrobe. I already have had many a requests to upload the lyrics of our songs. We are certainly going to be working on that. You could also send in the photos that you guys managed to take to our e-mail or post them on the many platforms for Shor Bazaar fans on the Internet – MySpace, FaceBook Group, FaceBook Arist Page, Orkut Community etc.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Thank you VNIT Nagpur!
We are packing up to leave Nagpur and the memories of yesterday night at Aarohi '09 linger on. We had a wonderful time performing in front of the most responsive of audiences. We'd like to thank everybody for letting us have a wild time on stage - the organizers, the audience, the people who took care of our stay and food, fellow bands (including Indigo Children)! We' love to come back and Shor-ify Nagpur!
Adios!
Adios!
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