Zinc.... Live in Concert

Ola!
People are bound to think that I am obsessed with promotion of my house and what not, but frankly, some of the stuff that goes down at 59PC is seen only in movies! Last weekend, Madhav Aka Bodo, whom I had been pestering for the longest time, finally managed to get Zinc to perform at 59PC. Nothing fancy just an "In house concert". I sent out invites to people i know through facebook/email/sms. If you did not receieve an invite, i am truly very sorry.

The house was not packed or anything (thank god) but people kept coming and going and coming and going. A few of us were there throughout though and got to see/hear the music.

The Band played a mix of own compositions and Covers. Akshay Kaushik on Lead Guitar is in my opinion Jimi Hendrix reincarnated because when he plays, it looks so easy. He's got a super awesome guitar with which he does some super cool stuff. In true Jimi style, playing with his teeth while performing Voodoo Child. On the Keyboards we had Soumyajit Roy, who has amazing throw in his voice and belts out Bandeh by Indian Ocean like he was born for it! (I sang with him ;-) Plays the keyboard with his eyes closed, literally. On the rythm guitars we have Bodo, who also sings. He's pretty good in both aspects. Also written some of their own compositions which totally rocks! Last but definitely not the least we have Gautam Menon on the drums. An amazing talent with an eye for detail. His drums need to be perfectly placed for him to give an awesome show. Very very tight drumming. Piply tells me that he photographs well too! :) Good on ya mate! The Lead Singer of the band Soumya Jha (She's a chick) was unable to make it. She has an absolutely heavenly voice. Deep and melodious, it was a pity she couldnt make it!

Being a fauji house, sound-proofing was out of the question. We closed the doors and all and tried to keep it down, but its a rock band, low volume is something which is unacceptable. I had anticipated neigbours showing up to complain and had in my mind set a target of midnight when they would likely show up and we would have to think of something else. To my surprise, the 1 neighbour from another building altogether showed up at 0120hrs. Way past my deadline. The band was also quite tired considering they had been playing, with short breaks in between, since 2000hrs.

The biggest surprise showed up soon after this. I was sitting inside talking to Tanya and Piply when Bodo comes in saying, "Dude, Dude, You wont believe what happened!" I was like "what did you do?" Feeling my damage control instincts kicking in. What he told me next left me with mouth wide open! It turns out, 2 very pretty looking ladies had walked up and asked why the music had stopped? Upon being told the reason, they sided with us. Add to that, Bodo and Khurana asked them to come over as we would be carrying on and they said ok. I dint really believe bodo but nonetheless moved out into the balcony and lo and behold 2 ladies and a dude popped in a few minutes later!

The boys continued acoustic, playing some super covers and original compositions. Akshay Kaushik, the band's lead guitarist played some exquisite solos in songs like Layla and Stairway to Heaven.

All in all it was a heavenly night! Next morning after getting all the gear back to bodo's place, he was kind enough to feed us breakfast. We hadn't eaten all nite! The Scrambled eggs, toast and bacon was the cherry on the cake.

Photo's from the evening are below. Hope to see you next time!

Cheers