MUMBAI: ReRock II, a special concert will see three of the capital’s most popular bands Electric Plant (1978 – 1982), White Fang (1980 – 1983) and Applied For (1980 – 1983) for a one-night-only special performance The concert will be held at Garden of Five Senses in Delhi on 9 January 2010.
This unique event offers a chance to revisit the music that defined our rock soundscape of the �70s and �80s.
Conceptualized by Reunion Rock India or ReRock group, ReRock is a growing community that strives to recall, thank and honor the dedication, passion and energy of musicians who put their heart and soul into playing the music they loved often without any support, and certainly without much hope of being a working rock musician in India. ReRock will take older audiences back to the music they grew up on and introduce newer audiences to the history of rock music in India. The first ReRock concert took place in Delhi in 2009 and featured White Fang, Applied For and D?©j? vu – the response was overwhelming which necessitated a second edition.
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Electric Plant, White Fang and Applied For were three of the biggest Delhi bands of their time. Their energetic live shows and refreshing music set the stage for the rock capital that Delhi is today. They founded musicians like Rahul Ram who went on to play with Indian Ocean, undoubtedly one of the biggest bands in India. Their groundbreaking work made it possible for rock in India to become what it is today. Joining these three great acts will be the newly formed, and appropriately titled, Unfinished Biz.
ReRock II is presented by Airtel.
About the reuniting bands
Electric Plant
Electric Plant are one of India’s earliest D-I-Y rock bands: they began playing with makeshift instruments like a homemade electric guitar (made by a Sardarji in Paharganj) and a drum kit worth Rs 200 (with Bright Orchestra… emblazoned on it) as well as booking themselves at college festivals and marriage halls and venues like Ashoka Hotel and the Siri Fort Auditorium.
A hugely successful sold out show called The Last Waltz… at Ashoka Hotel in November 1981 easily explains what Electric Plant is all about. Fans desperate to check out the five-piece outfit caused one of Delhi’s craziest melees when the entrance doors of the Convention Hall were damaged and caught fire.
Electric Plant comprises Arun and Varun Sharma (Drums, Guitar and vocals respectively) and their school friend Pradip Glover… Chaudhuri (Bass).
White Fang
Taking their name from the Jack London novel about a white wolf in Alaska, White Fang was formed in 1980 by Amitanshu Das and Gautam Ghosh, and soon added bassist Rahul Ram (of Indian Ocean), drummer Sharad Tyagi and Abe as the first woman to play keyboards for a rock band in Delhi. Sudipto Pakrasi will join them in Delhi for ReRock II. The band played at college festival venues all across the city over the next three years and at several exclusive shows at theatres like AIFACS and FICCI. On one instance, they even managed to pack in an astounding 15,000-strong audience with two other bands from Mumbai and Kolkata.
Applied For
Applied For was perhaps one of the first of Delhi bands who shook off the rock-is-good-pop-is-bad… stigma The band was extremely popular through Delhi, playing peppy “crowd” songs instead of the “heavy” or “hard rock” sound, which was the norm in the ’80s Their gigs at all of Delhi’s leading venues like FICCI, Kamani, Yamuna Velodrome, Siri Fort as well as several rock nites… at Delhi University college festivals and a television appearance even says it all.
Applied For, in Delhi, will be Tony George, Niren Chaudhary, Deepak Castellino, Bann Roy and Sharad Tyagi, Deepak Castellino and Sudipto Pakrasi.
Unfinished Biz
Unfinished Biz is a rock band that came out of ReRock I The band has a member each (at the very least) from three of Delhi’s oldest and most influential rock bands from the ’70s and ’80s – Electric Plant, White Fang and Applied For In spite of geographical hurdles, time differences and creative disagreements, the band has used technology creatively, jamming over Skype and swapping music ideas over email.
ReRock II is going to be the very first concert of this trans-continental, trans-generational Indian rock band They will be performing mostly their own compositions for this show.
Unfinished Biz comprises of Amitanshu Das, Bann Roy, Tony George, Abhinav Dhar, Vinayak Gupta and most recently Obed Zeme.
