Garage Monsters Inc
grunge, funk, rock, alternative, metal.
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top 50
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Great Divide (The Great Divide EP) Great Divide (The Great Divide EP)
'The Great Divide EP', finally available for download. The title track from the EP.
Plastic Skin (The Great Divide EP) Plastic Skin (The Great Divide EP)
Stray Bullet (The Great Divide EP) Stray Bullet (The Great Divide EP)
'Stray Bullet' was chosen for the Great Indian Rock 2005 compilation. This verison is from 'The Great Divide' EP, finally available for download.
Look To The Sky (The Great Divide EP) Look To The Sky (The Great Divide EP)
The Great Divide EP, now finally available for download! If you would like to order cd's, do get in touch with us!
The Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix cover) The Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix cover)
Nikhil Cherian - guitar/vox
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Garage Monsters Inc. is:
Nikhil Cherian - Vocals, addl guitar, percussion
Joshua Raj - Lead guitars
Aubrey Sequiera - Bass Guitar
Willy Demoz - Drums
Garage Monsters Inc. was formed one week before IIT-M Saarang Jan, 2004. The band formed "just for kicks" and was initially a classic rock/metal tribute band (toto, extreme, van halen, megadeth, satch). Formed by Britto and lead guitarist, Josh, the band also had Cliff on rhythm and Sanjeev on bass. The band recruited Nikhil to handle vocal duties. On winning the prize for 'best vocalist', the one-off gig turned into several and with the gradual change in music style as well as the growing number of original compositions, the reputation of the band grew.
GMI have played regularly at the Unwind Center and also landed a gig at Dublin, Park Sheraton alongside two of India's most successful bands - Parikrama and Silk Route. GMI were also selected to play in the JRO festival organized by the Unwind Center in July 2004 as well as in 2005. GMI's own compositions have been written/arranged mainly by nikhil, josh and britto.
The band underwent line-up changes - the departure of Cliff and Sanjeev. With new bassist Wayne, GMI were called by the British Council and the Unwind to be a part of "8 days a week - a tribute to the Beatles".
GMI then took their brand of grunge to NLS Strawberry Fields 2004 rock competition in which they bagged the 3rd place out of the 50+ bands as well as a 'best bassist' prize, after which the band were recognized and acknowledged in a wider spectrum (thank you SS Music). GMI went on to get 1st place and the best guitarist prize at MCC, Chennai's fest Deepwoods 2004.
The monsters' next step was to record a demo for the Great Indian Rock 2005 organized by RSJ. The band sent in three of their tracks and to their surprise the song "Stray Bullet" was selected. The band then recruited Aubrey to handle bass duties and played their GIR set on the 20th of Feb to an eight-thousand strong audience with John Myung (dream theater) being a special guest.
After the the departure of Arun, GMI then recruited Willy (Bhumi) to handle drumming duties and played the LIVEVIBE gig at the YMCA grounds in Royapettah, Chennai in March where they released their EP "The Great Divide". GMI returned to JRO for a second year to rock their local fan following, along with Bhayanak Maut and Parousia. "The Great Divide EP" can be ordered by contacting Nikhil (sliknik13@yahoo.co.uk)or Josh (viren_raj@hotmail.com). Price: Rs. 50 (Chennai) and Rs. 50 + shipping (Outside Chennai)!Your musical influences
Pearl Jam, Extreme, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Rush, Toto.
Chennai,
India
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307106
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Comments (6)
great songs! 10 out of 10,
R
awesome guys.... should go PRO... come and play in CMC vellore.... u d be rockin awesome!!!!
your songs are a bit happy to be proper grunge, but you are all very skilled musicians and a hell of a lot better than the other "grunge" artists on soundclick.
also, all of your influences are sooooo obvious in your recordings
r.i.p soundgarden :'(
my brothers of rock... i'm f***in addin u guys to my station... take care and keep rockin
hey crazy stuff on the great divide stuff .... ur songs are f***in wild... just got our album out too... its called tribulation... catch you guys some day on the big circuit
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