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October 12th 2009

Mr. Big, An Energetic And Refreshing Concert Experience

by Anwin in Bangalore, Concert, Events, Music, Video     tags: , , ,       2 Comments

True to the expectations, Mr. Big concert was a real experience in Hard Rock, Metal and Rock music. It was a very tightly packed 2 hour musical affair at Palace Grounds last Saturday.

First we went off to the Foster’s Art of Chilling Poolside party at Lalit Ashok. There we ate a lot of awesome Beef steaks and Pork ribs. Yummmmm!!!

Then we went off to Mr. Big concert. When the lights began to change Mr. Big started the concert with a song we didn’t expect – Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy. Wow. That was the beginning of a very energetic and lively rock concert. Some of the songs they played are from my previous post about songs I wanted to hear at the concert – notably Just Take My Heart, Colorado Bulldog (that was freakin’ awesome), Wild World (Of, course), Green Tinted Sixties Mind, To Be With You, and some other songs like Temperamental.

Some highlights of the concert:

1) Eric (the singer) turned 49 that day and celebrated his birthday on stage with other band members, and us, the crowd

2) Billy Sheehan (Bassist and Founding member) and Paul Gilbert (guitarist) showed their guitar prowess at various times between songs and with solo performances.

3) Billy Sheehan picked up the mike and gave his bass guitar to Eric and went on to sing a cover of Deep Purple’s Smoke on the Water. Electric!!! Pat Torpey took the guitars while Paul took to drums for this part. Then Pat Torpey took the mike and started singing the remaining verse of Smoke on the Water. Very nicely done.

4) Mr. Bid did two encores… hehehehe. Anoop said they will definitely stay for two encores, and it came to pass. We loved it, even though we thought it weird :)

5) Above all, we got to enjoy an almost front seat after only paying for the 800 tickets. Why? Some rockers broke down the 800 / 1300 barrier for us. Ha ha ha ha ha!

What was my take out of the concert? 2 hours of non-stop rock, and lots of adventures before, during and after ;-)

A very low res video of Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert playing Guitar as if their lives depended on it :)

Mr. Big concert

October 8th 2009

Mr. Big Concert At Palace Grounds In Bangalore, India

by Anwin in Bangalore, Concert, Entertainment, Events, India     tags: , ,       3 Comments

Mr. Big, one of my favorite rock bands when I was growing up, is playing at Palace Grounds, Bangalore on October 10th. Wow, this is an International concert and one that I have been dying to go to.

Bangalore, which has been hosts to a number of International acts like Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, INXS, Mark Knopfler, Roger Waters, Bryan Adams, and many more, is finally coming up with another International concert.  Mr. Big who belong to a very special rock genre named ‘shredder metal’ will be rocking angalore and some more cities in the North East of India. I’ve  always thought the North East of India are lucky to have some really obscure rock acts perform there when we never get to see them. But not this time. This time we are all equal :)

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Image Courtesy – Wikipedia

Why do I like Mr. Big? It’s because of their musical style which is a blend of blues style singing, neat guitar techniques and above all musical. Their most popular song would be “Wild World” which is an over played song on TV, Radio and on the Internet. However, there are quite a few other songs that I would love to hear them sing, notably

  • Wild World (of course :) )
  • Green Tinted Sixties Mind
  • To Be With You
  • Just Take My Heart
  • Ain’t Seen Love Like That
  • Promise Her The Moon
  • Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song)
  • Colorado Bulldog
  • Nothing But Love
  • Goin’ Where the Wind Blows

This is a concert to which you can bring your girlfriend or wife also with you. They are going to love the songs.

So, who’s gonna be there? I’ll be there with Nafisa. Yoo hoo hoo hooooooooooooo :)

What about you?

Book your tickets – BookMyShow

August 14th 2009

Freedom Jam Bangalore At Alliance Francaise

by Anwin in Bangalore, Concert, Entertainment, Events, India, Music     tags: , , , ,       4 Comments

Freedom Jam is back, but not with a great bang as it was some years ago :-(

I remember a time when we used to party from 6 in the evening of Independance day till 6 in the morning on Independance day. And it used to happen at The Club on the outskirts of Bangalore city. There used to be so many bands playing all the time and it was no doubt the woodstock of Bangalore.

However, these days we have to settle down for a small but still energizing concert at Alliance Francaise.  The festival is presented by Bharat Mata Nach Kud Baja, who started the Freedom Jam concept. As usual, the concert is free and the bands play for free.

Bangaloreans, I will be there today after 4 PM. Will you?

For a little bit more information visit these links – Times of India, Wikipedia.

February 1st 2009

Kingfisher Heavy Metal Blogger Meet

by Anwin in Bangalore, Blogging, Concert, Events     tags: , , , , ,       1 Comment

Following up on my earlier post on the Heavy Metal Blogger Meet in Bangalore we (IndiBlogger.in) have got a sponsor, Kingfisher.

To touch up more on the meet. This is an Iron Maiden pre-concert blogger meet. As Karthik says, “Calling all Maiden fans to the “Heavy Metal Bloggers Meet” here in Bangalore, the day before the famed “SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME” concert by the Gods of Metal!”

So, WILL YOU BE THERE?

Help us spread the word through one of these channels.

Facebook Event page, Orkut Event page, On Digg, Delicious, Reddit, IndianPad.

December 5th 2008

Heavy Metal Bloggers Meet – Bangalore

by Anwin in Bangalore, Concert, Events, Indiblogger, Music           1 Comment

Wow! This is something I was dreaming of for a long time. And finally it has materialized.

It all started with Iron Maiden confirming dates for a repeat concert at Bangalore the coming February. I presume that Iron Maiden would like perform at Bangalore also what was done last year at Mumbai. Those things aside, I don’t care. Iron Maiden is playing in Bangalore and that is the end of it. Bloody awesome guys. And it will be the third time at a Maiden concert for me. Woo hoooooo…

The others were http://anw.in/2007/03/19/they-iron-maiden-came-they-played-they-rocked/ and http://anw.in/2008/02/04/iron-maiden-in-india-2008-they-played-they-rocked-again/

Last time we had a ball at 404 (our last bachelor pad) before the Maiden concert. Renie, Naveen, Anoop, Karthik, myself and a bunch of others spent a lot of time the previous evening writing banners for the concert. Watch the YouTube video where our banner was seen. And the pictures and a post about it at http://www.naveenroy.com/2007/05/iron-maiden-banner.html.

This time Karthik has proposed the Indiblogger Heavy Metal Blogger Meet and we would like to extend our party to all Heavy Metal fans who also happen to be bloggers. Neat!

And, did you guys see the IndiBlogger meeting badge?

 

All metal bloggers, please sign up at http://www.indiblogger.in/bloggermeet.php?id=24.