Parikrama is a

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, India, formed in 1991 in Delhi. The band is considered to be one of Asia's biggest rock groups; Parikrama toured internationally with Iron Maiden in 2007, playing at the

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in England. The band is known for its high-energy live performances, and has released many singles in its 3 decade long career. In its 2014 listing of "25 Greatest Indian Rock Songs of the last 30+ Years", ''

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India'' featured "But It Rained" (2001) by the band. In February 2020, the band's lead guitarist Sonam Sherpa died of cardiac arrest. On October 8, 2020 Parikrama relaunched their 2001 single 'But It Rained' with the entire solo, as was played by Sonam Sherpa.

Members

The band consists of: * Nitin Malik – Lead vocalist * Sonam Sherpa – Lead guitarist (died 2020) * Saurabh Choudhary – Guitarist * Subir Malik – Organist,

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* Gaurav Balani – Bass guitarist * Srijan Mahajan – Drummer Accompanied by: * Suhail Ali Khan – Violinist * Shambu Nath –

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, Percussions *Shashank Singhania – Flute *Dhruv Bedi – Sitar *Rajesh Nair / Nitin Sidhu / Vikram Mishra – Sound Engineer Subir and Nitin Malik are brothers, with Subir being two years elder to Nitin. Both of them studied at St. Xavier's, Delhi. All the members of the band except Nitin, who went to Hindu College, went to Kirorimal College and were part of MUSOC (music society). Saurabh Chaudhry has a degree in business administration.

History

They are yet to release a full-length album, because they prefer giving out their music for free. They have had millions of downloads from their site and other related pages. They did release a free

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CD of their singles and videos in 2001. The band does not have any policies against their music being copied and distributed. They have made their music available for download on their official website. The band often fuses Indian classical music instruments such as

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and flute with conventional rock instruments including guitar,

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and keyboards. They have been inspired and influenced by

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and

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. Sonam Sherpa and Saurabh Chaudhary are endorsees of Carl Martin effect pedals.

Recordings

Parikrama rarely records music in the studio, and most recordings are made in live performances. On being asked in a 2012 interview if they plan a compilation album of live recordings, the band encouraged listeners to download their recordings from Facebook or Reverbnation and "make your own album, the way u want it". The first song "Xerox" was named 'the face of Indian rock'. Their first hit single "Till I'm No One Again" was released in 1995 along with "Open Skies". It was among thirteen other songs chosen from the demos sent by a hundred and fifty other bands in the country. This release, ''Great Indian Rock Volume 1'', was produced by Amit Saigal, owner and publisher of the India's first rock magazine: ''Rock Street Journal''. Another song, "Gonna Get It", was released in 1996. Their sixth number in succession was released in 1997: "Load Up". This band composed the song "The Superhero" for

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. This was in response to the visit of

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to the IT capital of India, Bangalore. "

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" was released in 2001. The song was about the kidnappings in the

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in 1995. This song is probably their biggest hit. They were surprised when a crowd of 40,000 sang along with them in their opening set for the Iron Maiden concert in Bangalore. A Parikrama original "Rhythm and Blues" was created in course of their jam session with

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. Parikrama released a lockdown version of 'Vapourize' in which Nitin sang the song in a new style.

References

External links

Official website

Official Musicfellas profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parikrama (Band) Indian rock music groups Musical groups established in 1991 Culture of Delhi 1991 establishments in Delhi