ALT.MUSIC.ROCK.INDIAN?

[jeffery vaska]

i am quite familar with indian movie music and many indian traditional
musicians, but i am wondering if there is such a thing as "indianized"
rock-n-roll music? is this question really just too backwards to begin
with? i am just curious if anybody knows ANYTHING about this subject.
i would be very happy to hear from anybody regarding this question.

thanks in advance for your help...jeffery vaska/kzuu/w.s.u.

[Bobby Nayar]

jeffery vaska <jva...@wsunx.wsu.edu> wrote:
>i am quite familar with indian movie music and many indian traditional
>musicians, but i am wondering if there is such a thing as "indianized"
>rock-n-roll music? is this question really just too backwards to begin
>with?

Well, I wouldn't say the question is too backwards.
"Indianized" rock-n-roll would immediately bring to mind the Beatles classic
NORWEGIAN WOOD, or the Led Zeppelin song KASHMIR,
while "westernized" Indian music would bring to mind something like the Asha
Bhonsle classic "Dum aro dum".
Which one do you mean ?

[Neeraj Deshmukh - The Falcon]

> jeffery vaska <jva...@wsunx.wsu.edu> wrote:

And how about Indian rock --- bands like Indus Creed (formerly
Rock Machine), artistes like Gary Lawyer and Sharon Prabhakar? Plus
there is a score of amateur rock bands that abound youth fests like
Mood Indigo at IIT Mumbai (one has to be careful about not typing
'Bombay' these days... ;-) ) every year... Not to forget the fusion
music created by L Subramanian and the Shankars etc...

Ciao,

ND

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[Kuntal M. Daftary]

On 21 Mar 1996, Neeraj Deshmukh - The Falcon wrote:

> there is a score of amateur rock bands that abound youth fests like
> Mood Indigo at IIT Mumbai (one has to be careful about not typing
> 'Bombay' these days... ;-) ) every year... Not to forget the fusion

the best is GRASSROOTS REVIVAL from abd.
heard of it?
(best among amatuers, i mean)

later
k

It is better to be a jade whose destiny is being crashed
to pieces rather than a brick which will keep intact forever.

[Dina Williams]

In Article <314FA8...@wsunx.wsu.edu>, jeffery vaska

<jva...@wsunx.wsu.edu> wrote:
>i am quite familar with indian movie music and many indian traditional
>musicians, but i am wondering if there is such a thing as "indianized"
>rock-n-roll music? is this question really just too backwards to begin

>with? i am just curious if anybody knows ANYTHING about this subject.
>i would be very happy to hear from anybody regarding this question.
>
>thanks in advance for your help...jeffery vaska/kzuu/w.s.u.

There's an English band called Cornershop who combine "indie rock" with
traditional Indian music. Their latest release, "Woman's Gotta Have It," was
released on David Byrne's Luaka Bop label. They have two earlier releases on
an English label called Wiija, they might be available State-side and are
well worth whatever effort it takes to find them. A couple of the members
are Indian and live in England. Some of their songs are really great and
some leave me flat, but the great material far outweighs the mediocre. They
appearing in New York City in April (and may possibly be on tour now) with a
band called Cracker.
Dina Williams
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Amos Eaton Room 330
Troy, NY 12180-3590
(518)276-2052
wil...@rpi.edu
http://www.math.rpi.edu/~willid2

[Subramanya Rao]

Digressing slightly...

The "Dead Man Walking" soundtrack has two duets by Eddie Vedder (of Pearl
Jam fame) and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
One song has some Urdu (?) lyrics and the other one (which is cool, I
think) has Eddie singing with background vocals by NFAK.

Not Indian, but close, right? :))

Worth checking out, IMHO.

Continuing on Neeraj's note about Indian rock bands, I have never heard
_hard rock_ mixed with lyrics in Indian languages, though borrowed pop
tunes have flourished. Wonder if they would go well together?

-Subbu

[Tina Ross]

Bobby Nayar <na...@bnr.ca> wrote:
>jeffery vaska <jva...@wsunx.wsu.edu> wrote:
>>i am quite familar with indian movie music and many indian traditional
>>musicians, but i am wondering if there is such a thing as "indianized"
>>rock-n-roll music? is this question really just too backwards to begin
>>with?
>

>Well, I wouldn't say the question is too backwards.
>"Indianized" rock-n-roll would immediately bring to mind the Beatles classic
>NORWEGIAN WOOD, or the Led Zeppelin song KASHMIR,
>while "westernized" Indian music would bring to mind something like the Asha
>Bhonsle classic "Dum aro dum".
>Which one do you mean ?
>

For serious fans of rock and Indian music fusion, you have to check out
"Sitar Power" by Ashwin Batish. He has released two CDs in this
category. They're terrific! TR