Akshar: Nurturing The Rock and Roll Scene In Hyderabad

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[{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1584173331696","data":"Bands are evolving and the Rock and Roll Bands have been dwindling and being replaced with by the Bollywood music. The clubs in Hyderabad began to follow suit and started hiring Bollywood DJs and opting for melodious music in the restaurants. <\/p>Slowly the scene is beginning to change again and 'back to rock<\/i>\u2019 has been the new mantra but with a Twist, courtesy being bands like Akshar. <\/p>While talking about the band scene in the city, the Akshar Band stands in the front line with top-notch performances in many events in recent times. Akshar is known for their Rock covers and renditions of Tollywood and Bollywood numbers. Their addition of the rock twist to the regular songs has proven to be a hit among the club goers. Week on week, with each performance the band\u2019s fan base keeps on increasing. <\/p> <\/p>After experiencing a high energy performance by Akshar band in a popular club, we interacted with the band members and a few of their audience. There is a mix of full-time musicians and passionate techies in the band. The band was formed in the year 2012, from then on the band is blending together a wide range of genres, picking old to latest Telugu and Hindi songs. They keep experimenting with Rock, Reggae, Hard Rock, Rock Reggae Blues and FusionRock. <\/p>They have performed in almost all the renowned pubs and clubs in and around Hyderabad. The audience who fell head over heels with their performances are making it a point to refer or hire the band for their private parties in various cities in both the Telugu states, leaving the band busy all through the week, but weekends are where the band will be the busiest juggling between the clubs, college events and private parties. Akshar has great craze and fan base across colleges. <\/p> <\/p>Of colleges, they have performed in HCU, CMR group of institutions, GITAMS Hyderabad, GoaInstitute of Management etc., Even the audio releases and Pre-release events of Telugu movies had Akshar performing. They have recently performed in theFalaknuma Das Pre-release event. Akshar is just back from a tiny vacation in the City of Destiny, Visakhapatnam having performed in the Flea market and a fest called \u2018Youth Festa\u2019. They are now in plans of going international and are prepping to release their own compositions. Their set starts with a melodious Violin intro and they continue to perform 90\u2019s favourites like Sakhiya, Oh Cheliya slowly transcending towards the recent hits. While the audience deeply starts to enjoy and resonate with the band, their rapper cum bassist announces a short break leaving the audience uttering \u2018ooos\u2019 and \u2018aahs\u2019 as we can clearly feel the audience not wanting the band to stop. Their second set starts with a loud cheer as theViolin and Drum cover of GOT theme starts to play by the band. As the set proceeds we can feel the adrenaline rush as they keep churning high energy numbers one after the other beautifully blending melodies from Illayaraja and AR Rahman\u2019s compositions here and there. <\/p>One can catch Akshar Band performing every week in clubs like Chemistry, HyLife Brewing Company, The Moonshine Project and Bird Box regularly. They keep updating about their gigs and performances in their social media handles. <\/p>\"It is important to keep the audience informed about the whereabouts of the band and to keep interacting with the fans, says the band\u2019s\" PR and Social media manager, Madhulika. \"They also get most of their enquiries for private events through Social media, she adds\" <\/p>\"Our friends like us always fall in love with their music and often asks us when can they go see the band again,\" Says Hyma, a fan of the Band. They also add that the band's unique mix of latest songs and nostalgic old numbers combined with the high energy rock music is what brings them back again and again. Small screen celebrity, Anchor Ravi keeps attending Akshar\u2019s Live shows along with his family and fondly shares their performances on his social media accounts quoting, \u201cHappiness is watching my favourite band performing\u201d.Many known names of the industry is all praises for the band. Actors Sai Ronak, Siva Balaji, Kannada star Akul Balaji, Singers Smitha and Vijaya Lakshmibeing a few of them.<\/p> <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1584173331698","data":"5e6ca6c1b3155"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1584173331700","data":"Know the Band members: <\/b><\/p>Vihari Eyunni,<\/b> the Violinist who is an IT Professional by the day holds a music degree in Carnatic music. He creates magic with his Violin fusing highly technical solos with beautiful melodies.<\/p>PVLN Murthy,<\/b> the Vocalist of the band has a golden voice and is a classically trained singer with experience performing with live bands and studio recordings. He playbacks, dubs and makes use of his Vocal art wherever. His recent achievement being getting selected to the Mumbai round of the popular reality singing talent TV show Indian Idol. <\/p>Aaron Wesley,<\/b> the Drummer of Akshar Band, fondly called as the machine gun of the band comes from a background of expertise in metal, progressive metal and hard rock. Known for his goosebump worthy double bass drumming acts. <\/p>Gopal Sahis<\/b>, the Keyboardist also known as Dada is a touring artist and plays keyboard for many artistes across the country. Dada adds in a lot of ambience handling the musical moments perfectly with his unique and definite style.<\/p>Surabit Haflongbar,<\/b> the Lead Guitarist hails from the Northeast part of the country. Highly influenced by bands and artists like Dream Theatre, SteveVai, Joe Satriani, Aerosmith etc., Also is a songwriter and composer.<\/p>Melvin Malcolm<\/b>, the Bassist and Rapper known for his witty interactions with the audience during their gigs comes from a background of world music, his influences range from folk, jazz, house rock, etc., He has managed multiple bands in India as well as abroad. <\/p>Sundeep RK<\/b>, the Rhythm Guitarist for the band, popularly known for vigorous headbanging in the performances is from a classic rock background. He has played for several noted projects and freelanced for many top bands in the city.<\/p>Reach The Band: <\/b><\/p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AKSHARTheBand\/<\/p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aksharband\/<\/p>Email:<\/b> akshar.theband@gmail.com <\/p> "},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1584173331701","data":"5e6ca74a00b8a"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1584173331702","data":"5e6ca756400ab"}]

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