Bands You Need To Listen To: Agam

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[{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1511438659014","data":"Last week, I wrote about Thaikuddam Bridge, this week, I'm writing about the band that introduced me to this work of insane Carnatic fusion with progressive rock and metal. <\/p>Agam was formed way back in 2003, which came as a surprise to me because I had believed for sometime that the Carnatic fusion music was a fairly recent phenomenon, of course there was some amount of arrogance involved as well, how on earth could I not know a band such as this exists! It is impossible, I thought, I was too awesome to not know. <\/p>Of course, that arrogance faded as I grew older, and now I realise that saying that arrogance faded as I grew older is an arrogant statement in itself which leaves us in endless circles and is totally not the point of this article but I'm still writing it anyway because it is a fantastic way of padding out the length and also adds a meta commentary on my own life that I have no reason to add, but I digress. <\/p>Picked from Wikipedia, the current lineup consists of Harish Sivaramakrishnan (vocals and violin), Ganesh Ram Nagarajan (drums and backing vocals), Swamy Seetharaman (keyboards and lyricist), T Praveen Kumar (lead guitar), Aditya Kasyap (bass guitar and backing vocals), Sivakumar Nagarajan (ethnic percussions), Jagadish Natarajan (rhythm guitar) and Yadhunandan (Drummer). Jagadish replaced Suraj Satheesh as the rhythm guitarist in 2012 but the lineup of the band has otherwise remained same. Vignesh Lakshminarayanan was replaced by Aditya Kasyap on bass and backing vocals.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1511439012990","data":"5a16bc0c06187"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1511439015161","data":"I wanted to pick this band in particular because they are an example of a college band surviving beyond the initial years at college - Harish Sivaramakrishnan and majority of the members of the band studied at BITS Pilani - and what started as a jam session and a little band called Studio F6 went on to become Agam, that went on to win a competition called Oh La La which was judged by Rahman himself. So impressed was Rahman by their performance, he pronounced them winners straight away, which then pushed the group into performing gigs around Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore. However, it was after 2010 that the group found mainstream success, with the group members also going on to work important positions in high value companies and thus opening up access to fantastic contacts around the country. Post 2007, there success has been unparalleled, and their live shows are nothing short of divine. <\/p>I strongly urge y'all to go see Agam the next time they're in town, they truly are something special. <\/p>"},{"type":"youtube","id":"vid-url-1511439271601","data":"B_pvwVLv4os"}]

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