St Andrews Gig Review by Nihar

Its shows like these that keep us going. It looks all so hopeless when you first arrive at the venue , with the carpenter setting up the backdrop, the sound guy looking as confused as a new born child, no clue of where the hired furniture guy is, but then , at the first strum of the guitar....its all worth it.

Had a decent crowd turnup (250 approx.) Real good considering the promotions.
The show started with Split, which I can say is by far the best split performance. This time they also had a saxophonist on board which took all of split songs to another level must say. Good call with that sax guy.
Have never heard a better version of 'Higher' before. Split should serioulsy consider doing a few more unplugged shows, before they take their next leap.

I've never seen Zero unplugged. Primarily becasue they've not played unplugged in a while now. The day we were deciding the lineup for this show and when Zero came to our minds, we knew it sounded good, but not even half as good as it sounded yesterday. It was brilliant ! Zero unplugged, Kicks ass. Their set started with a song from their first album, 'Lucy' and ended with another song that , well, can be called as one of the most famous songs in the Indian rock scene, 'PSP 12'. I was tired, hungry, filthy and just waiting to go home and crash and I was sitting. But when PSP 12 started, man. I was blown away. Had to get up. Have never heard a more soul full version of a song ever before. The way these guys converted the song into an unplugged one was just brilliant!. They should feature it one of their CD's.



Vayu , though being an excellent performance, had a really bad time with the Sound. Loads of confusion, loads of arguments. Guitars couldn't be heard, drums were too damn loud.
For some reason , what we had anticipated with Vayu's performance was not really happening on stage. It wasn't the same band we know who usually blows away minds at the gazillion of shows they play in Mumbai. Not much synergy.


As I said...Overall....a good show. For those who missed it, we have another unplugged lined up for your @ Sophia's College, Auditorium on the 17th of February. This is the Last show of Sharktooth Livestorms, where some of the biggest bands in the country would be performing. The line up has not been finalized but would be disclosing that soon.
But do look forward to it....who knows...maybe one of the bands is Parikrama ..... ;) .

Signing off,

Nihar.