RADIO ONE Metallica Tribute Night By Plok on 29 November 2013 at Turquoise Cottage, DLF Place, Saket

Events in Delhi - RADIO ONE Metallica Tribute Night By Plok on 29 November 2013 at Turquoise Cottage, DLF Place, Saket. 8.pm

Biography
in 2010, pursuing an ever-existing fantasy of making music together, in a rather befuddled state, we (Neeraj, Anirudh and Rahul) picked up a guitar and started plucking an undeniably ‘pop’ riff. Contrary to our music preferences, we started bouncing to it and before you know it, we had an interesting melody going. That night saw the birth of ‘In a sense’ and ‘Plok’ too. From there we moved on to recruiting the brightest musical talent in the city: Tushar, Yugank and Aveleon to create the freshest sound, as described by others, that makes Plok what it is today.

Who we are:
Neeraj Aggarwala, Vocals
Been around in the circuit for over 10 years, he has been singing with Artistes Unlimited and various other bands.
Profession: An entrepreneur, with a passion for branding and marketing, running a lean-mean Internet company. Influences: Metallica, Dream Theater, Incubus, Live

Anirudh Subramaniam, Guitars
Been in the music scene for a few years playing guitar and singing for Artistes Unlimited, A.R. Rahman, Free Will Theory.
Profession: IT professional. Influences: Dream Theater, Opeth, Mr. Big, Extreme, Alterbridge, Porcupine Tree.

Tushar Rawal, Guitars
A prodigy, who rocked the school music scene for 5 years winning best guitarist at several competitions.
Profession: Pursuing Chartered Accountancy. Influences: Mr. Big, Extreme, John Mayer, Stevie Ray Vaughan, U2, Coldplay.

Yugank Mishra, Bass
One of the most sought after rising bassists in the Delhi music scene, having played with a few known artistes, he has swiftly caught the attention of Delhi music enthusiasts.
Profession: This is what he does, he’s a musician. Influences: Dirty Loops, Jimmy Haslip, Adam Nitti, Herbie Hancock, Sting

Aveleon Giles Vaz, Drums
A solid powerhouse drummer with variety and flexibility as his strengths, he is a session musician and also plays for Five8.
Profession: Drummer/Percussionist. Influences: Metallica, Jojo Mayer, Benny Greb, Tool.
Description
Plok, Plock, Plonk, Block… WTF!

Yep, we did not ransack the dictionary, use emo band-name generators nor did we crowd-source ‘Plok’. Infact, Plok is not even a word!
While looking for a name, the foremost criteria we had was that it had to be representative of our music. Of course, our music is so good that we don’t have words for it (hehe). But, we know that our music is different in its own way and we don’t really try too hard to do something that hasn’t been done before.

Moreover, the basic premise of the band is that stereotyping is forbidden, well almost. Just because something isn’t appreciated, or is appreciated a little too much (psst… Pop Music = taboo), doesn’t mean that we’re going to be closed to it. We like it, we do it. Simple. Which also means that we’re open to trying newer things. Moving along the same thought, we also do not like to confine ourselves to a particular genre. Fine, our sound might appeal to people who listen to Alt/Prog Rock, and we’re happy that it does, but we find the concept of ‘genre’lizing a tad too restrictive.

So we wanted to break this ‘bubble’ and THAT’s the sound of “Plok”.