Pin Drop Violence
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| Pin Drop Violence | |
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| Origin | Mumbai |
| Country | India |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Genres | Metalcore Nu-Metal Heavy Metal |
| Labels | Only Much Louder Records Sony |
| Members | Pradeep Miranda Mithun ``GriDKiD`` Poojari Vispy Homavazir ``V.A.S.P.`` Rohit ``P-Man`` Pereira Veeru "Virus" |
| Past members | Neeraj Trivedi - Drums (2001-2003) Ashwin Dutt - Drums (2003) Jai Row Kavi - Drums (2003-2006) |
Formed November 2000 in Mumbai , India, Pin Drop Violence, a hardcore nu-metal band.
PDV started out as vision shared by the bassist Pereira-Man, and vocalist Pradeep. Realizing that they had a common interest in music, they roped in Mithun and Michael in on guitars. Later, Niraj joined in as the drummer and PDV was created. They had their first gig opening for the veteran band Naked Earth at Razzberry Rhinoceres (Mumbai). After couple of shows Michael quit due to personal reasons, and has been replaced by Vispy, ex-lead guitarist of Sceptre. "That proved to be a blessing in disguise," says Pradeep.
"The band was falling apart, now four-piece, we found that initial spunk was missing. Everyone except Pradeep was losing interest in PDV. Enter Vispy, his commitment, dedication and sheer enthusiasm rubbed off on us all. We opened for veteran rockers Sceptre, and it was Vipsy's first gig with us, and we kicked major ass. We got noticed from that gig. Then came the gig with Mr. John's Banned and Epitaph (Mumbai), where we kicked some major ass. Vipsy was a headbanging machine on stage. He was our good luck charm !", recalls Pereira-Man.
After several line-up changes, Pin Drop Violence now consists of Pradeep on vocals, Vispy "V.A.S.P." on guitars, Mithun "GriDKiD" on guitars, Rohit "P-man" on bass and Veeru "Virus" on drums.
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[edit] Line-up
[edit] Current members
- Pradeep - Vocals
- Mithun ``GriDKiD`` Poojari - Guitars
- Vispy Homavazir ``V.A.S.P.`` - Guitars
- Rohit ``P-Man`` Pereira - Bass
- Veeru "Virus" - Drums
[edit] Former members
- Neeraj - Drums (2001-2003)
- Ashwin Dutt - Drums (2003)
- Jai Row Kavi -Drums (2003-2006)
[edit] Achievements
The following is a chronological order of Pin Drop Violence's achievements.
[edit] 2001
TEC 'Resonance – Navi Mumbai Mumbai's R.A.I.T's Horizons (Pradeep won best vocalist) Winners of I-Rock 16 at Rang Bhavan IIT-Mumbai Livewire — Finalists NLS – Was cancelled because of a death of a University employee, but a memorable show nonetheless.
[edit] 2002
I-Rock 17 at Rang Bhavan Hyderabad "Jammin - Rockfest 2002" IIT-Kanpur 2003
[edit] 2003
I-Rock 18 at Rang Bhavan Pune Woodstock 2003, Goa Engineering College, Goa, Festival of Noise, Rang Bhavan, Mumbai
[edit] 2004
I-Rock 19 at Rang Bhavan, 29th August, Chitrakut Grounds, Mumbai. Rock-O-Rama 2004 IIT- Chennai Indian Rock 2004 at the Pragati Maidan, Delhi (Qualified from Mumbai leg at the MMRDA (Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority) grounds, with their track "Gutterment" making it to the GIR 8 compilation.)
[edit] 2005
PDV won the first ever reality TV rock band competition in India, Channel V's Launchpad. Their live music video for "IN DEPENDENCE" was shot by Channel V, and received massive airplay in the run-up to the Channel V launchpad concert on 15th Jan 2005, which saw a crowd of 35,000. In December 2005, they were the headlining act at Strawberry Fields, the National Law School of India University's annual music fest.
Released a clip of their next track called "H.A.T.E"
Currently working on their second album Right II Riot
[edit] Compose…Oppose…Dispose
PDV released their debut album "Compose…Oppose…Dispose" in 2004, which was produced by Randolph (Pentagram), released on OML records and distributed by Sony Music India all over India.
Compose…Oppose…Dispose Songlist:
1. Gutterment
2. Krapolitix
3. Absurd
4. 4
5. Skinless Substitute
6. Full Body Burn
7. Pulling Out Glass Over A Basin Of Blood
8. Cold Walls
9. Tower Of Silence
10. Stand Your Ground
11. I'm Gonna Fight Back
12. Get 'Em Off
13. Perfect Defect
Total playing time 41:03
[edit] Right II Riot
Their second album, called ‘Right II Riot’ (read: Right To Riot) is likely to be released on 2007. The mastering of the album has been done in the Mastering Room, Sweden, where albums of bands such as In Flames, Haunted, Soilwork have been mastered.The album will be released by OML's Counter Culture records all over India.
The songs "Rub it in , No Regrets and H.A.T.E" from the album have been streamed on their myspace page.
"No Regret" features as a bonus track in Demonstealer Records' 'Fine Tuned Disasters'.
[edit] Assorted Achievements
PDV has been featured in the BBC London documentary on Indian Music entitled "Bombay Plush".
Their composition "Full Body Burn" has also been featured in the Throatlatch Studios Compilation Album -Deepthroat.
"Get em off" was selected for a Spanish V.A compilation : Metal Alternativo 2, released by ZERO RECORDS.
Along with the earlier GIR, PDV's "In Dependence" has been selected for the GREAT INDIAN ROCK 2005 compilation. ("Gutterment was selected in GIR 2004)
