With no work at hand except perhaps discussing the worldly sins of the indo-us nuke deal and the kid who got lucky enough to be adopted by angelina jolie.. (Wow.. kya chakka maara ???)... a realization dawned upon us jobless souls that we had to do some USEFUL shit…..
Webster defines the term USEFUL as .....
1. being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful,or of good effect: a useful member of society.
2.of practical use, as for doing work; producing material results; supplying common needs: the useful arts; useful work.
Conclusion: our "lots" are alienated to USEFUL work!!
Animation classes bugged me and so was Pia bored with the mundane….
In the name of Cutting and Bhajjiya Pav...we rose and twisted the days of heat and its glory by deciding to Interview Upcoming Bands in Mumbai....
The Posers:
Ramya Thomas(me) & Pia Sinha(she)....lolz
I met Samron,vocalist of SH33 via my friend Neha Sejpal (penchor.. we call each other penchor cos it rhymes with b*****od and also cos its the ummm...cleaner version).
After many conversation on the phone , i finally met Sam on 14 May 2007.....and caressing his goatee with a ciggi in his hand( no i dun smoke) granted us permission to interview SH33....
As an ardent fan of metal music, i did research before attempting my first interview and in the due course also induced Pia to listen...... the attempt was not futile..........she now sings cranberries, Evanscence etc for the band ATKT( Ab Thak Kaha The)....and "I" still manage to hum the tracks of Pussycat Balls...
15 th May 2006...
Pia reached my place at 3.30pm cos we scheduled the interview at 4.00 pm at sam's colony. After the initial greetings, bitching and make ups.........we quickly jotted down questions of importance over a cup of tea by my mom.
We reached BPCL colony nearly 10 mins late expecting the boys to be late too.but alas...in my words Kapaaaaal ho gaya!..........
The boys had indeed reached on time and we quickly moved towards a comfortably numb part of the colony..............STAIRS NEAR THE BASKETBALL COURT.
The Interview
Systemhouse33:
Systemhouse33 or SH33 is an Indian Groove Metal, also with elements of Thrash, ....from Mumbai. The origins of their existence can be traced in Nagpur where the band rose to fame from their formation day on September 22 2003.
PANTERA, a Groove Metal band from Arlington, Texas became a key power influencing SH33.
Early Years & Formation
Their first show was on September 22 2003 at an "All India AIDS Awarness Drive" in Nagpur. In 1999 Sam, Danny and a drummer called Brett played a gig together at a local college gathering. This was with acoustic guitars and a single mic. The band consisted of somewhere around 10 members. Out of these just Sam, Danny and Terry were singing, Brett played the drums and Sam was on guitars along with another guy called Savio.
Splitfire
Somewhere in 2001 Samron and Cornell began jamming together in Sam's house (Cornell played bass and Sam used to play guitars and sing as well..). Brett was their drummer. Dan and Shane( Cornell's twin bro) used to go watch these 3 guys play at a local club. Soon Danny decided to pick up the guitar and soon he was playing along with them. Around the same time Shane got into drums and used to play a "few" songs with the rest, this line-up was called "Splitfire". Needles to say very soon they split up,and then soon after a few years of hardwork SYSTEMHOUSE33 was born.
Systemhouse33
Current lineup: -
Samron Jude - Vocals/Rhythms
Shane Baptist - Drums
Pratyush Krishna -Guitars
Craig Quadros - Bass
SYSTEM HOUSE 33 try to attain a sound that is entirely their own.They have been working hard on creating original music, but they do cover bands like Pantera, hatebreed, damageplan, korn, deftones, etc. Their originals have a sound that combines these various influences and the result is something that is their own heavy style!!! SYSTEM HOUSE 33 has been underground for quite sometime.
Every Individual had their own influences...Sam was mainly influenced by Pantera, Shane rooted from metalcore band Lamb of God, whereas Pratyush was the man with the touch of classic of Pink Floyd and Craig powered by Children of Bodom and the correct curry of these brought about what we today kno as SH33..
Pia despised metalheads thinkin them as a walking talking doping piece of mess. She had so many preconceived notions when she went out there.. she probably fantasised.........lols...errr....i mean she probably pictured meeting a bunch of psychos……
but imagine the reactions I got.. wen the interview was over… whoa she was bowled over by the guys…ahem to be precise "guy"… “winks winks”…. .hahaha… now thts a diff story….well…..thtts completely off the point….heheh…..
Speaking about music.with all the different influence.we were quiet purplexed how they went thru the composing mood...To which pat came the reply from "chocolate boy"craig…… "its mostly the music that we focus on.. Each one thinks differently…there are often many conflicting ideas but….ultimately comes down to one line of thought.. we tend to focus on the lyrics later."..(lyrics by apna sam baba).
Wen it came education..........ya we spoke on studies too.....blehh
they clearly stated that education was also their priorities respecting their parents ..........but they never let their love for music evaporate away..
we had our laughs with their experiences during their tours and the "who - did - wat - secrets"...lols....
Pia tho dint forget to jhadofy her hifi english….. to impress … ahem ahem…. Wht was tht word she said..???…oh ya ...fck...COMPLACENY or wat….???? Hahahha…… man !!
We surely had a fatang time with them discusing their personal, educational and banned(BAND) life…everything from birth to future plans of the band.. we left no fact unearthed….We left with hope of being there for the soon album launch of SH33........yup merko free entry chahiye.
ALBUMS RELEASED: -
DISCERNMENT(AUGUST, 2006)
ACHIEVEMENTS: -
In the short span of time that that SYSTEM HOUSE 33 has been around, they have won competitions like -:
MTV CAMPUS ROCK IDOLS at INDORE 2004
VH1 CAMPUS ROCK IDOLS at INDORE 2005
METALON at RAMDOEBABA ENGINEERING COLLEGE YCC ENGINEERING COLLEGE
TECHNODEON K. I.T.S ENGINEERING COLLEGE 2004 AND 2005 (RAMTEK)
CRESCENDO TIRPUDE COLLEGE (NAGPUR)
2nd place at S.I.E.S Nerul (Mumbai) 2006
Headlined at the TRIBUTE TO DIMEBAG DARRELL OF PANTERA at Razz, (Mumbai)
won XIMB DECIBALS 2006
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES: -
RSJ's "SEPTEMBER SLAM" WITH BHAYANAK MAUT
and MEDICIS at TURQUICE COTTAGE. (NEW DELHI)
ALL INDIA AWARNESS DRIVE (NAGPUR) HEADLINED AT YCC ENGINEERING COLLEGE FESTIVAL, YASH (NAGPUR)
BLITZKRIEG IIT DELHI V.N.I.T ENGINEERING COLLEGE (NAGPUR)
REGIONAL FINALS MTV ROCK IDOLS (NEW DELHI 2004) REGIONAL FINALS VH1 CAMPUS ROCK IDOLS (CHANDIGARH 2005)
FREAKSHOW PART 4 AT MARINE CENTER (MUMBAI)
METAL MANIA AT S.I.E.S SION (MUMBAI)
R.A.I.T (MUMBAI 2006)
WARZONE (MUMBAI)
TSUNAMI VICTIMS AID-2005 (NAGPUR)
CALM LIKE A BOMB AUG-2006 (MUMBAI)
METAL SCUM SEP-2006(MUMBAI)
MEDIA COVERAGE: -
They were even featured a whole page interview on Sun Magazine.
Were aired Live on U.C.N Were aired Live on RADIO MIRCHI (INDORE)
Aired on MTV on two episodes of ROCK IDOLS 2004
One episode of Rock Idols on VH1 2005.
LINKS: -
http://in.geocities.com/amsdude666/index.htm http://in.geocities.com/amsdude666/index.htm www.campusmasti.com/systemhouse33.htm http://www.systemhouse33.piczo.com/
http://www.myspace.com/samronjude http://www.myspace.com/distortedbassist
SH33(l-r): Shane, Pratyush, Craig & Sam
It was a something different from the mundane activities…but it still gives us a topic to discuss wen in state of absolute melancholy….quite an eventful interview twas....reminscing those moments still gives us the laughs….
COMPILED BY:
Ramya "Im Single" Thomas & Pia "Me too Single"Sinha
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