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Before you read this memoir written by Subir Malik, who serves the Keyboard duties in the band Parikrama, go on and watch the videos of Parikrama’s performance at Download Fest. The song “Vapourize” …yes they do spell with a U, has to be the biggest rocker from Parikrama over the years and so was the performance:
Parikrama - Tears of the Wizard
And now, here is the article written for HT city by Subir himself, published on June 25th 2007, to give you an insight of our experience at the Download festival:
2 months of preparations, endless practice sessions, 479 hours on the internet, 1763 email exchanges with Phantom music, 14 hotels rejected for not having electric kettles, shopping sessions for Kohinoor pre-cooked food/clothes/Flat pin adapters/classic milds/Underwears and many other unmentionable miscellaneous items….AND then we were there, standing on the Moto GP Podium, at the legendary DONINGTON PARK, hoping to see Rossi up there, just a few weeks from the biggest day of our lives, the 10th of June 2007 A.D. Yes, we were playing the Download Festival.
The morning chill and fog still settling down,and we, 67 minutes before time (maybe our excitement), still looking for the open truck to take all our stuff to the mainstage. 8:07 am – the stuff is loaded and we are all seated in the transfer coach beaming with confidence, anxiety and waiting to see how the world looks from up there, up there on the mainstage. 08:16 am- we reach the band hospitality area of the festival, we cross a horde of green rooms, and they read Dream Theatre, Evanescence, Stone sour, Lamb of God, Mastodon, Chimaira and finally Parikrama.The room had everything a band needs before a show, big fat sofas, centrally air conditioned, loads of food, water, juices and 48 cans of chilled beer. Though, we used a few of the things provided, we left the beers, post 11:25 am.
08:39 am – We finally reach “up there” and it looks/feels wonderful. What a view man!09:16 a:m- We start setting up our backline backstage. 09:27 am: we are ready to go onstage, but the Maiden crew is doing a tech check, and it’s an experience to just see ‘em doing their stuff. 10:17 am – we finally get the go ahead to “occupy” the mainstage. The Download crew just rolls our stuff on trolleys to the stage. 10:51 a:m – we are through with a line check and ready to rock.
10:57 am – We do a band embrace, backstage, and here we are to start our set. There are about 20,000 people (rest are still sleeping, as it’s a wet cloudy day) waiting and they give us a really needed clap and cheers of acceptance, as we come back on the stage. 11:00
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July 5th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
The song Vapourize was absolutely awesome, especially the last part with the violin. I am not much into music, but I thought I should at least listen to one of the best rock bands from our country.
July 5th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
The song Vapourize was absolutely awesome, especially the last part with the violin. I am not much into music, but I thought I should at least listen to what one of the best rock bands from our country has to offer.
July 8th, 2007 at 12:11 am
u guys just rocked!! i have no words…well… except some i hope this will be a big boost for the other indian rock outfits as well as those making good raw music.
so when are u guys playing @ ozzfest….ya u will …best of luck Parikrama and the endless no. of rock bands in our country.but u should have played “xerox” at download wat do ya think.
July 8th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Yeah, Vapourize was just crazy… Nitin’s sound has so much variety… he can sound harsh like creed. or can screem like AC/DC…. amazing for the band.