livri azazel

Haan.. to where were we?? oh yes, the next morning the 2 buggers woke up earlier than me as was expected and as i had warned them about consequences if i was woken up before 9, they started to annoy me asap. Finally managed to drag my ass off the bed n into the loo which was smaller than a grave!! Anyway, our plan was to grab some breakfast n leave for Central Mumbai Station from where we had to catch out train back to Hyd. So, went to McDonalds bang opposite the Andheri Station, ate n headed off. Caught the local train from there to Central, 45 minute ride. Got there around 11.45, these mofos wanted to head off to the nearest Planet M, again, for some more cd-shopping! im never gonna go anywhere with these 2 ..sheesh! A 5 minute walk took us there n another hour n some more was almost wasted. Thankfully, i scored a coupla movies i had been looking for namely, "Friday, the 13th" n "Salaam Bombay" esp. the latter which is a really well-made movie [more on tht later!] The billing took a long time for some reason, due to that we were left with just enough time to make a mad dash to the station, find out where our train was n get to the seats!

Made it right on time, got some snacks along to munch, this time we had more space to ourselves with 2 people in the compartment not showing up.. Woo Hoo! Train started n all sorts of people kept coming n going, Tea/Coffee, Tomato Soup, Bangles, Toys, Hijras?!?! [pointed @ D n made him shell out some dough] , n how could i forget our Lunch order! The guy came n asked if we wanted lunch, said Chicken Biryaani was available. In our hunger-panged state, we ordered for it. It arrived in a dabba an hour later and we were left shell-shocked when we saw it. It sure as hell didnt look anything like biryaani, tasted bad and the chicken was all burned.. lesson learned "Never order lunch on a train".

Settled down a little, did some reading.. had taken 3 books with muah, didnt read more than a few pages :) listened to some music, finally decided to lie down for a while n took the upper berth. 3 hours and no sleep later, came down n it was dinner-time. Ordered Egg Biryaani this time, hoping against hope of getting some edible. When it came, this time in hot-pots[cool :)] hopes were definitely raised, alas to no avail.. same crap, only with eggs instead of chicken.. Grrrrrrr. lesson learned "Never order anything in a train!" Ate it nonetheless, hate to waste food u see, saala pet me gadbad hogayi!

It was a sloooooow journey with muah going back up but still getting absolutely no sleep! The whole night went off with me just trying to doze off but succeeded in just getting cramps all over. Got down at 5, freshened up as everyone was waking up. Woke up D n V, watched them struggle into consciousness. Rolled into Begumpet station around 5.30, me n V got off there, D had to get off at Nampally. Once again, mobbed by the autowallas who were over-enthusiastic to take me home!

Was anticipating some tourist-treatment but i guess the guy recognised muah as a local :D Reached home at 5.45 to a sleepy house 'cept for dad who had come back from the morning prayers just then. Ran to the loo for some urgently required relief, took a shower n hit the sack for a few hours. PEACE!

3 days of fun n frolic n excitement coming to an exhausted end! The first thing everyone at home asked when i woke up: Itni jaldi kaiku aagaya?? hmpf!

well, since Livri Azazel is underway and has got a few comments :D .. i shall move on with the second edition of my lil' trip, continuing from the "n..."

...we were introduced to the infamous Mumbai metal-head crowd as expected. "Disembodied Corpse" took the stage and took a lil'  too much time tinkering with the instruments n the sound. One thing that should never be done in Mumbai, the patience level is "0". The first comment which came from the crowd was "bajaa re bhadwe! teri Maa ki C@##@" which got adequate response from the band members on stage. Surprising? thats coz they're a local band aur chalta hai. Others would've certainly gotten their arses kicked all the way outta Mumbai! Anyway, the gig was kicked off soon enuff with a hyper-fast rendition of Black Sabbath's Paranoid n the moshing/head-banging was at its furious peak.. some guy got beaten up when he fell down, another guy's shirt got ripped.. n yea, the femmes were always at a safe distance away, mainly coz they're used to this behavioural pattern! Me, V n D moved over to the corner and ultimately went upstairs to have a better/safer view of the goings-on.. heh heh! The band was prolly the worst of the night, the sound they got wasnt good either.. decent musicians, will look out for their stuff..

Up next were "Bhayanak Maut", yep that is a band-name, these guys play most nu-metal covers along with their own music, kinda crowd-pleasing stuff. They were the ones who got the crowd really into the music, at one point their giant of a vocalist jumped into the crowd for some moshing, returning in time to finish off the song they were playing. Timepass band for me, for those who like nu-metal, check them out.. again tight musicianship..

"Demonic Resurrection" took the stage next, apart from being one of the best bands in India now, these guys were also the organisers of the event. They played an all originals set, just one cover on popular demand. Though, im not much into their style of music i.e. Black Metal, these guys blew me away with their solid performance. Their drummer JP deserves a mention here for his butchering on the skins, controlled aggression..treat to watch. local band, so the crowd knew what to expect but we had a great time watching these guys churn out great music throughout. By the time, the guys finished their set it was 11 PM n i was dead tired, having gotten no sleep for a coupla days plus hadnt eaten since the breakfast in Pune in the morning. haalat dheeli hogayi thi yaar, forcing me n V to go lie down on the couch. saala D was wide awake n bugging us to get up n watch the guys play! anyway, they finished off their set to the loudest cheers so far..

"Acrid Semblance" from Delhi took the stage next and were perhaps the most anxiously awaited band of the night. Not many ppl had seen them live and they did not disappoint :) Played a mix of covers/own comps mostly in the melodic Death Metal vein. A very tight band, despite one of the guitarists screwing up his rhythm sound. The shared leads were the highlight along with the keyboard solos from the vocalist. For the crowd, they were the band of the night. Me, was half-asleep by the time they were mid-way their set. Managed to get my ass up n watch them rip thru a couple of covers from Death, Children of Bodom. Good band, will look out for their stuff if n when they come out with it.

"Myndsnare" from Banglore were the last act for the night. This 3-piece thrash metal band is most famous for having a "female" drummer, Yasmeen. She is HOT alright but more than that, she's a very good drummer. Despite being stoned[read: sleepy], i could see all the guys drooling over her.. me was too tired to do anything, just sat on the stairs n stared at everyone! 20 mins n a few songs into their set, i'd had enuff. Caught both these guys, took them out, said "i have to eat something n get some sleep..dont argue with me, im majorly pissed off now". To which, they agreed :))

We left the place at 12.45 .. took an auto n asked him to take us to some place with good food, the bastard too us to Andheri station where we couldnt find anything 'cept a Chinese Food bandi..
so, gorged on some good Fried Rice there, headed off to the motel which was a stone's throw away and straight to bed for some precious Zzzzzzzzz...

All in all, the gig was very enjoyable, the bands were very professional and good musicians.. something, im eager to see in Hyderabad! Which gave me an idea to get a couple of them down here for a gig, the logistics of this im in the midst of compiling but as in any other thing i do, it takes time! so, patience metal-heads n yuppies..

The next morning.... 

mm.. ok , this is the toughest part.. the beginning.. there are 2 reasons why u[is there anyone really?!?!] see this post.. since im too lazy to write anything more than a few lines at a time, as my status as FH Lord on the dbs will tell u[yes, shameless self-promo], never really bothered to post anything on the blog for which i think i was one of the earliest to sign-up! Not that i didnt think of posting tho, just didnt want it to be another run-of-the-mill rant-all-ye-want thing either.. thats what the dbs are for.. heh heh ;)  so anyways, the reasons being i finally found the muse for this and the bloody dbs arent working *bleh*

this is gonna be a bit long and since i dont want ppl [alt+F4] ing from here, im gonna make it simpler for muah n ya. splitsville the topic at hand into a coupla posts.. see, material will be left for the next entry :D  this concerns my recent 3 day trip out of the city to Pune/Mumbai mainly for the MetalFest conducted on Sunday, 18th July.. n y u may wonder, was this of such significance? ill tell u, my first bloody trip outta Hyd without any relatives hanging around!!
pre-empting time, ppl who wanna tell me "get a life" .. $%@#$ @$$#  @#$$%^$%^ ! *ahem* ill let the gig be the topic for the next entry, the following is the eventful journey to the gig..

left Hyd in true Hydi style.. my partners in crime were D n V[convenient]. scheduled to meet at Nampally stn at 8 PM sharp, i reached at 8.15 n they soon after.. after running around looking for our compartment, got on the train at 8.35 n it started moving at exactly 8.40! probably the only service in India that actually runs on time.. after the usual settling down, started the stoopid guy-talk which saw us munch on the burgers/chicken 65/chips till "V" decided to doze off n boy did he ever.. me n "D" were the only people still awake when it was morning.. timepassed with the cd players n musick! meanwhile, we tried to wake V up by hanging Chicken pieces infront of him, keeping the cold water bottle between his legs, but the idiot was comatose! the 12 hour trip to Pune was slow to say the least.. reached at 9 AM n met up with a friend, hung out his place for a while.. had breakfast, went shopping at Planet M n another musick place.. man, all these guys wanted were cds!!! uggghh.. but, one good thing abt Pune was the weather n the birds.. all we wanted was to become ornithologists and stay there.. where else would u find a guy, girl ratio of 1:3 ?!?! anyway, we had to leave Pune n reach Mumbai, find a motel, freshen up b4 the gig started at 7.30.. took a bus n left Pune around 1.30, went thru the express way which was faster than taking the train n led thru some amazing scenery.. Lonavala, Khandala.. beautiful places.. had we stayed a coupla more days, would've definitely planned a trek there.. *sigh*
reached Mumbai[Dadar] around 4.30.. ran, literally, to the railway station.. what a sight it was.. heh heh.. got the tickets for Andheri n jumped on the train, reached there at 5.. met a coupla locals from there, got a motel n by the time we all had freshened up it was the time for the gig which btw, was at this place called Raspberry Rhinocerous @ the Juhu Hotel.. took an auto n went to the place, which was a mini-adventure in itself.. it was the worst auto/driver we could find in our hour of need..saale ko kuch nahee pata tha.. n the khatara of an auto kept swicthing off every 2 seconds!! anyway, reached the place n bought the entry ticks, 100/- only, got an old Deepthroat [for those who think otherwise, its music by a few Indian underground bands] tape free..

the first band took the stage when we reached at 7.45, n.......

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