Euphoria (Indian band)

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Euphoria
Euphoria
Origin	Delhi, India
Years active	90's–present
Genres	Hind Rock
Labels	At present - HMV (saaregamaa)
Members	pollyn the gang

Euphoria is one of the most famous and successful bands in India. Their different style helped them create an audience from themselves as an alternative to the dominant Indian film or classical music. Euphoria were among the first to bring rock culture to india. They mixed electric guitar with traditional instruments like the tabla, dholak and sitar to create mesemerising effects. The band lineup has often changed through the early nineties and attained stability after 1998. Until recently, when guitarist Gaurav Mishra aka Garry parted ways with the band. It's been reported in the media that garry want to settle in Australia. But nothing has diminished its charm over their fans, also known as Dhoomers. Recently, they have even inducted female members into the band mainly as backup vocalists.

1 Band members
2 Discography
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Band members

Debajyoti Bhaduri aka DJ, on bass guitar
Benjamin Pinto aka Benny, on keyboard
Hitesh Madan aka Rikki, on guitar
Ashwani, on drums
Rakesh on dholak
Prashant, on tabla
Palash Sen aka Polly, lead vocalist

[edit] Discography

The band calls its music Hind rock, their first album is named Dhoom, followed by Phir Dhoom, Mantra (single) and Gulley - a hindi word that means street. Their newest album is called "Mehfuz" and was released in 2006. Reports also suggest that Euphoria will be composing for an upcoming Bollywood film, called Shootout at Lokhandwala.