Bruce Lee Mani -- Guitars, vocals Rajeev Rajagopal -- Drums, percussion Rzhude -- Bass, acoustic guitars, vocals
Session Players Jason Zacharaiah-- Keyboards
MANAGEMENT TEAM:
Sandeep Dasgupta-- Manager Santhosh P G -- Strategic initiatives Bijoy Venugopal -- Online communications Nishith Singh-- Technical support Bindu Mani: Design, artwork and administration Vinay Kewalramani-- FOH Sound Engineer Umesh PN: Sound and stage management Suchin Moses: Slick Web rep and Guitar Tech Guru Somayaji: Strategic Alliances, Representative UK & Europe
PRODUCTION:
Jeff Peters-- Mixing, production support for Album IV Didier Weiss -- Sound engineering and mastering
Influences
Steely Dan, The Dave Matthews Band, Yes, Pink Floyd, The Police, Blood Sweat and Tears, Pat Metheny, RHCP, Phish, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, Gary Moore
Thermal And A Quarter’s fourth album "THIS IS IT", previewing exclusively on MySpace NOW!!
Thermal And A Quarter is a trendsetting
rock band from Bangalore, India, more recently infamous as the outsourcing capital
of the universe. We are three members, three albums and twelve years old. We are
known as TAAQ to the affectionate and the impatient and have been fortunate
to earn the loyalty of a worldwide fan base mostly thanks to that little ditty
that Al Gore claims he started, the Internet. We believe that each album sold,
each swatch of music played creates a potential messenger of TAAQ’s music.
Highlights from our decade-long trip include:
Fourth studio album This Is It released - 2008
Supporting act for Megadeth and Machine Head- 2008
Featured in Rolling Stone magazine. 3 1/2 Star Review for the new album, and guitarist Bruce Lee Mani listed among "India’s Best Axemen" - 2008
Middle East Tour, with gigs in Dubai and Bahrain - 2007
Winner - WorldSpace Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Rock; other honorees include The Who, Johnny Cash, Baaba Maal, Jay-Z, Lionel Ritchie and more: 2007
UK tour, with performances across London and Glasgow, 2006
Voted among "India’s Best Bands" by the Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 2006
3rd studio record Plan B released, 2006
Opening act for Jethro Tull, 2006
Featured on National Public Radio (www.npr.org) in the USA, on All Things Considered, 2005 – the first Indian band to receive this acclaim
Voted one of the ’biggest bands in India’ by a nation-wide reader’s poll conducted by RSJ magazine
Heart Cave: Sphurana VCD released, 2003
Prime-time FM airplay, Dubai, 2002
2nd album Jupiter Café released, 2002
Opening act for Deep Purple, 2001
Self-titled debut album released 1999
Winner, ’Battle of the Bands’ competitions across India, 1996 - 1998
Thermal And A Quarter (TAAQ)'s Friend Space (Top 24)
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Dear Friend, Threshold invites you to Electro Market - celebrating music, fashion & art. Date : Friday, 18th Oct 08 Venue : Tabula Rasa, 4th floor, Square One Mall, Saket, New Delhi – 110017 Contact : 9811035190 / 9811433311 Kindly text your names & numbers for the guestlist.
Hey , Thanks for the add, we love your unique sounds! Your music has the spirit and feel of many of our all time favorites (such as Steely Dan) but you guys have a unique thing going!!! Keep up the lovely work! love from Tom and Linda
Thanks for the add! Be sure to check out our Reverb Nation page. We've got some free downloads on there for fans!
Keep Rockin',
Tom Savage
http://www. reverbnation. com/tomsavagetrio
Hay, just thought I'd drop by and say the new album is great! I've only heard a couple songs from it, but I like what I hear, good stuff! Keep it rockin' Bruce!
Hi TAAQ Welcome to the family of friends ! Wanted to invite you and all your friends to have a listen to a few tracks from my new solo cd "AT THE SPEED OF LIFE..."
