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BannedAge (~BaNNedAge~)

BannedAge is a Bangalore based Rock/Western - Indian Classical fusion band that started as a college band in BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore in the year 2004. The band has played a few famous numbers, covers essentially of Nirvana, Limp Bizkit, Police, Iron Maiden, Jal etc. They also have a single "Kosko Hu Ma" which they managed to perform just twice before disbanding.

History

BannedAge was a result of an experimental music conglomeration by the founders, Afaque Mohamed and Ajay Krishnan. The idea of forming a band originated over "Idli Vada" breakfast in the college cafeteria during a break in the second year of engineering when they found out about each others musical interests. The project first started as a band from Civil Engineering department of BMS College of Engineering, it was then called "Seismic" with Afaque on Guitars, Ajay on Synth, Sagar and Anupam on Vocals. They started by practicing on the 7th floor of the Engineering building after classes. The band was joined by Tejesh on guitars followed by Amish on Lead guitar, Pranay on drums and Bickey on Vocals. As there were too many guitarists and no one on bass, Afaque started playing bass for the band. Later the band was joined by Kuldeep on synth.

Performances

BannedAge has performed in a few gigs within the college with most prominent ones being Utsav 08 - the annual college fest in front of about 10000 audience and Farouche - The annual BMSCE Hostels affair. The single "Kosko Hu Ma" was first played for Farouche. It was written by Kuldeep and performed by the band members. One of the prominent performances was for the Z-Kannada TV channel which recorded the band live. The band's special performance was a Western - Indian Classical fusion of the popular God Father sound track. The people who played along with the band on the Indian Classical front were Hari on Violin, Harsha Kudoor on guitars, ... on mridungum and morsing (Indian Percussion)