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Singer-Songwriter-Jay Pillai and Drummer Manoj Pillai who also sings backing vocals, two of the founding members of  Lazie J hail from Trivandrum India. They started a classic rock band called The Autumnleaf in 1991 with their friends Bassist Paul Veyccans and guitarist Suresh Pillai. The band went on for 6 years performing in Television and college shows till 1997 when they broke up to regroup in 2008. During their early days The Autumnleaf was heavily into songwriting and ended creating a number of classic rock songs and performing them on TV including their hit Boogie Woogie Mama which was their signature during their early days. The band on regrouping decided to re-record some of the songs to release their first studio album called Nowhere to Hide which featured Boogie Woogie Mama and also the title song Nowhere to hide. Being a classic rock band in India those days demanded the band to reach out to the world through forums like the Mixposure and Reverbnation where their music was well received and their songs reaching top of the charts in these popular forums. Later due to the unavailability of 2 of their band members Paul and Suresh. The duo started an offshoot called the Lazie J which enlisted a couple of musicians who were live on the music circuit and immediately hit the internet radios and Indie charts. They release their popular singles Pride and Honor, Keep Coming and Living in off time very soon all three reaching charts at Number one and the band climbing up the charts in Reverbnation. In 2017 The line up was changed and the legendary Indian Guitarist John Anthony with more than 2000 film scores behind him was brought in and The band re-recorded and released their hit single "Don't Turn Around" which was featured in MTV UK and VH1 USA also in BBC Asia and stayed in the Euro Indie Music Charts for 3 weeks in top 100 reaching a respectable 32 across Europe. Lazie J had many international collaborations the notable one being Lazie Bison, a true international act comprising artists from India, Canada. Lazie Bison toured South India in early 2018. Unfortunately, tragedy struck Lazie J and John Anthony died due to a heart attack and the band had to call of operations for almost a year during which they had planned their international touring. The band regrouped again with their friend and ace guitarist Dilip Nair agreeing to help them out with the recording of their unfinished song Called Sunshine which was finally released Internationally through PA74 an Italian label.

Lazie J was also very active in promoting Independent music and developed a concept called Autumnleaf the Big Stage which was Conceptualized by Jay Pillai with the help of Manoj which ended up as the award-winning TV show in Kerala hosted by Amrita TV a popular TV Channel with Wonderwall media which is one of the Top Events company taking up the execution. Through the program 50 Independent bands were highlighted and interviewed with their performances. The show was awarded the best entertainment show in 2018 from Kerala Govt TV Awards and Amrita TV received the award.

Lazie J continues is efforts with their by now popular Indie Magazine called Lazie Indie Magazine which has featured artists from more than 25 countries and has a readership spread across 75 countries as on date. The Magazine is considered prestigious by a lot of respected musicians and featured artists across Genre and Geography, interviewing and presenting both popular and independent musicians thus ensuring great coverage for the artists.