MyndSnare hit Shillong on the 31st of Aug... and boy! What an experience! We had to drive down from Guwahati airport for about four hours to get to Shillong, and on the way we saw some of the most spectacular things we've ever seen... we were travelling with the Kryptos boys, and to anyone passing by, we would've looked like a bunch of ninny school girls... giggling and screaming and fucking clapping! Lol! We were just too excited to be there, to care!

After the feast of the eyes, there came the Rain Fest itself... what a crowd! Friendly sound guy! A whole new level of playing and having fun on stage! We were swarmed afterwards for autographs, and for the first time in my life, I signed on ten Rupees notes, and even a Nepali note of some denomination! What a wild time! These guys were wild and ready for some metchul! Amazing experience! Can't wait to hit the North East again!

 

And here's to all the metchulheads, organizers, EVERYONE involved in making this experience of ours so friggin' amazing! Cheers! 

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mind (n.) – that which thinks, perceives, feels, wills, etc.; seat or subject of consciousness.

snare (n.) – anything dangerous, risky etc. that tempts or attracts; thing by which a person is entangled; trap.

MyndSnare is:
Kp on guitars and vocals,
Sandesh on bass,
Yasmin Claire on drums.

Formed around September 2000 out of the debris of a couple of Bangalore bands, MyndSnare started out with an intent to play 'music for musicians'. Odd meters, lots of speed, stop-on-a-dime breaks and a slight lack of happiness was the order of the day. Changing to suit ourselves in our geriatricity, there have been a few additiions of melody (well, listen to it again!) and subtractions of oddness, while reaching for the same end - bloody fast neck snapping.

We like to tell ourselves that our lyrics mean something. Deep things, mostly. It makes us happier. Life, the universe and everything being the topics of conversation, anything that deserves an (anti-)social commentary is generally deemed worthy.

So, basically, if you like snapping your spine on an off-beat, enjoy running across rock-show venues to randomly fall upon another like you, find yourself growling without reason in broad daylight long after the full moon waxed away - or just enjoy woodenly staring at a bank of speakers while a mercurial flow of metallic noises winds around your mind... you're at the right place. We understand you. We may even like you. Be like you, even.

Like the immortal Chuck Schuldiner once said, 'Keep the metal faith alive.' (Or did he say, 'Let the metal flow...'?)