A brief history
The original lineup of
Cyanide was formed during school days back in 2001 which consisted of Dhaval
Mudgal (Half Step Down) on Vocals, Rohan Solomon on Guitars, Bharat Bindal on
Bass, Rahul Sainani (Joint Family) on Guitars & Shardul Mehta (Joint Family) on
Drums. After Dhaval graduated, Rohan decided to take up vocal duties and the
band recruited guitar player John Sangtam to handle the leads.
The band mostly performed in school and only decided to get serious after
winning Pepsi Storm 2002 an interschool competition held at IIT Delhi. After
school the band played a few shows and gained some popularity in the Delhi rock
scene. However in late 2004, the band split up. Rahul & Shardul went on to form
Joint Family and Rohan & John formed Vorpal Scythe. Bharat had a short stint
with AVR during this period.
The band came back with a bang in early 2006 minus Rahul & Shardul. Rohan
took up guitars along with the vocals. The band is currently gigging regularly.
The latest addition to our band is Srijan Mahajan.
The band has a wide variety of seemingly unrelated influences which some say
forms the basis of the uniqueness of their sound. Influences include Porcupine
tree, Pearl Jam, Dream Theater, Alice In Chains, Creed, Nickelback, Crossfade,
12 Stones, Mr. Big, Van Halen, Steve Vai, Breaking Benjamin, Sevendust, Incubus,
Story Of The Year, U2 and many more.
A few recent achievements:
1) Winners of "Castle Rocks - Battle of the bands" held at Piccadelhi
2) 1st Runner's up at IIT - Blitzkrieg 2006. Rohan won "Best Vocalist" and Bharat won "Best Bassist"
3) Finalists at "Rocktaves 06" at B.I.T.S Pilani. Rohan won "Best Vocalist"
4) Finalists at
"Strawberry Fields 2006" National Law School, Bangalore.
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