JOSHISH

They’ve been successful in bringing a smile to each one’s face. Their Music is heartening and inspiring. They‘ve always been keen to learn more and more for perfection. They lighten up the minds through their personifying songs. They are a source of motivation for the budding artists and they call themselves JOSHISH.

JOSHISH is an Arabic-Persian word that means Junoon. The band members define JOSHISH as their zeal and passion for Music. JOSHISH depicts a lot of energy, excitement, earnestness, fervour and ardour.

HISTORY

It all started when, Sameer Rahat, bassist of the band and also the DJ who’s been spinning the records since 3 years was hit by an idea to give new horizons to his passion for Music and he shared his idea with Shwetang Shankar.

Shwetang is exceptionally talented drummer and known to set the drums on fire and blood. Both of them joined hands with Pranjal Joshi, the keyboard player and initially who was the vocalist of the band. He has a magical control on the keys of synthesizer. And together they set forth looking for the best among the best to complete their band. Before they started their search for a guitarist, They recorded their first track using a cheap headphone with Pranjal performing Singing duties, Synth duties and Rhythm duties. Shwetang did the Guitar duties and Sameer helped with musical arrangement and acted as a manager. Then they discovered Shatarchi Hundet(Kittu), the Lead Guitarist of JOSHISH, the rockstar of the band who has an amazing stage presence and electrifying impact on the crowd. Sameer’s friend Shubham Tiwari was eventually talked into taking up Lead Guitars and Kittu took bass duties for a short span of time.

And thus, they got the ball rolling and for the first time the bandcame into being. Their first exposure was when they performed at a Coffee Cafe on 15^th May 2006 and they thus added new chapter in the Music Culture of the City.

Asif Zaidi, the lead vocalist of JOSHISH, was a synthesizer player during his school days. He tried on singing when he entered college and it was then, he realized that he was made for singing. He performed at various places as a solo artist until he saw JO

SHISH performing at Café Coffee Day, It was enough to convince Asif and subsequently he joined JOSHISH in their journey. He has a voice that appeals to one’s heart and keeps the crowd captivated for hours and hours.

Now the band was all set to rock the city. They soon got their much awaited chance when they got to host the Youth Fest ’06 held at Bittan Market and were honoured the Best Band by the BSM Academy.

When asked their genre, the band members say,”Just like Music we too are Universal. We are not limited to any particular Genre of Music. Instead we had always played the kind of Music what we had been listening to, and people want us to play.” The band also plays a Genre called “Teen Beat” and their own genre called “Cold Metal”.

But still after all this JOSHISH felt a void within. They needed a second guitarist and soon came in Amit Mishra, the Rhythm guitarist of the band who is awesome at vocals also. He holds the experience of 11 years on guitars and has been playing with Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Udit Narayan, Shaan, Kunal Ganjawala and other big names of the Indian Music Industry. This was the last ingredient they needed. And after this there was no looking back.

Till now, JOSHISH has performed at various places like Youth Fest ’06 Felsenfall 2006-07,Rajiv Gandhi Technical University(Bhopal), Rai Foundation College(Bhopal),COBA Rock Addiction II, Hidayatullah National Law University (Raipur), IDA Grounds Indore, Ravindra Bhawan, Doordarshan,Café Coffee Day[Various branches], and various College Festivals and Clubs.

Within a short span of time they have reached to new heights, from anonymity to amazing popularity. They excite and create the fuzz. Their music nourishes and has an oasis impact on the deserted minds. They have proved something that has been said over and over again for ages but has now found a new meaning.

“Music works where nothing works…”

JOSHISH is,

Asif Zaidi – Lead Vocals.

Sameer Rahat – DJ/ Bassist/Backup Vocals.

Shwetang Shankar – Drummer.

Pranjal Joshi – Keyboard/ Backup Vocals.

Shatarchi Hundet –Lead Guitars.

Amit Mishra – Rhythm Guitars/ Vocals.