Adam Avil
| Adam Avil | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Background information | |
| Born | 30 June 1970 |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, and guitarist |
| Website | www |
Adam Avil (born 30 June 1970) is an Indian rock artist and the lead guitarist, founder, and songwriter of the Indian rock band Pralay. The band formed in the early 1990s and was previously called Greek and its members included Adam's younger brother Eddie Avil, Luke Kenny, Joy Dattagupta, Ulysses Veyra, Brian Soans, and Victor D'souza. The band was active for a decade.
He started playing the guitar at the age of eighteen after watching a Rock Machine (Indus Creed) concert at Rang Bhavan in 1988. As such, Mahesh Tinaikar the lead guitarist of Rock Machine inspired him to begin playing the guitar.
Eventually, he started a band with his brother’s college-mates and named the band ‘Greek’. He chose the name Greek from a line from a Guns n’ Roses song called “One in A Million” and also because he wanted the band to be one that created and performed original compositions.
Adam and his brother first played for a band called Post Mark from Imphal in Manipur and toured the north east with them. Subsequently, they recorded a demo consisting of five songs at Napoleon Studios Juhu in Mumbai on 23 April 1993. This was followed by a tour of the North East with Greek to promote their original compositions at a time when all the other bands in India were playing cover songs at live shows. Greek consistently performed at a local pub called Raspberry Rhinoceros for four years before embarking on a brief tour of Almaty, Kazakhstan in 1997 and performed on the local channel TAN TV while there.
The band was renamed Pralay and they began work on recording their debut album ‘Urban Reality’ at Showbiz Studios in Wadala with Suraj Jagan. Eventually, Pralay were signed by Sonic Wave International (Chicago) for the release of their album Urban Reality which was shortlisted for the 2003 Grammy in the world music category.
Anurag Kashyap’s unreleased cult movie Paanch is loosely inspired by the band’s initial struggles, when they were called Greek, during which the band members were also infamous for their nonchalance and aggression.
...
Wikipedia