Just when you thought I was giving up again, here I am! Technically it's been a little more than a week, but things like time are minor logistics in the long run anyway.
The band I want to talk about today has quite an interesting story attached with them. In 2007, I got to see a band called Junkyard Groove in Dubai at the Dubai Desert Rock Festival. I instantly fell in love with their music, and have been following them since. I even tried (sadly unsuccessfully) to get them to come to Toronto for a few gigs. So Junkyard Groove was my ultimate Indian Rock experience... Until they broke up...
And I was pretty crushed because I was hoping for amazing things to come from the group. And then one day I came upon The Captains of Hook. The Captains are essentially three fourth of JYG, including Sid, Craig and Hudstin and excluding the original vocalist. I was skeptical of them at first because Ameeth, the vocalist of JYG was a really big part of the band's persona and character. But then I started listening to their music. And yet again, I fell in love with their music.
The music is fun, narrative, very catchy and most of all it's light. No heavy lyrics and desperate attempts to be insightful. It's simple, clean, tight and honest. It's feel good music at it's core and it's the kind of music that you can play at any time of the day for a quick pick me up, which I really like.
I presume that they are working on their first EP. Here are a few songs that they have already released. You can catch all of their songs over HERE.
I've been in a few bands and I know that band politics are always a factor. The best bands in the world have broken up over the silliest things. I think that a big part of breakups is that you cannot stop making music. You move on to the next band, and on to the next project and you make it work because you do what you do for the music and everything else is second to that.
That's why I admire The Captains even more. You can instantly tell that the music comes first for them and in such a volatile industry for musicians in India, I think that their commitment to what they love is quite cool. The Captains will never be the same as JYG, and the "new" JYG will never be the same as it was in the past, but that's just why living music is so poetic.
So this week, check out The Captains of Hook and let me know what you think!
The band I want to talk about today has quite an interesting story attached with them. In 2007, I got to see a band called Junkyard Groove in Dubai at the Dubai Desert Rock Festival. I instantly fell in love with their music, and have been following them since. I even tried (sadly unsuccessfully) to get them to come to Toronto for a few gigs. So Junkyard Groove was my ultimate Indian Rock experience... Until they broke up...
And I was pretty crushed because I was hoping for amazing things to come from the group. And then one day I came upon The Captains of Hook. The Captains are essentially three fourth of JYG, including Sid, Craig and Hudstin and excluding the original vocalist. I was skeptical of them at first because Ameeth, the vocalist of JYG was a really big part of the band's persona and character. But then I started listening to their music. And yet again, I fell in love with their music.
The music is fun, narrative, very catchy and most of all it's light. No heavy lyrics and desperate attempts to be insightful. It's simple, clean, tight and honest. It's feel good music at it's core and it's the kind of music that you can play at any time of the day for a quick pick me up, which I really like.
I presume that they are working on their first EP. Here are a few songs that they have already released. You can catch all of their songs over HERE.
I've been in a few bands and I know that band politics are always a factor. The best bands in the world have broken up over the silliest things. I think that a big part of breakups is that you cannot stop making music. You move on to the next band, and on to the next project and you make it work because you do what you do for the music and everything else is second to that.
That's why I admire The Captains even more. You can instantly tell that the music comes first for them and in such a volatile industry for musicians in India, I think that their commitment to what they love is quite cool. The Captains will never be the same as JYG, and the "new" JYG will never be the same as it was in the past, but that's just why living music is so poetic.
So this week, check out The Captains of Hook and let me know what you think!
