Good ol' days

As in my memories, I remember that I used to hangout with brothers around my neighbourhood who were very older than me, they used to listen to local metal bands like x-mantra, ugrakarma etc on audio tapes, that's when I understood what music could be like and how it had no bounds.

They also used to listen to a very famous band around the local scene at that time and still pretty famous, 'Robin 'n' Looza'. The frontman Robin Tamang is in another band called 'Robin 'n' Revolution' these days. Well, the songs they composed are full of energy and sticks to ur mind right away as you listen. That's how slowly started drowning in the realm of metal music as I used to mime their songs and act like a rockstar.

Then, there is a festival in my country called 'Tihar' which is kinda similar to Halloween but instead of wearing of costumes and going trick or treat we go around the neighbourhood and sing folk songs( kinda like christmas carols). And, some call it perversion but I call it improvisation that people has started to carry the whole set of instruments and perform a small private concert at every place they go and they get paid for that. Actually, the ritual is done in a sense that the ones who go places and sing songs are to regard as the messengers of god.

(THERE ARE 2 DAYS TO GO SING AROUND AND EACH DAY IS ASSIGNED TO MALE AND FEMALE GENDERS, MALE GROUP'S DAY IS CALLED DEUSI AND THE ACT OF SINGING IS CALLED DEUSI AND THE FEMALE GROUP'S DAY IS CALLED BHAILI AND THE ACT OF SINGING THAT DAY IS CALLED BHAILI)

And, people give offerings to the group of deusi or bhaili to please the gods. So, now that has turned into payment to the groups. People used to give a lots of sweets and foods as offerings before, they still do, but nowadays hard cash is much in play.

About 5 years ago, the brothers around my neighbourhood managed a few instruments and gathered us to play songs. We practiced a few pop songs and then went places to play songs. It was lot of fun. That is when I understood the value of having good instruments. Good instruments = good music.

That's all for now, Lastly, our local scene is not that bad. There are really good bands down there. So, I like supporting my underground scene.

Looking back

I used to watch a programme at the NTV (our national tv channel) when I was a kid about a decade ago. It was called 'Young Asia Television' . And, they used to end the programme with a music video every week (It was a weekly programme).

At that time, I was a kid so, I didn't know much about music but I used to enjoy the videos they used to play. They used to play 'Memory Remains' by Metallica and music videos of Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Shania Twain, Bryan Adams and other various artists.

The video that I remembered the most was 'Memory Remains' and I found out that it was metallica's video just a few years ago. Because, I couldn't remember the song but the video was always reeling in my mind. And, I got to watch that video again at a friends computer and that refreshed some memories again. The concept of the video is so good that nobody can forget it. The band plays the whole song in a giant swing that is in a room and swings in full circles with the band playing the song. So, that swing remains in my memory forever.

Anybody who hasn't watched the video can youtube it and have fun.

That is how my brain started to like the heaviness in music, I guess. But, metallica's old records are way excellent compared to their new records. I think this happens to most of the bands. Can't pull out the rabbit outta hat all the time. . . .

Progression at high school

And, I found a new level of energy for the taste of music when I got into high school. The seniors used to listen to hard rock and metal bands like deep purple, pantera etc. And, when I got to know them, I myself learned a lot from them.

And, a few friends from my class were also quite good at metal music and they knew more about it than me. So, I learnt more from them and my taste in music was slowly turning it's direction to extreme metal music.

I started to listen to pantera, at first, I could understand none of the lyrics but I surfed and got the lyrics on net and got hang of it slowly then, I listened to children of bodom, cradle of filth, mudvayne, slayer and many more.

But, Pantera was one of the great bands I've EVER listened to. The guitar solos, drums, guitar riffs, the screamin vocals, everything was great and perfectly heavy, a band that remains immortal in my memories forever.

But, It's sad that the band is no longer together and the great guitarist "DIMEBAG" is no more in this world.
Rest in peace Darrell "DIMEBAG" lance abott.

My initial point

I've been always happy to listen to some really good music. Since my childhood, music is something that has captivated my soul, I used to sing along with songs I hear on street and as I grew up my taste in music got mature as well.

During school time, I got inspired by my seniors, they used to practice on drums and electric guitars. In those times, we used to listen to Hindi Bollywood songs and nepali pop and english pop songs.

My favourite nepali bands at that time 1974 A.D., Nepathya, and etc. Still favourite actually. It is good to chill out for the sake of old times listening to old favourites refreshing memory.

And, Bryan Adams, Michael Learns to Rock was the favourite English artists at that time.
And, Guns 'n roses was my first english rock band.

And, countless bollywood songs.