Madras Rockers 2019 Info

The problem? No venue would book them. “Too loud,” said the café in Besant Nagar. “Too political,” said the college fest coordinator (their song had the line “Minister’s son got a new SUV / We got a pothole and a broken TV” ). “Too… amateur,” said the pub in Nungambakkam, after they’d played a disastrous three-song set that ended when Anand’s snare stand collapsed into Ravi’s amp.

By the fourth song, “Coffee Kadai Blues,” the confused metalheads were headbanging. By the sixth, “Auto Raja,” a middle-aged uncle who’d come to complain about the noise was crying, remembering his own failed band from 1995. The stray dogs howled in perfect harmony. madras rockers 2019

The crowd didn’t clap. They stamped their feet on the concrete floor. The sound echoed like thunder over the Cooum. The problem