Four men and a band

KNAP, a Mumbai-based band will be performing in town tomorrow, while bangalore-based band schickados will leave you wanting for more day after. here's what to expect at the musical night out

KNAP, a Mumbai-based band will be performing in town tomorrow, while bangalore-based band schickados will leave you wanting for more day after. here's what to expect at the musical night outu00a0

Ask them what they think about Bangalore, K'N'A'P would say the audience since Bangalore is a place that is totally into music. For music lovers, it is going to be a boisterous night and for those in quest for some soulful and folksy tunes, you might like to take a look at the four perky boys.

Are you ready to rock? Schickados will be performing live this Wednesday night

One-year-old and rocking
Mumbai based band K'N'A'P that's just about a year old, plays at bflat tomorrow night. If you're wondering what the name stands for, it's from the first letters of the members of the band - Kenneth Rebello (bass), Nikhil D'Souza (vocals, acoustic guitars), Adrian D'Souza (drums) and Vinay Lobo (lead guitars). And no we didn't make a mistake. The letter P stands for an ex-member of the band. "We didn't have a name, so we just took the first letter of each of our names and we wanted to separate the letters, that's why the stars in between," explains Adrian D'Souza, the founder member of the band.

Nikhil D'Souza says, he came back from Muscat to Mumbai to get into the music scene and it took him quite a while to get alive and kicking on the Indian music scenario. Adrian and he played together at a gig and decided to play together as a band. The band, as a whole, he says does not have a particular icon, but Nikhil reveals, "I am influenced by artists like Sting".

Ask Adrian about K'N'A'P's style of music and he will tell you, "It's more of the folksy type. With us, it's not so much about being loud. We're not the hard-hitting, speed craving kinds. A little bit of sensibility and soul is what is required."

K'N'A'P claims to play mostly original music conforming to the genre of funk and alternative with a few covers to get the crowd going. Songs like Wonderwall by Oasis, One by U2 and also World is going round by Police are on their hitlist.

Many firsts
It's K'N'A'P's first gig in Bangalore and it is the first time Nikhil would be performing. He says, "I have heard quite a bit about the Bangalore audience being quite receptive. People here, are starved for good and original music. We hope we give them what they are looking for."

What: K'N'A'P live in concert
Where: Bflat, 100ft Road, Indiranagar
When: October 7, 8.30 pm
How much: Rs 200
Call: 4241 4000

In dad's footsteps
Schickados, a Bangalore based band, has been around for a longer time, five years to be precise. The band will be playing at Hard Rock Cafu00e9 this Thursday. The name, says Abhilash, a drummer, comes from his dad's old band and that he was just following the tradition.

The band started off as more of a college band that saw success. Schickados is inspired by bands like Coldplay, RHCP, Maroon 5 and artists John Mayer and Jimi Hendrix with such influences, they also perform old Hindi tracks by Md Rafi and Kishore Kumar by adding a little touch of their own to it. "We play these songs at events like corporate gigs because many of them are North Indians and enjoy it a lot. Since the exit of our ex-singer, we've been doing this sparingly these days," says Abhilash.

Schickados have also done a one-minute track for a Kannada serial. When asked how they got to singing both in Hindi and in Kannada, Abhilash says, "It wasn't so much about what language we were singing in. It was just music to us and we didn't care if it was in English, Hindi or Kannada." Would they be singing any regional songs this time around? Abhilash quips, "We are yet to decide the playlist. Come on over and see."

What: Schickados Live
Where: Hard Rock Cafu00e9, St Marks Road
When: October 8, 8.30 pm,
Call: 4124 2222