If you’ve ever had a dream of organizing a rock event then please look further, as this article will tell you exactly ‘HOW NOT TO ORGANIZE AN EVENT’. I’ve been closely associated with Distortion 08 for the last few months and over the months I’ve found out an increasing amount of underhand dirty politics, callous decision making and a don’t give a rats arse attitude towards the music circuit that dominates most of the competitions these days, more so Distortion 08.
Foxymoron, an initiative that was started off by 4 bright (so they say), young college going students wanted to plunge into event management waters so what better way to kick start your event management ventures than by starting it off with a rock event. Distortion ’08, an event that is supposed to give 6 bands a platform to play their music and make themselves heard. 6 bands played for 6 different NGOs and their respective causes to spread awareness about the NGOs , but I’m afraid what happened at the end of it turned out to be farcical in nature as the NGOs themselves felt hard done by.
The whole event has had so many flaws and so many discrepancies in it, that I don’t even know where to start from. The whole event just defeats the purpose of what a rock event should be all about. You can argue that yes our scene is f*cked up and already has a lot of shitty events doing its rounds that have a dearth of good bands around, but surely this event took the piss.
REGISTRATION- For the first time in the history of rock competitions in Mumbai, bands that registered had to pay a registration sum of Rs. 1000 which is ridiculous when you look at the fact that I-rock and Mood I charge nothing. A lot of bands made their displeasure very vocal like the P-Man who kept having a dig at the event for charging a ludicrous amount of Rs.1000 to play. But obviously the Foxy team seemed hell bent on ‘squeezing the lemon tight if the bands are stupid enough to pay such a sum of money’ in their own words . Maybe, just maybe…… such a registration is justified when you have a fantastic prize on your hands to give out.
PRIZE- But then again, did Foxy have a fantastic prize to give out?? If a couple of cheap miniscule trophies constitute as fantastic, then yes fantastic it is. A lot of bands did actually make it verbose about the registration which did in my opinion stop a lot of bands from registering themselves. Was this the ‘BIG PRIZE’ that they promised to the bands??
RESULTS- If you think they can’t stoop any lower, think again….. cause even the results were not spared by the team without some tampering or the other. The person at the helm of affairs at Hard Rock wanted ‘One Track Mind’ to qualify for the finals, no matter what. So basically even if OTM didn’t put up a good show at the elims, they’d qualify anyways because this Hard Rock representative wanted OTM to bring in their massive fanbase at the event to listen to them ‘cover’ some old classics. OTM actually failed to make it into the top 6 at the elims on the judges’ scoresheets and the irony of all this is that One Track Mind actually went onto win the event at the finals.
Not only was one slot wrongly given out to OTM, but one slot was also taken away from ‘Joy and The Icecreams’ who actually deserved to be playing at the Distortion finals which would have changed the entire course of the outcome of the results. All this from the Hard Rock representative just to get in an extra 30 people. They didn’t care for once, that music would be the loser at the end of it all. All they cared about was raking in the moolah. Woah!! Speak of sell outs!!! Quoting one of the judges and drummer of the band Workshop, Hamza Kazi, “I don’t know how Joy and the Ice Creams didn’t make it to the finals as they were given very high scores by me and the rest of the judges.”
NGOS- Distortion ’08 is supposed to be about the music and about the NGOs but obviously the team seemed to be meandering in no man’s land when it came to giving the NGOs credit. Reputed NGOs such as Akanksha and Yuva Pratishtha complained about the lack of visibility and the lack of space for their corners. Quoting Rajshree from one of the NGOs, “The NGOs did not get their due as they had no visibility whatsoever. If they kept claiming that the event was for the NGO, they should have kept our stalls in the centre of the venue rather than in some lone corner.”. Hardly anyone in the crowd even knew that the NGOs had their own corner. Each Ngo was supposed to set up a stall, but the stall turned out to be more of a small table for 2 which would have cramped up merchandise of each NGO on it. Distortion yet seems to think that they made an invaluable contribution to the NGOs, but if they can actually convince anyone how they helped the NGOs out in more ways than a mere mention by bands, then maybe they would look less foolhardy.
HOSPITALITY- When it comes to poor hospitality, Distortion 08 are second to none. Whether it was the disqualification issue they had with Reverse Polarity at the Elims to the embarrassing saga that surfaced between the team and ‘Lithium’ on the day of the event. Psyd FX one of the competing bands backed out, so Lithium was confirmed twice by the Hard Rock Management and the Foxy team. What was about to ensue was just plain embarrassing for both the event and the band. When Lithium showed up for the sound check, they were coolly shown the door by the event, saying they changed their minds and wanted the Echoes to play instead.
If this is not unprofessional enough, one of the partners of the event actually went on to say in his diplomatic sarcastic best, “Let the bacchas (kids) play and get a feel of the Hard rock stage” and “I know you’ll want to play, but even I want to play with my choir at Distortion but that is not possible hahaahahahahaaha”..
MARKETING ASPECT- Distortion also tried to exceed people’s expectations and big up the event by releasing articles in newspapers that had nothing but LIES written all over it. For example, the DNA paper said that bands such as ‘Rosemary, SOS’ were participating whereas none of the bands had even registered themselves for the event. The article also stated that they were looking for headlining acts of the caliber of ‘Motherjane, Split, Junkyeard’, but little do they know that there is no such thing as ‘Junkyeard’ and maybe they were trying to refer to ‘Junkyard Groove’ .They had to settle for Zedde, instead. The article also said that they had tied up with makemyownrecord.com which was another lie once again.
MISCELLANEOUS REASONS- If I were to fit all the reasons why Distortion should not have happened in the first place, then I’d be able to write an entire book. But to name a few- the team knew as much about rock music and the circuit as I know about the Vietnam war , they crowned the first place to a cover band which sends the complete wrong message to the circuit, the crowd that actually did know anything about music did not enjoy the event as they were disenchanted to see such a poor standard of music on show and to see a cover band take the title. Quoting rock enthusiast Ashwin Bala, “Distortion actually made high school musical look good.”
The only people who actually thought the music was top-notch were those fake townie bubblegum poseurs who were all decked up and cant make out an Iron Maiden song from an Aerosmith song, because they both have ‘high pitched vocals’.
When the results were played around with, I made my disapproval very clear, but what I got from one of the organizers was “if you care so much about the circuit, you should just organize your own event”, clearly showing they couldn’t be arsed about our circuit which proves that these aren’t the people that should be organizing such kind of events. How can one also forget the constant fibbing of “this time Distortion is bigger, better, we have tons of sponsors lined up our door and the prize is going to be huger than ever, blah blah blah.”
Ofcourse one big reason is the fact that they call the event, ‘Distortion’ but they didn’t allow metal acts to participate. The most staggering observation I have made in the last two months is that the people who represent Hard Rock know as little about music as the Distortion team. Don’t get me wrong, I love Hard Rock Cafe, but the people handling the affairs at Hard Rock need to change. Excerpts from a conversation with Hard Rock dude (HRD)-
HRD- Dude, absolutely no metal band should be playing this event.
ME- Aight!
HRD- What about — — — — - ?? aren’t they a metal band??
ME- no dude, they are a punk band.
HRD- WHAT???? PUNK??? I told you. I don’t want heavy music.
The other organizational lapses are innumerable but I wont mention them since they have no bearing on music directly and might be a tad bit too controversial.
Ofcourse there were a few positives to come out from the event. Khiladi were fantastic fun to watch on stage, Goddess Gagged (now Fulcrum) were a real revelation for a lot of people at Distortion as they belted out some awesome original progressive rock compositions for the crowd. One Track mind were tight but do not make the cut for me as they were just a band playing covers the way they were originally played, atleast when Khiladi covered , they made it their own song. Other than that, most bands were mediocre at best.
This is not an anti-distortion rant. This is just a rant to let people know what actually goes on behind the scenes at events and how screwed up our scene is and how that needs to change. The only way the scene can change is if we keep such assholes away from organizing such rock competitions and gigs and take some initiative ourselves by promoting some good original music by organizing gigs ourselves or by attending only events that do not have so many loopholes in it such as tampering the results, or promoting cover music etc.
The rock scene is improving all over Mumbai except South Mumbai. You will keep seeing an increasing amount of talented bands coming from Andheri, Bandra, Juhu, Vasai. Thane but South Mumbai will always produce the same crappy cover bands as long as there are south Mumbai based events like Distortion and South Mumbai based pubs that promote cover music. People need to make the extra effort to go that extra mile to watch good bands play otherwise the situation is going to be as grim as ever, as The Demonstealer once joked around, “You spoilt South Mumbai bands will only ever end up playing your crappy cover music at Jazz by the Bay, and Hard Rock.”
Distortion was everything an event should not be, but unfortunately by the looks of it, there is a Distortion ’09 that seems to be coming our way and I for one , will not have anything to do with such an event ever again as the ‘DISTORTION EXPERIENCE’ did not ‘Rock the Community’ for me.
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Harshil Karia
Jan 3rd, 2009 at 6:32 pm | #
a) This is cheap publicity.
b) Rooshabh Doshi was never a part of the core organising team. He was never in charge of any decision making or never in any way present during management decisions undertaken for the event. He was present during meetings when the venues were fixed and he was coordinating with the headlining acts at the elims and the finals. Apart from that he was there during general overexcited banter that a team organising an event that it is passionate about often undertakes. He has heard bits and pieces and etched out a story that to his mind seems true just like a dog who feeds on different leftover scraps of meat pieces, pieces them together and claims that the amalgamation tastes like Christmas Turkey.
c) The judges never did tabulate their scores. Nor was Rooshabh Doshi present during the official calculations. The allegations that he makes are an absolute shame.
d) For the record, Joy and the Ice Creams were marginally edged out. Hard Rock Cafe insisted that they be pushed out for any other band. That was not done. Confirmation of this can be received from the management at the Hard Rock Cafe about the same. I therefore think that Rooshabh’s allegations are baseless once again.
e) ‘squeezing the lemon tight if the bands are stupid enough to pay such a sum of money’ - i really would like to know where these words came from. I certainly did not hear them ever. Maybe Doshi’s ears are all messed up because of the atrocious singing that he often engages himself in. The Rs. 1,000 was sort of a necessity. It was purely because the event could not raise any money. We were not good enough with the sponsorship bit. We tried to give the bands their money’s worth. Food and non alcoholic beverages on the final night was something we did manage to organize for. We had also planned a photoshoot but unfortunately the photographers grandmother passed away on the day of the shoot and we couldn’t find someone as a replacement in time. Its unfair to say that the organizers of Distortion squeezed money out of the bands. We could technically put a value on everything that was undertaken and provided to the bands.
f) The NGO’s weren’t able to make sales - but the event wasn’t supposed to help them make sales. It was meant to create awareness. It wasn’t supposed to change the World and it didn’t. The NGO’s that Rooshabh Doshi claims were hard done by - Akanksha and Yuva Pratishthan have personally come up to me and said that they liked the event. I have coordinated with Param Gandhi from Yuva Pratishthan who publicly gave us a thumbs up. Suparna Mody from Aakanksha did not seem to have any problems either. The ‘cramped up corner’ that Rooshabh mentions is the VIP area the the Hard Rock Cafe. The stall obviously wasn’t possible for logistical reasons. When we have the space, we will give all we can. Like i have said before - the NGO’s participating at the event never really needed the money. They needed interaction with the community. The interaction at Distortion wasn’t at its optimum. I agree it could have been better. Rooshabh however seems to have gotten our interactions all wrong. Another pointer that he never really fully understood the event and hence finds the need to go on an immature rant about it.
g) Hospitality - you could re - label that ‘Poor Band Relations’. The band relations in charge - Mr. Doshi himself. He seems to be crusading about the way Lithium was treated (his own band) but he conveniently forgets his personal goof ups. When he released the list of the bands for the elims, he sent an email that was supposed to be put up (an official one, mind you), in which he rechristened One Track Mind as One Crap Mind. Trusting him and his maturity, whatever he sent across officially was put up without proof reading it. And the result was a mini fiasco. Its commendable that One Track Mind didn’t make a big deal out of it. Most bands would throw their weight around and abuse their limited influence to try and create a rucus (Doshi being a prime example). Further, on the day of the finals, PsydFx, the band that could not make it to the finals because their drummer had a bike accident, called up Doshi to tell him that they would be late for sound check because of the unfortunate incident. Doshi in return abused them. It is still unclear who abused whom first. Both sides claim that it was the opposite party who started it. It is however, very clear that Doshi was involved in some sort of a verbal exchange with the band and did not treat them well at all. According to sources, the band was scheduled to atleast make an appearance and honour the NGO they were attached to but did not mostly because of Rooshabh Doshi’s behavior. How’s that for hospitality?
With respect to not letting Lithium play for the finals, the organisers and Hard Rock both felt that the Echoes were/ are a better band even without a confirmed full - time vocalist. Doshi obviously could not handle that because of his less than socially acceptable temperament. Noone can Doshi that someone is better than him directly mostly because he’s extremely full of himself. He kept on claiming that his band was better than most bands that performed that night. That however, is another matter altogether.
It should also be noted that Doshi himself pushed for Lithium to be present at soundcheck without confirmed approval from the head of the organizing committee. It was merely suggested that Lithium get ready as a backup just in case. Rooshabh assumed otherwise.
When Rooshabh found out that the Echoes were playing, he even called them up to ask them to refuse to play just so that Lithium could play. Talk about Dirty Politics.
h) Rooshabh Doshi - a questionable character: For an entire week, Rooshabh kept telling one of the main organizers that ‘one band will back out’ and ‘Lithium will play at the finals’ and that ‘Lithium is much better than everyone playing’. One band did back out. How, why? Was this predetermined? Did Doshi have anything to do with it? Its just a thought. I wouldn’t have doubted him for one bit a few days back but this lunatic’s backstabbing has prompted me to think otherwise.
i) Marketing - it was not perfect. A lot of things that were at the edge of confirmation did not go through. It teaches us a lesson - we won’t go public with anything that is not confirmed yet. With respect to ‘Junkyeard’, you cant blame the company if a reporter spells things incorrectly when the press release did not have the errors. And the article Doshi talks about says they Distortion was looking at bands like bands like “Junkyeard, Mother Jane (Cochin), Split (Mumbai) and Prestroika (Delhi)”. That is a fact. Nothing fell through because of the recession as a result of which no money was pumped into the event. Zedde was kind to headline for free.
j) For the record, the winners of the event did create on original. The judges seemed to like it. It was mandatory to create an original for the finals of the competition. The format promotes originality. I think the accusations about not promoting originality are misdirected.
k) I can only say that it is very unfortunate of Rooshabh Doshi to have gone on a rant (even though he claims it isn’t one) of this sort despite being associated with the event. I would request the owners of this blog to put up this response as a separate article in itself. Rooshabh’s ‘holier than thou’ approach quite clearly isn’t so. There is a large amount of personal vendetta that oozes from his every line.
I hope those of you who attended had a good time. This was only the start. This is not to say that FoxyMoron, the organizers of Distortion made no mistakes. We made more than our fair share of them. We will only learn and hope to make next years event better than this one. Our motives are as clear as ever.
I do believe that Rooshabh will have to say something about this. I can assure you that a lot of it (like his article) will be fabricated. Doshi was in no way closely associated with the finer workings of the event other than in the workings mentioned above. We did give him credit but now he seems to have taken it on his head and turned it back at us. I would appreciate it if questions, communication and information about the event were directed directly to FoxyMoron.
Best,
Harshil Karia
Executive Director,
FoxyMoron
Harshil Karia
Jan 3rd, 2009 at 6:39 pm | #
And i don’t understand what the point of a blog is if you guys are going to detain comments and moderate them once they’ve been posted publicly already.
Harshil Karia
Jan 3rd, 2009 at 7:34 pm | #
And i am a chukka.
Harshil Karia
Jan 3rd, 2009 at 7:52 pm | #
I’d personally like to have Rooshasbh Doshi off the board at Chordvine.
Its an appeal i make to the Executive Directors and Owner of this blog.
His incompetence has been well drawn out at our firm Foxymoron, and i wouldnt want you all to suffer to.
If no action is taken within due time, we at FoxyMoron will proceed to take action against this website.
Yours,
Harshil Karia
Pee-man
Jan 3rd, 2009 at 8:38 pm | #
FoxyMoron would be inchoate without Harshil…you know why?….coz he’s the MORON in FoxyMoron!
Harsh Jhaveri
Jan 3rd, 2009 at 8:50 pm | #
This isn’t helping either side, it’s M.A.D (Mutually Assured Destruction).
Harsh Jhaveri
Jan 3rd, 2009 at 8:50 pm | #
A ceasefire is in order.
Rahul kapoor
Jan 3rd, 2009 at 8:53 pm | #
PEEEEE MAN
arrey main khiladi too anadi…
NAHEEEN!!!!!!!!!
main anadi too khiladi…..
!!!Kapoodey kapoodey kapoodey …..Rumpuck , rumpuck rumpuck!!!!
Pee-man
Jan 3rd, 2009 at 8:59 pm | #
yep I agree it’s M.A.D…..Measureless Ass-kicking of Distortion…
Harsh Jhaveri
Jan 3rd, 2009 at 9:17 pm | #
Great movie in the offing.
Don’t you think the whole sabotage thingy’s a bit much?
Harsh Jhaveri
Jan 3rd, 2009 at 9:19 pm | #
To even suggest it seems rather brusque.
Nicholas
Jan 3rd, 2009 at 10:01 pm | #
Rooshabh i must say i like the article. Well I think it was something you always new about Distortion and now they proved it. Harshil what can i say. The Truth is Always Bitter. I mean couldn”t you even arrange for a decent headlining band you settled for Zedde. I’d say was the most harrowing period of the night. Of course the results also make the cut.
I’d also like to add that i’d probably have more fun listening to Lithium rather than Echoes.
Good Job Rooshabh. Harshil at least he can admit that the event sucked.
shravan
Jan 3rd, 2009 at 10:16 pm | #
All i can say that foxymoron is a group of diplomatic motherfukers, who dont kno shit bout music.
As a member of the band lithium i just wanna say we dont mind if u think echoes is better than us, i really dont give a fuk bout that, just dont call us for a sound check n send us back, we arent beggars who wanna get on the hard rock stage by lickin ur ass, we can do it by r own merit.
Just 2 keep us happy they were givin us 10 mins on stage at 8 15 so that they could shut us up, we dont want ur pennies u morons. Im happy we didnt get 2 play cos lithium should not have nethin ever 2 do with such an event, trust me i just feel bad ull had 2 get echoes on stage with a temporary vox who didnt wanna sing in the first place.
Thank u nicholas for supportin lithium.
Harsh Jhaveri
Jan 4th, 2009 at 8:55 am | #
Lithium for PRESIDENT!!
G
Jan 4th, 2009 at 10:49 am | #
OK i don’t know whats happening ( but i hope it another “Jerry Left JYG kinda post with shit load of mudslinging )
But ZEDDE for headlining ??
makes me say WTF?
Sanju
Jan 4th, 2009 at 11:27 am | #
Well, this is entertaining. I feel the need to put forth some of my views. Our band (Psyd FX) was totally excited to hit the stage at HRC. Unfortunate as it sounds, 30th morning made our drummer crippled, after meeting with an accident. As we were in two minds about playing the show, i thought the best solution is to call up the organiser and let him know of our dire situation. This is when a lot happened…
In my 2 years of promoting our band and playing shows in and out of Mumbai, never have i faced such inclemency from the organisers. I called up this kid (Rooshabh Doshi) to inform him that the only solution for the band is to not play Distortion. After knowing why, the kid offers us a brilliant solution, a replacement drummer! Yes, that’s right! I humbly told him that i don’t see that happening as we were supposed to play 5 Psyd FX compositions (even if it was otherwise, you ass-wipe, our band wouldn’t have played the show as one of us was in a clinic being plastered). On hearing our denial of his smart as a whip idea, the kid asks me to “Cut my f***ing tone”. As i was at my office, i couldn’t reciprocate red!
The kid shouted out all profane words that might have been his household fight weapons.
@ Foxymoron: You cannot take the bands for granted. period. It’s perplexing to me that a same firm can have a douche bag like this guy and a humble hard-working guy like Suyash! Anyways, Psyd FX wishes you all the best in your endeavors!
Riju
Jan 4th, 2009 at 11:55 am | #
It’s still embarassing when the bands have to pay 1000 bucks to register and when u come 1st or 2nd not get squat.
varun mani
Jan 4th, 2009 at 1:06 pm | #
The event was shite…echoes are one of the shittiest bands to play at hard rock cafe..although the point made about one track mind may be shocking but they were easily the best band on the night, and wtf was KHILADI , these guys were LAME . Even the eliminations were a farce, choosing kiddie bands that didnt even have a complete lineup, but what irks me more is that they didnt even pick the band that came 2nd last year at Distortion for this years elims just cuz of some personal grudge: Retrospect.
The event was a sham, organised by people who should seriously stick to organising HR MUN cuz they clearly do not know shit about music,
cheers.
Rooshabh
Jan 4th, 2009 at 1:19 pm | #
Hey Sanju, i was just carrying out instructions given to me by the Foxymoron team regarding the replacement drummer. You can ask them if you want , who’s idea it was… They conveniently put the onus on me since I was the one handling the band and I for a fact was against the replacement drummer idea, cause i know how ridiculous it sounds . When i told them the replacement drummer was a ridiculous idea, they accused me of pushing for Lithium to play and not trying hard enough with Psyd Fx.
Regarding the profanities, I myself called you up and apologised straight away and the apology yet stands . I hope your drummer is better and best wishes go out to Psyd Fx/Metal Messiah in the future….
Cheers!!
G
Jan 4th, 2009 at 2:00 pm | #
oh ! im loving this .. the shit just got thicker … :P
varun mani
Jan 4th, 2009 at 2:25 pm | #
ok delete my post
Romeolocks
Jan 4th, 2009 at 4:10 pm | #
Distortion was a waste of my 3 hours……………………………….. Also, mr.Harshil should be renamed as Mr. Har’shit’, as the e-mail sent across to people that had one crap mind written in it was sent by Mr. Sanvar Oberoi and not by Rooshabh. Good stuff man…………..
Rahul kapoor
Jan 4th, 2009 at 4:13 pm | #
@Sanju ,
Its hard to put the onus on one person really when you dont see the daily workings of the company that organise distortion.
They’ve failed in many departments as Harshil himself claims in his original post.
Suffice to say you’ve received an apology, verbally and now on note, with Rooshabh’s best intentions.(If he dint care he wouldve had Lithium right away without suggesting your’ll with a one night alternative of a relacement drummer) .
As for Suyash, word has it that he’s heavily pushed your’ll through beyond the original rankings of the judges(With members of Foxy personally stating that he’s *beeped* up royally with rigging results) personally . Just as, a LOT of accusations made by you and the others are inconclusive ,so is this . You should have a look into it anyways, if your looking to play moral police in the working of an outside event firm.
Harshil Karia
Jan 4th, 2009 at 8:08 pm | #
*Sigh*
Place is not creditworthy of a reply!
Best,
Harshil
FoxyMoron
Subhash
Jan 4th, 2009 at 8:17 pm | #
^^
Ironic Harshil, CREDITworthy? Ermm…from you? :)
Pee-man
Jan 4th, 2009 at 8:36 pm | #
Glad to know that I’m not out on a limb here…….@ Harshil…got one thing to say…people living in glass houses should not throw stones.
Vaz- Rock
Jan 4th, 2009 at 9:39 pm | #
All i can say is that this is a shame. The results were rigged, this has been stated and clarified by the Foxy Morons themselves, and this clearly DENIES ANY CREDIBILITY THAT THE EVENT HAD.
I have never seen such high handed callousness before, leave alone lack of honesty on the part of a rock event organiser, especially since Distortion is a new event. Not only is this a complete disregard for the rock communtiy and the practice of natural justice, but it is highly unehtical as well. I’m absolutely shocked at this. The Foxy Morons people (or just morons shall i say) should really consider the grave misdemeanour committed. All for the CROWD…. If this is not a sell out what is?
But whatever the reasons, even if Hardrock was adamant, the organisers should have put their foot down and stood by their principles, not to mention fair play and reallness the very foundingstones of rock. According to Harshit, Joy and the Iceceams were “marginally edged out”. Rumour has it that they came Third in the elims! This accoridng to the tabulations done in front of several witnesses. Marginally edged out, is it? Further, it does not matter if they were marginally edged out or by a huge margin, they very fact that THE RESULTS WERE RIGGED is sad and undeniably stupid!
The point Rushabh makes about not having any metal bands is well noted. What kind of an event was this?
Lastly, Harshil mentions some legal action to be taken by the Foxys against Chordvine. Let me tell a little something about the Constitution and freedom of speech. Presumably, as has been corroborated by Harshil (on behalf of Foxy morons) the event is rigged, “They were marginally edged out”. WOW. And where does your credibility stand now?
WELL DONE, HARSHIL, MATE! KUDOS!
What brings people to the event is the love of rock. And when they see dishonesty, rigging, unethicalness, bragging, it does not go down well. I for one, am still in shock that an event on such a large scale was rigged, leave alone the other goof ups.
bob dhillon
Jan 4th, 2009 at 11:56 pm | #
Mr.vaz-rock seems to being putting a valid point forvard however it is not seemly that others be writing in his name.That event vas rigged is a fact well known and commonly stated but we of jaggu cows are of the opinion that events such as these should be left not in the hands of chuts who know nothing of music.Tis is not mere slander but fact as plane as the ugly nose on the organisers face whose sedition to music and all that at it stands for ,for the sake of enimity borne against jaggu milk cow alligned bands namely cypher and a few of it’s members,notably the newest.Khiladi is a haryana state sponsored band who have had the great courage to come all the way on a tractor.The final consensis id that 1 ROOSHABH DOSHI IS AN UNTALENTED GUJJU CHUT WHO SHOULD GO INTO PANCHAYAT POLITICS RATHER THAN MUSIC
2 SEVERAL WELL KNOWN BANDS INFAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE LAND HAVE BEEN DENIED THROUGH HIS MACHINATIONS A CHANCE TO PLAY
bob dhillon
Jan 5th, 2009 at 12:00 am | #
GODDESS FAGGED WELL ON THEIR WAY TO REALISING THEIR AMBITION OF BEING THE WORST BAND EVER
Rouhaan
Jan 5th, 2009 at 12:02 am | #
The only reason i came was to watch Khiladi!!!
Pman owns ur ass!!!!!
Tanmay
Jan 5th, 2009 at 12:53 am | #
how was the music at the competition? any good bands?
bob dhillon
Jan 5th, 2009 at 7:59 am | #
Yeah, probably, one, one and a half… :)
SemenDealer
Jan 5th, 2009 at 10:01 am | #
Distortion Rocks!!! METAL!!!! IS THE WAY TO GO!!!! \m/\m/
Pratik Gupta
Jan 5th, 2009 at 10:25 am | #
Blog’s gone to the dogs….
What a shame..
For some healthy business interaction please meet us on http://www.foxymoron.org .
Yours,
Pratik
Executive Director
FoxyMoron
G
Jan 5th, 2009 at 1:30 pm | #
Did i read it corrctly ?? legal action against Chordvine??? dang ! come one dude !!
Rouhaan
Jan 5th, 2009 at 7:28 pm | #
^^^^^^”
lmaooo!!!!
Pee-man
Jan 5th, 2009 at 7:51 pm | #
For some(3 mins max) healthy(condom) business(paid) interaction(sex) please meet(crack a deal) us on http://www.foxymoron.ORGY!!!
Karan
Jan 5th, 2009 at 9:26 pm | #
The shows n Mumbai..mediocre under lame banners like Distortion..To name few bands…KHILADI SUCKED…maybe Rohit P-man should carry on with PDV…what a mediocre performance by the band n like someone rightly mentioned they seem like a Haryana state sponsored band..need to relinquish their position n start milking cows instead..not to mention even the winners One Track Mind didn’t prove their mettle..Guess true to its title..distorted show of morons..the organizers and the participating bands were INCAPACITATED MUTANTS…instead of blaming the organizers the bands should blame themselves for their self- indulgence.
Vinit
Jan 5th, 2009 at 10:03 pm | #
What an underwhelming performance!!!!The bands chosen for finals seemed to give sophomore performances..One Track Mind(lost their mind), Revolver was some assholes idea of forming a school band..Khiladi(some weird looking long haired cross breed guitarist who wielded his guitar like a dildo..mish mash of riffs…get this loser out of the band)..Come on there was no music emanating instead stupid antics. Why bother to organize a show when the outcome is zilch…it is literally a whimper!!!! To hell with these juvenile performers..The Real Rockers please stand up!!!!!
akhil saluja
Jan 5th, 2009 at 10:44 pm | #
what the hell is this how can u forget lavender carnage their performance was also good but no name only because they were outstationed band its a fuck that host didnot b dost
Piyush Bhoradia
Jan 6th, 2009 at 6:53 pm | #
This blog with comments should be sent to all band communities…Guess then Distortion ‘09 will never happen…Hard Rock Cafe is a platform for wannabe’s..hey KHILADI TRANSVESTITES doing their chakka acts..Lack of a betr idea..Is this what ull call a performance…Losers.. Flaccid acts…
Lillydrums
Jan 6th, 2009 at 9:45 pm | #
I think foxymoron are bunch of fags, wannabe management types, who fancy themselves to be the shit. Well, you’re shit.
And from what is visible, the entire “company” seems to be made up of “directors” - don’t you new-age-y BMS fags know what a BOARD is supposed to be? Maybe then you’d realise that Rooshabh Doshi is a correspondent and a columnist, and not a director? As is obvious really? And there no point pulling down Chordvine really? Maybe that is the first thing they shud have taught you in ur Faggy BMS college? Press relations?
Second, I think it is about time these PR happy wankers woke up to the fact that the word on the street matters more than what crapshit blurbs they like to put up on their puketastic website. People hated distortion, and thats a fact. If you’re going to put up a friggin Rock concert, ur priority is to have a good show and good music, not appease some NGO, no matter how noble ur intentions may have been. Whether you look at Live Aid or Live8, or any GOOD charitable concert, they have had good entertainment value and good ORGANISATIOn, both of which were obviously missing from distortion - something that may have been acceptable had it been these Morons’ first event - which it isnt, and considering how they go around behaving to be holier than thou bunch of samrt asses, it is all the more annoying. Maybe such a catastrophic waste should not be allowed to hapen next year - better for our sanity and to protect the morale of whtever little music scene we have here.
Coolguy85
Jan 7th, 2009 at 7:20 pm | #
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HEy found that dna article, what dickheadss!
Pratik Gupta
Jan 10th, 2009 at 7:50 pm | #
Lets keep one thing clear people,.alright?
1)Unlike this soap opera, bubble gum laden, britney spears inspired Blog , we ARE a professional marketing agency, and would not appreciate having our brand goodwill being ruined here.
2)We are NOT operated by a bunch of hormonally- challenged teenagers,and acknowledge only well driven content.
3)To Further get in touch with us, you can contact me,Pratik on 9920164489 for music interaction(as this sites gone to the dogs) or business correspondence.
4)Uncultured and Vulgar Lingo will NOT be adhered to at our site or on the phone .
Karan Kapoor
Jan 18th, 2009 at 4:33 am | #
It will be interesting to find out, though, who is behind all this rumour spreading of the organizers having endorsed the fact that the results were rigged? For when they were asked themselves, they very calmly denied it and matter-of-factly confirmed that at all points of time, only 4 people ever had access to the elims and finals score sheets. So is Rooshabh behind it? Or then Vidhi (btw we all know you’re Vaz Rock).
Either of you’ll chose to comment, or better yet, confess :)
Vaz- Rock
Jan 20th, 2009 at 6:00 pm | #
Ha ha ha! Deceived you all… And Karan Kapoor! My gawd. What a dumbass! You think you know, but you don’t know at all.
As to who is behind the rumour spreading, why don’t you refer to the reply of that irresistible cad, that gorgeous bounder, Harshil Karia.
And to quote “d) For the record, Joy and the Ice Creams were marginally edged out.” Read, the results were rigged.
QED, bitch!
Rumpelskiltskin
Jan 21st, 2009 at 3:31 am | #
Going by the foxies poopy track record and even poopier event , Distortion , I dont think anyone can take anything that the morons say seriously……………..
Vidhi
Jan 21st, 2009 at 10:35 pm | #
Karan Kapoor :
I’m not Vaz-Rock. Cheap0skate you seem like a Foxy employee. What did they pay you 150 rupees to write this ?
Rumpelskiltskin
Jan 21st, 2009 at 11:07 pm | #
He is a Foxy employee…. click on his name and you’ll get redirected to http://www.foxymoron.org , that means while leaving a comment he filled in http://www.foxymoron.orgy as his website……
Ha ha , what a jackass……. If you morons are trying to fool people into believing that you’ll have supporters , atleast do it in a convincing way……..
Rahul
Jan 22nd, 2009 at 8:01 pm | #
GODESS GAGGED SUCKS!!!!!EASILY THE WORST BAND OF THE NITE..!!!
Birthday Girl
Feb 19th, 2009 at 10:37 pm | #
FOXYMORON IS A VERY ‘PROFESSIONAL,DIPLOMATIC and MATURE (may I add)’ group…
Birthday Girl
Feb 19th, 2009 at 10:37 pm | #
Oh..did i mention mature..?