The Hobos on the Road of Kolkata

The Hobos” are a progressive/ experimental act.

Lineup:-

Souvik -Howlin Wolf Call+91 9830026904 @ stonedsouvik@gmail.com

Arko-Axe Man Call+91 9830026904 @ stonedsouvik@gmail.com
Tabz-Skin Pounder Call+91 9883374888 @ viperstingz@gmail.com
Dave-Spade Call+91 9874019470 @ starcastle.adversary@gmail.com
Suman-Reed Star Call+91 9836301640 @ sumancdefgab@gmail.com

THE HOBOS : “BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER” and evoking them to reawaken through music and not just constraining it into the realms of “mere entertainment”. Apprehensive about the fact of being “labelled”, nevertheless ‘The Hobos” are a progressive/ experimental act.

The Hobos , inspired by Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Dream Theater, The Doors, etc. are working on originals, experimenting by infusing raga and a number of Indian sounds in some of their songs aiming to expand the minds of the audience, induce hedonism, being their shaman for musical explorations and further… The band has been crowned winners many times not only are they crowned winners but also didn't forget to take the prize for best drummer,best vocalists.

The band has a rapport of good performances at places like Varanasi, Kharagpur, IIT..etc where the band was crowned winners..

FLAWLESS VICTORY

• Kolkata Medical College, August 2004, Winners
• MTV Campus Rock Idols, September 2004, Runners up
• IIIT,Kolkata November 2004, Winners
• BIT Kolkata, December 2004, Winners
• IIT Kharagpur, January 2005, Runners Up
• BE College Shivpur, January 2005, Winners
• IT BHU Varanasi, February 2005, Winners
• XIMB Bhubaneshwar, October 2005,Runners
• IIM Kolkata, January 2006,Winners
• IIT Kharagpur, January 2006,Winners
• IIT Guwahati, February 2006,Runners
• IIM Kolkata, January 2007,Winners
• Hornbill National Rock Contest ,Nagaland, Finalists, December 2006
• Dsp Black Rock IIlution 2007, Runner-Up,October 2007.
• XIMB Bhuwaneshwar, 2007, Winners, November 2007.
• Hornbill National Rock Contest 2007, Nagaland, Winners, December 2007

Cover List:

Dream Theater , Metallica , Flyod , Doors , Deep Purple, Megadeth, Iron Maiden ,Guns & Roses , Hendrix , Van Halen, White Snake, Allan parson and loads of instrumentals from Steve Vai and Satriani.

IN THE PRESS & MEDIA

• The Hobos, from Calcutta, a perfect experimental progressive metal band, whose guitarist, Arko Chatterjee, won the Best Guitarist Award at the Rock Idols eastern zone finals. It was difficult to pick a favourite from the two bands. The Hobos stole the first spot. – Campus Buzz, The Telegraph, Calcutta, India, Wednesday, 25 January 2006
• The band’s sound is hard hitting and heavy but never looses track of the melody something that shines through their own tunes like ‘On the Road’ and ‘Kurukshetra’. – Metro, The Telegraph, Saturday 4^th February 2006
• The in-house band (The painkillers) were the ones who had the crowds on their feet initially it was undoubtedly the Hobos who left the gathered thousand standing stunned with their amazing performance. - Rock Street Journal, April 2005.
• This band is definitely making waves. Not only in Kolkata but also outside the city. – Calcutta Times, The Times of India, Monday 17^th April 2006.
• Freedom Express Channel [V], Aired on 5^th,15^th and 17^th August 2006……………
• 48 Articles in Times of India, Kolkata.
• 18 Articles in Telegraph, Kolkata.