GATC are:
Girish Pradhan - Lead
Vocals / Guitars
Suraz Sun - Lead Guitars / Backing Vocals
Yogesh Pradhan - Bass Guitar / Guitar / Keyboards / Vocals
Nagen Mongrati - Drums / Percussion / Backing Vocals
Annutri Kaushik - Keyboards
Founded on -
18th October, 2009
Origin
- Gangtok, Sikkim (India)
Based in Bangalore, GATC is a five member band, known for
their electrifying energetic live shows. Heavily influenced by bands such as
Led Zeppelin, ACDC, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden and Guns and Roses, the GATC sound
transports you to the bedrock of the Woodstock era of Rock.
Their originals draw inspiration from day to day struggles,
war, interpersonal relationships, life onstage, backstage, offstage and
reminiscing rock and roll experiences of the band.
With a mixture of the sound of Power Ballads and the Hard
Rock / Classic Metal sound, their fans are treated to a sound that was closer
to the '70s, '80s era, a sound that not many bands today can capture.
Their first single, "Angel", went into the Great
Eastern Rock compilation Vol. II, and was their first known original
composition. Building on that sound, GATC started recording singles in 2009.
The band gained a lot of attention and fans, and immediately started
participating in Rock festivals that lead to many headlining acts.
The track “Golden Crown” written for the Sikkim Football
Association, feeding into the football craze in their hometown became a part of
their playlist, much to the delight of football fans. While they were already
performing "I Wanna Get That Lovin' Again" and "Ride to
Hell" at gigs, these tracks were not recorded for a very long time.
In mid-2010, their single "Yesteryears" was
nominated and awarded a Silver Trophy, at the “Suncane Skale Festival,
Montenegro, Europe. This gave the band's publicity a boost and triggered public
awareness.
After performing across the northern half the country in
2010, GATC ventured into the southern part with a promotional tour, a
month-long tour in September, 2011, in Bengaluru, the Metal/Rock capital of
India.
“Loaded”, “Ride to Hell” and “I Wanna Get That Lovin' Again”
were recorded. A week later, on hearing about an earthquake in their hometown
that claimed a lot of lives, “A New Beginning” was recorded, bringing the
number of songs recorded to five. While the other songs were released,
“Loaded", "I Wanna Get That Lovin' Again" and "A New
Beginning" were still unreleased.
In 2011, Girish Pradhan ventured into Hong Kong and South
Korea (With Silver Tears, Yamaha Asian Beats 2011), in search for the band's
next adventure. Playing initially as a solo artist for a few months by signing
up with a few venues, Girish brought the rest of the band to Hong Kong for an
unforgettable and extremely liberating year-long stay. Girish, however,
occasionally came back to India for specific solo performances.
On leaving Hong Kong, Girish came back to India at the end
2012 to perform solo at the Punjab Engineering College(PEC) Fest, Chandigarh. A
month later, after a vacation, the rest of the band decided to return to India,
and GATC started recording again. They kickstarted their return with a concert
in the city of Siliguri, near to their hometown, Gangtok.
A three-month recording and re-mastering hiatus in 2013
meant that the band didn't perform too many gigs, providing GATC the much
needed time for creative rejuvenation. The result was the release of the album
“Back On Earth” in 2014, under the Universal Music Group label, fourteen tracks
that took their fans on a trip into the era of the best of Rock.
'Back On Earth' gained traction with CD sales and online
sales soaring quickly. The album is available on most major online retailers.
This was followed by a Hard Rock Cafe tour to release 'Back On Earth' in all
the major rock hubs in India such as Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad and
Bangalore.
GATC also recently performed at ROCK STOCK FEST, the biggest
beach rock festival in India.
The “Southern HOG Rally Meet (Harley Owners Group Meet)” in
Hyderabad was electrified with GATC playing original compositions interspersed
with Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Steppenwolf, Iron Maiden and many other
headbanging recipes.
After touring Vietnam and Thailand and rocking them as
official representatives of the finest Rock bands from India, GATC also
performed at the the Northeast East Festival 2014, at Delhi, the Panaliar Fete
and the Ahaia Peace Concert in Meghalaya.
In 2015, GATC has played at the SASTRICAS Fest at NITS Mirza
in Assam, and at the Songs and Dances of the North East Festival at Delhi.
They’ve played at the Mighty Rock Union hosted by Grooveshack, along with
several other well-known artists and also done several charity shows to help
rebuild Nepal.
So far, GATC has done a tribute to ACDC, Eagles, Led
Zeppelin, and Guns N’ Roses. Girish Pradhan has also been featured in a tribute
to Judas Priest and Iron Maiden along with Kryptos.
