The rock/funk band The Aristocrats, composed of Guthrie Govan, Bryan Beller, and Marco Minnemann, is happy to reunite with its followers in Asia because it excursions the area after greater than six years. The super-trio will embark on an India tour at present -the first time for the reason that pandemic-headlining the Oddball Music Pageant for 3 straight days in varied cities.
Govan, the guitarist says, “There isn’t any place on this planet like India.” Multi- instrumentalist Minnemann provides, “We’re right here to play music and hopefully present some enjoyment for the individuals after some tough years.” Beller, chimes in, “It’s at all times wonderful to us that we are able to play our unusual music for individuals who reside so removed from our homelands. It’s actually a sort of magic, the common language of music.”
One fast look on the band’s profile, which was fashioned in 2011, on the net makes the phrase “supergroup” stand out. A supergroup is ‘a musical group whose members are profitable as solo artists or as members of different profitable teams’. Nevertheless, bassist Beller clarifies, “We hope this doesn’t sound smug, however we predict we’re completely different from that – we’re a real band of three like-minded individuals who simply occur to have performed with loads of different individuals. That’s why from the very starting we didn’t name the band “Govan/Beller/Minnemann”. The selection to be The Aristocrats got here from a want to be extra than simply three “identify” gamers doing a mission, and we hope our work displays that shared intention.”
Govan provides, “Maybe the most important issue is individuals assuming we’re a supergroup within the first place. We’re only a band. Perhaps a wierd band, however an actual band nonetheless.”
Catch it Reside:
What: Oddball Pageant India 2023
When: February 17
The place: Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla
Time: 3pm onwards