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About Motherjane
Ethnic Spirits, Global Rock! Please Visit the Links Below for much more Details and Most Up to Date Information on the Band. "Motherjane is rock music from progressive India. Spiritual, intelligent, proudly honoring its roots & fearlessly questioning its rules. We have chosen our dreams over our fears, putting 100% of ourselves into 1% chances of success and 0% of ourselves into 99% chances of failure...we have chosen what we are '' They are a progressive rock band formed in Kochi, India in 1996 on the 24th of January. Motherjane recently were named for The Best Rock Act at AVIMA 09 which is one of the largest Asian Musical Awards that happens at present! Suraj, the vocalist, was nominated for the category of Best Rock Vocalist Popularly referred to as the band to put Indian rock on the world map, was first featured on Channel V, in the series "V Out there"" in 1996 on its list of promising Indian bands. They released debut album, "Insane Biography" which won the album of the year 2002/2003. The first Indian rock band to have an original from their album featured on an international compilation album.The song "Soul Corporations" from Motherjane's album "Insane Biography" features on the Japanese compilation album "Geki Teki Metal" released by M & I Records in 2004, with Motherjane being one among the only 3 Asian bands chosen for the compilation. Performing professionally since 1996 till date, motherjane has virtually rocked all the great venues and festivals in the country including GIR Bombay and Delhi, JRO - Chennai, IIT Delhi, IIT Chennai, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, IIT Guwahati, BITS Pilani, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Bangalore, Pune Woodstock, Rock Ethos, East wind Festival, Rock In India which are among the 300 odd shows the band has performed at. Motherjane is rated by DNA networks, a company that has seen it all, as one of the top 3 live acts in the country for the last consecutive years. The first indian band to launch an album at a worlwide live webcast event where the album, the music and videos were unveiled for their latest release "Maktub". The Event was viewed by 6000 odd fans from all over the world. The album "Maktub" is currently available at the website www.motherjane.in where the music is currently being downloaded at any value as determined by the listener. You can now see Motherjane in Images at http://www.motherjane.in/gallery You could leave a comment or two if you do wish to do so! Please do visit the following links for more info about the band! Official site : - http://www.motherjane.in Myspace Link :- http://www.myspace.com/motherjane Youtube Link :- http://www.youtube.com/user/motherjane5 Facebook Profile - http://www.facebook.com/motherjane Twitter Link -http://twitter.com/motherjaneindia Cheers Motherjane