Bands performing during Backwaters

Finally the time has come to announce the name of the bands that will be performing at the scenic campus of IIMK; yeah God's own campus

Euphoria for Kolossos and MotherJane for Mayhem. Here is a brief on the acheivements of the two bands -

Mayhem : 13 Jan

MotherJane

Motherjane’s song Mindstreet was chosen for the GIR compilation album 2003 and the band was chosen to perform at the biggest platform in the country – Levi’s Great Indian Rock 2003.Kudos followed from abroad as well later in 2003 as the song Mindstreet was featured on US Radio in a play-list boasting of rock heavyweights like Rush and Genesis.Currently, as on September 1, 2004, all of Motherjane’s album is being aired across 14 international radio stations.Motherjane’s album Insane biography then became the only Indian Rock album to be featured in the Asian Rock Rising Festival in Japan on November 1,2003. Channel V could resist all this as they traveled all the way from Bombay to a small island of Vypeen in Kerala for an interview and shoot with Motherjane. Motherjane’s doorbell rang with another good news from Japan in 2004 as the song Soul Corporations became the only Indian band’s rock song to be chosen for the Annual Japanese compilation album M & I Records Motherjane’s song Mindstreet – the first one to hit the US radio stations and the one featuring on GIR’03 compilation is now an AIRTEL HELLO TUNE.
Motherjane is still equally well known for what they used to do the best – Having one of the most diverse playlists among bands in the country including some note perfect covers of Dream Theater, Iron Maiden , Metallica, Megadeth, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Rush, Steve Vai Scorpions & Pink Floyd An act that has headlined some 100+ shows from Roorkee to Trivandrum to Pune to Guwahati, Motherjane has some of the biggest festivals in its “Rocked” kitty. For more information check www.motherjaneindia.com

Kolossus : 14 Jan
Euphoria
Euphoria has come a long way since first taking the stage in 1989. With its music set to Hindi and Urdu lyrics, this premium, six-member "Hindrock" band has been giving Indian music lovers a pulsating mix of rock, rock and roll and retro rock. Their first album Dhoom in 1998, with its chart-topping numbers Dhoom, Tum and Sha-na-na, sold thousands of copies all over India. They have succeeded in "making waves" on the festival circuits and are enjoying the growing patronage of Indian listeners.On May 17, 2000, Euphoria became the first Indian band to participate in the prestigious annual Beale Street Music Festival held in Memphis, Tennessee. Every year, this festival features a country, and after carrying out a survey of the rock scene in India, they selected Euphoria. The band believes that it is the melody of their music that impressed American audiences. "The adulation we got goes to show that any song which is melodious can easily catch the pulse of the audience," said Palash Sen, better known as "Polly", Euphoria's lead vocalist. Euphoria's latest one-song album release is Mantra, and it revolves around the eternal theme of love.Current members of the band include: Christopher Powell (Chris) on the drums; medical doctor Palash Sen - vocals; Debajyoti Bhaduri (DJ) - bass; Gaurav Misra (Gary) - guitar; Hitesh Madan (Rikki) - guitar; and Benjamin Pinto - keyboard.For more info. visit http://www.dhoom.com/

- Amit Gaur 9846862221

Backwaters 2007 teaser video

Yeah yeah i know i know you were waiting for this since a long time so just scroll down the page and have a look at teaser for Backwaters 2007 cultural nights.
Njoi

Amit Gaur

Stride of Champions!!

Choosing a theme for the biggest event on campus can be really difficult, especially with 350 people sending in suggestions and 9 emotionally charged people hotly defending their personal favorites into the early hours. There were many contenders, from the really inspired to the really bizarre.
Stride of Champions won through all the clutter. Not only does it have the right ring to it, it is a perfect fit with everything we are trying to say. It's an extension of last year's theme, which was about aggression and fighting to the finish. This is about victory! About the glory achieved by those who triumph!
More importantly, it perfectly reflects our sentiments on completing a glorious decade at IIM Kozhikode. A champion is not about that one moment of glory, a champion is about all the blood and sweat that goes into achieving that victory. And a champion holds out a promise for the future, a promise to exceed all past records. And this is what we want to celebrate this year, the spirit of a champion.

- The Backwaters Team

Backwaters is back !!

There is something about milestones. Makes you look back fondly on those haunting memories, makes you take stock of what you have achieved and if you've done all that you had planned.
And when, as in the case of 10 years of IIMK and Backwaters, those achievements far exceed all expectations, it makes you want to pull out that bottle of champagne and raise a toast for the many many more milestones that are to come!
Backwaters is back! And for all of us in the co-ordination team, it is going to be a culmination of a year of planning, brainstorming, strategising, collaborating and finally slogging it out! And all this for 3 days that will rock your world!!

Backwaters is all about the best things in a BSchool: late nights, tough competitions, celebrations, debating with friends on just what colour the ppt should be, nerve racking suspense before the results are declared and most of all, letting loose and partying like mad!

- The Backwaters 2007 Team