Lust of Symphony - the rock band

Kiran Roy was born and raised in Mumbai. While in junior high school (age 13), Kiran’s mother gave him his first guitar. Although it was an ordinary guitar, Kiran was able to learn to play.Kiran’s early musical influences were Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Pantera, Sepultura, Joe Satriani and Iron Maiden. He dedicated his teenage years to rebelliously practicing his guitars for sometimes 16 hours a day, even writing songs at his exam answer sheets as he never had much time left to prepare for his exams, while studying music theory, ear training, composition and improvisation. His schoolwork and soon college work suffered when he skipped classes and spent time with his guitar, all day long playing guitar. Once during his engineering days he had a concert just a day before his exams at a faraway location. He left home saying he is going to a friends place to study.Instead took a train to the venue, did the concert and directly reached his college right in time for his exams! School may have suffered, College may have suffered, got lashes from his parents, got suspended from colleges, was debarred from attending exams, but his guitar playing just got better! Kiran has a wellspring of ability on the fret board and his compositions exhibit depth, taste and original expression with a wealth of melodic content. In his playing and compositions, one can hear influences from such greats as Steve Vai,Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eric Johnson, Randy Rhoads, John Petrucci, Andy Timmons, Nuno Bettencourt and Paul Gilbert. Kiran Roy is very particular about his equipment and uses Ibanez,B.C. Reich & Kramer guitars, Line 6 Processors, Peavey & Marshall Amplifiers, SIT Strings and Dimarzio straps, cables and hardware.

Dhruv Rathod was born in Mumbai but spent his early years constantly touring with his father, famous bollywood singer Vinod Rathod. It was probably during this time that he first inculcated music in his blood. He jokingly recalls singing live onstage on one of his father’s concerts as a child artist and making the crowd go completely bersek with his performance. Having rubbed shoulders with all top bollywood singers of that time, he started training in keyboards at a very young age of 6 and in the process completed Trinity College Grades in keyboards. He found his final calling in Guitars soon thereafter. While most teenage boys his age spent their time worried about horrid face acne and impressing girls via blinding their senses with ludicrous amounts of cheap cologne, a one “serious guitar player” had more important things on his mind:

1. Becoming the finest Heavy-Metal and Rock Virtuoso to ever exist
2. Dorking out everyone on his path with his wry sense of humor!

Like many boys interested in the world of “the raddest instrument ever :guitars”, Dhruv had his sights set on the Music of bands like Iron Maiden, Testament, Joe Satriani and Steel Dragon. OK, so maybe “Steel Dragon” isn’t very popular among many boys, but the point is: Dhruv came from a Heavy-Metal and Rock background, and there was much happiness in shredding. Dhruv, currently does lead guitar and keyboard duties for Lust Of Symphony. His speed of the light lead guitar display inspires everybody in his path and is an inseparable part of the band.

Hailing from Dimapur – Nagaland, Toshi has performed in numerous successful Rock bands both in Nagaland and across India. He has also done lead guitar duties for the renowned band from Nagaland ‘LOST PARK’. This proved to be a pivotal point in confirming Toshi’s status as a rising guitar virtuoso. Toshi started playing guitars at the age of fourteen and he was immediately hooked and developed an obsession for practice, learning everything and anything he could get his hands on. Guitar Techniques formed a huge part of Toshi’s growth in the early years allowing him to learn solos and concepts of guitar greats.Though mainly self taught he has studied and jammed under distinguished guitarists from Nagaland. He has forged his own guitar playing style by drawing influence from many of the guitar greats most particularly Vinnie Moore, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert and Eric Johnson but it is his individual lead guitar skill that pushes all his talents to the front. Toshi currently plays lead guitars for the group and manages a hectic teaching schedule across various Guitar Hall centers in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.

Aman, born & bought up in Mumbai in 1993 comes from a Heavy Metal background. Though his family is not from a musical background, he has always been fascinated with guitars. He believes that music has been a huge savior in his life. He has always dreamt of being an ace guitarist and learning music in great depth and detail. He started learning guitars at the age of 13 at Guitar Hall itself. Being trained directly under Kiran Roy & Dhruv Rathod he has acquired a great touch in guitars and especially bass guitar. Kiran Roy has always been more than a teacher for him. Aman refers to him as his role model and a source of inspiration. Aman has been greatly influenced by world renowned guitarists like Slash, Kurt Cobain, Kirk Hammet , James Hetfield , Dave Mustaine , Michael Angelo Batio and many more. He is a diehard fan of Megadeth and has always followed the band closely.. He has dedicated his life to Guitars and may his tribe increase. Aman’s love & passion for music has given him the opportunity to do bass duties for the band. He is in his best shape today. “Get on the train with us and hold it tight, cuz we don’t stop, we go hard.”says Aman.

A classical pianist, organist, keyboardist and a trained vocalist, Tristan Poirier was born in Paris, France. Specializing in piano and vocals, his music is noted for its sensory component and how it is not often formed around one key or pitch. At a very tender age he was surprised by the communicative effect of musical instruments, attracted by the fantastic power of this language, he chose the piano as his instrument to transmit his passion. Captivated by the musical language, he keeps on devoting his entire life to find technical means to make music more expressive. The piano allows the artist to express each peculiarity of his art, as if it was the continuity of his deepest conscience. It instantaneous echoes every gesture and every infinitesimal intention of the musician. Aware of the difficulty to deal with this new challenge, Tristan knew that the piano was the only one able to represent and translate “his voice”. Tristan specializes in western classical music from middle age to XIX century, rendered thesis about R. Wagner and also specializes in choral direction. He has completed Diplome de Fin d Etudes en piano (piano diploma) 2001 and composition and harmony diploma from State Music Academy, France. His renditions of Beethoven, Mozart and Bach are priceless and captivate audiences and musicians alike. His great interest and passion in composing remains stronger than ever .Besides that, his love for discovering new things, working with interesting people and discovering new aspects of the musical world, as well as new Musical Universes, has brought him closer to the Mumbai music audience through Guitar Hall and Lust Of Symphony.

Udit Kapoor, born in Mumbai in 1991 had a sense of music from a very early start. It was at a very young age that his parents observed him playing xylophone and did not take long to realize that he had an ear for rhythm. He was passionate about music from a very small age and would sit for hours on the dining table, meal kept on the side, playing with his little fingers and recreating musical beats he heard on TV. That’s when his parents decided to train him in tabla. Although his family pedigree shows no signs of music he seemed to have music inculcated in his blood. He was highly encouraged by his mother to take his passion for percussions seriously. Apart from percussions, he also enjoys creating tunes on the keyboard and has a keen interest in playing the six strings. After 5 years of training in tabla, he decided to move on to the next level. He knew he wanted to learn more. At the age of 17, he started learning drums under the guidance of three of the finest drummers of India, Gino Banks, Vinayak Pol and Jai Row Kavi. He also became a part of his college band and started taking part in intercollegiate band performances. His deep interest in music like jazz and blues has been highly inspired by renowned artistes like Dave Weckl and Vinnie Colaiuta. Apart from music, Udit loves to play soccer. Like any other teenager of his age, this little chap enjoys everything except studies. He has a dream…..and the dream is to make it big in the live Rock circuit