glitch jaipur

Description:
A heavy/alternative metal band from Jaipur influenced by Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon, Alice Cooper, Ozzy, System of a Down & types.

STATUS- Active

YEAR- 2008-present

LINE UP:
Akshay- vocals
Leonne- drums
Siddharth- lead guitars
Himanshu- rhythm guitars
Madhusudan- bass

Harshdeep- manager

SO FAR:
Winners at UDML fest, Jaipur, 2010
Winners at MAIET fest, Jaipur, 2010
Runner ups at JECRC fest, Jaipur, 2010
Runner ups at Gyan Vihar fest, Jaipur, 2010
Headliners at Sonic Mantra, Jaipur, 2009
Headliners at MNIT Tech fest, Jaipur, 2009
Winners at Battlewire (Battle of the bands), Jaipur, 2009
Runners up in AYAM at Amity university, Kukas, 2009
Played at IBS (ICFAI), Gurgaon, 2009 & experience of some more gigs in engineering colleges

mizrab the cascade of panache

Description:
A heavy/alternative metal band from Jaipur influenced by Iron Maiden, ac dc,bullet for my valentne,papa roach,opeth,system of a down & types.


INE UP:
vocals aditya
drums harshit
guitars sufi
guitars toni
bass sachin

Bullet For My Valentine - Hand Of Blood tabs

Intro
Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-7-8-0-5-7-0-3-5-0-2-3-0-2-5-4-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
x2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-7-8-0-5-7-0-3-5-0-2-3-2h3p2h3p2h3p2h3p2-------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro
Guitar 2 (Same timing as Guitar 1)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-14-15-0-12-14-0-10-12-0-9-10-0-7-9-7----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
x2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-14-15-0-12-14-0-10-12-0-9-10-9h10p9h10p9h10p9h10p9--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--5--7--0--3--5--0--3-3-2-3-2-3-0--------------------------|
A|--0--5--7--0--3--5--0--3-3-2-3-2-3-0--------------------------|
D|--0--5--7--0--3--5--0--3-3-2-3-2-3-0--------------------------|
x2

Guitar 2 (Same timing as guitar 1)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--12-15-0-10-12--0--3-3-2-3-2-3-0--------------------------|
A|--0--12-15-0-10-12--0--3-3-2-3-2-3-0--------------------------|
D|--0--12-15-0-10-12--0--3-3-2-3-2-3-0--------------------------|
x2

Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----5-----5-----5---7--8--7---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x3--x0x3--x0x3--x5-x6-x5----|

Guitar 2 (Same timing as Guitar 1)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------10----10----10----10----10----12---12----12----14-15-14-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x10-x0x10-x0x10--x12x13x12--|


Guitar 1 & 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0---------------3---------------7---------------------------|
A|--0---------------3---------------7---------------------------|
D|--0---------------3---------------7---------------------------|

Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0----------------------x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
A|--x0-x0-x0x0x0--Pause-for-guitar-2--x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0----------------------x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
x2

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0-------3--33333-------x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
A|--x0-x0-x0x0x0----------------------x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0----------------------x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
x2

Guitar 2 (Same timing as Guitar 1)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0----10--1010101010----x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
A|--x0-x0-x0x0x0----------------------x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0----------------------x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
x4


Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-7-8-0-5-7-0-3-5-0-2-3-0-2-5-4-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
x2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-7-8-0-5-7-0-3-5-0-2-3-2h3p2h3p2h3p2h3p2-------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
(Slide down the neck to lead into the chorus)

Guitar 2 (Same timing as Guitar 1)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-14-15-0-12-14-0-10-12-0-9-10-0-7-9-7----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
x2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-14-15-0-12-14-0-10-12-0-9-10-9h10p9h10p9h10p9h10p9--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
(Slide down the neck to lead into the chorus)


Chorus - Guitar 1 and Guitar 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|
A|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|
D|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|

Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----5-----5-----5---7--8--7---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x3--x0x3--x0x3--x5-x6-x5----|

Guitar 2 (Same timing as Guitar 1)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------10----10----10----10----10----12---12----12----14-15-14-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x10-x0x10-x0x10--x12x13x12--|

Guitar 1 and Guitar 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|
A|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|
D|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|

Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----5-----5-----5---7--8--7---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x3--x0x3--x0x3--x5-x6-x5----|

Guitar 2 (Same timing as Guitar 1)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------10----10----10----10----10----12---12----12----14-15-14-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x10-x0x10-x0x10--x12x13x12--|


Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0----------------------x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
A|--x0-x0-x0x0x0--Pause-for-guitar-2--x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0----------------------x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
x2

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0-------3--33333-------x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
A|--x0-x0-x0x0x0----------------------x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0----------------------x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
x2

Guitar 2 (Same timing as Guitar 1)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0----10--1010101010----x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
A|--x0-x0-x0x0x0----------------------x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0----------------------x0-x0-x0x0x0--3-33--5-55--|
x4

Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-7-8-0-5-7-0-3-5-0-2-3-0-2-5-4-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
x2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-7-8-0-5-7-0-3-5-0-2-3-2h3p2h3p2h3p2h3p2-------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
(Slide down the neck to lead into the chorus)

Guitar 2 (Same timing as Guitar 1)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-14-15-0-12-14-0-10-12-0-9-10-0-7-9-7----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
x2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-14-15-0-12-14-0-10-12-0-9-10-9h10p9h10p9h10p9h10p9--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
(Slide down the neck to lead into the chorus)


Chorus - Guitar 1 and Guitar 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|
A|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|
D|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|

Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----5-----5-----5---7--8--7---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x3--x0x3--x0x3--x5-x6-x5----|

Guitar 2 (Same timing as Guitar 1)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------10----10----10----10----10----12---12----12----14-15-14-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x10-x0x10-x0x10--x12x13x12--|

Guitar 1 and Guitar 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|
A|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|
D|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|

Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----5-----5-----5---7--8--7---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x3--x0x3--x0x3--x5-x6-x5----|

Guitar 2 (Same timing as Guitar 1)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------10----10----10----10----10----12---12----12----14-15-14-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x10-x0x10-x0x10--x12x13x12--|


Solo - Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-----12---9---5-----17-15-14-13-11-17-15-14-13-11-17-11-17-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10--12--13--15--12--13--15--16--17b--------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0-5-7-8---5-7-8-10-8-7-5----0-5-7-8---5-7-8-10-8-7-5-------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|


E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0-5-7-8---5-7-8-10-8-7-5----0-5-7-8---10-8-7-5-9-7-6-4-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 joins
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-5-7-8---5-7-8-10-8-7-5----0-5-7-8---5-7-8-10-8-7-5-------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|


E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-5-7-8---5-7-8-10-8-7-5----0-5-7-8---10-8-7-5-9-7-6-4-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 Continues same
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-5-7-8---5-7-8-10-8-7-5----0-5-7-8---5-7-8-10-8-7-5-------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-5-7-8---5-7-8-10-8-7-5----0-5-7-8---10-8-7-5-9-7-6-4-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 moves back to G string (Same timing as guitar 2)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0-5-7-8---5-7-8-10-8-7-5----0-5-7-8---5-7-8-10-8-7-5-------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0-5-7-8---5-7-8-10-8-7-5----0-5-7-8---10-8-7-5-9-7-6-4-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 2 - During start of solo
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0-----------x0-x0-x0x0x0---3-33-5-55-------------|
A|--x0-x0-x0x0x0-----------x0-x0-x0x0x0---3-33-5-55-------------|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0-----------x0-x0-x0x0x0---3-33-5-55-------------|
x2

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7------------3-----------7-------------3--------------------|
A|--7------------3-----------7-------------3--------------------|
D|--7------------3-----------7-------------3--------------------|
(Then move to the Solo, where Guitar 2 joins)


Guitar 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--17p15-17p15-15p13-13p11-14p12-12p10-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|


E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--17p15-17p15-15p13-18p16-14p12-12p10-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|


E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--17p15-17p15-15p13-13p11-14p12-12p10-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|


E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--17p15-17p15-15p13-18p16-14p12-12p10-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 1 (During Guitar 2's Pull off - ending solo)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x5x5x5x5-5---x3x3x3x3-3---x5x5x5x5-5------------------------|
A|--x5x5x5x5-5---x3x3x3x3-3---x5x5x5x5-5------------------------|
D|--x5x5x5x5-5---x3x3x3x3-3---x5x5x5x5-5------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|0-x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0--------------------------------|
A|0-x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0--------------------------------|
D|0-x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x0--------------------------------|

As Guitar 1 Palm mutes
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-14-15-0-12-14-0-10-12-0-9-10-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|


End With the Chorus Guitar 1 and Guitar 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|
A|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|
D|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|

Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----5-----5-----5---7--8--7---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x3--x0x3--x0x3--x5-x6-x5----|

Guitar 2 (Same timing as Guitar 1)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------10----10----10----10----10----12---12----12----14-15-14-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x10-x0x10-x0x10--x12x13x12--|

Guitar 1 and Guitar 2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|
A|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|
D|--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0--3---0---7---0---x0x0x0x0----------|

Guitar 1
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----5-----5-----5---7--8--7---|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x1--x0x3--x0x3--x0x3--x5-x6-x5----|

Guitar 2 (Same timing as Guitar 1)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------10----10----10----10----10----12---12----12----14-15-14-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x8--x0x10-x0x10-x0x10--x12x13x12--|


E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0x0x0--------------------------------------------|
A|--x0-x0-x0x0x0x0x0--------------------------------------------|
D|--x0-x0-x0x0x0x0x0--------------------------------------------|

emotional attyachar rock tabs

Intro lead (1)
|-10---8-8-8-8------------------------
|----10-----------8---8-10------------
|--------------------10------------------
|----------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------




|-10---8-8-8-8--13-15-13-10-------
|----10-----------------------------------
|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------



Lead 2
|---------------------------------------------
|------------8--8-10-8-------8-10-8-----
|-7-10--10------------10-7----------10-7-7-
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------


|----------------------------------------------
|------------8--8-10-8-------8-10-10---8-10
|-7-10--10------------10-7------------10---
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------



Lead 3
|----------------------------------
|----------------------------------
|-7-9-10-9-10-9---7-----------
|-------------------10-------------
|-----------------------------------
|-----------------------------------


|-----------------------------------
|-----------------------------------
|-7-9-10-9-10-9---7-----------
|-------------------10-------------
|-----------------------------------
|-----------------------------------


|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
|-7-9-10-9--9-10-9-9-10-9-9-10-9-10-9-
|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------

indian ocean bandeh tabs

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------4-3-4---------4-3-4--------------|
----5-------5-----5-------5------------|
---------------------------------------|
--3-------------3----------------------|
---------------------------------------|


---------------------------------------|
------4-3-4-----------4-3-4------------|
----5---------------5------------------|
--6---------6-----6---------6----------|
---------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|


---------------------------------------|
-------4-3-4--------4-3-4--------------|
-----3-------3----3-------3------------|
---3------------3----------------------|
---------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|

Kuch is tarha by ATIF ASLAM

Chords:
Am X02210
Bb X13331
Dm XX0231
C x32010

Intro
e|----12-13-15-13-13------------------------------------|
b|-13----------------14b15r14-12-14-12-12-10----------------------|
g|--------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|

e|-------------|-------------------------------|
b|-6-----------|-------------------------------|
g|-----5-------|---------5---------------------|
d|---7---7-5-7-|--7-8--7---8-7-8---------------|
a|-------------|-------------------------------|
e|-------------|-------------------------------|3x

Riff:A
e|--------1--------3-----------3---------1---------|
b|------3----------1-----------1-------3-----------|
g|----2----------2-----------2-------2-------------|
d|--0----------2-----------2-------0---------------|
a|-----------0-----------0-------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|

************************************************** **********

Riff:A
Kuch is tarhan .. teri palkain...meri palkoon sey mila dey
ansoo terey saree...meri palkoon pe saja dey (2x)

Kuch is tarhan .. teri palkain...meri palkoon sey mila dey

[Piano solo] Then bottom solo on guitar

e|--------------------------------------------|
b|-11-11-11p10--8--6-6---------------------------------|
g|---------------------9-9s7---7s5-5s3-3-2-2----------------|
d|--------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|

************************************************** **********

Riff:A
Kuch is tarhan .. teri palkain...meri palkoon sey mila dey
ansoo terey saree...meri palkoon pe saja dey


[SOLO]
e|---------------------------------------13-13-13-13-13-10-12-10-10----------------------------|
b|-13-13-13-13-10------------------------------------------------------11-10-------------------|
g|-----------------14-14p10-12-10-12s14---------------------------------------12-10--9-9-7-5-7-|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

************************************************** **********
-------Dm----------Am-------Bb---------C----
tu har ghari...har waqt..merey sath raha hai

--------Dm----------Am---------Bb---------C----
han yeh jisam kabhi dooor...kabhi pass raha hai

--------Dm------------Am----------Bb-------------C----
joh bhi gham hain yeh terey .. unhain tu mera pata dai.........


Riff:A
Kuch is tarhan .. teri palkain...meri palkoon sey mila dey
ansoo terey saree...meri palkoon pe saja dey

************************************************** **********

----------Dm--------Am----------Bb--------C----
mujhko tu terey chehrey pe..yeh gham nahi jajta
---Dm------Am---------Bb--------------------C----
jaaiz nahi laghta..mujhey gham sey yeh tera rishta
----Dm-----Am-------Bb----------------C----
sun meri guzarish..isey chehray sey hata dey

Riff:A
Kuch is tarhan .. teri palkain...meri palkoon sey mila dey
ansoo terey saree...meri palkoon pe saja dey


e|--------------------------------------------|
b|s13-11-10-8--(Piano Ending)-----------------|
g|--------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|

band 13

Band Members
Ian Eldred
Vocals and Bass

Wahaj
Vocals/Rhythm Guitars

Faraz Ahmed
Lead Guitar, Vocals

Mehreen Baxm
Drums

Record Label
unsigned

Who is ‘13′?
‘13′ comprises of Faraz Ahmed, Ian Eldred and Wahaj. All three of them bring a similar yet distinct approach to their music, based on idealism, pragmatism and mysticism. Their music is experimentive yet understands consumer tastes and concerns at the same time. Taking a piece-meal approach to the crafting of their music, ‘13′ allow people to enjoy new unequivocal sounds yet at the same time make a sincere effort not to alienate their listeners.

Ian Eldred:- (Vocals and bass)
Irish by descent, Ian has been an active musician in the underground music locale in Lahore, playing with a variegated range of band’s and musicians as a session bassist.
He is a summer graduate from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and is currently pursuing a British Law degree. His passions besides music are Philosophy, literature, politics and jurisprudence.

Wahaj:- (Vocals/Rhythm Guitars)
Wahaj has been involved in the underground scenes a faire for over five years, playing with a varied range of bands, from Punk Rock to Soft-core ballads such as, Azaish, Newyork Reflections and Myle. He has performed at art venues all across Pakistan and he brings with him an important urban flavour to 13’s music. Wahaj is currently studying at Punjab University and his passions beside music are drawing, dramaturgy and graphic designing.

Faraz Ahmed:- (Lead Guitar, Vocals)
Faraz has been vigorously entrenched in the Lahore underground locale for the last ten years playing with a wide range of acclaimed local bands such as The Trip, Mekaal Hasan and international artists like Heather Schmid (http://www.heatherschmid.com). He received sterling accolades from music critics during his live sessions with Noori where he was hired by them as a session lead guitar player for their live acts. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Monash University in Australia where he also played as a session musician for a wide range of Rock bands in Melbourne as well as receiving a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Lahore School Of Economics. He is a guitarist that is known not only for his technical virtuosity, but also for possessing a creative and resourceful approach to music making. His passions beside music are Politics, dialectics and the study of comparative religions.

Mehreen Baxm:- (Drums)
Mehreen is the Pakistan’s first professional girl drummer who is also involved in composing, lyric writing, designing and promotions for the band 13 .She is an UNBELIEVABLE drummer and best known for her role as the drummer for the band 13 in 2007 as well as substituting for drummer in a pop rock band called Safar. Also well known as a graphic designer, she is currently on indefinite hiatus due to her busy work schedule at an advertising agency. While in high school, Mehreen attended underground concerts regularly and hung out with her brother who also played the guitar. This helped profoundly to improve her drumming ability, which has since made her become one of the top rated drummers in the music industry.
Mehreen Baxm also made a documentary to promote gothic festivals in Pakistan and she conducted a research about the event and how it conflicts with the Pakistani culture, people, music taste, religion and pop listeners. Her abilities do not end here. Mehreen Baxm is also a great photographer and she has her own studio setup at her house where she is always busy doing photo shoots in her free time.

Concept of the Song Bulandiyan by ‘13′
Bulandiyan focuses on the youth to enhance its vision and morale. It is an inspirational song which motivates the youth to realize the importance of achievement in life and that nothing is impossible with performance. Bulandiyan is like a medicine for the youth where it provides them with the sense of being able to analyze alternatives and achieve the solution within them. It also gives them a message to brainstorm ideas to find their destiny.

Verse1
Roshni aur Manzil

Dil kay Ainay may daikho

Rastay to aur bhee hain

Inn ko azma ka daikho

Chorus
Choo lo Bulandyon ko

Aasman ki

Paar laga do tum iradon ko

Verse2
Dunya aur manzil

apni aankhon say daikho

aur Badlo

Bridge

Dil kay ainay may daikho

Chorus
Choo lo Bulandyon ko

Aasman ki

Paar laga do tum iradon ko

sinbad the sailor

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|\12~--10---10~--10-9-10-9-7-9-7-5-7-5-4-5-7--------------------|
D|--------12----------------------------------5-7---5-7---5~-----|
A|------------------------------------------------7-----7--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------12-14---------------------------------------|
B|-------13-12^-^--15------15-12^--------------------------------|
G|----10--------------------------14-12-10-9^-10-12~-------------|
D|----10---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-\8------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------12-13-12^-12^-|
B|-------10-------------12------\12-13-12^-12-15-15--------------|
G|\10-12----12^--\12-14----14^-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----14^-----15-17^-17^-15-15-12-15-----------------------------|
B|-15------\16-----------------------15--------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Pichle saat dinon mein “Rock On!!”

Tuning: Drop D (dADGBe)

<> - Palm mute

RIFF 1

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-7--2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5-7--2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------------|
d|---5-7--2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------------| x 4


RIFF 2

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4-4-4-4/5-5--2-2--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4-4-4-4/5-5--2-2--------------------------------------------------------|
A|---2-2-2-2/3-3--0-0--5-<5-5-5>---------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------5-<5-5-5>---------------------------------------------| x 2
v ^ v ^

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4-4-4-4/5-5--2-2--------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4-4-4-4/5-5--2-2--------------------------------------------------------|
A|---2-2-2-2/3-3--0-0--5-5---2-----------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------5-5---2-----------------------------------------------|
v ^ v ^



SOLO

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------7-9-7-9~------------------------|
D|--\9-9/8-9-5-------5-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------7-5-7---7-5-7-5-----------5-7---------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------7-5-0-5-7-------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------15-17-15--15-------------------|
G|---------------------------7-7-7-9~---16b18---------16--16-14-16-14--------|
D|--8-7-----------7-8-7----7-------------------------------------------------|
A|------10-7-7h10-------10---------------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------15-17----------------------------|
G|----14-------------------------------14-16---------------------------------|
D|--17--17-14-17-14--14-12-14~----14-17--------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Now repeat the same scale with a tremolo


e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15-17-15--15-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------16--16-14-16-14----14--------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------17--17-14-17-14--14-----------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------17--17-14-17-14-12-14-12-10-12-10|
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
.................................tremolo......................................

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------12-15-17----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------12-14-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------12-14------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--10-12-14-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
.................................tremolo......................................

(end of tremolo)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--17b19--17b19--17b20--17-17--15-17-15--15---------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------16--16-14--14-15-14------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------17--------17-14-14/---------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|





| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| v downstroke
| ^ upstroke
| b bend

gal sun ja by atif aslam guitar tabs

Track 1
E||---------------------|
B||---------------5S----|
G||---------------------|
D||---------------------|
A||---------------------|
E||---------------------|

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--15------------15b----|
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--15pb------------15--17--|
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--15b------15b------15br---12-|
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--15--------15b----15--12--|
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---L------------12----|
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----------------12--15--|
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--12--------------------|
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--15b----15b----15b--------|
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--15b----------------|
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--17p-15----15-19p-15h-19p-15----15-17p-
---------17-------------------17--------
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--17p-15----15-19p-15h-19p-15----15-17p-
---------17-------------------17--------
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--14p-12----12-15p-12h-15p-12----12-14p-
---------13-------------------13--------
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--14p-12----12-15p-12h-15p-12----12-14p-
---------13-------------------13--------
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--17p-15p-12-19p-15p-12-20p-15p-12-19p-1
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--20p-15p-12-22p-15p-12-20p-15p-12-19p-1
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TP TP TP TP
--12----14----15----17----|
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TP TP TP
--19----20----22----22--22b--|
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--22b24----------------||
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Duration Legend
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W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets


Tablature Legend
----------------
L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush dow

RACE sanson ki GUITAR TABS

|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---x-x---x-x------------------------|---x-x---x-x--------6-4-6-4-5-4-5-|
|-5-x-x-5-x-x-3-5--------------------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-3-5------------------|
|-3-x-x-3-x-x-1-3-------3---3~-(3)/-|-3-x-x-3-x-x-1-3------------------|
|--------------------3-6----6---------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|




|----------------------------------|
|-4--------------------------------|
|---6-4-5-4------------------------|
|------------5-4-5-4----------------|
|---------------------5-3-4-3--------|
|------------------------------4-1~---|


-----------------------------------------8---8---8---9---9-----9----8-|
|-------------------------------------------6---6---6---6----6-----6---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-3-3-3-3-5-6-8-6-5-3--------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-x-1-1-1-1-3-4-6-4-3-1--------------------------------|

|----8---8-7-------12-11----11----11---10----10---10---9----9----9---8-7-|
|-6----6---------9---------9-----9----9-----8----8----8----7----7----7-----|
|-------------10---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tears Don't Fall [Bullet For My Valentine]

Nice band, beautiful song...

Intro:
Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----9-----9-9---9----9-9---10---9------------------------------------------10h12-|
C|-7-7----7------7----7-----7----7---7------10---10-10---10-------12-----10h12------|
G|--------------------------------------8-8----8-------8-----10-10----10------------|x4
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr 2 (Matt)
Interrumped (2nd time)
D|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
F|-99999999999-101010101010-9-9-9-9--7777-|-9999999999-1010101010-----|
C|-77777777777-121212121212-10101010-9999-|-7777777777-1212121212-9-\-|
G|----------------------------------------|-----------------------10\-|
C|----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
........... ............ ........ .... .......... ..........

Then: x2
Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|-----66665556666---------------------|-----6666555666---------------------|
F|-----55555555555------7777-5555-4444-|-----5555555555------7777-9999-4444-|
C|-333333333333333-5555-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-|-33333333333333-5555-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-|
G|-333333333333333-5555-5555-3333-2222-|-33333333333333-5555-5555-7777-2222-|
C|-333333333333333-5555----------------|-33333333333333-5555----------------|

Gtr 2 (Matt)
D|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
C|-333333333333333-5555555555555-|-33333333333333-5555-777-5555-|
G|-333333333333333-5555555555555-|-33333333333333-5555-777-5555-|
C|-333333333333333-5555555555555-|-33333333333333-5555-777-5555-|

Preverse:
Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
F|-------------------|
C|-7b7b7b7b(8)(8)(8)-|
G|-------------------|
C|-------------------|
................

Verse:
Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-----9-----9-9---9----9-9---10---9------------------------------------------10h12-|
C|-7-7----7------7----7-----7----7---7------10---10-10---10-------12-----10h12------|
G|--------------------------------------8-8----8-------8-----10-10----10------------|x4
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr 2 (Matt)
Interrumped 2nd time
D|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-[5]*---------------------------------|----------------------------|
F|------[5]*----------------------------|----------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------|------------------(5)-(5)-5-|
G|-------------7777777777-333333-555555-|-777777777-333333-(5)-(5)-5-|
C|-------------7777777777-333333-555555-|-777777777-333333-(5)-(5)-5-|
........................ ................

Prechorus:
Both Guitars:
D|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
F|-------12-----------|-------12-------------|-------12-----------|----------------------------------|
C|-/9-10----10-9-10-7-|-/9-10----10-9-10/12b-|-/9-10----10-9-10-7-|-999999-1010101010-1212121212-12\-|
G|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
C|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
...... .......... ..........

Chorus: x2
Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|-----66665556666---------------------|-----6666555666---------------------|
F|-----55555555555------7777-5555-4444-|-----5555555555------7777-9999-4444-|
C|-333333333333333-5555-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-|-33333333333333-5555-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-|
G|-333333333333333-5555-5555-3333-2222-|-33333333333333-5555-5555-7777-2222-|
C|-333333333333333-5555----------------|-33333333333333-5555----------------|

Gtr 2 (Matt)
D|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
C|-333333333333333-5555555555555-|-33333333333333-5555-777-5555-|
G|-333333333333333-5555555555555-|-33333333333333-5555-777-5555-|
C|-333333333333333-5555555555555-|-33333333333333-5555-777-5555-|

Verse 2:
Same as verse 1

Chorus

Interlude:
Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
F|------------------|
C|------------------|
G|-0-0000000-000000-|A lot of times
C|------------------|
. ....... ......

Gtr 2 (Matt)
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
F|------------------|
C|------------------|
G|------------------|Interrumped
C|-7-7777777-777777-|
. ....... ......

Then:
Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|------|-------------|
A|------|-------------|
F|------|-------------|
C|-xx\\-|-5---5-8-7-5-|
G|-xx\\-|-3-0-3-6-5-3-|
C|------|-------------|

Gtr 2 (Matt)
D|------|-------------|
A|------|-------------|
F|------|-------------|
C|------|-5---5-8-7-5-|
G|------|-3-0-3-6-5-3-|
C|-7-77-|-------------|

Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
F|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
C|---------------/10-9-7-9-9-10-7-|---------------------------|
G|-0-000-000-000------------------|-0-0000-/10-8-7-8----------|
C|--------------------------------|------------------10-12-10-|
. ... ... ... . ....

Gtr 2 (Matt)
D|------------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------|
F|---------------/9-7-5-7-7-9-5-|------------------------|
C|------------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------------|--------/10-8-7-8-7-8-7-|
C|-7-777-777-777----------------|-7-7777-----------------|
. ... ... ... . ....


Bridge:
Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------|
C|-3-3333-7-777777--0-0--33-2---0-0-33-2---|
G|-3-3333-7-777777--0-0-------3-0-0------3-|x2
C|-3-3333-7-777777--0-0---------0-0--------|

Gtr 1 (Matt)
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------|
C|-3-3333-7-777777--0-0--22-0---0-0-22-0---|
G|-3-3333-7-777777--0-0-------2-0-0------2-|x2
C|-3-3333-7-777777--0-0---------0-0--------|

Both guitars
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------------|
C|--3333333-22222222-33333333-55555555--33333333-66666666-|
G|--3333333-22222222-33333333-55555555--33333333-66666666-|
C|--3333333-22222222-33333333-55555555--33333333-66666666-|

Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
F|------------------|
C|------------------|
G|-0-0000000-000000-|x3
C|------------------|
. ....... ......

Both guitars
D|-------|
A|-------|
F|-------|
C|-7-7-7-|
G|-7-7-7-|
C|-7-7-7-|

Solo:
Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|-20p17------17-------20p17----17-------20p17----17-------20p17----------|
A|--------20-----20p17-------20----20p17-------20----20p17--------20b(22)-|
F|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-20p17----17-------20p17----17-------20p17-----17----------------------|
A|-------20----20p17-------20----20p17--------20----20p17-20p17----------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------19b(21)-|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-20p17----17----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------20----20p17--20p17----17---------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------19----19p17--19p17----17----------------17--|
C|---------------------------------------------19----19p17--19~-19------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------0-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------17--20p17---------------4~-------------------------------|
F|-21p17--------17------------17--22p17---------7--7--7b-7b-(8)-8--8b-(9)-9-|
C|-------19--18-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-7p5----5~------5---7b-(9)-b-(7)p5-----5-7b-(9b)-(7)p5---5--7b-(9b)-(7)p5---5----9h10p9-7h9p7-5h7p5-----|
C|-----7-------7----------------------7------------------7------------------7---5\---------------------7~-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------|
A|--------------|
F|--------------|
C|-----------8~-|
G|--xx\\~~~--8~-|
C|--xx\\~~~--8~-|

Gtr 2 (Matt)
D|------------------------------|------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------|
F|---------------/9-7-5-7-7-9-5-|------------------------|-------------|-----------------------------|
C|------------------------------|------------------------|-5---5-8-7-5-|-5---5-8-7-5--5---5-8-7-5-8~-|
G|------------------------------|--------/10-8-7-8-7-8-7-|-3-0-3-6-5-3-|-3-0-3-6-5-3--3-0-3-6-5-3-8~-|
C|-7-777-777-777----------------|-7-7777-----------------|-------------|--------------------------8~-|
. ... ... ... . ....

Gtr 3
D|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
F|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
C|---------------/10-9-7-9-9-10-7-|---------------------------|
G|-0-000-000-000------------------|-0-0000-/10-8-7-8----------|
C|--------------------------------|------------------10-12-10-|
. ... ... ... . ....

LAST PART OF VERSE
PRECHORUS

Last chorus:
Same as chorus

Then:
Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----66665556666---------------------|-----66665556666---------------------|
F|-------12b-------------|-----55555555555------7777-5555-4444-|-----55555555555------7777-9999-4444-|
C|-12-14-----14-12-14-10-|-333333333333333-5555-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-|-333333333333333-5555-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-|
G|-----------------------|-333333333333333-5555-5555-3333-2222-|-333333333333333-5555-5555-7777-2222-|
C|-----------------------|-333333333333333-5555----------------|-333333333333333-5555----------------|

Gtr 2 (Matt)
D|-----------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
F|-------12b-------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
C|-12-14-----14-12-14-10-|-333333333333333-555555555555555-|-3333333333333-5555-777-5555-|
G|-----------------------|-333333333333333-555555555555555-|-3333333333333-5555-777-5555-|
C|-----------------------|-333333333333333-555555555555555-|-3333333333333-5555-777-5555-|

Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-------12b-------------------------------------|
C|-12-14-----14-12-14-10--9-10-10/12-10-9-10/12~-|
G|-----------------------------------------------|x2
C|-----------------------------------------------|

Gtr 2 (Matt)
D|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
C|-333333333333333-5555555555555-|-33333333333333-5555-777-5555-|
G|-333333333333333-5555555555555-|-33333333333333-5555-777-5555-|
C|-333333333333333-5555555555555-|-33333333333333-5555-777-5555-|

Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|--------------------|--------------------|-------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|-------------|
F|------9b------------|--------------------|-------------|
C|-9-10----10-9-10-7~-|-5-7-7/9-7-5-7-7/9~-|-/5~-7~-7/9~-|
G|--------------------|--------------------|-------------|
C|--------------------|--------------------|-------------|

Gtr 2 (Matt)
D|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|
A|-----8b----------|--------------------|-------------|
F|-7-9----9-7-9-5~-|-4-5-5/7-5-4-5-5/7~-|-/4~-5~-5/7~-|
C|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|
G|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|
C|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|

End:
Gtr 1 (Padge)
D|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
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Black Sabbath

Formed 1967, Birmingham, England

Mixing equal parts of bone-crushing volume, catatonic tempos, and ominous pronouncements of gloom and doom delivered in Ozzy Osbourne’s keening voice, Black Sabbath was the heavy-metal king of the Seventies. Despised by rock critics and ignored by radio programmers, the group sold over eight million albums before Osbourne departed for a solo career in 1979 [see entry].

The four original members, schoolmates from a working-class district of industrial Birmingham, first joined forces as Polka Tulk, a blues band. They quickly changed their name to Earth, then, in 1969, to Black Sabbath; the name came from the title of a song written by bassist Geezer Butler, a fan of occult novelist Dennis Wheatley. The quartet’s eponymously titled 1970 debut, recorded in two days, went to #8 in England and #23 in the U.S. A single, "Paranoid," released in advance of the album of the same name, reached #4 in the U.K. later that year, it was the group’s only Top Twenty hit.

The single didn’t make the US, Top Forty, but the Paranoid LP, issued in early 1971, eventually sold four million copies despite virtually no airplay. Beginning in December 1970 Sabbath toured the States relentlessly. The constant road work paid off, and by 1974 Black Sabbath was considered peerless among heavy-metal acts, its first five LPs all having sold at least a million copies apiece in America alone.

In spite of its name, the crosses erected onstage, and songs dealing with apocalypse, death, and destruction, the band members insisted their interest in the black arts was nothing more than innocuous curiosity (the sort that led Ozzy Osbourne to sit through eight showings of The Exorcist), and in time Black Sabbath’s princes-of-darkness image faded.

Eventually, so did its record sales. Aside from a platinum best-of, We Sold Our Soul for Rock ‘n’ Roll (1976), not one of three LPs from 1975 to 1978 went gold. Osbourne, racked by drug use and excessive drinking, quit the band briefly in late 1977 (former Savoy Brown- Fleetwood Mac vocalist Dave Walker filled his shoes for some live dates). In January 1979 he left again, this time for good. Ronnie James Die, formerly of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, replaced Osbourne.

Although Dio could belt with the best of them, Sabbath would never be the same. Its first album with Dio, Heaven and Hell (1980), went platinum, its second, Mob Rules (1981), gold. But thereafter, the group’s LPs sold fewer and fewer copies, as Black Sabbath went through one personnel change after another. III health forced Bill Ward out of the band in 1981; Carmine Appice’s brother Vinnie took his place. Friction between Iommi and Dio led the singer to quit angrily in 1982, he took P with him to start his own band, Die. Vocalists over the years have included Dave Donato; Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan; Glenn Hughes, another ex-member of Purple; Tony Martin; and Dio again.

By 1986’s Seventh Star, only Iommi remained from the original lineup. He had to wince when Geezer Butler teamed up with the phenomenally successful Osboume in 1988, though the bassist did return to the fold three years later. Despite bitterness expressed in the press between Osbourne and Iommi, the original foursome reunited in 1985 at the Live-Aid concert in Philadelphia, and again in 1992, at the end of what was supposedly Osbourne’s last tour. Throughout 1993 word had it that Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, and Ward would tour, but by year’s end Osbourne had backed out, allegedly over money. The indefatigable Tony Iommi went right back to work with Butler, rehiring vocalist Tony Martin and adding former Rainbow drummer Rob Rondinelli.

guns n roses

At a time when pop was dominated by dance music and pop metal, Guns N' Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts. They were not nice boys; nice boys don't play rock & roll. They were ugly, misogynist, violent; they were also funny, vulnerable, and occasionally sensitive, as their breakthrough hit "Sweet Child O' Mine" showed. While Slash and Izzy Stradlin ferociously spit out dueling guitar riffs worthy of Aerosmith or the Stones, Axl Rose screeched out his tales of sex, drugs, and apathy in the big city; bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler were a limber rhythm section that kept the music loose and powerful. Guns N' Roses' music was basic and gritty, with a solid hard, bluesy base; they were dark, sleazy, dirty, and honest -- everything that good hard rock and heavy metal should be.

Guns N' Roses released their first EP in in 1986, which led to a contract with Geffen; the following year, the band released their debut album, Appetite for Destruction. They started to build a following with their numerous live shows, but the album didn't start selling until almost a year later, when MTV started playing "Sweet Child o' Mine." Soon, the album shot to number one and Guns N' Roses became one of the biggest bands in the world. By the end of 1988, they released G N' R Lies, which paired four new, acoustic-based songs with their first EP.

Guns N' Roses began to work on the follow-up to Appetite at the end of 1990. In October of that year, the band fired Adler, claiming that his drug dependency caused him to play poorly; he was replaced by Matt Sorum from the Cult. During recording, the band added Dizzy Reed on keyboards. By the time the sessions were finished, the new album had become two new albums. After being delayed for nearly a year, the albums, Use Your Illusion I and II, were released in the fall of 1991. The Illusions showcased a more ambitious band; while there were still a fair number of full-throttle guitar rockers, there were stabs at Elton John-style balladry, acoustic blues, horn sections, female backup singers, ten-minute songs with several different sections, and a good number of introspective, soul-searching lyrics. In short, they were now making art; amazingly, they were successful at it.

While the albums sold very well initially, the band soon fell out of favor. Stradlin left the band by the end of 1991 and with his departure the band lost their best songwriter. Once Nirvana's Nevermind hit the top of the charts in early 1992, there was a distinct division between what was cool in hard rock and what wasn't; Guns N' Roses -- with all of their pretensions, impressionistic videos, models, and rock star excesses -- were very uncool. The band didn't fully grasp the change until 1993, when they released their album of punk songs, The Spaghetti Incident?; it received some good reviews, but the band failed to capture the reckless spirit of not only the original versions, but their own Appetite for Destruction. By the middle of 1994, there were rumors flying that the band was about to break up, since Rose wanted to pursue a new, more industrial direction and Slash wanted to stick with their blues-inflected hard rock.

bullet for my valentine

“Where the fuck have all the riffs gone?”

That's what Matt Tuck wants to know. He and his fellow Bridgend band-mates have been listening to the radio, going to shows, and – for the last 7 years – answering that often-asked question with their own metal-clad minstrelsy known as 'Bullet for My Valentine' – one of the most intense acts to come out of Wales since mega-groups Funeral for a Friend and Lostprophets put that outer-rim of the musical galaxy on the map. But make no mistake: geography is where their similarities end. Chalk it up to teenage years spent worshipping the likes of Metallica, Testament, and the almighty Iron Maiden.

“We were all kind of bewildered by how huge those bands got,” continues Tuck. “It wasn't jealousy, but we didn't see a reason why that couldn't be us.”

In fact, there is no reason, because this fearsome foursome's supercharged riffage and soaring vocalsharken back to a time in the UK when how good you were had to do with how well you played – something they're convinced is lost on too many of today's flash-in-the-pan upstarts.


“We're proud to say that there isn't a single indie band in South Wales ,” says guitarist

Michael 'Padge 'Padget. “I don't see how a band can stand there for 40minutes and just sing bollocks. What's the point? It's about putting on a show!”

And that attitude's already won Bullet' a coveted support-slot with American metal-beasts Chimaira on their recent stint in the UK, a tour gave them an unforgettable taste of life on the road, not to mention a bit of intimate time with each-other.

“There was the four of us stuffed in the back of arider,” laughs Tuck. “We didn't mind though, we're completely committed to this, even if that did mean knowing each other a little better than we should.”

But what really mattered was getting known on the road, and it wasn't long before they got the call they'd been waiting for: an opening slot at the 2004 Download Festival. But where many bands would see their invitation to the legendary home of metal as a crowning achievement, these Welshmen saw it just the beginning. Not to say they didn't “appreciate” a chance to obliterate the Barfly stage, but they've set their sights higher.

“We drove up there at dawn with music cranked right up to 11,” beams bass-man Jason James. “There we were at 10 in the morning, standing on the main-stage with beers in our hands. It was like, 'well, this is it boys. This is where we're meant to be.”

If that sounds arrogant to you, think again. This foursome have already experienced the kind of setbacks that would have left a lesser-band in ruins. Bullet for my Valentine were formed from the ashes of Jeff Killed John, a band that – name aside – had everything going for it; great friends, good songs, and enough experience playing 'shitty gig after shitty gig with everyone telling us to fuck off' to last them a lifetime. That is, until one day two years ago their bassist decided to quit. His timing couldn't have been worse.

“We were due to go in the studio on Saturday, and he quit on the Friday,” sighs Tuck. “Everything went completely tits up, and it was a really big kick in the balls but it made us stronger.”

Strong enough to recruit a new bass player, and strong enough to take a critical look at themselves and see what had gone wrong. The result was a new sound based on what they wanted to play rather than what the then nu-metal-loving media wanted to hear, a new name to fit Matt Tuck's darkly romantic lyrics, and a new lease on a career they're determined to pursue 'til the end of their days.

“Everyone's been dumped, sure they have,” says Tuck. ” Not everyone's been dumped by a psycho. Some of our music's actually quite uplifting, but a lot of it isn't. This IS supposed to be fun, right?”

Certainly fun enough to write songs like 'Hand of Blood', a chugging, fist-throwing, chorus-laden anthem that's already received a stunning visual treatment. Lacking the funds to put on the kind of big-budget Hollywood production they'd envisioned, the band unanimously opted for the next-best thing. That is, getting 150 people to crowd into a garage and have fake-blood rained down on them in a disco-bloodbath inspired by a scene from the Wesley Snipes Vampire flick 'Blade'. Indeed, Slayer would be proud. But like the classic-metal masterpieces that inspire them, Bullet for my Valentine don't believe in re-inventing the wheel. They've discovered the power of the riff, and they've got the balls and the bravado to see that no one soon forgets it.

Lam of GOD (heavy metal band)

The roots of Lamb of God were planted in 1990 when Mark Morton, Chris Adler and John Campbell were floor mates at Virginia Commonwealth University. The trio began playing at Adler's house in Richmond weathering chilly conditions. "There was no heat at the house," recalls Campbell. "We would freeze our asses off, get really drunk and hang around the kerosene heaters trying to write metal songs. Kerosene fumes and Black Label beer were definitely what fueled our early days."

After graduation, Morton moved to Chicago to pursue a master's degree, but the band continued. A new guitarist, Abe Spear, replaced Morton as the band retired its instrumental sound and added Blythe on vocals.

The quartet, known then as Burn the Priest, became a fixture in the tightly-knit Richmond music scene. To compete with the high-level of musicianship displayed by their contemporaries, the band adopted a rigid practice schedule. "To this day, we practice five days a week out of necessity," says Campbell. "The bands in Richmond can flat outplay you and if you don't practice, they will blow you off the stage. Bands like Breadwinner and Sliang Laos - two local math-metal bands - could play insanely complicated music note perfect. They inspired us to raise the bar musically and taught us the work ethic we needed to be a success."

The band was playing around Virginia when Morton moved back from Chicago and re-joined the group. Soon after, Burn the Priest released a self-titled full length album on Legion Records. Abe left soon after, which opened a spot for guitarist, and brother to Chris - Willie Adler.

A year after the second Adler joined, Burn the Priest changed its name to Lamb of God and signed a record deal with Prosthetic Records. The band's independent-debut, New American Gospel, was released in 2000. "This album was all about creating a rhythmic and pummeling musical landscape with riff after riff," explains Morton. Drummer Adler notes: ÒThis is a classic record. We had all the elements come together to make one of the heaviest, yet contagious records of our career. It was difficult to contain us - we didn't even understand at the time what we had created."

Two years of extensive touring to support the album raised Lamb of God's profile before the band released the critically acclaimed, As The Palaces Burn (2003). ATPB won record of the year honors in such notable magazines as Revolver and Metal Hammer while garnering mainstream press in Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly.

The band hit the road again and began headlining tours across the globe. In the fall of 2003 Lamb of God was a co-headliner on the first ever MTV's Headbanger's Ball Tour which elevated Lamb of God beyond the underground. The band then released Terror and Hubris, a DVD featuring early live performances, videos for "Ruin" and "Black Label" and behind-the-scenes footage highlighting the work ethic, humility and sense of humor of one of the most respected and influential bands around today. The DVD proved to be a commercial success as it entered the Billboard Music DVD Charts at #32.

Gradually, Lamb of God's persistence paid off. Their 2003 disc, As The Palaces Burn earned them a new level of respect and admiration, but it was 2004's virulent major label debut (Epic Records) Ashes of the Wake that turned the band into true contenders for the metal throne. By mid 2006, the record had sold over 275,000 copies. Revolver magazine voted it the album of the year, a Guitar World readers poll deemed it best metal album and awarded the band "most valuable players," "best shredders" and "best riffs." The video for "Now You've Got Something to Die For" earned "best video" from both Headbanger's Ball and Revolver. And a DVD chronicling the tour and life on the road with the band, Killadelphia, has gone gold. Lamb of God supported Ashes with more relentless touring, now playing mostly arenas and festivals, starting with a headlining run on Second Stage at Ozzfest 2004, and ending by headlining the North American Sounds of The Undergroud Festival in 2005.

The political angst that fueled the lyrics on As The Palaces Burn continues unabated on Ashes of the Wake. However, Blythe admits that his plans to write songs about personal responsibility quickly changed. "Mark and I write most of the lyrics together, and at the start of this album we agreed that we wanted to concentrate on internal instead of external politics," he explains. "But as we got into it, considering the condition of the world today, we felt obligated as responsible artists to give accurate social commentary, and that meant writing a few indictments against the powers that be."

Mixing a call to arms with a sneering disdain balances Ashes of the Wake. "In the end, I think the album is stronger because we show the relation between internal and external politics instead of just focusing on one or the other," Blythe says. "These songs are a reality check for everyone because they rail against a wrong-headed government and against the apathetic people that ignore the government and allow it to exist."

After Ashes of the Wake, they had been praised as one of the leaders of the new American metal movement, and while they were flattered to be considered part of something so influential, this time they wanted to stand alone. "I believe it's important for us to create a legacy for this band, and I don't want that legacy to be in association with anyone else," Adler says. "In our minds, we're a cut above and we feel like we put out a whole lot more."

Towards the end of 2005, the band stopped all touring and came home to Richmond, VA, to begin writing the next chapter. An intense 8 month writing process followed. "We pretty much killed ourselves working on it five to six days a week for six to eight hours a day," says drummer Chris Adler. "It was important to push ourselves into uncomfortable territory as players. A lot of times one of us would say, 'I'm not sure if I can play that.' The typical response was, 'Well, you've got a year to figure it out.' We pushed ourselves to step it up and threw out a lot of decent material because we were insisting on only the best." One reason Lamb of God pushed so hard is because they wanted to create something that couldn't be classified, categorized or marginalized.

August 22, 2006 brought Sacrament, a stunning example of how diverse, articulate and pummeling metal can be. It's a record that emphasizes just how far the band members have come as players, writers and people and stands as a true testament of triumph over adversity. With Sacrament, Lamb of God has stoked the flames by stripping the flesh to the bone and examining the carnage. The songs are bleak and dark, yet key ingredients of a ride that's as breathless, exhilarating and terrifying as an overdose.

Guitarist and co-lyricist Mark Morton notes the band chose the name Sacrament based on a specific lyrical reference as well as a more general symbolic perspective. "We like it because it employs the idea of the traditional religious Sacrament, which is something you do as ritual to get to a different level of your faith," he says. "Also, I thought it was symbolic in terms of us putting out another record and getting to the next stage of our musical development." "This is definitely a personal record and it's the darkest thing we've ever done," adds Blythe. "It stems from a lot of depression and a fucked up worldview. In the last couple years I've been going through a lot of weird, bad shit."

The biggest difference between Sacrament and Ashes of the Wake is the lyrical content. In the past, Lamb of God has lyrically been motivated by the hypocrisy, greed and turmoil of politics and politicians. This time the band turned within to reveal an even greater source of despair and frustration.

Songs like 'Pathetic' and 'Descending' for instance are about the whirlpool of addiction and alcoholism, 'Walk With Me In Hell' addresses the destruction of codependency and 'Blacken the Cursed Sun' confronts suicidal depression.

"The lyrics were so intense for me, when I was recording, it was like breathing pain instead of breathing air," Blythe says. "So, when it was done, I couldn't listen to the record for another two months. It just took so much out of me to get all this stuff out, I didn't want to touch it right away."

In addition to being unbelievably heavy, Sacrament is a sincere expression of the turmoil that has tumbled through the last few years of the band's existence. In an era of stagnant, contrived metal, Lamb of God is a harrowing rush of honesty, a declaration that no matter what anyone else is playing, Lamb of God will always follow their own hearts.

"This band was started because no one out there was making the music that we wanted to hear," singer Randy Blythe says. "So, we decided to make that music, and from that point it has just been a continuation of that philosophy. We had never changed anything we do to appeal to anyone, appease anyone or seek any sort of approval from anyone other than ourselves."

NIRVANA

Kurt Donald Cobain was the leader of Nirvana, the multi-platinum grunge band that redefined the sound of the nineties.

Cobain was born on the 20th of February 1967 in Hoquaim, a small town 140 kilometres south-west of Seattle. His mother was a cocktail waitress and his father was an auto mechanic. Cobain soon moved to nearby Aberdeen, a depressed and dying logging town.

Cobain was for most his childhood a sickly bronchitic child. Matters were made worse when Cobain's parent's divorced when he was seven and by his own account Cobain said he never felt loved or secure again. He became increasingly difficult, anti-social and withdrawn after his parent's divorce. Cobain also said that his parent's traumatic split fueled a lot of the anguish in Nirvana's music.

After his parent's divorce Cobain found himself shuttled back and forth between various relatives and at one stage homeless living under a bridge.

When Cobain was eleven he heard and was captivated by the Britain's Sex Pistols and after their self-destruction Cobain and friend Krist Novoselic continued to listen to the wave of British bands including Joy Division the nihilistic post-punk band that some say Nirvana are directly descended from in form of mood, melody and lyrical quality.

Cobain's artistry and iconoclastic attitude didn't win many friends in high school and sometimes earned him beatings from "jocks" Cobain got even by spray painting "QUEER" on their pick-up trucks. By 1985 Aberdeen was dead and Cobain's next stop was Olympia. Cobain formed and reformed a series of bands before Nirvana came to be in 1986. Nirvana was an uneasy alliance between Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic and eventually drummer and multi-instrumentalist Dave Grohl

By 1988 Nirvana were doing shows and had demo tapes going around. In 1989 Nirvana recorded their rough-edged first album Bleach for local Seattle independent label Sub-Pop

In Britain Nirvana received a lot of recognition and in 1991 their contract was bought out by Geffen, they signed to the mega-label, the first non-mainstream band to do so. Two and a half years after Nirvana's first C.D. Bleach was released they released Nevermind, a series of different, crunching, screaming songs that along with it's first single Smells Like Teen Spirit would propel Nirvana to mainstream stardom.

Smells Like Teen Spirit became Nirvana's most highly acclaimed and instantly recognizable song. Not many people can decipher it's exact lyrics but Cobain used a seductive hookline to hook the listener. Nevermind went on to sell ten million copies and make a reported $550 million (US) leaving Nirvana overnight millionaires. Cobain was shocked at the reception of his highly personal and passionate music repeatedly telling reporters that none of the band ever, ever expected anything like this. It quickly became obvious that the obsessively sickly and sensitive 24yr old was not going to cope well with the rock'n roll lifestyle. "If there was a rock star 101 course, I'd really have like to take it," Cobain once observed. Cobain fell into heroin in the early 90's, he said he used it as a shield against the rigorous demands of touring and to stop the pain of stomach ulcers or an irritated bowel. Through the touring and pressure Cobain continued to write his very personal acutely focused lyrics.

Cobain was distressed to find out that what he wrote and how it was interpreted could quite often be miles apart. He was appalled when he found out that Polly a heavily ironic anti-rape song had been used as background music in a real gang-rape. He later appealed to fans on the Incesticide liner notes "If any of you don't like gays or women or blacks, please leave us the fuck alone." It was to no avail, Cobain found that as an overnight millionaire musician control was something he had very little of. Cobain also worried that his band had sold-out, that it was attracting the wrong kind of fans (i.e the type that used to beat him up.)

In February 1992 Cobain skipped off to Hawaii to marry the already pregnant Courtney Love. Later in the year Nirvana released Incesticide and in August Cobain had hospital treatment for heroin abuse. Shortly after Frances Bean Cobain was born. In early 1993 In Utero was released into the top spot on the music charts. In Utero was widely acclaimed by the music press and it contains some of Cobain's most passionate work. In Utero was a lot more open than Nirvana's previous albums. Songs like All Apologies and Heart Shaped Box detailed aspects of Cobain's sometimes shaky marriage, other songs like Scentless Apprentice detailed the agonies and struggles of Cobain's experiences.

Nirvana embarked on a support tour and recorded and filmed an "unplugged" (acoustic) performance for MTV in November of 1993. Nirvana's choice to honour bands and people that had influenced them and Cobain's passionate and intense vocals especially on "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?"silenced many of their who had labeled Cobain talentless. Rumors circulated that the MTV Unplugged compilation would be Nirvana's last album and the band were splitting up.

Cobain was a gun fanatic and always had several in his possession or in various forms of confiscation. In the northern winter of 1993-94 Nirvana embarked on an extensive European tour. Twenty concerts into the tour Cobain developed throat problems and their schedule was interrupted while he recovered. While recovering Cobain flew to Rome to join his wife who was also preparing to tour with her own band.

On March the 4th Cobain was rushed to hospital in a coma after an unsuccessful suicide bid in which he washed down about fifty prescription painkillers with champagne. The suicide bid was officially called an accident and was not even made known to close friends and associates. Several days later he returned to Seattle. Cobain's wife, friends and managers convinced Cobain, who was still in deep distress to enter a detox program in L.A. According to a missing person's report filed by his mother Cobain fled after only a few days of the program.

Cobain was cited in the Seattle area with a shotgun. Days later on the 5th of April he barricaded himself into the granny flat behind his mansion, put a shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. On Thursday April the 7th ~ two days after a medical examiner says Cobain shot himself and the day before his body was found police say Courtney Love herself was taken to hospital in L.A. for a drug overdose. Released on bail, Love checked herself into a rehab center but left soon after a friend called her the next day with news of Cobain's death.

Cobain's body was found when an electrician visiting the house to install a security system went round the back of the house when no one answered the front door and peered through windows. He thought he saw a mannequin sprawled on the floor until he noticed a splotch of blood by Cobain's ear. When police broke down the door they found Cobain dead on the floor, a shotgun still pointed at his chin and on a nearby counter a suicide note written in red ink addressed to Love and the couples then 19 month old daughter Frances Bean.

The suicide note ended with the words "I love you, I love you." Two days after Kurt Cobain's body was found about 5,000 people gathered in Seattle for a candlelight vigil. the distraught crowd filled the air with profane chants, burnt their flannel shirts and fought with police. They also listened to a tape made by Cobain's wife in which she read from his suicide note. Several distressed teenagers in the U.S. and Australia killed themselves. The mainstream media was lambasted for it's lack of respect and understanding of youth culture.