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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Girish and The Chronicles, is an Indian Hard rock/Heavy Metal band from Gangtok, Sikkim, formed in 2009, by the Singer-Songwriter/Vocalist Girish Pradhan. Presently based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, GATC is a four member band, known for their electrifying live shows. Heavily influenced from bands such as Led Zeppelin, ACDC, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Guns and Roses. GATC has been touring the country and overseas for more than 5 years now, although the line-up has existed since 2006. After having released numerous singles online since 2009, The band will be releasing its first official album in June 2014 under Universal Music Group. The band is known for its peculiar Classic Hard Rock/Heavy Metal sound influenced from the bands of'70s/'80s era. GATC is known to be the first and the only band from Sikkim to ever have traveled/performed overseas and toured on a national scale.Their originals don't have much limitations in subjects ranging from day to day struggles, wars, to relations and the onstage / backstage / offstage rock and roll band experiences. With a mixture of Power Ballads sounding material and Hard Rock / Classic Metal sound, they targeted fans striving to hear a sound that was closer to the '70s, '80s era, since there was hardly any band left who would offer such a sound.Starting from their first single "Angel", they started recording singles from the year 2009. The song went to the Great Eastern Rock compilation vol II, making it their first known original composition. The band soon gained a lot of attention and new fans. Immediately participating in some festivals, they soon started getting headlining acts. They later decided to take in "Golden Crown" into their playlist, which was a track for the Sikkim Football association. As much as football was craze in their hometown, they soon started playing the song in every concert/gig they performed. While they were already performing "I wanna get that lovin' again", "Ride to hell", they did not record the tracks for a very long time.Soon, in mid-2010, Their single "Yesteryears" was nominated and awarded a Silver Trophy, in the Suncane Skale festival, Montenegro, Europe. This gave the band a lot more publicity resulting in public awareness.After having performed in almost the entire half of the country in the year 2010, they ventured into the southern part of the country, doing a month long promotional tour in the city of Bengaluru at around end September, 2011. It is at this time period they recorded their singles "Loaded", "Ride to Hell" and "I wanna Get that loving". Soon, in the coming week they recorded "A new beginning", on hearing the NEWS about an earthquake in their home town, claiming a lot of lives. "Loaded", "I wanna get that lovin' again" and "A new beginning" were the only ones to be released. End 2011 saw the vocalist venturing into other Asian countries namely Hong Kong and South Korea (With Silver Tears, Yamaha Asian Beats 2011).Signing up with some venues, the band soon traveled to Hong Kong for year long stay. Girish occasionally came back to India giving solo performances. Finally deciding to leave Hong Kong, he came back to India, and at end 2012, starting with a solo performance in PEC fest, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. Soon after a month, the band, who were on a vacation, decided to comeback and start recording again. They started off with a concert in the city of Siliguri, which lies near to their hometown.The band started the year 2013 with a three month long recording, with new songs and Re-Mastering of their older tracks. Their singles which now sum up to fifteen tracks, is being released as an album in 2014 under Universal Music Group, which is schedules to release in June, 2014.. }

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