Phenom (rock group)

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Phenom
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The 2006 lineup of Phenom.
From left to right: Gaurav Joshua Vaz, Jnaneshwar "JD" Das, Mark Lazaro, Trinity "Tiny" D'Souza, and Mrinal Kalakrishnan.
Background information
Origin Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Genres progressive rock/classic rock
Years active2001–2006
LabelsIndependent
MembersGaurav Joshua Vaz (Bass)
Jnaneshwar "JD" Das (Keyboards)
Mark Lazaro (Lead Vocals)
Trinity "Tiny" D'Souza (Guitars)
Mrinal Kalakrishnan (Drums)
Yashraj Jaiswal (Drums and Background musics)
Past membersSashi Wapang
Noella D'sa
Deepu Jobie John
Website http://WeArePhenom.com

Phenom was a progressive rock group from Bangalore, India, notable for being one of the first Indian rock groups to release their work under a Creative Commons license [ citation needed ]. Phenom last performed in concert on July 29, 2006. [1]

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Creative Commons

On January 26, 2007, Phenom's album Unbound was included on the CD distributed at the Creative Commons India License launch [2] in recognition of it being the first Creative Commons licensed music coming out of India.[ citation needed ]

Members

2006 Lineup

2004 Lineup

2002 Lineup

Discography

2004: Phenom Unbound

The album was released under a Creative Commons license and contained five songs.

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References

  1. "Phenom's last gig". June 9, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  2. Archived June 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine