The Mustangs (From left) Haroon Mohamed (bass on Hofner Galaxie), George Cherian (lead on Hofner), Tim Tharasingh (rhythm on Hofner) Anand (Paddy) Padmanabhan (drums) and Derek Norris (Selmer sax and lead singer)
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Within the Sixties, Chennai was a quiet metropolis with tree-lined boulevards, bungalow-studded neighbourhoods, and the start of an artwork motion that might develop into synonymous with Madras. The town was steeped in custom however one keen to permit via the cracks the affect of English protest music. A lot of that got here from the West — principally the UK and the US — from musicians who sang about every little thing from Civil Rights and the warfare in Vietnam to simply wanting ‘to carry your hand’.
Rock music, with its barbed guitar riffs and growling voices, got here to wooded faculty campuses with a mild lilt — college students sang of American themes in Indian hostel rooms on quiet evenings.
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