| Pradeep Miranda - Vocals
Vispy Homavazir V.A.S.P - Guitars
Mithun Poojari 'Pervert' - Guitars
Rohit "P-Man" Pereira - Bass
Jai Rowkavi - Drums
The winter of 2000 witnessed the emergence of one of the most extreme Indian Metal acts. PDV, the five-man chaos-squad consists of Pradeep on vocals, Vispy "V.A.S.P." on guitars, Mithun "Pervert" on guitars, Rohit "P-man" on bass and Jai Rowkavi on drums. PDV was the vision realized by Pradeep and Rohit after wanting to create a movement and also to create awareness in the underground rock circuit about hardcore music. "The music was getting stale; everyone was doing the same ol stuff, same covers, no originality. That’s where we decided to step in", says Rohit. "Our brand of music is novel, the cutting edge of rock so to speak. It’s the music we relate to, about social issues. It reflects the mind set of the modern day youth,” says Pradeep.
From humble beginnings, practicing in a hut in some remote part of Mumbai, with no fan or windows, just one door, and one bulb, and all connections for the amps coming from that electrical connection, PDV had rock competition victories and gigs all over the place and created quite a wave in the underground rock scene. With an electrifying stage act, PDV has gained a reputation of being one of the most explosive live acts. PDV has won the first ever Independence Rock “Battle of the Bands” competition at Rang Bhavan at I-Rock 16, 2001.
PDV has been featured in the BBC London documentary on Indian Music entitled "Bombay Plush". 2004 witnessed the release of PDV’s debut album – “Compose…Oppose…Dispose” produced by Randolph (Pentagram), released on OML records and distributed by Sony Music India all over India.
PDV has also played at the annual Great Indian Rock 2004 at the Pragati Maidan, Delhi and the Mumbai leg at the MMRDA grounds, with their track “Gutterment” making it to the GIR 8 compilation and also featured at the 2005 edition of the Great Indian Rock with their track “In Dependence” featuring in the 2005 GIR compilation. PDV's "Get em off" has been selected for a Spanish VA compilation : Metal Alternativo 2, to be released by ZERO RECORDS. (http://www.koolaidparty.com/).
PDV won the Channel V Launchpad Contest, subsequently having a live music video shot for Channel V for “In Dependence” which received massive airplay and also performed alongside international artists at the Channel V Launchpad Concert 2005 at the MMRDA grounds, Mumbai.
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