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MIDRANGE - The Band
Midrange is a Rock and Roll band. The band plays music from the classics of the early 1970's to Modern Progressive Rock. The members have been strongly influenced by the likes of The Beatles, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, Uriah Heep, Doors, Pink Floyd, Santana, AC/DC, Scorpions, Aerosmith, Guns 'n Roses, to name a few. The band was formed in 1988 as "APOCRYPHA", with Tony (Bass/Vocals), Ajit (Keyboards), Dominic (Drums/Vocals) and Angelo (Guitars/Vocals). The band have played at the many clubs, pubs and live gigs, also on Television (Doordarshan) and Radio. In 1992, the band changed its name to "MIDRANGE" to reflect the kind of music played, which was a combination of soft to hard. The band had a small change in the line up with Tony being replaced by Sarat (Bass), Sidney (Vocals), Ajit (Keyboards), Dominic (Drums/Vocals), Angelo (Guitars/Vocals). The band continued to perform at the local circuit, also the band played at KMC Greens (Manipal), Anna Stadium (Ooty), SSIT (Tumkur), interviewed & had their own compositions played on FM91 radio and so on. The band had begun to compose their own music in 1996, the music had various reviews in leading publications and the members of the band were also interviewed and aired on the SITI channel TV. Also the band has composed Jingles for Star TV, Star Sports for Ads like Big Fun Bubble Gum, Levis Jeans, etc. The current line-up is Gerry (Bass), Dr. Santo (Drums/Vocals) who happens to be the early drummer with Angelo from school band days, when they used to win a lot of competitions. Raj (Keyboards/Backing Vocals), Varghese (Vocals). They have played at the wine festival in GOA (2005), the Bangalore Habba, Opus, other pubs and so on. |
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List of Some Performances :
● Take 5 ● RSI ● ECA - Indira Nagar ● All India Radio ● Doordarshan TV ● Catholic Club ● Bangalore Club ● Sacred Hearts School ● The Bangalore Golf Club ● ASMT ● Jyothi Nivas College ● St. Josephs College - Ovation ● Cross Roads ● Black Cadillac ● Brigade Gardens ● The Club ● M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology ● Anna Stadium, Ooty ● KMC Greens, Manipal ● SSIT, Tumkur ● FM91 Radio ● SITI Channel TV
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● GOA Wine Festival - Inox ● Bangalore Habba - 2005 ● Opus - Pub ● Spinn - Pub ● Bethany School ● Trans Indus ● The Club ● Mars 2211 ● Planet M ● FM 91 - Radio ● Bethany School ● Geoffrey's - Pub ● RSI Grounds ● Webb's Ground ● Alliance Francaise ● Guru Nanak Bhavan ● Freedom Jams - Annually |






