Written by Yusri a.k.a. Menam
This is actually an attempt to bring us out of the shell, to tell the people out there (who do not know us… probably many of them right now… on second thought, make that for certain …. heh heh heh) about the band. Our so-called 'ambition' is actually to do part time gigs (right now, we're quite happy with whatever we're doing/earning). So, who knows from here, there might be some cool dudes from some cool clubs making intriguing overtures for a deal or something. We'll try to put in some mp3's of our jamming sessions in here, so that you can get a feel of the band.
The current band is a result of a constant evolution. Changes of band members eventuated especially by academic reasons - we all went to diff U's. Types of music/influence have been evolving as well. To name a few, we jammed -Loudness, Ozzy, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Mr Big, Extreme- songs and stuffs. Basically all those guitar-centric kinda musics. We've also played a bit of jazz, groove and alternative. We've been playing in some gigs/functions, and slowly we understand that we have to go by the audience …. gotta play the contemporaries - Bryan Adams, Fastball, etc. …. and even Backstreet Boys.
Evolution has brought us to the phase of really getting into DreamTheater (DT) stuffs. Really, the earlier-mentioned bands do not even belong in the same vicinity as this one. DT is THE band. If you know music, you'll understand DT. Not that we can play DT pieces that perfectly, but we figured that to complete this phase, it would take some time. In months or years time, we'll jam DT and put in the mp3's here.
Our first official name is Catfish - there's nothing significant about it. None at all. It's just a name that we grabbed from the air while registering for a band competition (actually kinda wish that could have found a cooler name, but, what the heck … ). We then came up with another name -DIVE- which lasted about 2 weeks :p Guess we're gonna stick with 24-Seven.
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