Monkey Temple

members

sareen deoja   (vocals)
Prawol Bhattarai (guitars)
Samrat Shah  (bass)
Srijan Bikram Gewali (guitarist)
Pratap Risal (drummer)



Influences

Lamb of God
Radiohead
Incubus
Pearl Jam
Rage against the Machine
Porcupine Tree 

The story behind the new line up..

Our current line up includes Sareen (vocals), Prawol Bhattarai (guitars), Benky Atmatjda (bass). Eugene (Flower Generation) and Alok (Xmarika) have helped us out on the drums as we do not have an official drummer with this lineup at this time. How we met is an interesting story too. I was visiting a music store in Saint Cloud, MN, when I heard someone playing bass licks from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It sounded amazing and immediately caught my attention. That was how I found Benky Atmadja, our current bassist, originally from Indonesia. I convinced Benky to join us for a jam session at a basement party in a house near St. Cloud University. Benky instantly mesmerized the audience with his slap-n-pop bass lines.

I came across left-handed lead guitarist Prawol Bhattarai during a midnight basement jam session, also in Saint Cloud. To be honest with you, he actually came out of nowhere and to everybody’s disbelief, started effortlessly improvising guitar parts with us to a few songs we were playing for fun that particular night. Prawol truly has a style that is all his own. Even though he is a left-handed guitarist he plays a right-handed guitar turned upside down. That’s a very unusual way to play the guitar and Prawol is a rare type of guitarist. His tone selection is also outstanding. When I met him, I knew that I had found my fill-in for Subodh and Prashanta (Monkey Temple guitarists while the band was in Kathmandu)

ANUMATI

The Nepali alternative rock band Monkey temple has changed this to a certain degree by becoming the first Nepali band to have its song broadcast on MTV India. Their five-minute video of the song Anumati from thier new album Shades of Grey, has been aired on the music channel numerous times since March 15.

“We do not really know why they chose to include our song in their playlist, but what we are certain of is the hard work and effort we’ve put in coming out with the album,” says lead vocalist Sareen Deoja while talking about this rather laudable achievement. “Usually, we have to bribe programme coordinators on Nepali channels just to get our songs aired,” he says citing a contrast with how MTV India lifted their video from YouTube. “This is really a matter for pride for us,” he adds.

source

ekantipur

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