Thermal and a Quarter
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Thermal and a Quarter | |
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| Also known as | TAAQ |
| Origin | Bangalore, Karnataka India |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
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| Website | https://www.thermalandaquarter.com/ |
Thermal and a Quarter (often abbreviated as TAAQ) are a rock band from Bangalore, India. Formed in 1996, they describe their music as "Bangalore rock" - rooted in a classic rock idiom while Indian in "subtle, inescapable ways".[1] TAAQ had released seven studio albums by their 20th anniversary in 2016[2] with an eighth released in 2020.
The band is composed of three Malayalis (known colloquially as Mallus) and one member with 1/4th Malayali ancestry, hence the name Thermal (Three-Mallus) and a Quarter (Quarter Mallu)
TAAQ opened the show for Deep Purple in 2001, when they performed in Bangalore.[3] The band also opened for Guns N' Roses in 2012.[4]
Band members
The current members of TAAQ are:
- Bruce Lee Mani (guitar and vocals)
- Rajeev Rajagopal (drums)
- Leslie Charles (bass) and
- Tony Das (guitar).[5]
Discography
Awards and honours
TAAQ was featured on The WorldSpace Honours 2007 for their outstanding contributions to Indian rock scene with interviews with other Indian band members, an extensive play-through of their work by RJ Hari, and an Interview with the band themselves about "10 years of TAAQ".[7]
Mani won Guitarist of the Year at the Jack Daniels Rock Awards in 2009 and 2012.[8][4] He also won the "Leon Ireland Outstanding Vocalist Award" at JRO 2011.[9]
