Thermal And A Quarter's fourth album "THIS IS IT", playing on MySpace NOW!! Also get our new single, One Small Love, right here for FREE!
Thermal And A Quarter is a trendsetting rock band from Bangalore, India, more recently infamous as the outsourcing capital of the universe. We are three members, four albums and twelve years old. We are known as TAAQ to the affectionate and the impatient and have been fortunate to earn the loyalty of a worldwide fan base mostly thanks to that little ditty that Al Gore claims he started, the Internet. We believe that each album sold, each swatch of music played creates a potential messenger of TAAQ's music.
Highlights from our trip include:
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Invited to play at the Java Jazz Festival 2009, Asia’s biggest jazz festival, Jakarta. Other artists on the bill include Dave Weckl, Jason Mraz, Chuck Loeb, Simon Phillips, The New York Voices and more. Prasanna and jazz great Vinnie Valentino to guest on TAAQ material. CD Launch of 4th album This Is It also planned at the Festival - 2009
New single One Small Love released as a free download - 2009
Guitarist Bruce Lee Mani wins 'Guitarist of the Year' Award at the Annual Jack Daniels/Rolling Stone Rock Awards
Ranked 48 in Blender Magazine’s 100 Ultimate Rock Bands You Must Listen To – alongside the
likes of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more - 2008
Fourth studio album This Is It released - 2008
Supporting act for Megadeth and Machine Head- 2008
Featured in Rolling Stone magazine. 3 1/2 Star Review for the new album, and guitarist Bruce Lee Mani listed among "India's Best Axemen" - 2008
Middle East Tour, with gigs in Dubai and Bahrain - 2007
Winner - WorldSpace Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Rock; other honorees include The Who, Johnny Cash, Baaba Maal, Jay-Z, Lionel Ritchie and more: 2007
UK tour, with performances across London and Glasgow, 2006
Voted among "India's Best Bands" by the Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 2006
3rd studio record Plan B released, 2006
Opening act for Jethro Tull, 2006
Featured on National Public Radio (www.npr.org) in the USA, on All Things Considered, 2005 – the first Indian band to receive this acclaim
Voted one of the 'biggest bands in India' by a nation-wide reader's poll conducted by RSJ magazine
Heart Cave: Sphurana VCD released, 2003
Prime-time FM airplay, Dubai, 2002
2nd album Jupiter Café released, 2002
Opening act for Deep Purple, 2001
Self-titled debut album released 1999
Winner, 'Battle of the Bands' competitions across India, 1996 - 1998
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