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Ahymsa

About Me

All we've ever wanted to do is play. We never wanted to hark back to the "golden age" of guitar music or emulate the past actions of our idols. We set out to experiment and to create a sound that interested us and encouraged our audience to share our vision of music unconfined. It wasn't that we were deliberately trying to be different as much as we found no inspiration in the mundane. We drew on an eclectic range of influences to create a progressive hard rock hybrid, an indefinable yet distinct and listenable sound that evolved free from the shackles of the generic.And people seemed to enjoy it.Now, after nearly four years of gigging, touring and recording, we find ourselves experienced, professional, motivated and in need of exposure. All we've ever wanted to do is play. Now we want to be heard.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/21/2005
Band Website: www.ahymsa.co.uk
Band Members: Graham Lewis - main vocals, guitar

Gemma Kali - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals

Alex Rainbow - drums, additional percussion, backing vocals

Ed Rainbow - bass, backing vocals

Influences: Tool, Pink Floyd, Can, The Mars Volta, The Grateful Dead, Clutch, Ozric Tentacles, Led Zeppelin, Ravi Shankar, Jeff Buckley, Metallica, Spiritual Beggars, Primus, Kyuss, Parliment/Funkadelic, Down, A Perfect Circle, The Doors, Alice In Chains, Rush, System Of A Down, Bob Dylan, Faith No More, Nusrat Fetah Ali Khan, King Crimson, Mastodon...
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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Happenings...

New EP's and massive shows...Our new EP, "Undecagons: Echoes from the 11th Dimension" is finally reaching the completion of the demo stage and we shall begin recording the actual EP as soon as finance...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:30:00 GMT

So it goes.

Kurt Vonnegut died last night. For those of you (and there can't be many) who haven't read anything by him, go do so. I recommend Slaughterhouse Five as a good starting-point, or Sirens of Titan... or...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:16:00 GMT

Check out this event: The Gardening Club BOTB semi-final! Sunday 18th March 2007

Hosted By: Ahymsa When: 18 Mar 2007, 20:00Where: The Gardening Club (next to The Rock Garden)6/7 The Piazza, Covent GardenLondon,United KingdomDescription:Ahymsa Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:35:00 GMT

Rock Pancakes

Yes, rock pancakes. As in, rock, then... pancakes. Duh. Maybe I should explain myself. Ahymsa played a Battle of the Bands at Middlesex Uni's Trent Park Campus last night. It was an interesting gig - ...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:22:00 GMT

Citizens Against Climate Change!

The Alliance for the Planet [a group of environmental associations] is calling on all citizens to create 5 minutes of electrical rest for theplanet. People all over the world should turn off their ...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:14:00 GMT

Legalise It!

This is a government petition to legalise cannabis: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/legalisecannabis/ Whether you feel strongly about this issue or just enjoy a spliff now and again you should sign this no...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:49:00 GMT

Shiny new things...

A big thank you to the wonderful Billie Achilleos for our beautifully crafted new myspace page. The psychedelic designs (which are also the main theme for our new album Synaesthesia) are the fruits of...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:31:00 GMT