Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Hard Co. goes public!!!.

9.00pm, 2nd nov: aBANDonFRIDAY HARD Co.
Remember the school when we had those 'Match the following' questions. Take that analogy and put it against some of Bangalore's best musical talent and songs that will rock your brains out and you'll find an eclectic mix of legendary music.

HARD Co.
This Friday catch Bangalore best vocal talents belting it out at Opus to tunes of artistes such as Sting, Iron Maiden, Pearl Jam, Judas Priest, Scorpions, White snake, Pink Floyd and other such legends.
Opus rockstars Andy, Anoopa Anand, Carlton Braganza, Jacob Ninan, Mark Lazaro (karma 6) and Mark Swaroop.
The singers are accompanied by Vivek Menzel, Gaurav Vaz (raghu dixit project), Karan Joseph, Christopher Rodriguez and Naveen Thomas (galeej gurus).

mark lazaro:home - chris daughtry ,here i go again - white snake ,baywatch - david hasselhoff
andy : love hurts - nazareth ,rock you like a hurricane- scorpions ,paradise city - guns n roses
jacob :angel - areosmith ,fear of the dark- iron maiden ,mamma i'm coming home- ozzy obourne
mark swaroop :even flow-pearl jam ,lightning crashes- live ,walking in memphis- marc cohn
carlton :l a woman - doors ,jump - van halen ,proud mary - ccr ,
Anoopa :lady starstruck- rainbow ,king of pain - police ,tragic comic- extreme


31st oct : kreepy kroaknight tonight with mark swaroop (in association with Bacardi)

hell of a lot of alcohol, deadly singers and coffinful of prizessample songs to choose from

1. Monster Mash - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett 2. Haunted House - Jumpin' Gene Simmons 3. Thriller - Michael Jackson 4. Ghost Busters - Ray Parker Jr. 5. Ghost Riders In The Sky - Frankie Laine, Ramrods or Outlaws 6. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon 7. Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band 8. I Put A Spell On You - Screaming Jay Hawkins 9. Spooky - Classics IV 10. Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult 11. Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley 12. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell 13. I Want My Baby Back - Jimmy Cross 14. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group 15. Waltz In Black - the Stranglers 16. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads 17. People Are Strange - the Doors 18. Zombie Jamboree - Rockapella 19. Highway To Hell - AC/DC 20. Clap For The Wolfman - Guess Who 21. Angie Baby - Helen Reddy 22. Hell - Squirrel Nut Zippers 23. Devil Inside - INXS 24. Black Magic Woman - Santana 25. Planet Claire - B-52s 26. Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo 27. Legend of Wooley Swamp - Charlie Daniels Band 28. Nightmare on My Street - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince 29. The Battle of Evermore - Led Zeppelin 30. It's Halloween - The Shaggs 31. Running With The Devil - Van Halen 32. This Is Halloween - Danny Elfman (Nightmare Before Christmas) 33. Running Scared - Roy Orbison 34. Abracadabra - Steve Miller 35. Season Of The Witch - Donovan 36. Devil in Disguise - Elvis Presley 37. Martian Hop - The Ran-Dells 38. Creature From The Black Lagoon - Dave Edmunds 39. Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman - The Tubes 40. The Blob - The Five Blobs 41. In The Shadows - The Stranglers

Sun: with carlton

Thursday Signature BOOZE & BRAINS (starts at 9pm sharp)
Hosted by Mark Rego & DJ Vinay, this a a popular quiz night where winners get all their booze free for the night. Rated by the BBC as indias best pub quiz... No entry charges.

9pm, 3rd Nov : SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER with DJ GLADWIN
if you like disco, rock-n-roll, retro and old skool hip hopput on your dancing shoes and get ready to rewind

1pm, 4th nov onwards, every sunday we have the legendary SHYAM followed by JAMPOT
it's a BYOI (bring your own instruments) afternoon .. with a buffet of khao suey, dosas and pastas, awesome cocktails and some kingfisher to add to the 'good times'.
.. and if u are an artist or a band that wants to be featured .. pls call shonali on 9845244610.
for updated jampot pics go
here

5th nov: STORMY MONDAYS with BARRACUDA BLUES BANDthey call it stormy monday ... but tuesdays just as badwednesdays kroak .... and thursdays quite a fada night thats already becoming very popular, a night that features a blues band live every monday night. click here for more on the barracuda blues

For Reservations Call 080-23442580. go here for more details about OPUS ... and if u are on Orkut or Facebook there's an opus and a kroaknight community ...

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

looney tunes

sunday was truly the highpoint of opus' existence ... don't think anything has, or will match the magic of that evening ... check out pre show pics here and the gig pics here ... hopefully (for those who missed it) we'll have some video clips to upload shortly


8.00pm, 26th oct: FULL ON LUNACY ...full moon madness (feat. sandy gandhi & john samaha)
proving the myth that there is a strong correlation between the full moon and madness (the term lunacy is derived from Luna, the roman moon goddess)
a stand up act by 2 of australias looniest bins sandy gandhi & john samaha (screen actor and regular performers on australia's comedy circuit) followed by the lunatics carlton & karan in a night of full on madness. more pics / info go here

Nokia KroaKnight (in association with Bacardi)
Wed: with mark swaroop
Sun: with carlton

Thursday Signature BOOZE AND BRAINS (starts at 9pm sharp)Hosted by Mark Rego & DJ Vinay, this a a popular quiz night where winners get all their booze free for the night. Rated by the BBC as indias best pub quiz... No entry charges.

9pm, 27th oct : SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER with DJ ANGIE
in a kick-ass dance set covering dance anthems from the 70's till today



1pm, 28th oct onwards, every sunday we have the legendary SHYAM followed by JAMPOT
it's a BYOI (bring your own instruments) afternoon .. with a buffet of khao suey, dosas and pastas, awesome cocktails and some kingfisher to add to the 'good times'.
.. and if u are an artist or a band that wants to be featured .. pls call shonali on 9845244610.
for updated jampot pics go here

29th oct: STORMY MONDAYS with C-Street Band
a night thats already becoming very popular, a night that features a blues band live every monday night
lester-bass, max-guitar/vocals, denzil- trumpet, dominic-sax, mike - drums.

For Reservations Call 080-23442580. go here for more details about OPUS ... and if u are on Orkut or Facebook there's an opus and a kroaknight community ...

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

this is VITAL INFORMATION


21st oct: sunday. 5.00pm Steve Smith & VITAL INFORMATION

tom coster - keyboards (santana),
baron browne - Bass (billy cobham/jean-luc ponty),
vinny valentino - guitar (bill evans/Jimmy McGriff),
steve smith - drums (journey/steps ahead)

easily one of the biggest concerts at opus .... listen to them here or read their bios here
9.00pm 19th oct: ABANDONFRIDAY: LBG

"little babooshka's grind" (chennai)

One of the pioneers of performing original music in chennai. they released their 2nd album " band children" a couple of months ago. Lots of high energy tunes complimented by an equally high energy performance. music that has its own character matched by our in-your-face attitude of not perpetuating the lie that original music won’t get you anywhere. arjun: bass, avnith: guitar, maynard: drums, praveen: vocals, aum: guitar.

22nd oct: STORMY MONDAYS with PETER ISAAC and the CHRONIC BLUES BAND
they call it stormy monday ... but tuesdays just as badwednesdays kroak .... and thursdays quite a fada night thats already becoming very popular, a night that features a blues band live every monday night


PUMP IT LOUDER !!! pre and post BEP party tonight ...


Nokia KroaKnight (in association with Bacardi)
Wed: with mark swaroop
Sun: with carlton

THURSDAY SIGNATURE BOOZE & BRAINS
(starts at 9pm sharp with a whole bunch of new rules)Hosted by Mark Rego & DJ Vinay, this a a popular quiz night where winners get all their booze free for the night. Rated by the BBC as indias best pub quiz... No entry charges.

9pm, 20th oct : SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER with DJ Vinay in a kick-ass dance set covering dance anthems from the 70's till today

frank gambale and maurizio colonna, 19th october , good shepard auditorium ... tickets available at opus

For Reservations Call 080-23442580.
go here for more details about OPUS ... and if u are on Orkut or Facebook there's an opus and a kroaknight community ...

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

lets get retarted












9.00pm 12th oct: ABANDONFRIDAY: Swarathma
The band that brings together the spirit of Indian folk, rock, western and carnatic classical and generates an energy that’s both positive and contagious. Swarathma’s songs are a celebration of the earth and rain, of love and life; a reflection of the beauty and the struggle, the simple joys and contradictions of the contemporary world. Click here for more or for larger image


this is how it all began ... what started as small singalongs and people dancing round an acoustic piano (in the small lounge area at opus) to dance nights under the stars, this couldn't-be-more-diametrically-opposite duo performed almost uninterrupted, every saturday night for almost a year. other musicians started jamming with them and eventually ousted them, so much so that they havent played together at opus for almost a year, despite of opus having 3 or more live gigs a week. arguably bangalore's most talented and most wanted keyboardist, and easily bangalore most deranged performer'for old times sake'
Click here for larger image and for all those politically correct people who need an explanation to let's get retarded click here

Nokia KroaKnight (in association with Bacardi)
Wed: with mark swaroop
Sun : with carlton

NOKIA is giving out TWENTY phunking fergalicious passes for the Black Eyed Peas concert on the 16th Oct at palace grounds. Be at opus wed, thurs, sat or sun to find out how they can be yours!
Watch this space for exciting special offers from Nokia for the Opus community. and check out the Nokia Concept Store on Church Street. Ph: 41512977.

THURSDAY SIGNATURE BOOZE & BRAINS (starts at 9pm sharp with a whole bunch of new rules)
Hosted by Mark Rego & DJ Vinay, this a a popular quiz night where winners get all their booze free for the night. Rated by the BBC as indias best pub quiz... No entry charges.


14th oct KINGFISHER JAMPOT every sunday 1 pm. .... this week featuring chromatix
it's a BYOI (bring your own instruments) afternoon .. with a buffet of khao suey, dosas and pastas, awesome cocktails and some kingfisher to add to the 'good times'.
.. and if u are an artist or a band that wants to be featured .. pls call shonali on 9845244610.
for updated jampot pics go here

15th oct: Stormy Mondays with "ministry of blues" ( MOB)
they call it stormy monday ... but tuesdays just as bad
wednesdays kroak .... and thursdays quite a fad
a night thats already becoming very popular, a night that features a blues band live every monday night
For Reservations Call 080-23442580.
go here for more details about OPUS ... and if u are on Orkut or Facebook there's an opus and a kroaknight community ...

Thursday, October 04, 2007

TWENTY Fergalicious passes up for grabs !!!

9.00pm 5th oct: ABANDONFRIDAY: : "AUM" (trivandrum)
a really kick-ass versaile band from kerala, back at opus for the second time, manu (lead vocals) is a star!
9pm, saturday 6th oct : victory lap of the independence rock XXII annual festival

this year the fest was held in 3 cities ( delhi, mumbai & bangalore)
featuring the winners SCRIBE (Mumbai) and BOOMERANG (Mizoram)
warning: definitely not a regular 'retro' dance night and certainly not for the fainthearted


Nokia KroaKnight (in association with Bacardi)
Wed: with mark swaroop
Sun : with carlton

NOKIA is giving out TWENTY passes for the Black Eyed Peas concert on the 16th Oct at palace grounds.
be at opus KroaKnights (wed or sun) to find out how they can be yours!


THURSDAY SIGNATURE BOOZE & BRAINS
(starts at 9pm sharp with a whole bunch of new rules)
Hosted by Mark Rego & DJ Vinay, this a a popular quiz night where winners get all their booze free for the night.
Rated by the BBC as indias best pub quiz.A heady combination of booze & brains!!! try it to find out... No entry charges.


7th oct KINGFISHER JAMPOT every sunday 1 pm. ....
it's a BYOI (bring your own instruments) afternoon ..
with a great goan buffet spread, some awesome cocktails and some kingfisher to add to the 'good times'.
.. and if u are an artist or a band that wants to be featured .. pls call shonali on 9845244610.
for updated jampot pics go here

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