Metal's Meganomaniac.

Megadeth, maiden and metallica, the foremost metal bands of the world. the soulbearers of all the headbangers. the carzy freakin fans of their guitar fuckin solos and fast rhythyms. but ever wondered why?
all these bands were simply unknown to me before coming to college. though i played guitar since long, still i had nvr hrd of these amazing ppl. it was just those girlish bands i had been exposed to by the MTV and co. i played them even sang along and i thought dis was it. but me comin to cllg had my ears exposed to all kinds of stuff. now i saw ppla listening to, i don't know how many varities of music. earlier for me there was only english bands playin the usual stuff. but now there was metal, hard metal,death metal, ass fuckin metal, gore metal, anti christ metal and what not.
what was all the common among these was that these ppl never followed the general following. they played stuff others termed crazy, did things considered stupid but they were here to stay.
for me too they still seemed a bit over the top in the beginning. but i still hadn't heard of megadeth. then one fine evening i heard holy wars. this was it. i hadn't heard anything like this before. the bone crunching stuff played by these ppl just took over me. the lightning solos with riffs too fast to imagine began rulling my ears. i had been conquered. den came the bands maiden and metallica. mustaine, hammet, marty found space in my musical vocabulary. for me these few bands were it, nothing seemed better off. maybe i had found the stuff i was looking for.
on the other hand my guitar playing began suffering. i wanted to play the new breed of music i had my ears on, but to my dissapointment i found them fun only while listening to. gradually picked up some riffs to brag about among my friends but still i still wanted something more. i wanted to do the mustaine. it was during this time i attended a rock concert in my college by the band prestorika. really they were doin the things i always wanted to do.
Maybe one day, i might occupy the centre of stage and make people headbang to my kind a stuff.
i just wish smday.
- Anurag Mark Topno

(P.S.- written while bangin my head to brave new world by maiden)

my new guitar

hey finally i bought the guitar i was craving for long. it's an ibanez grg170dx with sharktooth inlays all over the fret board. if not for the ibanez written on the head anyone can confuse it with a jacksons. anyways now half of the job is done. what's left is to learn playing the awesome cool looking instrument. but this time i know i will atleast do a mustaine in the next fest or so.
me playing or buying a guitar really dates back to when i was just 9. brought the guitar by the starter's favourite Givson but only as a showpiece in our drwaing room. for two long yrs the guitar remained at the same position. only to be brought out during the christmas gatherings, once a year. it was 2 years since tha i started the axe but never advanced beyond playing some basic chords and stuff. that was the end of my first guitar.
but then came the time for a new guitar, again givson jumbo. actually i had carelessly banged the guitar to the wall to get some pretty nasty cracks. so the new guitar waz brought just after me giving my classs 10 board exams. i started learning from a techer i heard of for long. he was a true artist , had a band and taught in the offtime. under him learnt a lot for two crazy guitar years. my parents were really behind all this, otherwise i would a have had never learnt playing this.
then before i knew i was into the engineering college. and my playing jumped leaps and bounds. played for my hostel , at the college fest and what not. but ultimately i wanted my own guitar. then at the end of 2nd yr finally bought this cool looking axe. its been a crazy guitar journey but now i believe i'm on top of it finally.

New Semester New Resolutions

So yet another semester starts and along with it you have a new set of rules set aside for u to abide by. all based upon the previous mistakes and experiences. resolutions as they r called r made everytime. really huge aspirations call for mega plans. but r v ever able to observe these rules.
i know for sure i can't. gradually the lazy guy inside me takes over and im back on the old track.
im a big planner but i am not a very good planner.
so this time i have decided to go away without any resolutions and be kinda freelancer. no rules and nothing. everyday being a fresh start without a hint of care or worry for what happened earlier.