Acclaimed hard rockers Girish And The Chronicles have announced the upcoming release of a re-record of their debut album, "Back On Earth" on January 27, 2023. Pre-order/save "Back On Earth" HERE: orcd.co/backonearth Originally released in 2014, "Back On Earth" was the first album to introduce GATC to a larger global hard rock audience and kicked off their still ongoing rock n' roll journey. When asked why the band decided to re-record the album as opposed to simply remastering and reissuing it, frontman Girish Pradhan says, "We wanted the whole thing to have a fresh new start. Although we wanted to keep most of the vocal takes, we have been introducing a lot of musical changes to these songs in live performances. So we thought, “Why not do the same in the new recordings?" We always felt that we had technical challenges back in the day and couldn’t deliver the hard hitting sound that we had originally intended, so we introduced some new breakdowns, chord sequences, solos, and bass and drum parts to these songs that make them feel closer to where we are now. We didn’t want to mess around too much with the vocals though, which is why I only re-recorded the vocals for 'Angel' and 'Loaded'. As a whole, the whole thing sounds quite different from the 2014 version, but all in all, it stays true to the spirit of the songs, however, we feel that it is closer to the vision we had back in the day." Thinking back on the making of their debut album, Girish says, "each song has its own story. Most of them were singles, released during the 2009-2013 era of the band. We had a lot of struggles, but we were living our lives to the fullest. More than anything, we were a group of four guys, without a care in the world, who just wanted to get on stage and rock. 'Angel' was the first song ever released. I wrote that tune around 2008. It was actually supposed to be a solo song at that time, but by the time we all assembled, we officially called it the band’s first ever single. 'Golden Crown' might sound funny to a lot of our new listeners, but it was actually a song by two teenagers (me and my brother, Yogesh), meant as a jingle for a local football championship named the Gold Cup, organised by the Sikkim Football Association. I wrote 'Loaded'’s riff and some of its lyrics in 2010, when we were in the process of applying for our first passports. Two of our band members lacked some documents and were told to go back to Sikkim and reapply all over again. We were quite frustrated, thinking of the long journey and the amount of running around we had been doing, for something so simple, plus we were broke as hell. Anyway, the circumstances did help me write the song, and the lines : “There’s no point in complaining And shedding tears while it’s raining There is nothing to lose, ‘Cause I was the one to choose” I guess this will be very long to read if I start writing about each and every song, so we'll leave some of it to our fans to interpret!" Originally from Sikkim, but now based in the city of Bangalore/Bengaluru in Karnataka, India, GATC are known for their soaring, powerful vocals, biting guitars, thunderous bass, and pounding drums, staying true to the authentic ‘80s heavy metal/hard rock sound which they grew up with. In their 12 year existence, GATC have been credited by many fans for bringing the classic hard rock culture back to India and are an inspiration to many new and upcoming bands in the scene. The group has gained a cult following globally with '80's and '90s hair metal and hard rock aficionados in addition to being well known in the Indian rock scene for electrifying live shows and have toured across the nation and beyond. The group has supported bands ranging in variety from American alt rockers Hoobastank to Finnish rockers Poets of the Fall to German thrashers Destruction. The band has also performed at the Zurbaran Rock Burgos Fest in Spain, sharing the stage with German hard rock legends Bonfire. GATC has also performed at the UrRock Fest in Switzerland in 2021, sharing the stage with Nazareth, Orden Ogan, Firewind, and again in 2022 with headliners Skid Row, amongst others. Additionally, the band consistently has been part of various leading music festivals in India. Vocalist Girish Pradhan is also part of the international metal group, Firstborne, which is led by Chris Adler, James Lomenzo, and Hugh B. Myrone. He has also toured the UK, France, Spain, Portugal and other territories with his other side projects in the past. GATC has released three acclaimed albums, their debut “Back on Earth” (2014), “Rock The Highway” (2020), and their most recent release, and Frontiers Music Srl debut, "Hail To The Heroes" (2022). “Back On Earth” Tracklisting: 1. Ride To Hell 2. Loaded 3. Born With A Big Attitude 4. Shot By The Cupid, Touched By The Devil 5. Angel 6. I Wanna Get That Lovin’ Again 7. Hey You 8. Yesteryears 9. Smile Little Child 10. The Revolving Barrel 11. Golden Crown 12. End Of Civilization LINE-UP: Girish Pradhan - Vocals, Rhythm Guitars Yogesh Pradhan - Bass, Keyboards, Production Suraz Sun - Lead Guitars Nagen Nags - Drums Social Media: facebook.com/girishandthechronicles instagram.com/girishandthechronicles/ www.girishandthechronicles.co
Thanks everyone! You all Rock! It just feels great to see some of our earliest songs see the light of the day yet again, and even better, seeing the wonderful supportive comments from you all. Cheers 🍻.
So absolutely deserved. This is one of the best songs I've heard in weeks. That's against Vandenberg 2020 first listen yesterday, with Ronnie Romero....
I'm still looking for the original 2014 release of your debut album, any idea in how I can get a copy of it? Keep the good work guys, cheers from Argentina 🇦🇷!!
Just heard this song for the first time and wow you guys are absolutely amazing!!! Thank you for rocking out and keeping it real! Your voice is epic!!! Now I'm going to search for all your songs and binge listen all day! I'm excited 😊!!! Stay Safe, Stay Strong and Stay Blessed Always!!! 🧡🙃😎🇺🇲💯‼️
50 year old from the United States here. Modern popular music really sucks. This is fantastic hard rock music. A breath of fresh air indeed. These guys are the real deal. They're in my favorites playlist. Rock on, brothers!
I had the privilege of attending one of their concert around 10 years ago before they got into the international scene and I knew that they will really go far! Thank you frontiers music srl! And thank you Girish and the chronicles for the awesome music!
Girish And The Chronicles is the best band I've ever heard. Really good musicians. Girish Pradhan's voice is magical. I'am from Sweden and hope to see them live soon...
Asian rock and metal bands are fantastic, girash and the chronicles ,and about us , India is fast becoming the new place for hard rock and metal bands!
My favorite band for so long. They are a tight band and the songs are long enough and makes me feel thrilled and exited for the whole day. You can't get enough of their music. Keep it up guys and stand still.
Ok. I usually don't expect much when I see a Facebook ad for a band. But I have run into a few good ones here and there. But this....this is straight up bad ass rock n roll. Very little to be found with this kind of feel. Well done guys.
One of the best bands in the world right now. Their music is bone grinding power and fun. THIS IS TRUE ROCK AND METAL. Keep it up guys! And please come down to Australia. Love to see you live!
Damn man. Girish gets so much of the spotlight (for good reason), but in no way is there a weak link in this band. The guitarist is a monster and should be getting much more attention for his playing. Dude is a beast.
Acclaimed hard rockers Girish And The Chronicles have announced the upcoming release of a re-record of their debut album, "Back On Earth" on January 27, 2023. Pre-order/save "Back On Earth" HERE: orcd.co/backonearth Originally released in 2014, "Back On Earth" was the first album to introduce GATC to a larger global hard rock audience and kicked off their still ongoing rock n' roll journey.
When asked why the band decided to re-record the album as opposed to simply remastering and reissuing it, frontman Girish Pradhan says, "We wanted the whole thing to have a fresh new start. Although we wanted to keep most of the vocal takes, we have been introducing a lot of musical changes to these songs in live performances. So we thought, “Why not do the same in the new recordings?" We always felt that we had technical challenges back in the day and couldn’t deliver the hard hitting sound that we had originally intended, so we introduced some new breakdowns, chord sequences, solos, and bass and drum parts to these songs that make them feel closer to where we are now. We didn’t want to mess around too much with the vocals though, which is why I only re-recorded the vocals for 'Angel' and 'Loaded'. As a whole, the whole thing sounds quite different from the 2014 version, but all in all, it stays true to the spirit of the songs, however, we feel that it is closer to the vision we had back in the day."
Thinking back on the making of their debut album, Girish says, "each song has its own story. Most of them were singles, released during the 2009-2013 era of the band. We had a lot of struggles, but we were living our lives to the fullest. More than anything, we were a group of four guys, without a care in the world, who just wanted to get on stage and rock. 'Angel' was the first song ever released. I wrote that tune around 2008. It was actually supposed to be a solo song at that time, but by the time we all assembled, we officially called it the band’s first ever single. 'Golden Crown' might sound funny to a lot of our new listeners, but it was actually a song by two teenagers (me and my brother, Yogesh), meant as a jingle for a local football championship named the Gold Cup, organised by the Sikkim Football Association. I wrote 'Loaded'’s riff and some of its lyrics in 2010, when we were in the process of applying for our first passports. Two of our band members lacked some documents and were told to go back to Sikkim and reapply all over again. We were quite frustrated, thinking of the long journey and the amount of running around we had been doing, for something so simple, plus we were broke as hell. Anyway, the circumstances did help me write the song, and the lines :
“There’s no point in complaining
And shedding tears while it’s raining
There is nothing to lose,
‘Cause I was the one to choose”
I guess this will be very long to read if I start writing about each and every song, so we'll leave some of it to our fans to interpret!"
Originally from Sikkim, but now based in the city of Bangalore/Bengaluru in Karnataka, India, GATC are known for their soaring, powerful vocals, biting guitars, thunderous bass, and pounding drums, staying true to the authentic ‘80s heavy metal/hard rock sound which they grew up with. In their 12 year existence, GATC have been credited by many fans for bringing the classic hard rock culture back to India and are an inspiration to many new and upcoming bands in the scene. The group has gained a cult following globally with '80's and '90s hair metal and hard rock aficionados in addition to being well known in the Indian rock scene for electrifying live shows and have toured across the nation and beyond. The group has supported bands ranging in variety from American alt rockers Hoobastank to Finnish rockers Poets of the Fall to German thrashers Destruction. The band has also performed at the Zurbaran Rock Burgos Fest in Spain, sharing the stage with German hard rock legends Bonfire. GATC has also performed at the UrRock Fest in Switzerland in 2021, sharing the stage with Nazareth, Orden Ogan, Firewind, and again in 2022 with headliners Skid Row, amongst others. Additionally, the band consistently has been part of various leading music festivals in India. Vocalist Girish Pradhan is also part of the international metal group, Firstborne, which is led by Chris Adler, James Lomenzo, and Hugh B. Myrone. He has also toured the UK, France, Spain, Portugal and other territories with his other side projects in the past.
GATC has released three acclaimed albums, their debut “Back on Earth” (2014), “Rock The Highway” (2020), and their most recent release, and Frontiers Music Srl debut, "Hail To The Heroes" (2022).
“Back On Earth” Tracklisting:
1. Ride To Hell
2. Loaded
3. Born With A Big Attitude
4. Shot By The Cupid, Touched By The Devil
5. Angel
6. I Wanna Get That Lovin’ Again
7. Hey You
8. Yesteryears
9. Smile Little Child
10. The Revolving Barrel
11. Golden Crown
12. End Of Civilization
LINE-UP:
Girish Pradhan - Vocals, Rhythm Guitars
Yogesh Pradhan - Bass, Keyboards, Production
Suraz Sun - Lead Guitars
Nagen Nags - Drums
Social Media:
facebook.com/girishandthechronicles
instagram.com/girishandthechronicles/
www.girishandthechronicles.co
Thanks everyone! You all Rock! It just feels great to see some of our earliest songs see the light of the day yet again, and even better, seeing the wonderful supportive comments from you all. Cheers 🍻.
So absolutely deserved. This is one of the best songs I've heard in weeks. That's against Vandenberg 2020 first listen yesterday, with Ronnie Romero....
I'm still looking for the original 2014 release of your debut album, any idea in how I can get a copy of it? Keep the good work guys, cheers from Argentina 🇦🇷!!
You and the troopers are bringing in energy to world of rockers.
We Love You GATC Lot's and Lot's Of Love From Namchi❤️❤️💖💖💖💖💖🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Just heard this song for the first time and wow you guys are absolutely amazing!!! Thank you for rocking out and keeping it real! Your voice is epic!!! Now I'm going to search for all your songs and binge listen all day! I'm excited 😊!!!
Stay Safe, Stay Strong and Stay Blessed Always!!!
🧡🙃😎🇺🇲💯‼️
Meine Güte, ist das geil... die Musik, die Männer, die Stimme...
One of the Best Hard Rock band in the world now.🤘🔥🤘4 outstanding musicians
50 year old from the United States here. Modern popular music really sucks. This is fantastic hard rock music. A breath of fresh air indeed. These guys are the real deal. They're in my favorites playlist. Rock on, brothers!
I’m 103 years old and this is the best shit I have heard.
🤣🤣🤣
LMAO!! These auto generated comments are getting weird as each day pass.
@@girishpaul1 Agreed I literally laughed out loud reading that as I scrolled down 🤣
Happy to see more Metal and Rock bands from India. Girish and the Chronicles is truly seeing worth.
These guys freakin rock definitely my type of music damn good band
Гириш-луженая_глотка! Супервокалист! Все_парни-участники_группы-молодцы!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
For a moment I tought it was David Coverdale singing. This band has a lot of great energy!
Bro your music is international you are in the metal world
I had the privilege of attending one of their concert around 10 years ago before they got into the international scene and I knew that they will really go far! Thank you frontiers music srl! And thank you Girish and the chronicles for the awesome music!
These guys have set the bars up so high in India.
I think they've set the bar up high all around the world! One of the best out there right now.
You gents need to tour in the USA - I'd pay good money to see you all live. You guys rip riffs and melt faces!
Wow‼️🤟Hell Yeaaaa, you dudes KikAss bro‼️🤟
My new favorite band!!!
One of the best rock voices I've heard. Bringing back the 80s could be a good thing.
Lynch news brought me here. Holy crap how did I miss you guys! What a dose of 80's melodic hard rock, wooo.
Big fan here from America!
Hervorragende Musik, bildschöne Männer mit LANGEN Haaren!! Eine Ohren- und Augenweide!
awsome ! Powerfull band, keep & Rockin
Repeat mode on!!! Guitar parts are fire... One of my fav gatc track... I am loaded🤟
Nice!! Strongest male vocals I've heard in years. Rock on!
Girish And The Chronicles is the best band I've ever heard. Really good musicians. Girish Pradhan's voice is magical. I'am from Sweden and hope to see them live soon...
BRUTAL... GATC pure true metal... greetings from Venezuela
Best Rock Singer, best Hard Rock Band of Today!!!!
Great band! Great song! Superb vocal!
TRUE ROCKERS!!! The way ROCK is meant to be!!!
Charismatic Voice sent me, and I'm very glad she did. 🤘
Whenever I'm feeling a bit down, I crank this one. Love these guys!
Came recommended by Dino Jelusick. Definitely a new fan- love this!
So great!
Just discovered these guys ... jammin at 61 years old, baby! 👊🏼🤘🏻
Rock'n'Roll in progress❣️🔝
Asian rock and metal bands are fantastic, girash and the chronicles ,and about us , India is fast becoming the new place for hard rock and metal bands!
Love from nagaland 🤘
You guys need to come to America and Rock with us!!! Metal will never die!
I was born in 90's. But I (We) can back to 80's, while listen the grate songs of the band. Thanx GATC!!🇯🇵
Smokin’ 🤘🎤🎸🎹🎸🥁🎶🤘❤️
Just absolutely awesome as always. GATC are one hell of a Rock/Metal Band.
My favorite band for so long. They are a tight band and the songs are long enough and makes me feel thrilled and exited for the whole day. You can't get enough of their music. Keep it up guys and stand still.
come January 23..eagerly waiting for the re-release of Back on EARTH..
YOU guys are just mindblowing..
lucky to have watched you live thrice..
Only just found this band. What a set of pipes yon chap has! Time to listen to the catalogue!
This is the best Hardrockband on your Label. More of them please. This is GROOVE , thisis FEELING!
Christ all mighty these guys are SO GOOD!!!!!!!
Agree. ROCK ON!
my favorite voice 🤘🏽
Hey guys... you are without a doubt one of the best new breed metal bands on the planet and WE LOVE your music - keep on ROCKING! \m/
Thank you for the 80s hairmetal feel! Awesomeness @ it’s best. I’m digging this!!!
Great jam...Rockin groove feel!!
You are one of my preffered bands IT SMASHS ME UP Keep going on your road wish you all luck you need. Only the best.
Man everything sounds tight! Proud to see guys from the motherland killing it!
The one and only rock band in india i admire, proud of Athul and team of girish and choroclies.
Check out About Us! They are superb too.
What a killer voice and handsome man 😅❤❤❤❤🤘🤘🎤🔥🔥
I agree with that one as well.
What a voice!!! 🤘🏼
this is actually one of their older songs. there's a live perfomance of this on youtube. great to see this song finally made it here.
Ok. I usually don't expect much when I see a Facebook ad for a band. But I have run into a few good ones here and there.
But this....this is straight up bad ass rock n roll. Very little to be found with this kind of feel. Well done guys.
His voice is an explosion...
Wow! This has to be one of the hardest rock songs ever to come from India? 💯💥🤘
The Charismatic Voice led me here.
Awesome kick-ass rock n' roll! These guys always bring it with great music!
So much energy in this song !! Can’t stop listening !!
Bro you have a such a rock and roll vocal when I listen you I feel like a Eric martin..... keep rocking...GATC..
Gut das die erste noch mal veröffentlicht wurde! Danke dafür, habe die Scheibe schon überall gesucht.
Never heard of them before. All I can say is WOW! Great sound and great vocals!
Awesome!
Super!!!🤘🤘🤘
What I love about these guys is that its just unapologetic 80's metal with great riffs and solos, no try-hard-ing to be "current" or whatever.
Wow!What a great 🤘 Rock voice!Sound is excellent. 🤩🤩👍🎸🎤I love it!
Girish, I first heard him when he recorded "She's Gone", SteelHeart. Great singer.🤘
Great stuff!! Love the riff
Awesome madness happiness I feel...Bravo to come up to this level ...Cheers buds!!👍👍
I have their first album and I’m here to say it rocks hard! Great band for sure, fan for life!
What a GREAT voice
What a Kicking Ass Sound !! Reminds me the good all stuff from the 90's...
🤩 Grab a 🍺 Buddies !!! Cheers from 🇫🇷
Absolute underrated Band in Europe.🤘🤘🤘
One of the best bands in the world right now. Their music is bone grinding power and fun. THIS IS TRUE ROCK AND METAL. Keep it up guys! And please come down to Australia. Love to see you live!
Wow...This song made me clean my room faster.
Badlands vibe big time!!!!
Girish, Dino Jelusick and Ronnie Romero, best voices right now. I stiil love veterans such as Jeff Scott Soto, Jorn or Rusell Allen.
First time I've heard any of your tracks. Absolutely belting stuff and what a voice 🤘
..Wonderful team..powerful voice.. great energy , Goodluck bros! Wish you happy new year ...
Awesome just 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Alter, was da los? Genial!!! Laut, schnell und schmutzig 😎🤘😈🎸
That old & everlasting Recipe is available now only with these guyz GATC..🤘🤘❤️ Heavy as usual 🔥🔥🔥
You live the rock man. That's the way must be. ❤
Loaded in my two'wheeler and delivering to everyone while listening to this song 🤟🏿
Wow. Brilliant song, amazing vocals
Génial!! J adore 🤘🎸
Damn man. Girish gets so much of the spotlight (for good reason), but in no way is there a weak link in this band. The guitarist is a monster and should be getting much more attention for his playing. Dude is a beast.
Really loving the vibe of this song! Awesome work.
GATC...Alway and Always been my Personal Favourite 🤗🤗💪💪.
AWESOME FRICKIN SONG!! Everytime I see the name GATC I know that I'm going to hear some AMAZING KICK ASS ROCK AND ROLL!!!
ROCK ON BOYS!!
keep rocking....its fire😍cool music.
Finally this song is back!! It is one of my fav songs from the band!
These guys are total badass 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
Reminds me of Dino Julesik. Great vocals !!!!🔥🤘🔥
i was waiting for someone else to say it first.he sounds exactly like dino which is a great thing
Great Sound , amazing Trip back to the 80's.
Thank you very much Guys. 🤘
Some heads are gonna roll.
Keep rockin'. Kick arse RnR.
Damn…..just discovering these guys tonight. What a band! I’ll be buying to support. Please come play New York! 🤘
Such Rockin tunes you guys put out ,gives rock a swift kick in the ass on how Rockin should be done !