In ever loving memory of our beloved John Punnen sir who guided us in every way possible, we love you sir. Prince, Gijo, Vinvy and Rohith finished their show with ‘Killing in the name’. Saintgits experienced a high like never before, the crowd was madly enjoying the show….Those four legends proved the strength of EV-11 once again….The show was etched in history. People never expected the rock band of Saintgits to be a constantly evolving pool of talents. Needless to say, they rocked Saintgits to the core and put up a hell of a show before signing off. The key of TAMA, the EV-11 ‘baton’ had been passed on to Rejo by the legends. In the year 2013, Saintgits bore witness to the rise of some of the best talents ever in EV11. The band started practice earlier in the semester retaining the drummer Legend Das (Robin M. Das), sweet vocalist Eapen (Rejo Eapen) in addition to some highly talented new faces in the EV-11 family…..Abino John the lead guitarist, Winny the rhythm guitarist and AJ (Akhil Ji) who joined the band as a guitarist but eventually became a vocalist. A few old pals of EV-11 also joined the band; Binoj on the keyboard, Justin on bass and Robin Joseph as a vocalist completed the band lineup. Struggles were aplenty initially because it was not the legendary EV-11…..but just a group of old school buddies, fighting and arguing with each other. A group not mighty enough to carry on the EV-11 legacy and the word of mouth was that “They won’t make it this time”. EV-11 was facing a threat of falling apart as we had no clue on what to perform for the D-day, ‘Nakshatra 2k13’. All doors seemed to be closed in front of us except one …which was the EV-11 Reboot, a true inspiration. We could say they were angels. They pumped up the energy levels beyond compare. The entire EV -11 family got together again in Saintgits to blow everyone’s mind off with hard core rock. We got a chance to meet the EV-11 ‘owners’……Mathew, Sibi, Christy, Bijoy, Aaron and Disney who started EV-11 ten years back……The legends we had only heard about….. They came, they rocked……and they showed us one thing…… one and only one thing….
‘Anything for EV-11’ It was enough to lift up our spirits. We were no longer just friends, we became family….we were not just any ordinary band……We are, ‘THE EV-11’. The songs were selected, late night practice sessions increased as days passed by…..every one played selflessly…..and together we played for EV-11 with only one thing in our mind ‘Anything for EV-11’. The D-day arrived, it was time to perform and we planned something to divert the attention of the Saintgits crowd. We made the right choice and that was MSF. The MSF (Mad Steps Factory) crew gave us an amazing introduction; they rocked the stage with their vibrant moves. Finally, the EV-11 entry….there were cheers everywhere… Along with the beats of the ‘Legend on the Drums’ Das, rhythm by the stone cold player Winny, the breath taking leads of Abino and bass from Justin; we unleashed our beasts Robin, Eapen and AJ….They turned the stage upside down…..We were totally mad when we got onto the stage and had 0% stage fear, as the overwhelming support from the crowd pulled us along. First up was ‘Holiday’ performed by Green Day (American Idiot), led by Robin Joseph and supported by Eapen and AJ. The next two songs, ‘Let the bodies hit the floor’ and ‘Sad but true’ by our promising vocalist AJ, helped to showcase the heavy metal face of EV-11. The Drummer boy, the most senior member in the band (4 years running), rocked the stage with a drums solo beyond compare. Later, we changed the style of songs by performing a soft rock called ‘Undignified’ by Chris Tomlin. Rejo Eapen with his amazing vocals delivered a magical performance. The last two songs were sung by Robin Joseph, where we tried something different by adding a Hindi song from the movie ‘Rock On’. The show winded up with a totally different Malayalam song composed by the famous indigenous band ‘Vidwan’. With the final song, EV-11 had done it again. We had rewritten history. Even our harshest critics gave us a standing ovation. Those who thought we wouldn’t make it this far just stayed there and clapped….We saw it written on those faces, we had delivered an hour of pure awesomeness.
NAKSHATRA 2K14 EV-11 SHOW Players: *****Unknown***** Play list: *****Unknown***** No one can predict the future……but we are not afraid to state the following…. EV-11 was here before any of us….It is here with us….and it will be here 4 EVER!!! So…This is EV-11 signing off until next time. -Gracious- EV-11 team P. S. I would like to say one last thing: all that you find in us is nothing but the blessings of our God. When I look back at my life in SAINTGITS, it’s something that cannot be put in words and Nakshatra 2k13 proved to be a milestone in our journey together. Rejo Eapen S8 CSE
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