I was ruthlessly dependent on internet for getting to know everything that I know about music today. The initial few years were all about downloading. It still is, but it’s a lot less now as many of the upcoming releases come straight into my inbox, thanks to this zine I started. Once the download hit hundred percent I used to spend hours on end listening to the downloaded music and understanding as to what is it that makes someone a die-hard fan of some form of music while the same stuff is despised by someone else. This was long ago. When all this was happening in my life, Indian metal was taking a definitive route towards getting noticed globally. If I only consider metal, then I was exposed to some of the finer albums and compilations that Indian bands have produced via Demonstealer Records. I bought them, and I bought them all. Unpacked and played the disc only to realize some enlightening differences between the two forms of the same songs I ‘owned’.
That was that. Then I fell for several sub-genres of music, and began an endless exploration towards fulfilling my quest to put my ear through everything that reeked of my kind of genres. And that’s how I could decide what form of music lies above or below another. I always believed that if bands can give us good music, we can give them money. I really believed that, which led me to start ordering compact discs, buying t-shirts, and other merchandise of my favorite bands. Every time an album left a permanent mark on my entire personality I told myself that one day I’m going to own that album. It always boiled down to having the money to buy them. Then of course like every one else I began working and the rest is history. Now was the time to keep the promises I made to myself.
Back in India I have this entire travel bag full of cds, a separate bag full of merchandise, bought over the years from various sources. Since I do not have a house of my own yet, I just cannot place them anywhere at my parents’s else my ass would be kicked and rightfully so. Right now I’m not in my country and so I do not have access to everything that I bought till date, but I promise to bring out all of that once I’m back. When I enter a music store (India or abroad) I wish to buy every-fucking-thing in there apart from the obvious but when it comes to spending the hard cash my penis slaps me hard to think before letting go of something that won’t come back once its gone. So there are many more bands and artists out there that I want to put my money into, and it couldn’t happen till now as I’m into a lot of other things (including gadgets which never come cheap). Soon baby, soon.
This series will showcase my music related hauls, and would directly imply that when I came across them I thought it was the right time to just pick them up. You might discover some artist/band that you always wanted to hear. Do not be surprised if you find something that you did not expect to be present here, because obviously if I chose to buy it, and put it up on the blog then it implies that I do not care what opinions are formed after that. All said, enjoy this yet another different section on Absurd History, and I’ll tell you some other time why I chose to call my zine by this name. Okay, my phone’s ringing right now, but I’ll kick-start the series soon!
