Whenever we come across the term "Rock Band" the first thing which strikes our mind is some crazy,wild foreign group,but Indian bands too haven't fallen far behind the race.
The evolution of Rock Band in India dates back to 1988 when the first ever band was formed by Dr. Palash Sen and his friends in Delhi and they named it "Euphoria".
Euphoria is considered as the soul of Indian Pop and Rock."Dhoom Pichak Dhoom" was their first solo track and the video of this song became the most popular video to be screened on TV that decade.Euphoria released their first album in 1999(Dhoom) and since then they have composed 8 albums.
Ahead of the success of Dhoom the band started working on their next album and released "Phir Dhoom" (2000) which was again a massive hit.In the year 2001 Euphoria got a chance to perform at united Nation General Assembly.
In the year 2003 "Gully" was released which is the most successful album of the band till date and the video of th title track of this album featured Vidya Balan in Debutante role.
In the year 2006 "Mehfuz" was released with four videos ‘Soneya’, ‘Mehfuz’, ‘Bewafaa’, and ‘Rab Jaane’.Mehfuz was the first album that the band recorded in their newly made studio “The Clinic”. The band’s current drummer, Ashwani Verma joined the band during this time.
The band completed 10 years in recording studio in 2008 and they released an album "Re Dhoom" which was a collection of 12 best songs of the band.
In the year 2011 band released their next album "ITEM" which was the best selling album to that year and it was also featured in the top 10 chart of VH1 in India's top 10 chart.To promote this album Euphoria took a 10 city tour in USA.
In 2010 they released an album "Follow your Dreams" in support of "I pledge to stop student suicides".The album was intended to motivate youngsters and bring out the importance of life.The album also featured Kaliash Kher and Shanker Ehsaan Loy.
In 2012 "Sharnaagat" was released which was the first spritual album to the band.It was released by Times music Spritual.
The band consists of lead vocalist-Palash Sen , bass player- Debajyoti Bhaduri, dholak and percussionist-Rakesh Bhardwaj, table and percussionist- Prashant Trivedi, drummer- Ashwani Verma, back-up vocalist- Vaishali Barua, back-up vocalist-Krutika Murlidharan, keyboard player-Vinayak Gupta, guitarist- Amborish Saikia, backup vocalist- Kamakshi Khanna- Back up and Kinshuk Sen- Back up Vocals.
