Profile

Spud in the Box is a six piece Alternative Rock band formed in March 2011 in Mumbai. It involves the musical energies Zubin Bhathena on bass, Rohan Rajadhakshya on vocals and keyboards, Ankit Dayal on vocals and guitar, Joshua Singh on drums and Hartej Sawhney and Siddharth Talwar on guitars. 

Concentrating on writing fresh original songs and creating a live show that exhilarates every single person in the audience is the general motto of the band. This has garnered them a large fan base over the last 2 years in Mumbai, along with many in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, and Pune as well. 

They have opened for and played alongside some of the biggest acts in India like Indus Creed, Junkyard Groove and Raghu Dixit and have also opened for international artist, Norah Jones (at A Summer's Day in Mumbai).

Spud In The Box has played at the Bacardi NH7 Weekender 2012 (Pune), the Revival of the Bandstand festival on two occasions, The M.A.D. Festival Ooty, the fifth edition of Live From The Console at Mehboob Studios, the Celebrate Bandra Festival, Hard Rock Cafe Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, High Spirits Pune, Counter Culture (Bangalore), Opus (Bangalore), Sitara Studios (for Control Alt Delete 3) and several times at Blue Frog (Mumbai). 

The band released its debut EP, titled 'Attention Please' in January 2013, which has received a majority of positive reviews from around the country.

Recently, Spud In The Box was awarded "Best Rock Band - People's Choice" at the Radio City Freedom Awards(nominees included Indus Creed, Agnee, Thermal and a Quarter, Parikrama and more) and "Best Produced Band" at the Indian Recording Association awards.