All the Fat Children
All The Fat Children | |
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| Origin | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Genres | Hard rock, Alternative rock |
| Years active | 2008 – present |
| Labels | Unsigned |
| Members | Eben Johnson Vickram Kiran Sachin Savio Dane |
| Past members | Samuel Santosh Wesley |
All The Fat Children (ATFC) is a Bengaluru-based alternative rock[1] band that was formed in June 2008.
Career
[edit]ATFC has its roots as a college band from Christ University.[2] The three members met up at university while studying and decided to form the band. The name origin came from Eben Johnson, who said "When we started off, sometime in 2008, we all were chubby kids. Most of our material came from the fact that we were overweight."[3][4][5][6][7] The band had performed in Bangalore with Motherjane and Pentagram.[8] They have performed more than 200 shows so far with 30 original compositions to their credit.[7]
ATFC released their first single called "I Can Fly", which was also released as a video produced by Qyuki, an initiative by A.R. Rehman and Shekhar Kapur.[9]
A second single "Somebody Else" was released in 2015, also released as a self-produced video. The video also received air time on TV channels such as VH1 and Pepsi MTV Indies. The video was shot in a warehouse, which was painted and the process took less than twenty four hours.[10] "Somebody Else" was selected by Rolling Stone India as one of its 10 Best Indian Singles of 2015.[11] Sennheiser listed ATFC in the top twenty bands in India for 2016 and 2017.[12]
The band does not believe in producing an album as yet, preferring to produce singles and videos to accompany them. "We realised one thing over the years. People expect us to have an album around. We don’t have one. We have never supported the idea of an album. I have personally bought only two albums in my life. I never saw the point in it. The idea of a single was good. Now we are thinking of doing an EP just for the people who know our songs, want to listen to them together and hear a lot more of us". says Eben, the vocalist and guitarist.[10][13] The band is known for their live act including instances of Eben wearing a nightgown with lipstick and a bindi.[14]
The band completed a decade of performance in 2018.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Belting out some original tracks". Deccan Herald. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Prabhan, Pooja. "Making music on the rocks". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Eben Johnson: The name 'all the fat children' was our way of fighting our body image issues | Hyderabad News – Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "It ain't over till All The Fat Children sing". Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Fat Children play fat rock". Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Portly tunes". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Getting Big on all the fat children". Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Fat chance". Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "I Can Fly". Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ a b "keeping it simple and real". Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "10 Best Indian Singles of 2015". Rolling Stone India. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ B, Keerthana. "Making merry, making music in Hyderabad". Telanga Today. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Getting fat on hard rock". Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "When All The Fat Children made Hyderabadis shut up and dance". Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ Rodricks, Allan Moses (1 February 2018). "Gig guide: Heavy on the alternative". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 March 2021.