Hindu Kush

(I-Newswire) - Los Angeles, Calif. February 6 – It was a big day for Hindu Kush, a new Psychedelic Dance Rock band from Ojai, CA. First, their song “Day Fire” was selected to be featured in the upcoming Warner Bros film, “Lost Boys 2: The Tribe.” Then that night, the band rocked a packed live audience at B.B. King’s Blues Club in Universal City to win first place and $2,500 in the finals of the Battle of the Bands. This competition, run by Big-D Promotions, had been going on for six months, involving over 70 bands.

The band’s four members: Elijah Behar on guitar and vocals, Nathaniel Hartnett on bass, Logan Hugueny Clark on drums and Pablo Esquer on violin has been playing together for less than a year. They have 25 original songs in their repertoire and have been recording demos, playing local clubs and private parties. Melanie Wicker, a music industry veteran has been helping to guide the band as they start to look for broader exposure in films and concert venues.

To clinch the prize, Hindu Kush played six original songs, opening with the instrumental “Cheyenne Woman,” followed by the hard rocking, “Coke Straw” which segued into the melodic rock of “Day Fire.” This was followed by the crowd pleasing “Love from Above,” the haunting “Tyger” and the psychedelically intoxicating “Orange Door Hinge.” Most of the songs can be heard at www.myspace.com/hindukushojai and purchased on Itunes.

The song “Day Fire” that was chosen for the Warner Bros upcoming film, “Lost Boys 2,” a sequel to the cult classic 1987 vampire movie was actually about the wildfire that nearly ravaged the town of Ojai in 2005. The sequel, directed by PJ Pesce ( Sniper 3, From Dusk Till Dawn 3 ) features the song in a critical scene when the hero ( played by Tad Hilgenbrink ) and heroine ( played by Autumn Reeser ) are seduced into the vampires clutches during a wild party at the head vampire’s ( played by Angus Southerland ) beach mansion.

Hindu Kush currently has over 10,600 friends and 71,000 plays on myspace and is accepting offers from representation and record labels.

Press Contact: Andrew Behar, hindukushmusic@sbcglobal.net
805.861.0888
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First, they found out that one of their original songs, "Day Fire," had been picked by the director of the "Lost Boys" sequel for the movie's soundtrack.

A few days later, they won the Battle of the Bands competition at B.B. King's Blues Club in Universal City.

No doubt about it, members of the Ojai-based psychedelic dance-rock band Hindu Kush are riding a tidal wave of good news. But the scheduling of any celebratory hometown concerts will have to wait because, well.

"Our drummer had to go back to school," said Elijah Behar, the group's vocalist and guitarist.

Behar, 18, bassist Nathaniel Hartnett, 20, and violinist — yes, you read that right — Pablo Esquer, 18, all live (and study) in Ventura County. But drummer Logan Hugueny-Clark, 21, a graduate of the former Happy Valley School in the Upper Ojai, now attends the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. He returned to California just long enough to participate in the Battle of the Bands, which started with more than 70 groups about six months ago. Ten bands made it to the Feb. 4 finals.

Actually, it was Feb. 5 by the time Hindu Kush got onstage, Behar said. "We were supposed to go on at midnight, but there were so many bands and set changes that we didn't play until 2 in the morning."

About four dozen Hindu Kush fans made the late-night trek to Universal City on a bus rented for the occasion.

Supporters in the audience included Behar's brother Albert, 16, a fellow musician who last year organized an Ojai Music Festival concert for 100 metronomes.

For its own concert, Hindu Kush — which shares its name with a mountain range in Afghanistan — played "Orange Door Hinge" and five other songs to take the $2,500 prize. Also on the set list was "Day Fire," inspired by the 2006 wildfire of the same name.

After hearing the band play the song during an early round in the competition, director P.J. Pesce decided to include it on the soundtrack for "Lost Boys 2: The Tribe," set for release this summer.

It's one of several songs that you can hear now at the band's My Space page, http://www.myspace.com/hindukushojai. - Ventura County Star