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Compose...Oppose...Dispose(2004)
Right II Riot(2007)
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The winter of 2000 witnessed the emergence of one of the most extreme Indian Metal acts. PDV, the five man chaos-squad consists of Pradeep on vocals, Vispy "V.A.S.P." on guitars, Mithun "Pervert" on guitars, Rohit "P-man" on bass and Jai on drums.
Armed with competition victories and gigs all over the place, PDV has created quite a wave in the underground rock scene. With an electrifying stage act, PDV has gained a reputation of being one of the most explosive live acts. With competition successes behind them, which include, TEC 'Resonance-2001', Mumbai's R.A.I.T's Horizons-2001, where Pradeep won best vocalist. PDV has won the first ever Independence Rock competition at Rang Bhavan at I-Rock 16, 2001. PDV has also won IIT-Kanpur 2003, and been finalists at IIT-Mumbai Livewire 2001, winning best drummer. PDV released its much anticipated album Compose Oppose Dispose in July 2004 through ONLY MUCH LOUDER/SONY MUSIC.
PDV has also played at the 17th and 18th Independence Rock show on 15th August 2002 and 16th August 2003 at Rang Bhavan, Mumbai. PDV has been featured in the BBC London documentary on Indian Music entitled "Bombay Plush". Besides Mumbai, PDV has unleashed their fury in Bangalore at NLS Strawberry Fields 2001, Pune, and Hyderabad "Jammin - Rockfest 2002", and at Goa Engineering College, at the Turquoise Cottage Delhi, MCC Chennai and also IIT- Chennai. PDV has also played at numerous college festivals all over country. PDV has also played at the annual Great Indian Rock 2004 at the Pragati Maidan, Delhi and the Mumbai leg at the MMRDA grounds, with their track Gutterment making it to the GIR 8 compilation. Another highlight is their composition "Full Body Burn" being featured in the Throatlatch Studios Compilation Album - Deepthroat.
In 2007 ,PDV released their second effort "Right 2 Riot" through Counter Culture Records.
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