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Sidd Coutto can either be referred to as the drummer of Zero/3 Guys & A Girl/Ankur & The Ghalat Family/Blackstartblues, or frontman of Tough On Tobacco but it’s best to refer to him as “that-guy-who’s-part-of-every-other-band.” One of those other bands is Coutto’s latest project, christened Punk Ass Orifus. It’s a project that sees Coutto fish out some old songs and write some new ones, arranged around a semi-punk structure. Supporting Coutto in this musical jaunt are old time friends and bandmates – Gaurav Gupta on guitars (of Ankur & The Ghalat Family) Johan Pais (of Helga’s Fun Castle) and Zorran Mendonsa on drums.
At the Lower Parel gig tonight, besides scenesters and expensive beer, you can also expect the band’s performance to include a collaboration with Ken Stringfellow. Known best for his work with REM (our obit here), Stringfellow will join the Dadar boys on stage where they will hopefully create some new (not unexpected) impromptu material that is the signature of any typical ToT gig, along with some more hooks to take home.
Also, the gig may shed light on why it’s taking so long from the promised ToT sophomore release, Big Big Joke.
Check out artwork for the band below.
Punk Ass Orifus - Design by Siddharth Chavan
Of the new act, Coutto says
It’s a brand new band, it’s a brand new act, and it’s a brand new sound. We’re doing things differently, like we’ve not done before in all these years. So come and watch it, it’s happy entertainment, more or less and there’s Zorran on drums as well. These are songs I just wrote, because I was just pissed off. I’ve never been a fan of genres and I don’t bother too much about them. Come, have fun. It’s as simple as that.
Over the span of 2011, we saw Coutto release his debut solo effort, Sunny Side Up (download here), Tough On Tobacco breaking out of their hiatus towards the end of the year (and playing an excellent set on day two of the Bacardi NH7 Weekender), play more gigs with Blackstratblues, Alien Chutney, 3 Guys And A Girl, and made his debut as a Bollywood playback singer for the film Ra.One (deets here). He also went missing in November.
Stream some of their music here.
Check out the track ‘The World Will Carry On’ below.
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