History
Bombay Vikings was formed in 1994 in Stockholm, Sweden. The three experienced musicians met when Mats introduced Neeraj Shridhar to Oscar Soderberg. The band was born primarily due to a common interest of Indian melodies from sources such as Hindi films and classical music. Neeraj became the lead vocalist, he also played back-up guitar and composed songs ranging from pop rock, jazz, hip-hop, soul and reggae.
Mats played the saxophone, a jazz specialist, he used this knowledge while composing for the new band. Mats and Johan Folke, a keyboard specialist, used their years of exposure to the different genres of music to work "magic" on the synthesizer.
The band was soon joined by Morgan on the drums, Par on the bass and Staffan as the lead guitarist.
Bombay Vikings began performing live shows all over Sweden and Norway. When all the musicians got together and began jamming, they didn't know they would be coming out with a new form of music. But they were thirsty to do something creative for India.
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