their website declares that sonic flare isnt just another metal band its simply because people contacted us to perform at weddings and belt out bollywood tunes and trash metal we just wanted to weed out the others from the potential customers says vinay the drummer and spokesperson of the band they meet up to jam only once or twice a month that too if time permits the band looks at music as an extended hobby when asked why they wouldnt want to be a fulltime rock band vinay says there is limited scope in india for original rock music to a large extent its hard to figure out what the audience wants its taken the established bands about 1015 years to get to where they are and its been an absolute struggle it is not uncommon to hear that art comes with penury and vinay agrees i lead an extravagant lifestyle and i dont think a career in music will be able to support it ajit the bassist very practically adds were very passionate about it but we dont intend to be a fulltime band theres no possibility of making it big but priyanka the vocalist is of a different opinion we dont want money to be a factor affecting our decisions the freedom to do our own thing is more important she says though this sixmember band has a varied taste in music they dont seem to have any clashes when it comes to composing weve never composed songs together we never work together we just jam together says ajit giving an example nikhil another vocalist says after the mumbai terrorist attacks vinay composed a song within an hour and mailed it to all the band members with the music he further adds our tastes dont overlap but its good because weve been able to do such varied music that we dont want to fit into a particular bracket sonic flare believes that bangalore is a good place to showcase musical talent though they cant seem to agree on whether the headbangers have grown or shrunk in number one thing theyre sure of is that the audience in bangalore has learnt to appreciate original music today theres a huge change from the time when people were only interested in covers says vinay theyre looking for variety and theres much to offer adds priyanka ask her how it feels to be the only lass among the men and she adds with a laugh its quite cool i get pampered nikhil then interjects and says shes a spoilt brat vinay also joins in saying shes not a lady lady shes pretty cool it looks like this friendship has kept them going contributed by adithi hulyalkar and isheeta naqvi