bandaid is a good idea when the stress is killing while some corporates have formed groups within their organization to make short films others are doing gigs and even cutting albumsthis certainly isnt a case of all work and no play highly successful professionals in the city are now pursuing their hobbies more seriously than ever before be it forming music bands or theatre groups pursuing some form of performing arts has become a tool for destressing themselves while some of them have formed groups within their organization to make short films others have done gigs at pubs and even cut albumstake for example saikat banerjee along with his colleagues at hdfc bank and some likeminded friends saikat formed the rock band bandits in 2007 while saikat himself is on vocals and guitar tone is on lead guitar zab on vocals mayuk on bass and arijit on drums i was part of a music group named concorde during my jadavpur university days later i had joined a bengali rock group called oorja mayuk has played for rubber band in bangalore and apocalypse in mumbai tone who hails from manipur was part of a band named stepping stones that has regularly participated in the hornbill music fest in nagaland he was also the lead guitarist of krystalchords in bhubaneswar says saikat assistant vice president hdfc bank the desire to bond as bandits began when saikat was introduced to zab and tone through a common friend we quickly hit a common wavelength and started working on our own music mayuk bumped into our group while we were performing at a pub he quickly filled up the place of a permanent bassist in the group our group became a complete unit once arijit joined in as the drummer however the real livewire is tone with his effortless reproduction of extended lead guitar sessions in their compositions what started off as more of a way of relaxation after a strenuous day at work is now a serious passion weekends and holidays are now largely confined to our makeshift practice pad in spite of our hectic office schedules frequent official tours dealer presentations client visits it is our passion for producing good music that gives us the energy to move on together as a band saikat adds having done gigs at pubs and private gatherings bandits has also done a show at the city centre ii in rajarhat at the monthlong bangla rock fest while one of bandits original number line talks about the challenges facing the urban indian in the ratrace of life krishnachura is a nostalgic songif bandits is a showstealer kollage is an experiment in diversity formed by techies from tata consultancy services this band as biswabijoy sen associate consultant tcs kolkata says was formed in 2006 that was when we had to take part in an intra tcs band competition the stakes were high the winners were offered to do the opening act for euphoria back