Rahul Ram
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Rahul Ram plays the bass guitar
for Indian Ocean
. He joined as a part of the band in 1991. He had been playing bass guitar since junior school in the seventies.
He is a Civil Engineer from IIT Kanpur. Also he did his PhD from Cornell in Environmental Engineering.
His vocals have a power and edge that emphasizes the folk roots of the band. Rahul also does most of the talking at live shows.
He music influences come from his experience in real life. He was an activist with the Narmada Bachao Andolan
(1990-1995) and he did his PhD in Environmental toxicology
from Cornell University
(New York) (1986-90). In recent year, Rahul Ram went to America to learn to play the alto-sax, which he intends to bring to the bands music.
Inside his group, he is known as Logic Baba because of his rationality.
He has composed music, done playback singing and acted in Bollywood
. Rahul, along with Indian Ocean member Asheem, have sung 'Yaara Maula' in a Anurag's Kashayap 'Gulaal' , a Hindi movie based on politics.
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
for Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean (band)
Indian Ocean are an Indian rock band formed in New Delhi in 1990. They are considered to be the pioneers of fusion rock genre in India. Susmit Sen, Asheem Chakravarty, Rahul Ram and Amit Kilam formed the most stable and successful line-up in the band's timeline. This line-up lasted till Asheem's...
. He joined as a part of the band in 1991. He had been playing bass guitar since junior school in the seventies.
He is a Civil Engineer from IIT Kanpur. Also he did his PhD from Cornell in Environmental Engineering.
His vocals have a power and edge that emphasizes the folk roots of the band. Rahul also does most of the talking at live shows.
He music influences come from his experience in real life. He was an activist with the Narmada Bachao Andolan
Narmada River
The Narmada , also called Rewa is a river in central India and the fifth largest river in the Indian subcontinent. It is the third largest river that completely flows within India after Ganges and Godavari...
(1990-1995) and he did his PhD in Environmental toxicology
Environmental toxicology
Environmental toxicology, also known as entox, is a multidisciplinary field of science concerned with the study of the harmful effects of various chemical, biological and physical agents on individual living organisms...
from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
(New York) (1986-90). In recent year, Rahul Ram went to America to learn to play the alto-sax, which he intends to bring to the bands music.
Inside his group, he is known as Logic Baba because of his rationality.
He has composed music, done playback singing and acted in Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
. Rahul, along with Indian Ocean member Asheem, have sung 'Yaara Maula' in a Anurag's Kashayap 'Gulaal' , a Hindi movie based on politics.