Spud in the Box is a six piece Alternative Pop-Rock band formed in March 2011 in Mumbai.
It involves the musical energies Zubin Bhathena on bass, Rohan Rajadhakshya on vocals and keyboards, Ankit Dayal on vocals and guitar, Joshua Singh on drums and Hartej Sawhney and Siddharth Talwar on guitars.
Concentrating on writing fresh original songs and creating a live show that exhilarates every single person in the audience is the general motto of the band. This has garnered them a large fan base over the last two years in Mumbai, along with many in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, and Pune as well. They have opened for some of the biggest acts in India like Indus Creed, Junkyard Groove and Raghu Dixit and have also opened for international artist, Norah Jones (at A Summer’s Day in Mumbai).
SitB has played at the Bacardi NH7 Weekender 2012 (Pune), the Revival of the Bandstand festival on two occasions, The M.A.D. Festival Ooty, the fifth edition of Live From The Console at Mehboob Studios, the Celebrate Bandra Festival, Hard Rock Cafe Mumbai, Hard Rock Cafe Delhi, Hard Rock Cafe Hyderabad, Hard Rock Cafe Pune, Cocoparra (Pune), The High Spirits Pune, Counter Culture (Bangalore), Opus (Bangalore), Sitara Studios (for Control Alt Delete 3) and several times at Blue Frog (Mumbai).
The band released its debut EP, titled ‘Attention Please’ in January 2013, which has received very positive reviews from around the country.