Overdose (Interview)

Band name: Overdose

Band members and their positions:

Sherry Khattak (Vocals & Guitars) ,Sarim Shafi (Guitars) ,Omair Farooq (Bass) , Bilawal Lahooti (Drums)

One quote on you all are inspired by?

“Giving up is not the key”

Tell us a bit about yourself?

Were just like any other band struggling through thick and thin to survive and cop up with the current music scenario from which our industry is undergoing

Inspirations?

We are heavily inspired by the current western rock music Alterbridge is a big inspiration for all of us

What are your hopes for the near future?

We have rigged up our own audio production studio by the name “NEON” So in the near future you would hear a lot from us InshAllah

If you guys were to describe yourself in simple word choice.. what would you say?

Overdose I guess

Who are your idols and why?

Idolizing is more of somewhat looking up to ,But from our perspective idolizing someone indirectly affects your music so we try our best not to idolize someone so much that his or her personality reflects in our music but I must say collectively we all love Noori as they proved to be really flourishing as compared to other rock bands. 

Do you guys have any other hobbies besides, obviously, making music?

Some of us go to gym but I guess that does not count as a hobby does it ?

What's your most embarrassing experience?

Well there was this show by ARY called “Manwa Re” We opened for Noori ,But apparently the weather was very humid that day and the stage floor was made of God knows what material it was but it was shiny and really slippery so we started off and I (Sherry Khattak) have the habit of sometimes losing it on the stage so we started of our original “Maro Na” and I started to get into flow but things went terribly wrong and I slipped badly resulting in breaking the microphone ,luckily I just got some bruises but that moment was the most embarrassing moment for us

Which famous musicians do you admire? Why?

If we talk internationally then Alterbridge ,Creed , Nickelback ,Porcupine Tree ,Maroon 5 and the list would go on forever

How do you handle mistakes during a performance?

We jam a lot almost 4 days a week so we pretty much handle worst situations possible during live performances and we have couple of times

How often and for how long do you guys practice/jam?

4 days a week  6 hours straight

How long have you all known each other? How did you meet?

Its been an year now and all of us met each other differently Bilawal and Omair are old friends while me and Sarim joined in an year back

Where have you performed? What are your favorite and least favorite venues? Do you have any upcoming shows?

We have performed a lot during this year and there is no specific venue that we personally hate and yes we have couple of shows lined up this month

Which songs do you perform most frequently? Do you ever play any covers? Do you have a set play list?

The most played song would be “Bolo bolo” and yah we do covers and sometimes we throw in some of our originals while judging the crowd our main playlist include these songs :

Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved

Ep- Hamesha

Noori – Bol

Coldplay – Fix You

Sajad Ali – Bolo Bolo

Call – Pukaar

AR Rehman – Dil Se

Lifehouse – You and Me

Noori – Nishaan

Noori – Manwa Re

Guns N Roses – Sweet Child 

Who writes your songs? What are the main themes or topics for most of your songs? Do you think these topics will change over time?

I (Sherry Khattak) write the songs and I believe whatever a person goes through time to time reflects in his writing so currently our writing and songs revolve around “Hope”

 How has your music evolved since you first began playing music together?

Music evolves and this process never get’s old it’s a learning phase that last’s almost forever

What advice do you have for people who want to form their own bands?

I would share the same point of view that we believe helps a lot and that is “You are responsible for your own good and bad so pick a rightful path and never stop”

Any last words?

May our music industry prosper

Thoughts on lespectra.

Thumbs up !