Claver Menezes
- Music Department
- Composer
Claver formed his own rock band 'Rust Angels' in 1991 practicing and playing cover versions of Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Metallica, Megadeth, Wasp, Anthrax and many more. Claver and his band performed at rock shows across colleges and also entered the finals of Live Wire (IIT, Mood Indigo) the next year. The band gained in popularity and attained prominence among the young college-going crowd. Claver's distinct style of guitaring with fantastic speed on the fretboard was noticed and applauded, soon to be recognized as one of the best guitarists in Mumbai. Joe Satriani's style of music has been the most significant influences in his playing, and he paid a solo tribute to his idol through a performance in Mumbai featuring the top Joe Satriani songs in 1998.
Claver started a recording label called Hangar Records, and brought together the top guitarists of the country in 2001 for an instrumental album, 'The Unborn Recital (FOK II)' and a video featuring all the guitarists were also produced and released. The participating guitarists in the album were Li'l Finger, Ravi Iyer, Sarosh Izedyar, Paresh Kamat, Dhruv Ghanekar, Warren Mendonca, Suri Sequiera, Chandresh Kudwa, Edwin Fernandes, Sushil, and Randolph Correia.
The very same year Hangar Records recorded and released another album, a non-instrumental this time, called 'Screwed' which other than his own band Rust Angels featured other rock bands Zero, Sceptre, Thor, Fate, Psychomotor, Kinky Ski Munky, AFS, Freedom, and Morticide. The reason why Hangar Records came into being in Claver's words was to keep rock music alive. He has also given music for the movie 'Sacred Evil' produced by Percept.
Biography - 1986 - Picks up the guitar at age 12 1990 - Steps onto the stage for the first time playing popular music 1991 - Forms his own rock band Rust Angels 1992 - Performs with Rust Angels at Live Wire (IIT, Mood Indigo) and enters the finals 1993-96 - Rust Angels attains popularity across Mumbai and neighboring cities 1997 - Claver gains recognition in the league of the best guitarists in Mumbai 1998 - Performs a tribute to his idol Joe Satriani with an electrifying performance featuring the best Satriani solos at Razzberry Rhinocerous, Mumbai 2000 - Forms Hangar Records to support rock music and musicians 2001 - Hangar Records releases the guitar instrumental album The Unborn Recital (FOK II) by getting together the top guitarists from the country 2002 - Hangar Records releases a non-instrumental rock album featuring the top rock bands of the country 2004 - Disbands Rust Angels to concentrate on Guitar solo instrumentals 2004 - Sets up his own studio to compose music full time for himself and the fraternity 2005 - Scores music for the movie 'Sacred Evil' produced by Percept Picture Company 2008 - Formed Zedde, played various shows 2018 - Released his solo album Crooked Ways I & II instrumental albums (bootleg) 2019 - Released 'Diverse Delusions' it is the 1st Indian rock album with 19 songs featuring various singers from all over the country
Some of the talented artists in the album are Sherrin Varghese, Suzanne D'Mello, Uday Iyer, Sidd Coutto, Gary Lawyer, Temeer Chimulkar, Sujit Kumar, Ashwini Torvi, SiDD, Shawn Pereira, Nitish Roque Pires, Christina Andrew, Sukhbir Kalsi, Neha Gandhi, Riyaz Qadir, and more...
Claver started a recording label called Hangar Records, and brought together the top guitarists of the country in 2001 for an instrumental album, 'The Unborn Recital (FOK II)' and a video featuring all the guitarists were also produced and released. The participating guitarists in the album were Li'l Finger, Ravi Iyer, Sarosh Izedyar, Paresh Kamat, Dhruv Ghanekar, Warren Mendonca, Suri Sequiera, Chandresh Kudwa, Edwin Fernandes, Sushil, and Randolph Correia.
The very same year Hangar Records recorded and released another album, a non-instrumental this time, called 'Screwed' which other than his own band Rust Angels featured other rock bands Zero, Sceptre, Thor, Fate, Psychomotor, Kinky Ski Munky, AFS, Freedom, and Morticide. The reason why Hangar Records came into being in Claver's words was to keep rock music alive. He has also given music for the movie 'Sacred Evil' produced by Percept.
Biography - 1986 - Picks up the guitar at age 12 1990 - Steps onto the stage for the first time playing popular music 1991 - Forms his own rock band Rust Angels 1992 - Performs with Rust Angels at Live Wire (IIT, Mood Indigo) and enters the finals 1993-96 - Rust Angels attains popularity across Mumbai and neighboring cities 1997 - Claver gains recognition in the league of the best guitarists in Mumbai 1998 - Performs a tribute to his idol Joe Satriani with an electrifying performance featuring the best Satriani solos at Razzberry Rhinocerous, Mumbai 2000 - Forms Hangar Records to support rock music and musicians 2001 - Hangar Records releases the guitar instrumental album The Unborn Recital (FOK II) by getting together the top guitarists from the country 2002 - Hangar Records releases a non-instrumental rock album featuring the top rock bands of the country 2004 - Disbands Rust Angels to concentrate on Guitar solo instrumentals 2004 - Sets up his own studio to compose music full time for himself and the fraternity 2005 - Scores music for the movie 'Sacred Evil' produced by Percept Picture Company 2008 - Formed Zedde, played various shows 2018 - Released his solo album Crooked Ways I & II instrumental albums (bootleg) 2019 - Released 'Diverse Delusions' it is the 1st Indian rock album with 19 songs featuring various singers from all over the country
Some of the talented artists in the album are Sherrin Varghese, Suzanne D'Mello, Uday Iyer, Sidd Coutto, Gary Lawyer, Temeer Chimulkar, Sujit Kumar, Ashwini Torvi, SiDD, Shawn Pereira, Nitish Roque Pires, Christina Andrew, Sukhbir Kalsi, Neha Gandhi, Riyaz Qadir, and more...