Sherry

Bass

Full name: Shaheryar Ghayas

Profile: Autopsy Gothic, kNumB & Surge, plus sessions here and there.

Inspirations: Pantera, Sepultura, Korn, Rage Against the Machine, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Guns N' Roses, Tool, Incubus etcetera

Other Talents: Harmonies/Backing vocals.

My cousin Faraz first introduced me to Guns N' Roses when I was 15. That was the beginning. I got my hands on all the music I could get (there was no internet that time, and a very limited number of bands available at the stores). The experience that really enticed me to pick up the guitar was watching a live jam session. I borrowed a friend's guitar, which I learnt on. Practiced along with tapes, and that's what got me started.

As I started off listening to Guns N' Roses, Slash was my first guitar hero! I dug out everything about him that I could (e.g. his real name's Saul Hudson)! However, as I discovered more bands, I found a wide array of amazing musicians, without comparison. If you push me on contradicting myself here, I think it will be Dimebag Darrell. He was a musician and a half; sadly no longer among us.

The bass is often considered either non-existent or a supporting role in a band - I feel it is always underrated. To be a good and leading bass player, you can't just play note by note, you have to play freely and flirtatiously. If you don't let yourself go and aren't willing to flirt with several out notes at the same time, you're just an ordinary bass player. There's TOO much to be learnt on bass. There are so many things I've just discovered, and I feel like I'm starting to learn an instrument, all over again.

I feel my presence in "Surge" solely indebted to the mutual love for music that each member of the band has. Each individual shares the same passion for creation of original sounds which intensifies the chemistry within the band. The music exudes social-consciousness, igniting not only anthems within us, but also without, in others. If it makes you feel the same way listening to our music as we do while we make it, we have proved our point; we've made that difference.