Thermal and a Quarter
Thermal and a Quarter | |
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| Also known as | TAAQ |
| Origin | Bangalore, Karnataka India |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
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| Website | https://www.thermalandaquarter.com/ |
Thermal and a Quarter (often abbreviated as TAAQ) are a rock band from Bangalore, India. Formed in 1996, they describe their music as "Bangalore rock" - rooted in a classic rock idiom while Indian in "subtle, inescapable ways". TAAQ had released seven studio albums by their 20th anniversary in 2016 with an eighth released in 2020.
The band is composed of three Malayalis (known colloquially as Mallus) and one member with 1/4th Malayali ancestry, hence the name Thermal (Three-Mallus) and a Quarter (Quarter Mallu)