“The Beatles disbanding was life’s biggest tragedy!”

The Beatles disbanding was the biggest tragedy but meant to be because so many geniuses couldn’t have gone on longer together. For me, it’s less about bands breaking up and more about a person leaving the band. Like when Deep Purple lost Ian Gillan, it broke my heart even though David Coverdale was a pretty cool vocalist. I was a devoted fan in my teens, so it shook my faith in the bands and I missed their music.

There are many bands who’ve broken up and come back. Like us! Earlier, we fought like school boys. The one mature decision we did take was that we decided to take a break when we were still friends in 1997.

What causes most bands to breakup? Ego problems, someone slept with someone else’s partner – exactly the same reasons why any relationship ends. We understood early on that the only way a band could survive was to leave our ego at the door.

When Mahesh Tinaikar (guitars), Zubin Balaporia (keyboards) and I got back together 13 years later, it was seamless. We’re wiser, more tolerant and spent enough time apart to digest things about each other.

Circumstances play a big role in a band’s longevity. It’s become complicated to stay together due to financial reasons. But due to it, there’s a lot of cross-pollination happening with artistes playing in multiple ensembles.

“BANDS BREAK UP DUE TO THE SAME REASONS AS RELATIONSHIPS DO: EGO” —UDAY BENEGAL

Uday Benegal is a 53-year-old musician, and the vocalist of rock band Indus Creed that formed in 1985 which then regrouped in 2010