Sunny days and happiness

are oh so hard to find

and everything we chase are shadows

slowly running out of time

Musical Influences: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon, Tesla, AC/DC, Jethro Tull, Poison, Alice Cooper, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Linkin Park, Eminem, Crazytown, 311, Alien Ant Farm, Disturbed, REM, Pet Shop Boys.

Sukanti Roy was the kind who would make his parents worry very often. A kid with die-hard King Baby Syndrome, he soon succumbed to isolation and was an inherent introvert. His parents realized that this was not the kind to be groomed at home, so off he was sent to the hills to a boarding school where confinement and discipline would (supposedly) make him the man that we now see in the Division.

His interest in music grew during his school years at Victoria Boys in Kurseong - one of North-East India's music hotspots . "There were a lot of students interested in music, and in the hills there's a lot of rock 'n' roll," says Sukanti. He subsequently went on to teach himself guitar, and developed a taste for hard rock and the then nascent British metal acts. Rainbow, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest were his early influences. At the same time he was also listening to other music and improving his guitar playing.

A few years later found Sukanti gigging around Calcutta with the Injuns - a cover act doing diverse music for clubs and fests. His passion for art was also surfacing and Sukanti worked hard at graphics, painting and comic book ideas. After some time with Injuns, Sukanti moved on to the Bangla band Cactus and was part of the original lineup. Soon, though, he was to take a complete break from music for a full five years.

Then, in July 2001, he met Rahul at founding bassist Shamik Chatterjee's house and the three decided to undertake the Cassini's Division project together. Sukanti says, 'I wasn't thinking of really building a band at that point, but I totally enjoyed the material Rahul was proposing. Today, the sound that we have in the Division is something I never imagined."

Sukanti opines that the way the two guitars work in the Division's music allows for textural playing. "Our band doesn't call for specific rhythm and lead roles most of the time, we play to the architecture of the song and create the ambience for it," he says.

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