Though the hammerhead takes its name from its ‘hammer' shaped head, I like to think of the hammerhead as a precision instrument of nature. A perfect ‘living' machine with a tuning of senses as sharp as the finest guitar note. A creature that has a defined rhythm and beat to its life. The hammer behind the soft gloves of a boxer. A hammer for the nails on your coffin. You know you're slugged when the hammerhead hits you! Hammerhead comprises – Bosco (drums), Edwin (bass), Edward (guitars) and Rahul (vocals) - four musicians, striving to make a difference, to bring new sounds with rock-funk-beat into the wide and deep ocean of music. One of Hammerhead's strongest features is its rock steady base held by drummer Bosco and bassist Edwin. The icing of notes, sprinkled on top comes from Edward's lead guitar and Rahul's rap and funk singing. Originally all part of different bands Bosco ( Napoleon's Rocking Chair, Earth Stage, Mavericks, Satan's Breakfast ), Edwin ( Satan's Breakfast, N R C .), Edward ( Soggy Biscuit, Blue Baby ) and Rahul ( Fetish Komb, Soggy Biscuit ) gel together in Hammerhead with a promise for a brand new species of music. As a nineteen foot long fish don't expect the Hammerhead to go for the usual prey like Summer of 69 and Roadhouse Blues . No offense, but you can't expect the Hammerhead to feed on seaweed, can you? You must also know from the shape of its head that the Hammerhead is on a different trophic level altogether. Hammerhead thrives on Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Ozzy Osbourne, Tower of Power and the like. As a highly adaptable species, with a strong evolutionary history, Hammerhead will hopefully take to new bait and prey on original compositions also. The more Hammerhead eats, the bigger and stronger it grows. Hammerhead would therefore like to thank band manager Ethel Da Costa for two big meals to be provided by her at Panjim and Margao. Be there to watch the Hammerhead feast!
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Consider the Hammerhead Shark gliding ominously through the dark-blue ocean waters, its eyes placed far apart on a wide head for a wide range of vision, the ampullae of Lorenzini tuned in to detect very weak electrical fields - equivalent to an AA battery with terminals almost a mile apart – for an ability to detect prey buried in the ocean out of sight, a nose that has the ability to detect chemicals like blood in solution at concentrations as low as one part per million.
A Hammerhead swings its head from side to side like a metal detector to sample the water with its nose and will also swim in a zigzag pattern for miles tracking the scent of wounded prey, much in the same way a dog tracks a wild animal.
Though the hammerhead takes its name from its ‘hammer' shaped head, I like to think of the hammerhead as a precision instrument of nature. A perfect ‘living' machine with a tuning of senses as sharp as the finest guitar note. A creature that has a defined rhythm and beat to its life. The hammer behind the soft gloves of a boxer. A hammer for the nails on your coffin. You know you're slugged when the hammerhead hits you! (More)
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