Keshav also took up a job with Furtados as their Brand manager for Zildjian, Evans and Pearl drums. In 2009, Samar and Sanam moved to Mumbai to pursue a music career. Thus ended their short stint of ‘The Previous Band’. Eventually 2 band members took off to M.I in LA for music education and another member went to SAE in Byron Bay. Venky used to travel to Chennai (where the band was based) write songs, rehearse and perform with them. Venky met Keshav (who was the drummer in bands like Nerverek)through the college rock circuit and they formed an alternative rock outfit called ‘The Previous Band’.

He sang a cappella in college and started performing swing/jazz and pop standards regularly at clubs. Venky meanwhile in Bangalore took up bass playing with various bands. Sanam Puri started winning awards for his singing and Samar Puri started writing songs.

Sanam & Samar moved to Delhi and got involved there in the college rock circuits. After completion of school, they all moved to India for college. In 2003, Venky and Samar were batchmates in Indian School, Muscat, both of them played guitar and planned to start a band so they got Samar's younger brother, Sanam Puri in the band to join as a singer. Musical career 2010: Formation and first years