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Amit Saigal (6 July 1965 – 5 January 2012) was an Indian rock musician, promoter of rock music, publisher and impresario. Saigal founded the music magazine Rock Street Journal and promoted rock music in India.
Jan 5, 2012 · Amit Saigal,the man credited with bringing Indian underground music to the fore in the early 1990s and founding one of the most popular Indian music magazines (Rock Street Journal),passed away in Goa on Thursday afternoon.
Amit Saigal was part of the band, Impact, playing classical rock music. In 1993, he and his then-wife Shena Gamat founded India’s first music magazine, Rock Street Journal (RSJ). Initially, most of the articles were written by Amit Saigal and gradually a team was formed.
Amit Saigal, founder and editor of music magazine Rock Street Journal (RSJ), died in Goa on Thursday. The 46-year-old, fondly known as Papa Rock, drowned while swimming off Bogmalo beach in Goa.
Jan 7, 2012 · Amit Saigal, is known today as the man who fronted the seeding, budding, growth and development of the Indian Independent Music scene in India.
Jan 6, 2012 · The granddaddy of rock music journalism, 46-year-old Amit Saigal passed away in Goa on Thursday afternoon. Saigal and his friends had gone for a swim after anchoring his sailboat off Bogmalo beach in Goa. By the time a lifeguard could reach the drowning Saigal, he had already breathed his last. What led to the drowning is not known yet.
Jan 15, 2012 · On January 5th 2012, Amit Saigal passed away in Goa. He was swimming in the sea one minute; the next he was dead. His premature death (he was in his mid forties) came as a shock to the music community. Fondly referred to as Papa Rock, Amit was widely regarded as the grandfather of Indian independent music. He was the founder-editor of India's ...
Jan 13, 2012 · Rock music in India lost its stalwart and reigning patriarch, Amit Saigal, 46, on January 5 in an accident in Goa. In a land where the only kinds of stars are actors and cricketers, Saigal was perhaps India’s first certified rock star.
Jan 5, 2012 · Amit Saigal, founder and editor of the music magazine Rock Street Journal has passed away.
On what would be Amit Saigal's 51st birthday today, ex- Creative Head and Executive Editor , Rock Street Journal and the creator of it's now legendary logo, Reuben Bhattacharya reminisces about his time with Amit and his history with the magazine, in this heartfelt pen-down.
