The Economic Times

Mahesh Tinaikar's ex-Mumbai commissioner father wanted him to study. But at 18 he picked up a guitar and changed Indian rock music

Mahesh Tinaikar, lead guitarist of pioneering Indian rock band Indus Creed, died aged 63 after a cardiac arrest. The son of former Bombay municipal commissioner S S Tinaikar, he discovered rock music as a child and picked up a guitar at 18. He co-founded Rock Machine in the 1980s, later known as Indus Creed. The band helped shape Indias rock scene, earning accolades and reuniting in 2010 after disbanding in 1997.