Digvijay Bhonsale (born 31 March 1989) is an Indian

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and

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vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the front-man of

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, the first metal band from

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described as "pioneers of Metal music in

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". Bhonsale was born in

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and raised in Indore. He was educated at the Daly College. He completed his

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from PIMR ( Devi Ahilya University) and his

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from

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. His great great grandfather moved from Barshi (

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), to

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and later settled in Dewas Junior State, where he and his descendants held a hereditary

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position called ' Mankari', in the

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's durbar. As well as performing with his band, he has also performed several times in

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as a solo musician where he lived from 2010 to 2012. In 2017 he moved to

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and played several solo acoustic gigs at Jam Tree, Queen of Hearts, Amanzi and Corky's. He collaborated with the members of the band Evicted, and played alongside Dividing The Element, Acid Tears, and Chikwata-263 at the 2018 Zimbabwean edition of the 'Metal United World Wide' concert at the Reps Theatre in Harare. Bhonsale cites his influences as

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, Chevelle and

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King V Electric Guitar * Fender Jaguar

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Signature Electric Guitar * Line 6 Pod X3 Live Multieffects Guitar Processor * Dunlop DB01 Dimebag Darrell Signature Cry Baby Wah Pedal * Blackstar ID Core Amp *

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, UK, 2011. File:Digvijay Bhonsale performing Live at Pen n Wig in Cardiff, Wales, UK, 2011.jpg, Live at the Pen n Wig in

, Wales, UK in 2011. File:Digvijay Bhonsale performing Live at Kuzart Lane, in New Delhi, 2014.jpg, Live at Kuzart Lane, in

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, India, in 2014. File:Digvijay Bhonsale performing Live at Woodstock Lounge in Indore in 14-11-2015.jpg, Live at Woodstock Lounge in

, India, in 2015. File:Digvijay Bhonsale performing Live at the Hard Rock Cafe in Hyderabad, 2016.jpg, Live with Nicotine at the

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, India, in 2016. File:Digvijay Bhonsale performing Live at Rockville in Mumbai, 2016.jpg, Live with Nicotine at Rockville in

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, India, in 2016. File:Digvijay Bhonsale with Denzil Thandabani & Justin Soutter from Evicted band, performing at the Zimbabwean edition of 'The Metal United World Wide', Reps Theatre, Harare.jpg, Live at the

an edition of 'The Metal United World Wide' concert at the Reps Theatre,

, in 2018.

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