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'''Thermal and a Quarter''' (TAAQ) is a [[rock music|rock]] band from Bangalore, [[India]], that describes its music as "Bangalore rock", rooted in a classic rock idiom while Indian in "subtle, inescapable ways".<ref name="Livemint">{{cite web | url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/34ncrjzZbr52LR75w1ivwM/QA-Thermal-and-a-Quarter.html | title=Q&A: Thermal and a Quarter | publisher=Livemint livemint.com | date=20 March 2015 | accessdate=24 July 2016 | author=Niyogy, Kingshuk}}</ref> Founded in 1996, TAAQ had released seven studio albums by its 20th anniversary in 2016.<ref name="NIE">{{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/TAAQ-Hits-20-Releases-7th-Album-With-10-Songs/2016/02/13/article3273832.ece | title=TAAQ Hits 20; Releases 7th Album With 10 Songs | date=20 February 2016 | agency=New Indian Express newindianexpress.com | accessdate=24 July 2016 | author=B., Roshne}}</ref> In 2001, when [[Deep Purple]] played in Bangalore, TAAQ opened the show.<ref name="ET">{{cite news | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/rock-jazz-and-blues-bands-bengaluru-a-hub-to-independent-music/articleshow/51452612.cms | title=Opening for 'Deep Purple' launched our careers: Bruce Lee Mani about his band | date=22 January 2016 | agency=Economic Times economictimes.indiatimes.com | accessdate=24 July 2016 | author=Joshi, Bharath}}</ref> The band also opened for [[Guns N' Roses]] in 2012.<ref name="RollingStoneIndia">{{cite web | url=http://rollingstoneindia.com/thermal-and-a-quarter/ | title=Thermal And A Quarter | publisher=Rolling Stone India rollingstoneindia.com | date=17 September 2013 | accessdate=24 July 2016}}</ref>

The three members of TAAQ are Bruce Lee Mani (guitar and vocals), Rajeev Rajagopal (drums) and Leslie Charles (bass).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Thermal-on-a-mission/article16075667.ece|title=Thermal on a mission|date=2016-10-19|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-10-03|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> By 2016, the albums released by the band included ''Thermal and a Quarter'' (2000), ''Jupiter Café'' (2002), ''Plan B'' (2005), ''This Is It'' (2008), ''3 Wheels 9 Lives'' (2012), ''The Scene'' (2015), ''No Wall Too High'' (2015),<ref name="RollingStoneIndia" /> ''A World Gone Mad'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-27|title=Thermal and a Quarter’s New Album ‘A World Gone Mad’ is Apt for the Times -|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/thermal-and-a-quarter-taaq-new-album-a-world-gone-mad-is-apt-for-the-times/|access-date=2020-10-01|language=en-US}}</ref>

Mani won Guitarist of the Year at the [[Jack Daniels Rock Awards]] in 2009 and 2012.<ref name="RollingStoneIndia" />

In 2010, TAAQ opened a music school in [[Koramangala]], Bangalore, called the "Taaqademy". A branch in [[Whitefield, Bangalore|Whitefield]] was opened in 2014.<ref name="RnM">{{cite web | url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/biz/music/thermal-and-quarters-taaqademy-add-new-indian-music-courses-150624# | title=Thermal and a Quarter's Taaqademy to add new Indian music courses | publisher=RnMbiz radioandmusic.com | date=24 June 2015 | accessdate=24 July 2016}}</ref>

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