This time last year, L.A based, teenage all girl band Cherri Bomb hadn’t even released their EP, so probably the last thing they expected to be doing in 2012 was travelling to the other side of the world and playing Australia’s biggest rock and metal festival, Soundwave!

2011 was definitely a huge साल for the band, releasing their EP Stark, touring with the Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, signing to Hollywood Records and playing some of the biggest festivals in Europe.

We had a chat with ढंढोरची, ढोलकिया Nia Lovelis about the साल that has been and that साल that will be. The inadvertent encouragement...