'Doctor' in town

by Mahes Perera

The band Doctor led by vocalist guitarist Lanthra Perera has come a long way since they started off in the music industry entertaining audiences with their special brand of music. It could be termed special considering the fact that he hails from a musical family and he is the nephew of the popular singer Sunil Perera of Gypsies fame, and the son of Nimal Perera who one time was the bassist in the group.

Doctor

Lanthra like them has inherited the knack to make his vocal stylings and those of the members of his band plus the music artistry, attractive to create a large fan base which Doctor now enjoys.

"I'm looking forward to 'The Party' on New Year's Eve at the Hilton Colombo Residencies. It's going to be unique in that our repertoire will include all the well-loved Sinhala favourites and ofcourse the repertoire of the 70s, 80s and to the youth we have a wide repertoire of the contemporary pop. We are sure, that our fans will be kept on their toes till January 1 dawns. This is our fourth performance at a New Year's Eve celebrations and we are quite naturally looking forward to it."

The name Doctor has turned out to be a lucky name for you, what made you decide on this name?

"We had no special reason. All the boys suggested we have an easy catchy name and an unusual one at that too. We tossed around a lot of names and somebody suggested Doctor. Although it was not in the order for names of bands I thought it would be unusual and we chose it. The group comprises Krishan Perera - Keyboards, Kushal Abeywickreme - lead guitar, Harshan Jayatilleke - bass and Mahee Kuma - drums. All the elements to make new year's eve celebrations memorable we believe will be with us on that day, so Doctor hopes to meet all their fans.