Thus, the band name was meant to convey a sense of an "underground" movement that the members felt they had initiated and their belief that they would be fossilised into history under the pressure of social disapproval of their music, only to be excavated decades later by musicologists wishing to discover the roots of Bengali rock. During their first few shows, they met with jeering and hostile objection to the rock style and techniques they employed. Initial audience reaction to the band's music was not encouraging. " Khoro aamar fossil, onubhutir michhil protikriashil kono biplobe". The name is inspired by a line from one of Rupam's lyrics: The group started to call themselves "Fossils" after a suggestion by their guitarist Deep. This line up was short lived and the very next show saw Chandra and Teno on guitars, Baji on drums, Bumpy on bass, Jatu on keyboards and Rupam. This show had Deep on acoustic guitar, Deep Ghosh on guitars, Tanmoy on bass, Rajiv on drums and Rupam. While performing on stage as Rupam Islam and group, on that very day Rupam announced that henceforth he will perform as FOSSILS. Their first stage show was held on 9 January 1999 at Najrul Mancha for Gaan 99 organised by HMV. The band was formed by Rupam Islam, the vocalist. History Formation and early years: 1998–2000 The last song I heard them play was “ May 1st ,” a truly transcendent experience even from my car. This was definitely my favorite moment because even after I left, I still felt like I was there. While waiting in the drive-thru line, lead singer Dustin Payseur gave a shout out to the people waiting in the line and asked for the cars to give two honks for the band! Of course, I honked. I stopped at the Whataburger next to the venue to get a chocolate milkshake and fries before I hit the road, where I could still hear Beach Fossils performing. Unfortunately, I had to leave the show a little early. The most satisfying part of the show happened when the crowd powerfully screamed the lyrics “ A-C-A-B ,” a lyric that single-handedly brought the crowds together. I even noticed two girls at the barricade with cute pun signs that said “Beach my Fossil” and “Go Down (the line) on Me.” During the show, the bassist started playing the memorable bass line from their song “ Down the Line ,” and as soon as the rest of the band joined, the crowd’s screaming almost blew out my eardrums (yes, even with earplugs). ”īeach Fossils officially took the stage, and the crowd went wild. She energetically closed her set with the beautiful mellow song “ What Is Going On. She proceeded to play her new song called “ All My Time is Wasted ,” a song she said she wrote after leaving school in New York, and then boasted that she was on tour with the legendary Beach Fossils and Wild Nothing. She even played a cool cover of M.I.A’s “ Paper Planes ,” in which everyone was clapping and singing along to. The mystical Hannah Jadagu opened the show, and everyone was pure vibing! It seemed like it was mostly everyone’s first time hearing about Jadagu, but all I could see was people swaying and raising their drinks to the singer. Doors opened at 7, and everyone in line couldn’t wait to get a couple of drinks in and enjoy the soothing sounds by the wonderful artists set to perform. They played all the major Texas cities, and ended their Texas run in Houston’s very own Satellite Bar. Beach Fossils and Wild Nothing set off on a co-headlining “ Out in the Way ” tour across North America in the beginning of October.