current_members website associated_acts years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
ian pallagrosi jones enrico pinna hayley griffiths cagri tozluoglu jimmy -lsb- http://www.karnataka.org.uk/ official website -rsb- luna rossa mostly autumn panic room 1997 -- 2004 2005-present immrama -lrb- independent -rrb- karnataka -lrb- band -rrb-
 paul helder gonzalo carrera alquimia bob dalton nick may lisa fury davies louis palmer ian harris colin mold jonathan edwards gavin griffiths rachel jones anne-marie group_or_band progressive rock , rock swansea , wales karnataka
karnataka -lrb- band -rrb-

karnataka were formed in 1997 by founding members , ian jones -lrb- bass/acoustic guitar -rrb- , jonathan edwards -lrb- keyboards -rrb- and rachel jones -lrb- vocals -rrb- .
the band started as a project to record songs in ian 's home studio , that had been written and performed by jonathan , rachel and ian in earlier bands .
the project was augmented by additional musicians , paul davies -lrb- electric guitars -rrb- and gavin griffiths -lrb- drums -rrb- , who had played with other members of karnataka in earlier bands .
at the end of the recording the decision was made to continue the project as a band .
the name karnataka was chosen by the band , from a suggestion by ian , following his trips to that state of india .
