They were also invited to the Sikkim Governor’s office and The Chief Minister’s office of Sikkim for receiving congratulations. Later the same year, the band was empaneled in the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). In 2011, the band was invited for a performance at the Heritage academy, Kolkata when Noel decided to leave the band. They called Yogesh, who was originally a drummer-turned-guitarist to fill in for the bass. While the YouTube channel was doing a good job of marketing the band, it was around September when an event organising company Ojone - O3 events led by entrepreneur Ujjwal Mukhia, invited the band to perform at the Hard Rock Cafe Bangalore. The band did a series of small shows around the city. During this time an earthquake struck Sikkim. The band still in Bengaluru, worried for their families, came up with the song “"A New Beginning"”. In two days, the song was recorded at Sound Glitz Studio, and released. Girish also participated in the Yamaha Asian Beat national Finals with his other project Silver Tears during this time, where he won the best vocalist award. The band got a chance to participate in the finals of the same competition on an international level, held at Seoul, South Korea. At around the same time, Girish was offered a contract in the clubs of Hong Kong as a vocalist. Back in Gangtok, it was decided that the band would take in Abhishek Lemo Gurung (Still Waters/Gingerfeet) as their temporary vocalist. They decided to take part in the "Hornbill Festival" held at "Nagaland," where they were runners up, with Suraz named best guitarist and Abhishek best vocalist. In their return to Gangtok, they formed a blues trio and were performing regular gigs in the town.  2012 saw the frontman of the band spending a few months in various clubs of Hong Kong as a singer. One club in particular was named "Escape", located in the streets of Wanchai . After a few months of working. He successfully made a deal with the club owners for bringing GATC to Hong Kong for a small tour and then join the clubs under contract for a year. After a year long stay the band finally decided on going back home and compile an album. After returning to India, Pradhan started with a solo performance at the Punjab Engineering College Fest.