Sandeep Kulkarni was part of the city's rock music scene from 1992-1999. In particular, he was the lead vocals for Mayhem - a heavy metal band with a wide fan base. During his tenure with Mayhem, they regularly performed at major shows, such as, Independence Rock and IIT Mood Indigo to name a few. They also performed outside of Mumbai at various shows across the country.
Around the same time, Sandeep began singing with a few Hindi groups covering mostly Bollywood and other regional songs. He have been part of a few bands in the US as well while singing a variety of genres in different languages and different musical genres. Currently Sandeep Kulkarni am the Lead Vocalist for the SoCal based Band RustyRickshaw where they experiment with everything from Rock, Folk, Bollywood, Sufi, Fusion etc..