Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Playing with his band at University of Waterloo’s on-campus pub helped launch the musical career of an engineering alumnus and provided an introduction to his future spouse.
Zubin Thakkar, the musical director and lead guitarist for Canadian rock musician Shawn Mendes, entertained students at The Bombshelter, better known as The Bomber, while he was a systems design engineering student.
He met his now-wife, an environmental studies alumnus, at The Bomber where, as a student, she also played as part of a band.
“Our bands would open and close for each other at The Bomber,” he says. “That place was so quintessential to my experience at Waterloo and everything that’s happened since then.” [Full story]