Pakistani rock
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| Music of Pakistan | |
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| Classical • Ghazal • Qawwali • Hamd • Pop • Filmi • Rock • Hip Hop | |
| Media and Performance | |
| Music awards | Lux Style Awards • MTV Awards • Indus Music Awards • The Musik Awards |
| Music charts | AAG 10 • The Musik Countdown |
| Music festivals | All Pakistan Music Conference |
| Music media | MTV Pakistan • Indus Music • The Musik • AAG |
| National anthem | Qaumi Tarana |
| Regional Music | |
| Balochi • Dari • Farsi • Kashmiri • Khowar • Pastho • Punjabi • Saraiki • Sindhi • Hindko | |
Pakistani rock or Pak Rock is a form of rock music that is largely produced in Pakistan. It is an interesting genre since it incorporates both American rock and Pakistani Classical music. It has its own distinctive elements mixed in to create a homegrown class of sounds and melodies, whether progressive, hard, or heavy metal. Pakistani rock is almost entirely sung in Urdu, however many new bands have recently come out with songs in Punjabi, Pastho, Sindhi and English.
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[edit] History
Rock music in Pakistan had its beginnings in the 1990s with Vital Signs and Junoon as the pioneers of Pakistani rock. Other bands such as Strings began in the mid 1990s and during the late 1990s underground bands were becoming a norm in cities such as Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. Pakistan witnessed an explosion of rock bands in 2000 as Pakistan began to liberalize under President Musharraf's "enlightened moderation" campaign.
[edit] Sufi Rock
Junoon is said to be the pioneers of Sufi Rock, a genre of Pakistani rock which mixes classical music with modern rock. Junoon has often been regarded as the U2 of Asia for there amazing sounds and messages in each song they produced. Junoon has often been labeled for starting the "Junooni" generation in Pakistan.
[edit] Contemporary Rock
The majority of all Pakistani rock bands are contemporary in nature, often mixing soft rock with Pakistani classical music. Some popular bands include EP, Call and Noori just to name a few have all been integral in revitalizing the rock culture in Pakistan.
[edit] Heavy Metal
The roots of Pakistani hard rock and metal can be traced back to the first wave of bands from the late 80's and early 90's. Final Cut and Barbarians stand out in this regard, with short lived but influential careers. The second wave included artist like Dhun (Fawd Baloch's more conventional metal project). Later bands like Mizraab have played a big role in promoting metal music in Pakistan. Headed by Faraz Anwar it was the first progressive metal band of Pakistan. Moreover Messiah and Black Warrant kept Heavy Metal alive. More bands are coming up and the scene is getting bigger.
First time in Karachi a Mega Event of 2008 ‘Karachi RockFest 2008’ arranged by Kamran Ata who has been supporting the music scene since last 10 year on radio stations and tv stations along side Adnan Iqbal of Wajood Investments who has also been supporting bands locally and internationally made it the only event to hit the market.
This showed the dedication by the bands and the event organizers, sponsors to push it through to the public. The whole event was free for all, no tickets no nothing, a free invitation for all the music lovers out there.
Now taking underground music , unsigned artist a step further. Launching an Ezine and a Magazine to support music and musicians not just in Pakistan but globally.
The Founding Members of Stampede.Inc:
Kamran Ata Moiz Permani S.M.Abbas Imran Siddiqui ShahJahan Akber Adnan Iqbal Momus Najmi Usman Malkani Aneela Weldon
The purpose for the E-Zine and Magazine is to support and flourish the underground bands and musicians who have been shadowed by the ever changing trends, music producers, solo artists, writers, directors etc. Providing a platform where the music and musicians can be heard by everyone.
[edit] Underground
Underground is an umbrella term that covers bands from a number of rock genres (college indie, alternative, death/black metal etc). The first famous bands in this regard include Kainath (frentic death/thrash from Karachi)and Seth(death metal and later groove metal from Lahore)in the mid in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad included Burzukh, Corpsepyre, Holy Black, Hassan Sheraz and Sifr. There are a large number of bands from all across Pakistan at present including Black Warrant, Paranoid, Kain,Drain, Lithium, Drainage, Cultural Jukebox, The Rising, Genocide and Hypnotix-2000. The underground scenes in both Karachi and Lahore are teeming full of college students eager to become famous.
[edit] Popularity
Pakistani rock has become massively popular within Pakistan, especially among the new generation. Even beyond Pakistan in countries such as Bangladesh, Iran, India and as far as Japan and China. Pakistani rock is quite popular and also among the Pakistani diaspora. A landmark event occurred in 2003 when the Pakistani group Strings' song "Najane Kyun" featured as a single on the Hindi version of the movie Spider-Man 2.
[edit] Famous bands
- Aaroh
- Call
- EP
- Fuzon
- Jal
- Josh The Band
- Junoon
- Karavan
- Laal
- Mekaal Hasan Band
- Mizraab
- Noori
- Roxen
- Strings
- Sajid & Zeeshan
- Vital Signs
[edit] See also
- Music of Pakistan
- Pakistani hip hop
- Culture of Pakistan
- Rock and Roll
- List of Pakistani musical groups
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