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Pakistani rock is a variety of rock music that is largely produced in Pakistan. Pakistani rock incorporates elements of both British – American rock and Pakistani classical music. [1] Since the 1980s, Pakistani rock has had its own distinctive elements, such as a homegrown class of sounds and melodies, spanning progressive rock, hard rock ...
- List of Pakistani music bands - Wikipedia
Early rock bands such as Vital Signs and Junoon are regarded...
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Pakistani rock is a form of rock music from Pakistan. It...
- List of Pakistani music bands - Wikipedia
Pakistani rock is a variety of rock music that is largely produced in Pakistan. Pakistani rock incorporates elements of both British–American rock and Pakistani classical music.
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The classical music of Pakistan is based on the traditional music that was patronized by various empires that ruled the region and gave birth to several genres of classic music including the Klasik. The classical music of Pakistan has two main principles, ‘sur’ (musical note) and ‘lai’ (rhythm). The systematic organization of musical notes into a s...
Hamd
There is a large number of hamd and naat singers in Pakistan. This is a type of Islamic religious music where poetical verses of the love for God (Allah) is expressed. Some of the most famous artists include Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, along with his nephew Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. There are Sabri Brothers Qawwal, Qawwal Bahauddin Khanfrom Karachi. 'Hamd' is also used extensively in Christian religious music from Pakistan and all over the world where people from this region are found. 'Hamd' is...
Pakistani folk music deals with subjects surrounding daily life in less grandiose terms than the love and emotion usually contained in its traditional and classical counterpart. In Pakistan, each province has its own variation of popular folk music. Pakistan has created many famous singers in this discipline such as the late Alam Lohar, who was ver...
Singers
1. Haroon Bacha - Pashtunsinger, musician, and composer 2. Zeek Afridi- pop singer 3. Arooj Aftab- singer and composer 4. Salman Ahmed- pop music performer 5. Naheed Akhtar- film playback singer 6. Gulzar Alam- folk and ghazal singer 7. Alamgir- singer and songwriter 8. Ghulam Ali- composer and performer 9. Sajjad Ali- composer, singer, songwriter and performer 10. Waqar Ali- film and TV composer 11. Khawaja Khurshid Anwar- film music composer, musicologist 12. Humaira Arshad- singer 13. Shan...
Bands
1. Aag (band) 2. Noori 3. Overload 4. Jal 5. Mizmaar 6. Leo Twins 7. Mughal-e-Funk 8. Call (band) 9. Awaz 10. Strings 11. Junoon (band) 12. Vital Signs (band) 13. Roxen 14. Fuzön 15. Aaroh 16. Mekaal Hasan Band 17. Bayaan 18. Badnaam (band) 19. Black Hour 20. Kashmir (Pakistani band) 21. Jupiters 22. The Milestones 23. Mizraab 24. Rushk 25. The All Girl Band 26. Young Stunners 27. The Benjamin Sisters 28. Laal (band) 29. Sounds of Kolachi 30. Khumariyaan 31. Josh (band)
Composers
1. Master Abdullah(1932–1994) 2. Khalil Ahmed(1936–1997) 3. Ghulam Ali 4. Waqar Ali- TV music composer 5. Khwaja Khurshid Anwar(1912–1984) 6. Shani Arshad 7. M. Ashraf(1938–2007) 8. Rasheed Attre(1919–1967) 1. Sahir Ali Bagga 2. Nisar Bazmi(1925–2007) 3. Amjad Bobby(1942–2005) 1. Ghulam Ahmed Chishti(Baba Chishti) (1905–1994) 1. Robin Ghosh(1939–2016) 1. Ghulam Haider(1908–1953) 2. Shuja Haider 3. Mehdi Hassan 4. Zoheb Hassan- TV performer 5. Haroon 6. Rohail Hyatt 1. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan(19...
Mekaal Hasan – a member of the Meekal Hasan Band who has produced songs like "Aadat" for Jal The Band, "Sampooran" and "Andohlan" for his own band.Rohail Hyatt – a member of Vital Signs who produced all the Vital Signs albums and albums for various artists like Awaz, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Azmat. Also known as a prominent member,producer a...Music journalism in Pakistan has grown over the years and most newspapers and TV channels have their own reporters and critics on music of Pakistan. Besides the newspapers, many news websites have also started giving coverage to Music in Pakistan. MangoBaaz, Musicians of Pakistan, and VeryFilmiare common examples.
Junoon (Urdu: جنون transl. Obsession/Passion) is a Pakistani sufi rock band from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, and Tappan, New York, formed in 1990. The band is directed by founder, lead guitarist and songwriter, Salman Ahmad, who was soon joined by keyboardist Nusrat Hussain, bass guitarist Brian O’Connell and vocalist Ali Azmat.
Sufi rock or Sufi folk rock is a subgenre of rock music that combines rock with classical Islamic Sufi music traditions. It emerged in the early 1990s and became widely popular in the late 1990s in Pakistan and Turkey .
