Avial? They sounded a lot more like a cheaper NSync clone than I liked
Speaking of muslim rock, there's Pakistani slasher / giallo as well..
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/16/pakistani-zombie-fil.html
Sounds like fun.
srs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> Of Supriya Nair
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:23 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [silk] Muslim Heavy Metal
>
> I assume several on this list have heard
> Avial<http://www.phat-phish.com/avial/>?
>
>
> They are still a novelty rather than a trend - although I heard of at
> least
> a couple Bengali-only rock bands when I was bunking in Cal - and while
> everyone I know in Mumbai and Delhi love their music, regardless of
> whether
> they can speak or understand Malayalam, not a soul in Kerala appears to
> have
> heard of them. [My own practically-Mumbaikar parents much prefer the
> contestants on Idea Star Singer.]
>
> S,
> currently listening to Mumbai electronica-kids Medusa.
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 7:47 AM, Krish Ashok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > On 29-Jul-08, at 2:55 AM, Thaths wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> LeVine, a professor at University of California, Irvine, has spent
> the
> >> last few years headbanging his way from Morocco to Pakistan and
> almost
> >> everywhere in between.
> >>
> >
> > I've been following Pakistani rock (Aaroh, Jal, Fuzon, Junoon, Entity
> > Paradigm etc) for a while now, and both in terms of musical depth and
> the
> > ability to culturally contextualize that genre, they are way more
> impressive
> > than their Indian counterparts. For one, Indian bands, with the rare
> > exception of Indian Ocean, tend to sing in English and rarely deal
> with
> > local issues.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Doo-bop.
