Warfaze
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Warfaze is a hard rock band from Bangladesh with elements of heavy metal and progressive metal/progressive rock in some of their songs. They were one of the first such bands of this genre in the country. The emergence of Warfaze and other bands such as Rockstrata defined a new horizon in Bangla music.
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[edit] Formation
Warfaze was formed on 5th June, 1984. The initial line up was made up of:
- Kamal - bass guitar
- Helal - drums
- Mir - lead guitar
- Naimul - lead guitar
- Bappi - vocal
At this stage, the band was not very popular. The initial line up did not continue for long either. Helal, Mir and Bappi had to leave the band for personal reasons. Kamal started playing the lead guitar for the band at this stage and the rest of he positions were filled with Babna as the bassist, Tipu as the drummer and Rashed as the vocalist. This second line up had to be discontinued when Naimul immigrated to the USA.
During that time, there were three other Dhaka-based metal bands: Rockstrata, In Dhaka and Aces. Mashuk, the lead guitar of In Dhaka, and Fuad (of the same band) volunteered to help Warfaze as a guest member.
[edit] Early days
Early on, Warfaze only played cover music of American and British bands. On 26 April 1991 for the first time they performed their own songs at a concert arraged by BAMBA in University of Dhaka. Soon, almost coincidentially, several members of the various metal bands in Bangladesh started to immigrate to different countries, mainly for education purposes. The bands decided to make a mixed album but as it turned out Warfaze had enough songs (and popularity) to be able to release a solo album. So, they released their self-titled album, Warfaze, in 1991.
Back in the 1990's Bangladeshi music listener were still new to metal. Any lyrics other than those inspired by romanticism or patriotism were rare. It took several weeks before the album started to be appreciated. They did their first follow up concert on 07 January 1992 at the Rawa Club. Kamal, the lead guitarist, is helping another band, Moshpit,to make a new underground album. Kamal is also helping another legendary band as a lead guitarist, Aurtohin.
[edit] Changes in band line up
Warfaze, since their inception, has changed their line up numberous times. Here is a list of the more stable ones:
First line up
- Rajib - bass guitar
- Pappu - drums
- Emon - lead guitar
- Naimul - lead guitar
- Riyad - vocal
Second line up
- Babna - lead guitar
- Tipu - drums and percussion
- Kamal - lead guitar
- Mashuk (In Dhaka) - lead guitar
- Rashed - vocal
Third line up
- Sunjay - vocal
- Kamal- lead guitar
- Babna - bass guitar and back-up vocal
- Russell - keyboard and second lead guitar
- Tipu - drums and percussion
Released albums Warfaze (28th June, 1991) and Obak Bhalobasha (5th September, 1994)
Coca-Cola BAMBA music Award for the title song of Obak Bhalobasha
Fourth line up
- Sunjay - vocal
- Kamal- lead guitar
- Babna - bass guitar and back-up vocal
- Fuad - keyboard and second lead guitar
- Tipu - drums and percussion
Released album Jibondhara (5th February, 1997) Released album Osamajik (2nd April, 1998) Released mixed album Dhun and Hit, Run and Out
Fifth line up
- Mizan - vocal
- Kamal- lead guitar
- Shumon - bass guitar
- Jewel - second lead guitar
- Fuad-keyboard and percussion
- Tipu - drums
Sixth line up
- Mizan-vocal
- Kamal-lead guitar
- Balam-second lead guitar and back-up vocal
- Biju-bass guitar and back-up vocal
- Shams (musician)|Shams-keyboard and back-up vocal
- Tipu-drums and percussion
Released album Alo (2000)
Seventh line up
- Balam-vocal and lead guitar
- Sazzad-lead guitar and back-up vocal
- Shams (musician)|Shams-keyboard
- Cezan-bass guitar
- Tipu-drums and percussion
Released album Moharaj (June, 2003)
[edit] Discography
- Warfaze (1991)
- Obak Bhalobasha (1995)
- Jibondhara (1997)
- Oshamajik (1998)
- Alo (2000)
- Moharaj (2003)
