Sound of Ruby

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Sound of Ruby

Country	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Years active	1996 - Present
Genres	Grunge/Indie rock/Punk
Labels	Unsigned
Members	Mohd Hajjaj Nader Al-Fassam Kamal Khalil Nasser Frog
Past members	Nasser Al-Baitar Waleed Swaimel Waiel Mohd

Sound of Ruby is an indie rock band from Saudi Arabia. The band was founded by Mohd Hajjaj in Dammam, Saudi Arabia in 1996.

Voclaist/guitarist Mohd Hajjaj (aka "Mohammed Al-Hajjaj") and drummer Nasser Frog (aka "Nasser Al-Saleem) are constant members, but several bass guitarists have been through the group. Recently an additional guitarist joined the band. The band's name was "The Camels" then it had been decided to change into its current name.

Sound of Ruby was influenced mostly by the 90's Grunge music that its main theme. Also, old school Punk Rock music (e.g Sex Pistols). Notably, the band was influenced by Black Sabbath style and the music in that era.

The main theme of the band is about weird freaky stuffs, concerns about the local social life and the personal experiences of the band.

1 History
2 Lineup
3 Discography
4 Links

[edit] History

[edit] (1996-1999) Early Days

The idea started back in 1996. Mohd Hajjaj met Nasser who has the same musical interests. They decided to form a Grunge band that sounds close to Seattle sound bands and the main theme is about freaks and weird stuff. The band started to compose songs but without a bass and that was a problem. First show ever of Sound of Ruby was in 1998 in a party of the foreign community center in Saudi Arabia and after that year the band started to play in small parties and gigs. As the band was progressing there was always the bass problem.

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Sound of Ruby featuring in Bahrain FVF

[edit] (2000-2001) 1st Success

Many bassists joined the band but they didn't last (e.g "Waleed Swaimel") The band showed up in a dead rock scene community. Rock music is not that popular in Saudi Arabia so it were kind of alone. According to these circumstances the band decided to go out of the country to be heard and to have some reviews and opinions about the songs.

[edit] (2002) Rising of Rock Scene

After a sudden rise of rock music scene in Saudi Arabia the band got to know another local band called Wry Wreathe and their drummer was a childhood friend of Mohd Hajjaj and was one of the many bassists who left the band early. The 2 bands were able to make better gigs and jams together because the line ups of the 2 bands were complete.

[edit] (2003) Another Success

In march, 2003 Mohd Hajjaj and Kamal Khalil who was the rhythm guitarist of Wry Wreathe thought of making a bigger gig and they called it Dammam Fest. From that day Mohd Hajjaj and Kamal Khalil became a close friends with Nasser. In the same year Wry Wreathe disbanded so the band asked Kamal Khalil to be a bass player. They understood each other well and started composing more stuff. With Kamal Khalil the band recorded a B-side album called Super Acoustic contained 6 songs recorded by Kamal Khalil and that was an experience before recording any official albums.

[edit] (2004) The Beginning of a Golden Era

The band in was recording a second album Blue Lips. They've played live again in the first public rock show in Saudi Arabia run by SA_Metal crew. After, album was released. In Blue Lips the band experienced different styles from indie to blues. Unlike the first album Super Acoustic that was acoustic grunge stuff.

[edit] (2005-Present) Now

Thallathah album was released in 2005, which is more into Punk Rock and Grunge. The band also played with 6 Saudi local bands in SAMETAL II in Sep 2005. Nader Al-Fassam joined Sound of Ruby as a lead guitar with the same time of Metal Resurrection I in Jan 19 which took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Recently, the 4th album titled Migraine was released. Sound of Ruby played in SAMETAL III in 18 May 2006 of 400 attendees.