Zobin Baygan

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Zobin was born in Abadan and moved to Sweden when he was fifteen years old. At an early age he was fascinated by the art of the guitar. Growing up he admired artists like Jimmy Hendrix, Slash from the band Guns N' Roses and the local guitarist Mohsen Abdolljafar. As a struggling young artist he began his career on the streets of Abadan, making small pocket change performing in local markets. Finances were slim under this period of time for Zobin Baygan, who lived on his own since his parent died. The money he acquired from performing on the streets was only enough to provide him with bread and water. But Zobin kept the passion burning and had greater plans for his future.

Finally his hopes came true and he got his big break. It all happened when Zobin joined Ali Soussmar an already established drummer and his companion Siamak Zaddi as skillful young basist. They formed the band Bagaliforush which released their first album "Forush dar Dourusht". All this was possible because of Ali Soussmar's connections in the music industry. The first album was a major hit and the critics loved the new and youthful band. Their music was unique and groundbreaking, the band masterfully mixed traditional Iranian music with the tunes of modern Rock and roll. During the same year, the band became national superstars and life was taking another turn for Zobin Baygan. He was struggling to adapt to the new life of fame and picked up a number of bad habits. Rumors said that he used illegal drugs and partied all the time, making no time for the music nor the band. This later resulted in the breaking up of the band and the separation of its members.

Things were not looking their best for Zobin as his career was falling apart. Coming from absolutely nothing to being a national superstar and the envy of all the young boys of Iran he was now ashamed of going back from where he once came from. It was at this point AzKurd Bakhu the famous manager from Azerbaijan came and saved him. He proposed a radical solution to Zobins problem. AzKurd realized that the Iranian music market was lost and suggested Zobin to take his music career to Sweden and make it as an artist there. Zobin who had no other alternatives, accepted the offer. With the connections AzKurd had in Sweden, Zobin moved to Stockholm a month after the meeting. Today you can see Baygan play at different local bars in Stockholm making a living, still waiting to get his asylum. As for AzKurd Bakhu things didn't turn out as well as he had hoped. When success began knocking on the doors of Baygan, AzKurd developed a medical condition known as Severe jealousy syndrome. Which apparently within the Iranian music community in Stockholm is somewhat common due to fierce competition. Sadly in AzKurd's situation things escalated into a network of Jealousy, Lies and Deceit. His friends and business associate began avoiding him. Eventually he was completely ignored and left all alone. Since then his whereabouts are unknown and he has yet to be seen in the streets of Stockholm. However rumours say that he has had a complete physical makeover and is now a transsexual performing in certain underground clubs. He or now "she" goes under the stage name of Fake Poja and is currently making an attempt to rebuild his or now "her" reputation within show business all over again.