Pop Music
Pop music initially started with the so-called "band (music)|band music". And as the name suggests, the music was heavily influenced by Western Music. Some of the best known bands of the pop era were:
L.R.B
Nagor Baul
Miles
The early contributors to pop music also included the following singers:
Azam Khan
Baby Naznin
Happy Akhand
Lucky Akhand
It is worth noting that pop music of Bangladesh had an assorted history. Artists of the "Adhunik Gaan" and folk (especially new wave) genre also contributed to the pop music from time to time. This further popularized pop music with the masses.
Bangla rock was started by Azam Khan, Miles and LRB. Hassan (associated with Ark) and James (associated with Feelings and, later, Nagar Baul) contributed in popularizing rock music. However, hard-rock did not begin until arrival of bands like Rockstrata, and later Warfaze among many others in the early 90s.
Current day rock and metal bands have progressed a long way from the initiators of the genre in Bangladesh. Deeply influenced by the progressive rock music of the West, and with the latest technology and equipments at their disposal, many of the new rock musicians are trying to follow westren bands instead of trying to develop their own identity and style. Some of the best known new bands are:
Artcell
Aurthohin
Bangla
Black
Chime
Cryptic Fate
Feedback
Feelings
In Dhaka
LRB
Rockstrata
Souls
Warfaze
Recently, the death metal scene of Bangladesh has generated considerable buzz among the young audience with the arrival of bands like Severe Dementia, Barzak, Voodoo Economix, Annex, Necropolis, Ashes and Dripping Gore. Though the quality of words is very poor and the music seriously lacks originality.
Pop Music
