Miles:

Miles is the well known name in Bangladeshi Band music arena. It is one of the most popular band in Bangladesh and can be described as a popular rock band.They started out by singing in one of the posh hotel in the country. They did live shows and were quite satisfied to perform in front of a selected group of people. But it was until they brought out with original songs and album. The album got the remarkable success that after that they have really gone miles of their journey and seems like unstoppable.

Band Line-up:

Miles was formed in 1979 by Farid Rashid, Kamal, Ishtiaq, Larry, Musa and Robin in Dhaka. The two gifted brother Hamin Ahmed and Shafin Ahmed joined a couple of months later in the same year as guitarist and vocalist. In 1982 Manam Ahmed became the part of the band as an ace keyboard player.

Miles describe themselves as a pop/rock band. "We have been inspired by blues, Latin, jazz, rock and techno music" says Manam Ahmed. "so our music is a combination of varied sounds and styles."

"Protisruti" was the first Bangla album of miles released in 1991. The young lovers all over the country were singing the catchy number "Chand tara" as soon as the album was out. The band's forth album, second in Bangla "Prottasha" came out in 1993 got the phenomenal success in the history of the band music. "Prottasha" is still one of the best selling album in the country.

Here are some links of songs by Miles. Hope you'll like it.

• Chaad tara by Miles by Miles, Bangladesh

• Its magic/Jaadu by Miles by Miles, Bangladesh

• Dhiki dhiki by Miles by Miles, Bangladesh

• Firiye dao by Miles by Miles, Bangladesh

• Neela by Miles by Miles, Bangladesh

• Pahari meye by Miles by Miles, Bangladesh

The first Bangladeshi band was formed in 1960s. The band music become popular with the formation of a Chittagong based band Zinga Goshty (source: wikipedia). After liberation war many band was formed and some are still so popular among the young generation with their original lyric. At that time most of the most of the bands focused on playing English songs but after 1980s this trend changed and they started to sing original bangle songs. Souls, Feedback, Miles, Renaissance were the most popular band groups of the 1980s and early 1990s.

In the 1990s, the band music overcame all the obstacles and became the craze among the teens. I can still remember some music that I heard to play my uncle all day long and still youngsters of my age love these songs. In the early 1990s some quality bands came to the light like LRB,Warfaze, Winning, Chime, Different Touch, Obscure, Nova, Vikings, Ark, Feelings/Nagorboul,, Promethoous etc. Some of them are still considered as the top band groups in Bangladesh.

Today the sense is vibrating with the new names Black, Arthohin, Artcell, Bangla, Dolchhut, Old school, Shunno, Aftermath, AOD(Act of Defiance), Kaalpurush, Silent Prayer, Hemorrhage, Yaatri, Shironaamhin, Dhaka, Fossil, Krosswinds, crypticfate, Shaptak, Vibe, Shadhinota, Poizon Green, Kronic, Acoustic Vagabond, Bongo Reggae, Rusho, Canopy, Bidrohi, Shomoy, etc.

Artcell and Black are the first Alternative Progressive rock and Alternative rock bands of Bangladesh while Arthohin is popular for Heavy metal music. In the early 1990s songs they used guitar, violins specially LRB. In many LRB songs I saw the use of violin.

Now I can say that band music is the most popular music category in Bangladesh not only among teens but also among young adults. There are lots of underground band groups who are specially perform in many hotels, University, clubs around the country. Even in every educational institute whether it is collage or university, there are at least 1 band group who perform in many cultural evenings. Most of these bands are influenced more by American Thrash/Heavy/Progressive/Death Metal music than new wave of British Heavy Metal music.