Love Runs Blind

Love Runs Blind

Infobox musical artist
Name = Love Runs Blind


Img_capt = Love Runs Blind in 2007, from left to right: MASS (Masud), Romel, Ayub Bachchu, Swapan
Landscape = Yes
Background = group_or_band
Years_active = 1991 – present
Genre = Hard rock, Rock, Soft rock
Origin = Flagicon|BangladeshChittagong, Bangladesh
Current_members = Ayub Bachchu
Romel
Swapan
Mass (Masud)
Past_members = Tutul
Riad
Milton Akber
Hablu
Shumon
URL = [http://www.ablrb.net/ www.ablrb.net]

Love Runs Blind (LRB) is a Bangladeshi hard rock band, which was started in 1991 by guitarist Ayub Bachchu. LRB originally stood for Little River Band, but this name was taken by an Australian band and the band name was changed to Love Runs Blind." [Ayub Bachchu was interviewed for this entry on January 18th, 2007]

History

Bachchu was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh. He started his music career with a band called Feelings. Then Bachu spent fifteen years with a band called Souls, which was one of the first Bangladeshi rock bands. At Souls, Bachchu played a key role in writing songs and having them performed. Souls originally was based in Chittagong but later moved to Dhaka, which is the capital of Bangladesh. Souls was started in 1972 and its first gigs where performed in hotels where they did reproductions of American pop music. Bachchu joined the Souls band as lead guitarist in 1976 and left the band in 1991 to start LRB. During this time period, Souls produced five albums and performed in about 4,000 concerts, mostly in Bangladesh. Souls is noted for Super Souls, which was the first rock album released in Bangladesh. A song from this album, “Mon Shudhu Mon Chuyecge”, remains popular in Bangladesh. Although Souls still exists as a musical group, the founders have all started their own musical groups.

Band Group

The original band members of LRB were Ayub Bachchu (Vocals and Lead Guitar), Shahidul Islam Tutul (Keyboard and backup vocals), Joy (Drums), and Shawpan (Bass Guitar). The band members changed several times. The current line-up since 2003 retains Ayub Bachchu (vocals and lead guitar) in the lead role and now includes Masud (Guitar), Swapon (Bass), and Romel (Drums). Shamim Ahamed currently is the band manager. Ayub Bachchu’s western musical idols are Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Joe Satriani, Richie Blackmore and Brian May. Bachchu also played with Departo in the United Kingdom. Bachchu owns his own music studio and has a reputation for wearing a headdress at concerts." [http://www.ablrb.net/history.html LRB ] ]

Music and Tours

LRB released their first album in 1992 and has released 10 albums through year-end 2007 with an eleventh album expected shortly. Also, Ayub Bachchu has recorded six solo albums. These albums include Amader, Bishwe, Ferari Mon (unplugged), Ghumonto Shohore, Hokaar, Iochena Jibone, Mone Achhe Naki Nai, Shopno, Shukh, Tobuo, Swapna, and Collection of LRB: Music and Lyrics. LRB’s top hits in Bangladesh are "Cholo Bodle Jai","Ghumonto Shohore",“Rupali Guitar”, “Ghum Bhanga Shohore”, “Hokar”, “Mahdhobi”, “Ekhon Onek Raat”, "Hashte Dekho","Raater Tara","Chand Mama" and “Ghor Chara Ek Shukhi Chele”, "Mon Chaile mon Pabe", "Ashar Srabon". LRB prefers to sing about problems in the world such as love, being lost, and life problems in general. LRB prefers not to focus on one issue because they want to relate to a wide audience, from the older generation to teenagers. Recently, LRB composed two songs in English that will be released soon on an English speaking album and music video; the two English songs are “Hold On” and “Look at Me”."

LRB has performed over 1,000 gigs that have included extensive performances in Bangladesh as well as tours in Asia, Europe, and the United States. Their first show outside country was held in India in 1997 at Jadavpur University, where Ayub Bachchu was invited as a judge at the rock fest held in M. Joka. In 1998, LRB went for their first international tour in United States, where they played in seven states. In 1998, the group also played in Qatar, Abudhabi, Japan, Germany, Austria (Vienna), and Italy. The group played a second tour in the United States in 2000. The group had a European tour in 2002, which included Austria, United Kingdom, and Australia."

From 2003 through 2006, LRB performed twice in Italy (Rome) and Belgium. They also performed in many sites in India as well as Germany (Frankfurt), Singapore, Hong Kong, and Wembley Arena in London. At Singapore they performed at Fort Canyon Park stage. In 2005 and 2006, LRB performed in Salt Lake Stadium (Rock Jugalbandi Part 1 & 2), Science City Theater, Alpha Bangla, ETV Bangla, Najrul Manch, Rabindra Shorobor, Guru Nanak University (Jodhpur), Haldia Utshab,Durgapur University and recently at Kalyani,Govt Engg. College in their college fest. LRB has performed in Wimbleton Stadium in London, Madison Square Garden in New York City twice, and Ellin Garden in the United Kingdom."

LRB also has used its music to support social causes in conjunction with other Bengali rock groups. Recently, LRB performed in support of children endangered by the recent tsunami & Sidr. Also, LRB has performed in support of campaigns to Say No to Drugs, Save Motherhood Project (Organized by Northern Light), and Victims Against Non-violence.

Influence of Bengali Music Tradition

Although LRB is a pop group, they owe their musical heritage to a rich Bengali musical tradition. In general, music in Bangladesh has been used as a communication device to relay stories from one generation to the next, and to encourage the population to adopt specific ideals towards how they lead their lives. Bangla music fits into five genres, many of which reflect the core values of the musical approach taken by LRB: [Reginald and Jamila Massey, The Music of India (New York: Crescendo Publishing, 1977)]

Classical: Based on musical modes called raglas. All Bengali music has some basis in classical music. LRB’s reliance on classical instruments (guitars and drums) demonstrates training in classical musical technique. However, Bachu picked up his training of classical technique not through education but rather through years of experience performing pop and western music.

Rabindra Sangeet: Based on the works of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, who emphasized a common theme of philosophy and love. Music was influenced by western styles of the late 1800’s after Tagore visited England. Note that the title of LRB band pays homage to the Tagore philosophy towards love. Also, similar to many pop songs, many of LRB’s songs deal with the concept of love.

Nazrul Sangeet: Based on the musical works of Kazi Nazrud Islam who was the national poet of Bangladesh during the Indian independence movement. Islam disseminated his revolutionary ideals through his music, which was a fusion of West Indian ghazals and traditional Bengali classical music. LRB has used its music to support the populace during a recent tsunami, which reflects the political use of music to reach a social end.

Folk: Ayub Bachchu, the leader of LRB, prefers not to use folk music in his songs. Insteads, he writes his own lyrics and remixes old folk songs to give it a modern vibe, although he does use the themes of old folk songs.

Modern music including pop and rock: Bengali pop and rock music was heavily influenced by Western music styles. Recent pop musicians have access to modern technology and attempt to use their own talent to make their music unique. LRB is an example of a pop music group. Recently, Bengali music has moved to other modern music genres such as heavy metal.

Similar to other Bangla music groups, LRB's musical style is heavily influenced by western pop music. In the case of Ayub Bachchu, he started his musical training with the Band, Souls, which initially played the cover songs of famous western pop music in hotels while they developed their own songs and musical styles. It took this group eight years (from 1972 to 1980) to release its first album, Super Souls. LRB frequently bases its songs on an underlying folk background, but then remixes them so that they are unique to the band so that the actual folk song is not in the LRB lyric.

Musical Approach

The influence of the western pop music carried over to LRB. LRB uses all of the traditional pop music techniques:

Instrumentation: Similar to many western pop bands, the band uses guitars, bass and drums. The band does not use traditional Bengali musical instruments such as the sitar, sarod, sarangi, or tabla. This instrument choice provides a western music sound rather than musical motifs of traditional Indian or Bangladeshi music. However, the band does not use an electric keyboard.

Lyric writing style: As with most pop music, LRB lyrics for a specific song focus on a simple theme. Also, LRB tends to use a strophic or chorus form, where a section the music is repeated, similar to repeated stanzas in poetry. LRB frequently uses a verse-chorus structure, where the chorus serves as a contrast to the verse especially with regards to greater use of instrumentality, and uses a refrain or chorus to repeat a central theme of the song.

Pop and rock music techniques: LRB uses many of the musical techniques pioneered by earlier western bands. For example, LRB uses phasing and polyrhythms where the same part is played by more than one instrument, either out of or in phase, in order to provide greater musical variety. Bachu is an expert guitarist and has used many rock and roll techniques with his guitar such as Legato, two-handed tapping, sweep-picking, volume swells, harmonics, and extreme whammy effects.

LRB uses theses pop and rock musical techniques to express musical themes of importance to the Bengali populace. Similar to pop groups in other countries, this technique coupled with the guitar skills of Ayub Bachchu led successfully the building of a strong fan base. LRB then attempted to export their interpretation of pop music to Europe and the United States through their international tours.

Full Discography

Studio Albums:

*L.R.B (1992)
*Shukh (1993)
*Tobuo (1994)
*Ghumanto Shahare (1995)
*Shwapno (1996)
*Amader? Bishmoy! (1998)
*Mon Chaile Mon Pabe (2001)
*Achena Jibon (2003)
*Mone Achhe Naki Nai (2005)
*Sparsho (2007)

Live Album:

*Ferari Mon... Unplugged Live (1996)

Compilation Albums:

*Greatest Hits
*Best Of

Mixed Albums:

*Chamak (1994)
*Capsule 500 mg (1996)
*Screw Drivers (1996)
*Dhun (1998)
*6 Band '99 (1999)
*Hit! Run! Out!
*Dabanol (2008)

See also

* [http://www.ablrb.net Visit official web site of LRB for more information about LRB]
*Music of Bangladesh
*Ayub Bachchu

[http://ekuul.com/music/lyrics/lrb.html LRB lyrics]

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