Nusrat Hussain

Nusrat Hussain (Urdu: نصرت حسین) began playing keyboards with bands that his friends formed in Islamabad. He began his professional career in the music industry with Vital Signs^[1]. He also appeared in the "Dil Dil Pakistan" video, which was immensely popular in Pakistan in the late 1980s.

When Salman Ahmed, a member of the band (but who was not in the band when the Dil Dil Pakistan video was released) went his separate way, Nusrat joined him to form a Band with Ali Azmat as lead vocalist, a band called Junoon. If Vital Signs were the pioneers of pop music in Pakistan, Junoon were the pioneer of sufi rock^{[citation needed]}, an eclectic mix of rock'n'roll and traditional ethnic music with religious undertones.

After spending some time with Vital Signs, and Junoon, Hussain ventured on his own and released a solo album titled (Amrit). It was a sincere effort that reflected Nusrat's skills and experience in the music industry. Unfortunately, the album did not do quite as well as expected. It could have been that he was a relatively unknown in the pop music scene.

Nusrat Hussain is a professional pilot and flies the Airbus A310 of Pakistan International Airlines as a Captain (PIA).

Discography

Albums

• Amrit (1992)

Singles

• Erum
• Jo Chaho Tum
• Crazy Lady

See also

• List of Pakistani musicians

References

1. ^ Ahmad, Salman (12 January 2010). Rock & Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star's Revolution. Simon and Schuster. p. 129. ISBN 9781416597674. http://books.google.com/books?id=F5_VlFyCIBgC&pg=PA129. Retrieved 9 June 2010. 

External links

• Vital Signs - A Personal History by NFP

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