Journey of Shironamhin

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Renowned for extended psychedelic and progressive compositions, multi-instrumental experimentation and philosophical lyrics, Bangladeshi rock band Shironamhin was formed in 1996 emerging from Dhaka’s underground music in the 90s.
In a recent interview held in the capital’s FunkAdelic studio, the trailblazer band shared its philosophy along with the story of its 25-year journey that began with experimental music on fields of different universities. They also talked about their upcoming silver jubilee celebration concert titled The Only Headliner scheduled to be held on September 8 at the International Convention City Bashundhara in the capital and more.
Ziaur Rahman writes the band’s songs and composes music as well as plays bass, cello and sarod while Kazy Ahmad Shafin plays drums, sarod and flute, Diat Khan is the lead guitarist, Sheikh Ishtiaque is the vocalist and Symon Chowdhury is the keyboardist.

‘Underground music is a philosophy. The band Pantera was called an underground band because they used to perform in different pubs. However, in our country, underground music was referred to the genre that music lovers used to find new and different than the music produced by mainstream bands. The musicians who used to do experimental music were thought to be carriers of underground music. If the experimental music got accepted by music lovers, then it became part of the mainstream music,’ said Ziaur Rahman.
‘Shironamhin not necessarily followed such trend to the letter. The band did experimentation in its own way. Although the experimentation was not accepted overnight, we were fortunate that music lovers ultimately accepted our music and so we have been able to continue our journey for 25 years. We are grateful to music lovers for accepting and listening to us,’ he added.
‘Back then, Shironamhin was a campus-based band and we used to perform on campuses of different universities and the audiences mostly comprised of passers-by. We did not have a fixed audience. People walking the streets used to listen to our songs and encouraged us by clapping. We used to perform at random locations and had our own vocabulary similar to that of impressionist artists,’ he mentioned.