Biography
Introduction and Genre:
Fulbanu’s Revenge is an alternative band drawing inspiration from various musical genres ranging from alternative, grunge to punk, old school metal to nu metal, hip hop to jazz, funk, blues n electronic (trance, break beat, house, garage, leftfield). In terms of style, the band intends to develop a unique style of “alternative” music using elements from all the aforementioned musical genres. Regarding the name of the band, it was given by Daniel and even he isn’t sure what it stands for…but people have their own versions!!! The Band particularly like one which suggests that Fulbanu was a village girl tortured and killed by her husband and now she is back as a ghost to take revenge on her husband!
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History:
Fulbanu’s revenge was formed way back in the December of 2000. During the initial months, the band was pretty dormant with very minimal band activity. Soon the band got rid of the line up difficulties and the band was transformed into a dynamic unit. The founding members of the band Daniel and Sakib were joined by Farhan (from Part of the Scenery) and Salim (who left Ajob to become the full time drummer of FBR). Finally the band was up and running! Since than the band has gone onto perform a number of concerts (Astra club, Shishu Academy, Russian cultural centre, Old DOHS field, Lagoon etc). Among them the most memorable was the open air one at the Old DOHS field where the band played really well and got a very good response from the crowd. After a string of successful shows the band started to lose its direction and turned into a virtual “Cover” band abandoning their self compositions almost completely. At the beginning of 2003 (February) the band was hit by another trajedy – Dhrubo (of “Birodh”) wanted his bass guitar back and Salim (the drummer!) left for Australia. However the band members didn’t seem to mind since finally they had a good excuse for not practicing and playing concerts. FBR was back again doing shows soon. Ashfak (ex – Neurosis) joined in as the guest drummer while Farhan (Cryptic Fate) played the drums in the recording of one of the new songs. Currently the band is actively participating in concerts and doing their own compositions songs for their debut album which will be coming out soon.
Member’s Profile:
Daniel – Bass
Influences: Weezer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Incubus, Stanley Clarke, Weather Report, Chick Corea, Jon Coltrane, Paul Van Dyk, Warp Brothers, DJ Tiesto, ATB, Leigh Nash
Favourite Musicians: Flea, Rivers Cuomo, Jon Frusciante, Stanley Clarke
Sakib – Vocals , Keys (occasional)
Influences: Incubus, Bone Thugs n Harmony, Big Pun, Red Hot Chili Peppers, System of a Down, Korn, Rage Against the Machine, Gin Blossoms
Favourite Musicians: Anthony Keidis, Brandon Boyd, Jon Frusciante
Farhan – Guitar, Back Vocals
Influences: Incubus, Weezer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM, Green Day, Third Eye Blind
Favourite Musicians: Jon Frusciante, Tom Morello , Mike Eizinger
Salim – Drums, Percussions
Influences: Incubus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dream Theatre
Favourite musicians: Jose Pasillas, Chad Smith
Achievements:
No significant achievement whatsoever except maybe a few fans here n there!
"Public" concerts performed:
1. Astra Club (Thrice)
2. Russian Cultural Centre (Twice)
3. Old Dohs Field (Everyday!)
4. Scholastica (Twice)
5. Academia (Once)
6. DBC (Twice)
7. Shishu Academy (Once)
8. Laagon (Once)
No songs released till this day but two singles to be released in mixed albums-
1. "Sheydin" in the mixed album "Prothom Chitkaar" to be released sometime soon!
2. Another single for Durey bhai’s next mixed album (to be released soon).
Future Plans:
To practice once every week!
To cover songs PROPERLY (NO FBR Remixes!)
To STOP doing covers (since it’s impossible for us to cover covers properly!)
To release an album
Unscripted:
Have a musical opinion of your OWN!
Check out every possible music genre.
Respect senior musicians
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.