Saturday, May 3, 2014

Interview with The Axe Band of Nepal

Posted by Anup Baral May 04, 2014 :
As we’ve seen that as a band, its’ hard to last long even in the western culture. The only band THE AXE is an established name in the Nepali Rock music scenario . About 20 years of music journey is not a short period. This is a story about attitude of course- a story about 2 founder members Shiva Sunuwar (Mukhiyaa) and Surendra Shrestha and later on joined by Sarad Shrestha and Ramesh Gyawali who formed a band as a hobby (raharai raharma), without any solemn commitment, never thought they would come out with their great songs, music with real honesty and passion, and of course making history.

The band started as a garage band in the year 1992 and was officially established in 1993, and gave their very first album “Dhunwa”. In 1995 the band gave their second album in market “Farkera Herda”. The same year a band member Ramesh Gyawali left abroad for his studies. However, it was difficult being a 3-men band at that time because the album “Farkera Herda” was not the taste of 3 men alternative sound, as it gives the taste of folk flavor. The same album introduced the name of the band in the Nepali music field as their song “Chiya Barima” and “Pallo Dadama” went the smash hit. Therefore, it was not easy to play the same old sound according to the hit album. The leftover members decided to form the as a 3 men band.

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