West Bengal's untold ROCK CULTURE | Documentary | Foremost Studios

[@MrSudeepdas]

First of all, kudos for documenting rock in Kolkata, albeit the focus was on a single band. However, you missed the mother of all rockers - Mohiner Ghoraguli. This is akin to omitting Dylan when talking about Classical Rock. I grew up with Dylan, Floyd, Purple, Straits, Led Zep, Cream, Hendrix in '70s, '80s Kolkata. On the domestic front groups like Shiva & High left their mark. So much so that I played bass for our JU rock band in late '80s. I was heavily inspired by Lew Hilt, the bassist of Shiva & High. Its interesting to hear Gen Z talk about Dream Theater, Slipnot, Bon Jovi, Nirvana, Linkin Park, etc. instead of Purple, Sabbath, Cream, Straits, Led Zep, Beatles, Dylan and others. This shows how different their perception of rock is from a Gen X like me. In fact, I stopped listening to rock once grunge appeared on the scene in mid '80s because the show became more important than substance. It became all about performance, excessive instrumentation, fuzzy guitars, headbanging & screaming hoarse in the name of singing. The balance between words & instruments was lost. The intellectualism of Classic Rock disappeared. And then in January 2023, KZbin dropped Choke by The Warning on my feed. Never in my wildest dream could I have imagined that 3 sisters from Mexico would reignite my passion for rock. I even watched MTV VMAS in 2023 after a hiatus of more than 3 decades!!! Life is indeed full of surprises.

[@sahasrangshuchanda7214]

After my journey of 70s to 90s rock starting from sabbath to linkin park ..I now find Indian classical music taken over west .And there are tons of Metal .hard rock .pgr..musicians in north east India .They have music in blood just like bengalis .

[@sawriosmusiclab5514]

Not just Kolkata, but other cities and towns in West Bengal also have vibrant rock scenes, with much snaller but dedicated fanbases. For example, Siliguri, Durgapur, Berhampur etc. I

[@Sheet12e]

Bro I live in Siliguri, I never knew we have rock culture over here too Btw can u please tell me the names of some rock venues in Siliguri

[@SrijitoGhosh-g8g]

Metalhead from Durgapur, reporting!

[@theelysiumbeats]

Alipurduar has Rock culture still growing. ​@@Sheet12eListen to Sleeping Buddha, Jehad, Purano Guitar, Fire Resume etc. Though there are not many bands still active but there are quite a few. Sleeping Buddha for example.

[@amioAyushman]

Metalhead from Nabadwip...🤘

[@X3RNEA5]

Metalhead from Berhampore, NO WAY we had a Rock Culture here!

[@suborno9249]

Where's Mohiner Ghoraguli? They were the freakin backbones mate

[@brandonwiles-n8t]

Exactly this.

[@amitdutta2023]

I am also wondering

[@abhijnansinha]

+1

[@dunsceramics1811]

Been to West Bengal several times but never knew that they have a Rock Culture and that too this popular. Kudos to the team for bringing our this topic in mainstream

[@VikiMahata]

In India rock culture started here first, & atleast in northern part bengali rock is leading even today

[@aryanroy3175]

Bro we even swear on these Rock bands🫶

[@brandonwiles-n8t]

@@VikiMahata No, Goa is the first.

[@swatisarkar234]

Goa is a western state....bengal is typically east not north ​@@brandonwiles-n8t

[@swatisarkar234]

​@@VikiMahatawest Bengal is an eastern state not northern.

[@slashsour]

Bro, if you really want to explore rock in Kolkata, google about debashish and his band Atmahatya.. and interview him. Believe me, you won’t find similar sound anywhere in west Bengal or even Bangladesh. One of the best but much underrated.. just like the old line up of krosswindz

[@namesake8075]

Well, bengali band started on 1970ish with Mohiner Ghoraguli, they didn't have any particular genre, Legendary Gautam Chattopadhyay created a musical hub and mentored many bengali bands like Lakhhichhara, Krosswindz, Shohor and many others. Even two unsung heros of bengali band culture, Subrata Ghosh and Joyjit Lahiri with their band Gorer Math also collaborated with Mohiner Ghoraguli's different albums. Many aren't aware that one of the most famous bangali band song 'Sohorer ushnotomo dine' was not created by Mohiner Ghoraguli but by Gorer Math. However, first bengali rock band album was from Krosswindz, when their album Poth Geche Benke was released, it was marked as first bengali rock band album. Which was followed by various albums released by other rock bands like Lakkhichhara, Cactus, paras pathar, abhilasha, kaya. However, the band that got huge popularity across bengal was Bhoomi with their song Barandai Roddur and other fock songs. Till today, their songs like Menoka are played in many puja processions and bhasan dances. And Chandrabindoo with their witty intellectual songs created a different fanbase. Best thing happened to west bengal band cuture was probably Band-e-mataram, many new bands got exposure, recognition, bangs like Prithibi, Eshan, Missing Link, Dhumketu, Alokborsho, Shrote, Musicstreet, Calcutta blues. Basically new bands got platform, guidance and proper exposure to express their music. However, lately DJ culture and bollywood songs overshadowed bengali Band culture and the huge popularity bengali bands gained on their 2000' era fazed out. Now a days, for many bengali rock is synonymous to Fossils only.

[@pradeeptabanerjee7122]

Agree

[@sumithardcore]

Rock influence comes by holding the hand of the bunch of ango Indian of Bow Barracks of Central Kolkata & extremely talented Bengali teenagers like Gautam Chattopadhyay, Dilip Balakrishna etc. who were ahead of their time. Rupam Islam & Fossils and Warfaze without taking these name & bands name Bangla Rock is incomplete, he is the trend setter, he is the founder of Bangala Rock music genre.

[@nyctophilecat]

Acid by Fossils hooked me up

[@dipendumukherjee4365]

mr Amyt dutt the ex guitarist of shiva was my mentor back few years back!i must say he changed my perspective towards music!kudos to you sir for teaching me and showing me the path

[@Jello_o]

I have always dreamt of organising rock/metal concerts like they have in Bangalore or Shillong. Like I want to be among the organiser and bring epic bands from all over the country and the world. I just don’t know where to start, I mean I have few friends who even want to invest in organising such things. I really want to make not just Kolkata but West Bengal as hub for rock/metal concerts, being a musician myself I feel sad that we do not have such concert hub here.

[@swastikghosh394]

I am organizing a show on 5th of october at Sujata Sadan called Psycho sadistic Existence. Maybe you could drop by and support the local scene. A local deathcore band is going to be releasing their album there

[@Jello_o]

@@swastikghosh394 sure bro, stay in touch I want to be a part of such an event and really want to see Kolkata a hub for rock/metal heads

[@pritangshudutta3819]

Aro ekbar cholo phire jai Paharer oi buke te darai Akasher hathchani te sharadin ki hobe Na vebe ❤❤❤

[@thesheikhwasim]

Woah... Kolkata amazing in its culture always... Loved to know about Rock music, i had no clue 😅

[@sohamghosh9788]

Everybit of Kolkata is a story and a legend itself Bangali Rock Hochey hobay cholchey cholbay

[@mrrshankar8748]

Moheener Ghoraguli was the first Rock band in India......started by Gautam Chattopadhyay 1975

[@Ajoy_Basak]

Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@brandonwiles-n8t]

Kolkata rock culture is the second oldest in India after that of Goa. They used to have their own distinct style. Huge fan. But too bad now they try to copy from Bangladesh (which is basically a western copycat rock music with Bengali lyrics) and gradually losing their own style. ☹ Also Mohiner Ghoraguli missing?

[@ashrafulhossain007]

mohineer ghoraguli to pink floyd er copy. rock er koto genre ache do you have any idea? rock music basically western. instrument gulao western. apnader moto ateel fan der karonei west bengal er rock scene Bangladesh er moto thrive korte parche na. 70s er jokhon mohin start korechilo tokhon pareni, now after fossils 2nd r kono professional band nei. rock k rock er motoi thrive korte dite hoy. okhane atelami dhukaben na.

[@brandonwiles-n8t]

@@ashrafulhossain007 Which MG song is Pink Floyd copy? Lol. Of course rock genre is western, instruments are western. But every sub genre has their own kind of improvisation. Modern Bangladeshi bands lack that, when I listen to them it sounds like I am listening to some western band (but lyrics are Bengali). Also I am not talking about old Bangladeshi bands , they had their own way of expression. But current Bangladeshi bands don't. You need to listen to rock/metal music from other countries, then you will understand what I am saying. Start with Japanese Rock/Metal, Indonesian Metal/Rock, Arabic Metal/Rock, Afghan Metal/Rock, Chinese Rock/Metal, Mongolian Rock/Metal, Latin Rock/Metal, Scandinavian Rock/Metal, African Rock/Metal and so on. Search them on youtube, you will find them.

[@mdrafikuzzaman2687]

Can you name some new rock band of Bangladesh you've listened?​@@brandonwiles-n8t

[@akashbhowmik7993]

as a Kolkata Bashinda , we should learn and adapt from the band music scene from Bangladesh

[@brandonwiles-n8t]

Bangladeshi rock bands are western copycats. They failed to create their own style. But their rap music are on a totally different level.

[@pranayroy180]

Though they are good but have been copying the west ever since.

[@navneetmaity7624]

Not necessary, they are imitaters of American rather than original. Also Stop simping for people and country which is obviously fascist and calls Art, Haram.

[@pritangshudutta3819]

Rock music is like the heart of Bengali culture

[@Ytwatcher91900]

Finally someone calling it out

[@dqweerd]

Excellent channel!!

[@Tukaipaaji]

Joy PRITHIBI , joy aurthohin ❤

[@mridul7922]

Aurthohin!

[@aarounge]

The sitar at @2:44 is awesome

[@Starfish845]

What's the song from shova the rock band

[@sounakdas8728]

Listen band 'Blood'

[@soumadip_banerjee]

Hell yeah 🤘🏻

[@pritangshudutta3819]

The person who doesn't know any rock band name in Kolkata is not Bengali

[@lunatic_introvert]

5:47 .. bro .. i can relate!!! ❤❤ ... Bangladeshi music e acta beper a6eee !!! ..

[@Ravi47063]

Ufff cactus

[@foremoststudios]

The best the OG 🔥

[@Mouli_Unplugged]

Bro how can you forget Mohiner Ghoraguli?

[@angshumanpodder4415]

No mention of mohin?

[@SuamanMandal]

joy rock🤘

[@biswadeepsinha5120]

PRACHIR was the best rock band of kolkata ... not fossils ....

[@raktimnath987]

xD

[@theaditxys]

Musical and insightful 🙌🏻

[@sushnatasarkar352]

You forgot Moheener Ghoraguli

[@avisheksaha2226]

Such an amazing one ! Is it possible to stay in touch with you?

[@foremoststudios]

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[@diplahiri1622]

What a miss! There is not even a mention of 'Mahiner Ghoraguli' - Father of Indian and Bengali Rock and the people you interviewed have little to no understanding of the city's rich rock foundation and also very narrow understanding of world Rock! This video could have been a gem if interviewed right people, researched thoroughly

[@saptarshibasu5624]

More like Azad's untold rock culture

[@foremoststudios]

You didn’t get point mate we just wanted to convey that young generations are also interested and emerging as a rock band we also showed that small events are also conducted for young bands to showcase their talent.

[@iamtb100]

Slipknot🖤

[@SakilIslam-jz5or]

Joy rock

[@ApratimBhattacharyya]

Don't know why you sound so uninterested in the voice over. Try better modulations to hold your viewers back.

[@foremoststudios]

Noted! Will definitely improve the voice over and modulation from the next video.

[@nasibkhanrohan9777]

FOSSILS 🖤🤘

[@suryanshuchakraborty915]

Joy rock🤘

[@mahaksuri2408]

👍🏻👍🏻💯♥

[@Snehamondalsm]

❤

[@abhigyangupta1375]

Another month another amazing documentary 🚀🚀

[@dakshsharma4054]

Yet another Masterpiece 🫶🫶

[@SarasakaKRUX]

Insightful🚀

[@thuglife2205]

🙂

[@bijeshsingh92]

Joy Rock 🤘

[@Krishx.19]

Amazing 💯

[@MrigankaRoy]

as a documentary its very bad! its more like a promotion video of a specific band! Chatgpt er cheye valo history bole dite parto!

[@foremoststudios]

Thanks for the feedback we just started out making videos and we will definitely imrpove the writing and research of our videos. Also, we wanted to keep approach where we wanted to show the rock culture as well as show the emerging new generation of rock enthusiasts and their take on the rock.

[@sahasrangshuchanda7214]

Rock music started in kolkata long before Indian knew what Rock music is ..These rock bands had done live concerts in Australia..Europe .USA ..yes its because of the western influence..Also armed revolution against the british started from kolkata .

[@financial_drummer]

Just a second, did he just mention that Kolkata got exposed to Rock Music during the British Era??? Bro, do study about Rock Music a bit please... India got independent in 1947...

[@foremoststudios]

The influence came during British era, Kolkata was already very advance pre independence era and had cultural influences from various parts of world due as it was a trade capital

[@debashishchakraborty2897]

Wrong history, 1947 British left, Rock Music evolved in the West in the late 1950s, in Calcutta in the mid-60s. Who are these idiots who make such crappy documentaries.

[@NinnySharma-e1d]

Brother, stop yapping, even if it wasn't during the British, the atmosphere was created. To be very honest, if you don't like it, no one is forcing you to watch it

[@nivaparia8837]

Mohiner Ghoraguli , the very first rock band of India .

[@hrithiksarkar2514]

Kolkata rock culture is not that good

[@JhumurNath-o3l]

Todays kids should more research about the root of Kolkata's rock and roll culture!!! Wikipedia is not the ultimate research zone!😂😂😂 they avoided the band skinny alley!! Only Booming the voice, over gaining the guitars and thriving the snare don't make your music rock. Rock is beyond from the cultural system and society!!

[@prosenjitdas7479]

Another KZbinr who thinks West Bengal is all about Kolkata and only Kolkata.

[@NinnySharma-e1d]

I mean, why would someone complain when even the state government thinks this was🤡

[@jaydeepsen4769]

As someone from Asansol, satya vachan

[@frequency_sequencer]

Rock music in British colonial era lol

[@aradhyadutta3724]

4:29 he's so hot !

[@foremoststudios]

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