Overdose (Interview)

Band name: Overdose

Band members and their positions:

Sherry Khattak (Vocals & Guitars) ,Sarim Shafi (Guitars) ,Omair Farooq (Bass) , Bilawal Lahooti (Drums)

One quote on you all are inspired by?

“Giving up is not the key”

Tell us a bit about yourself?

Were just like any other band struggling through thick and thin to survive and cop up with the current music scenario from which our industry is undergoing

Inspirations?

We are heavily inspired by the current western rock music Alterbridge is a big inspiration for all of us

What are your hopes for the near future?

We have rigged up our own audio production studio by the name “NEON” So in the near future you would hear a lot from us InshAllah

If you guys were to describe yourself in simple word choice.. what would you say?

Overdose I guess

Who are your idols and why?

Idolizing is more of somewhat looking up to ,But from our perspective idolizing someone indirectly affects your music so we try our best not to idolize someone so much that his or her personality reflects in our music but I must say collectively we all love Noori as they proved to be really flourishing as compared to other rock bands. 

Intishaar (Interview)

Band name: Intishaar
Band members: Navin Chauhan (Vocals) Talha Anjum Rasheed (Vocals/Rap) Umair Khan ( Lead Guitars/Backing Vocals) Arbab Fahim Kasi (Rhythm Guitars) Toheed Abro (Bass)
Tell us a bit about yourself?
Ans: Navin Chauhan started learning vocals at the age of 16, Few years ago he started off with a project named "SAAZ", Umair Khan started playing guitar since he was 14 years, In November 2009, he was the Lead Guitarist in the same band with Navin, after playing some shows with the band he was offered to play with Dark Horse Association (a very well known Death Metal Underground Band). Our lead guitarist Umair Khan is also associated with Young Stunners as their Music Composer/Producer.

How was the band formed?
Ans: Due to some issues, the bands faced many problems and decided to go on their seperate ways in March 2012. Disbanded, Navin and Umair decided to go alone, after a month being disbanded, they performed at an event "Music Gala" 6th April, 2012 at Arts Council, Karachi. Navin and Umair in search of a complete band, decided to keep their old friends Arbab Fahim aka Panda on Rhythm Guitars and Toheed Abro (from Slaves Awakening) on Bass guitars as newcomers to give them a chance to show their talent.

The Walking Google – Obaid Ullah Baig

He was born in Rampur, India. His family decided to migrate to the city of lights – Karachi. He belonged to a well respected family.

Al-Mighty had granted him the art of knowledge, the style of delivering a message or a lecture. He had all what one would look up to. Theacquaintance of all most everything, regardless of religious, cultural, political, ethical, historical or economical – he had it all. One can rightly say an encyclopedia of his time. This personality is none other than Mr. Obaidullah Baig. He was one of the most finest and eminent scholar. Not just a scholar but was a media expert too.

His television career started in 1970`s era. He started an informative yet vivacious show called “Kasauti”. This was not done solely by Obaidullah, Iftikhar Arif one of the country’s geniuses joined hands. This was followed by Ghazi Salahuddin in 1990s. This continued till 21st century. In this century “Kasauti” shifted to a private Pakistani TV channel with the name of "Kasauti, Master Mind".The program was conducted by the original host of Kasauti, Quraish Pur.

Bisma Khalid (Interview)

Name: Bisma Khalid.
Nick name: Biz.
DOB: 20.6.1995
Favorite quote: “Art is you being free from all the world’s heaviness".
Tell us a bit about yourself?
I am a student of pre-medical. Wish to be a dentist. Most important thing in life for me is my family and friends. I express my self through art. The ones I interact with find me charming, cheerful and fun to be around.
Inspirations? 
Well, my greatest inspiration comes from the Chinese and Japanese side, the animes/ manga stuff. I love the great Emperpep’s work. Watercolor illustrator; Cate Parr, Towpak , Valerie chua and Marion Bolognesi.
Sketching/drawing at what age did you started doing these things?
I’ve been into this for a long time now. I started drawing when I was in 3rd standard, colours always attracted me but, this whole Sketching part (portraits, I meant) are sort of new to me.
What are the three basic things needed for being an artist? 
1. Imagination.
2. Art Materials.
 3. Time.

Naseer Afridi (Interview)

Name: Naseer Afzal Afridi
Nickname: None
D.O.B: 13-03-91
Favorite quote: For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness. Reba McEntire
Tell us a bit about yourself and naseer and shahaab?
Just a regular boy who wants to make history, it’s going to take time and I know that, patience and consistency is all I have. Naseer & Shahab is our brainchild and we have big plans for it. No matter if we make mainstream or what, this band will be remembered for what it did for music, I can bet you on that, and when we say that, we know what we are talking about. Inclined towards Soft/alternative rock but we’ll keep experimenting with the sound as it evolves. Initially started off in Pashto but we have projects in other languages as well. Shahab is a volume of experiences himself and they are a must know for a person who wants to learn and mature as a musician. This way, I’ve challenged myself to come up to his expectations and together with our pros and cons, we make Naseer & Shahab.
Inspirations?
Alter Bridge, Linkinpark, 30stm, 12 stones, 3 days grace, Military, random people.