Stubborn

Stubborn is basically a PUNK ROCK musician that influenced by many band such as Blink 182, Dustbox, and Totalfat. In early 2009, STUBBORN release their own DEMO CD that has been sold out! Yeah!Sabri said "This is such a candid record for us, we decided to lend more crazy idea for our first ep album. I dealt with some very difficult tests when we are working on this. The loss of someone very close to me." STUBBORN's EP - IRAMA MELAYU LAJU is out now!!

Pop Shuvit

Pop Shuvit is a Malaysian independent rap-rock band. Comprising Moots! (vocals), JD (guitar), AJ (bass), Rudy (drums) and Uno (turntables), the band who got its name from a skateboarding trick of almost the same name began making waves in the local music scene in late 2001 and since then, has had 4 successful releases under their belt and gained a sizable fanbase in Asia notably in Malaysia, Japan, Thailand and Singapore. Known for their adrenaline-packed live shows and eclectic blend of hip hop and rock, Pop Shuvit are being touted as Asia’s leading Hip Hop Rock band.heir debut album Take it & Shuvit broke new ground when their first single Skaters’ Anthem was released exclusively on the Internet and became one of the most downloaded local songs in Malaysian music history. The hype and street buzz from the track caught the ears of ESPN, who in turn licensed the track for use in their Summer X-Games broadcast that hit millions of households worldwide. As further credit to Pop Shuvit, ESPN played their music videos and tracks off the album throughout the duration of competition.In 2003, Pop Shuvit released Take it & Shuvit in Japan and became the first Malaysian band to hit the music chart in Japan. The overwhelming support from Japanese youth market ensured that all tracks of the album charted the top 20 on the Tower Records sales charts (even beating raprock luminaries like Linkin Park) without any promotion to back the album.

Wanted Symphony

Vibrant, passionate, energetic and adventurous! Those are just some of the words that can be used to describe local fusion rock outfit Wanted Symphony - Since breaking onto the scene in October last year, the band has been on an exciting musical journey and has never looked back. Uniting four young and talented musicians, the band brings together a variety of influences and a whole lot of fun. Wanted Symphony definitely is a promise of something fresh - Together, they dabble in a genre they like to call ‘experimental fusion rock’. The band writes, arranges and produces their own music – uniquely characterized by a creative mixture of sounds, solid musical composition and strong lyrics. In the process, they have had the privilege of churning out crowd favourites such as ‘Breathless’, ‘Midnight Chatter’, and most recently ‘A Place Called Home’. The band performs live regularly and has rocked the house down on numerous occasions with their electrifying performances. Having already chalked up countless shows and feature performances nationwide, Wanted Symphony was recently blessed with a TV appearance as finalists on a reality show sponsored by Coca-Cola. Aside from that, they were also interviewed and featured in local newspapers Kosmo! and the News Straits Times. Despite having fun on stage and enjoying what they do, more importantly Wanted Symphony aims to touch and impact people with their music. As lead singer Daniel Wong puts it, “Our aim is not just to make music that people can remember and enjoy, but above everything we seek to speak into the hearts and lives of our listeners with our songs and the words that we sing, in the hope that people will go home carrying a positive message to their family and friends.” With the release of their much awaited debut single ‘You Will Be Mine’, Wanted Symphony now sets their sights on scaling greater heights. The band is just getting warmed up – there is much more to come so make sure you watch this space!

Fragments & Frictions

Fragments & Frictions or FnF for short was founded by Sherwin Singh (bass/vocals) in early 2010. Sherwin got the band name by mistake while listening to Angels & Airwaves's Fragments & Fictions. He didn't notice that the word was Fictions and not Frictions. Sherwin thought it was cool and went on to name the band Fragments & Frictions. After the band name was settled, Sherwin happened to see his good friend Andrew Kornnish perform at a battle of the bands event with Andrew's band Stalking Shannon. Sherwin instantly set his sights on roping Andrew in for his new band. Andrew agreed to join the band and soon after Brendon Khoo filled the position of drums. After 2 months of composing and rehearsals, Fragments & Frictions has already a number of original songs under their belts and have played in various events and places, notably FEYST Concert and An Honest Mistake's Debut Album Showcase . Their biggest achievement so far was bagging third place in DiGi's talent competition DiGiLive Tour on August 8 2010.

RevuForte

Subang Jaya native, 20-year-old, Afiq, started out the band as a side project with the help of a few local youngsters a few years back. Claiming that their main sound is hard rock, they cite Trivium, Slipknot, Muse, and Arch Enemy as their main band influences. The name means “ to entertain loudly”. The band’s sole mission in life is to continuously make music that will constantly inspire people to play music.After a few member turnovers, they are now a 3-piece band.Back in 2007, lead singer Afiq was working on a new side project band,and he called Asrul(bass),Daniel(drums) and Ryan(guitar) and together they formed a band. They called themselves,RevuForte.They recorded their first single titled 'Greed’. After recording their first single, Afiq and Daniel had continuous creative differences and soon after, Daniel left the band. They found new drummer named Adrie.Things were starting to turn around when Ryan decided to quit for personal reasons and Asrul has since been removed by the band for Afiq and Asrul had had different ideas about their own music ideology .Now, Afiq has found Bulya as their new bassist and together, they are planning to record more songs in the future.

Unexpected Mercy

We are six passionate musicians, with a great desire to influence and to inspire the world through our blend of metal / hardcore / death metal music.Formed in 2007, after a few rounds of slight line-up changes, Unexpected Mercy are finally set with a permanent line-up.The band started off with Ian and his sister; Vivian together with Russel to form a band that plays hardcore music thanks to the many musical influences by the bands that they started to listen to that plays hardcore music. A few months later Daniel joined themand together they have a couple of jamming sessions. Former band members started to leave thus pushing them to seek for members to fill in the spaces.During the end of the year 2007, Ian met Joey at a college music event, thus prompting him the position as the vocalist for Unexpected Mercy. Without hesitation, Joey gladly accepted the offer and since then he is the best candidate for the position. At the beginning of 2008, they started to compose their own songs and atthe same time they were struggling and seeking for a full-time bassist in the band. Late 2008, Joshua came into the picture nicely when they met him at a show. After that, there’s no turning back and a new journey begins for Unexpected Mercy with a steady and permanent line-up.With Joey on vocals, Ian and Russel on guitars, Joshua on bass, Daniel on keyboards, and Vivian on drums, Unexpected Mercy is now poised to impact the music scene with passion and sheer determination. Unexpected Mercy's music is comprised with solid double-bass kicks, with hard-hitting snare hits; creating beats and grooves, working together with basslines that are groovy as well as solid bass fills, mixing them with both chugging guitars and also riffs combining with guitar solos, thus bringing in the atmospheric keyboards and lastly melodic vocals and not forgetting low growls and high pitch screams that are orchestrated into a concoction of brutal breakdowns, prominent symphonic keyboards with electronica samples, guitar riffs and solos, and also with a melodic feel in those songs that can inspire you.Lyrically, Unexpected Mercy writes about the normal struggles we face in our everyday lives, but yet we can find hope within their belief and their faith, to encourage and to impart a whole new level and mindset towards the world.So far, 3 songs have been recorded and released in the year 2010, following plans to release an EP in the 1st quarter of 2011, then followed by plans to also release a full
length debut by the end of 2011.

Love Me Butch

Love Me Butch was formed in 1997 in Shah Alam, Selangor.In 1998, they started to write original songs and released their first demo EP, Psychedelic Relic and toured the whole of Malaysia, gathering fan base in the underground scene.In 2000, the band was featured in a local compilation released by Posse Records entitled Family Day with their first single Freefall. . The debut album, Enter Posthuman was released in Nov 2001. 5 months later, they shook the nation as they became the first independent band in Malaysia to receive an award in the Anugerah Industri Muzik (Malaysian Music Awards). They were the Best New English Artiste of 2002 and the album was also nominated for the Best Produced English Album and Best Engineered Album categories.In July 2002 issue of TONE magazine, Love Me Butch was voted third in the TONE Urban Top 20 list.They formed their very own indie label, One Armed Productions in 2003 to continue their musical odyssey. It took them about a year and a half to materialize songs that would be featured on This Is The New Pop which was produced by Love Me Butch themselves, and recorded at 101 Studios between Nov 2004 and February 2005. This Is The New Pop was released on April 2005.
Apart from the Malaysian release, they had secured international distribution in Singapore (Voideck Music), Japan (CR Japan), Thailand (IndyPop Records) and the Philippines (MCA/UNIVERSAL MUSIC), being the first Malaysian rock band to have penetrated the Asian music scene.
The song, Hollywood Holiday, is on the Malaysian Top Ten Charts for more than 4 months in one of the biggest radio station in Malaysia, Hitz.FM as well as received high airplays on X-Fresh FM and Red FM.
The band also released 2 music videos for the singles, “Reconcile” and “Hollywood Holiday”. The video for “Hollywood Holiday” was nominated at Anugerah Industri Muzik 2006 (AIM Awards) in the Best Music Video Category.It is currently on rotation on MTV Asia which is broadcasted to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand as well as local TV stations such as Hitz.TV, 8TV and TV3. It also debuted in the top 30 of the MTV Thailand International charts. As quoted by MTV Asia and 8TV, this video is the best music video ever produced in Malaysia. The video has started to receive airplays on MTV Japan since July 2006.Love Me Butch was also on the number 1 spot for 7 weeks in one of Japan’s largest indie music website, www.audioleaf.com, something reminiscent to myspace.com and purevolume.com.
They organized their own tour, Sejenak Di Semenanjung Tour 05 throughout major cities in Malaysia to support of the album release.
They have toured in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Philippines playing to a crowd of 500 to 25 000 people. The band also opened for Simple Plan when they came to Kuala Lumpur for their tour, and had been featured in more high profile shows such as the annual Rock The World concert (they were featured in RTW2, 3, 4, 5,7), ESPN X-Games, The Quiksilver Revolution Tour, Blast Off Finals, Homegrown Finale Concert, The Rottwailers’ Convention, Lucky Strike F1 Street Party, Malaysian Independence Celebrations, New Year Countdown Celebrations, and numerous radios & magazines sponsored events throughout Malaysia. LMB was also featured at the FC Five Tour in Malaysia, playing 2 dates back to back with the hardcore punk band from Japan.In October 2005, Love Me Butch toured across the city of Bangkok, playing 3 dates in Suansunanda University, The Rock Pub and Immortal Bar with Thai bands such as Brand New Sunset, Late, Housetrap, Outro and more. A few months later in March 2006, they were invited to play in Thailand again. This time at the Grand Pattaya International Music Festival playing at the MTV stage with Thai and international bands alike such as Sek Loso, Futon, Modern Dog, Rivermaya, 4gotten and Thaitanium. Then in May 2006, they played in Thailand again in an unplugged show, organised by their Thai fans. They attended the MTV Asia Awards show and after party, and played an opening set for Rivermaya at Cosmic Café, R.C.A.The band had also appeared 3 times consecutively at Baybeats 2004, 2005 & 2006 (South East Asia answer to Big Day Out) alongside bands such as Brandtson, Copeland, The Posies, Angelas Dish, Blue Line Medic, Last Days of April and Buddhiston held in Singapore as well as co-headline the Asian Youth and Music Festival with Baroque from Japan at the Singapore's Youth Park.
In October 2006, Love Me Butch was signed by MCA/Universal in the Philippines and toured the country to support the release of This Is The New Pop with Philippines’ bands, Chicosci, Urbandub, Faspitch, Valley of Chrome and Bad Burns. They performed at 6underground, Janero Bar, rock radio station NU107FM, SM Lipa Mall, Music One in store show, Breakfast Morning Show@ Studio 23 and appeared on local TV stations such as MYX and MTV Philippines. LMB was also featured as the only international band at the MTV Staying Alive Music Summit for HIV/AIDS held at The Fort, Taguig, Metro Manila on Dec 5. They also played at this year’s biggest rock festival, Summerslam 7 in April, rocking out the stage with 50 other Philippines acts and Death Angel from USA to a crowd of 50 000.Love Me Butch has just completed the INVASIA 2007 Tour whereby they toured Manila, Bangkok, KL and Singapore non-stop with Furcurve (Australia), Brand New Sunset (Thailand), A Vacant Affair (Singapore), Faspitch (Philippines) and Chicosci (Philippines).

Mercy Side

Mercy Side consist of 4 talented young musician with great enthusiastic when it comes to making music. Mercy Side established in the year 2009 based in KL M'sia.Mercy Side is now actively recording for their 1st EP contents of 4 songs all together and all in malay which will release in 2011. Mercy Side first gig was at paul place but before that the band was attended a battle in early 2009 at beach club(Asian Beat).Time by time Mercy side keep on searching place to perform, the band had a chance to paly at Myevo club at pandan indah twice and cont by others event at janda baik by J club and JIG studio,indie big jam JB and Dataran by 2 crank.com and Karyawan.

Kyoto Protocol

Kyoto Protocol was formed by a group of angsty but fun-loving adolescent males who embarked on a quest to explore sonical frontiers together. They combined their varied influences ranging from The Clash to Queens of the Stone Age to create an eclectic mix of punk, soul and electro.
Things got serious when their raw passion was validated as talent after they won 1st place in the Yamaha Asian Beat Central Region Finals. There was no turning back…
Today, they play some of the most infectious, experimental yet listenable rock in Malaysia; their impressive accolades include coveted slots at Rock the World 2009 & 2010, Urbanscapes 2010 and Baybeats (Singapore) 2010.

An Honest Mistake

An Honest Mistake, consisting of 6 talented musicians, is one of Malaysia's latest sensations to hit the music scene.The dynamic rock band writes and produces their own music, already generating hit songs like 'This Song Is So Random, I Don't Know Why' and 'The Snake With Limbs'. Fusing metal and hardcore with poppy choruses to make them unique; the band is definitely something to look out for!In 2009, An Honest Mistake rocked the house down at many popular venues such as Laundry Bar, Urbanattic and The Library with their electrifying performances. They have also played prestigious stages such as the Selangor Music Festival and Rock The World 9. An Honest Mistake is also VIMA's 'Best College Act' and was nominated for 'Best Sunshiny-Feelgood-Song' in the 2010 VIMA Awards.Come the new year, AHM is churning out more singles to delight their fans. With great music and determination, An Honest Mistake is set to take 2010 by storm, so watch out for them.

Rosevelt

Since Rosevelt was unleashed upon the world in June 2009, we have been living out the dream in the local music scene. This dream is simple: to blaze trails of our own among the footsteps of local indie music greats.The spirit of Rosevelt is best summed up in our public debut at Indie Youth Fest 2009: indie, young, and in the serious business of having fun.Within the same year, we were honoured with a slot in Rock The World 2009 and it has been the ride of our lives ever since. Rosevelt has had the pleasure of playing live at various venues, such as The Library, Laundry Bar, and Urbanattic, as well as many events including Fly FM Campur Chart, Youth ‘10, and Urbanscapes 2010.We have also been rocking the campus circuit, such as Tunku Abdul Rahman College, Sunway University College, Monash University College, and HELP University, so much so that Rosevelt was nominated for ‘Best College Act’ at the Voize Independent Music Awards 2010.So what kind of rock music exactly do we play? Some say Hard Melodic Rock, some say Alternative Rock. We say the kind of rock that will have you headbanging till your neck hurts.Our single Madicine, which debuted in June 2010, made it to XFM and also spent 8 weeks at the top of Cravecharts.

Hello, is this the band?

Hello, is this the band? (HITTB) band was formed in Alor Star, Kedah, in late 2007. Band members today are Diana (Vocals),Fahmy (guitar), Shahfeeq (Drums), Hidhir (bass), Shazmir (lead guitar). The band original members are Fahmy, Shahfeeq and Shazmir. The first song the band put together was now known as "Letting You Go". They recorded tw o songs without vocals in January 2008 at Subhuman Production Studio in ALor Star (now moved to Bukit Antarabangsa KL), and later set up the band's Myspace account and uploaded both songs. The band wanted to find another bandmate. The band wanted a female singer for them. So the search started.After the two songs were uploaded to Myspace and the band started to add people and advertise about their search, the band received good responses and few people were auditioned. Hidhir later joined the band and took Shazmir's position as bassist. Shazmir then moved to lead guitar. Later the band found their singer who currently studying in her 1st year at Multimedia University, where all the band members are currently studying too. Diana or well known as Dy decided to tryout and later joined HITTB and the band was complete.The band's name was taken from their advertisement tagline in Myspace to search for a singer. "call now, and say - hello, is this the band?". In May 2008 the band recorded another two songs, one of it was "It's Not Rocket Science, It's About Us". In December 2008, HITTB recorded their first song with Dy, with their lecturer Mr Norman. Then the band recorded another two songs with her, "It's Not Rocket Science, It's About Us" and "Secret Admirer" in early January 2009.After the band released the songs, they received overwhelming invites to play at gigs and shows all over Malaysia. Thanks to organizers like Bodysurf Records, Gegey Music, Sovereign Records and many more, the band now has a growing fanbase all over Malaysia. In August 2009, the band signed a record deal with Malaysia's indie label from East Coast, Gegey Music and they started recording their upcoming album at JD (Pop Shuvit) 21:05 studio in TTDI in October and expected to be released by Gegey Music in February 2010.HITTB's music can be generally regarded as Pop Punk, Emo, and Rock. The band influences ranging from Paramore, Anberlin, We The Kings and many more.

Dichi Michi

 Dichi Michi burst straight into the local scene 3 years ago and perform actively in numerous events, collaborating and working with independent artist from other country. Besides, Dichi Michi also has been regularly interviewed and featured in local newspaper(harian metro & news straight times), magazine (junk, pizza, rottw etc.) and tv shows (8tv quikie,tv3 MHI, cyberjaya tv, the wknds session, homegrown etc.) . They also attract many famous independent clothing labels and sponsors (That’s rite, Mejiku Indonesia, MACBETH footwear etc). With that accomplishment, Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) has approached Dichi Michi and offered to shoot a video clip for their song “Lost in Final Year” and “Realiti dan Fantasi” for Astro Musik Aktif channel. RTM was interested to further promote them because of their credibility in performing.They’ve released their EP entitled “SOUNDS OF NEW HOPE” (released independently in 2009) that received positive responds from most of music lovers around the world. Their hot single "Fine Without You“ and "Realiti dan Fantasi" become people's favorite in Internet and ranking among the top five of Hit.fm Malaysian English Top Ten and Flyfm campur chart as well as being at the top of Suria.fm Suria Band Kita chart for 6 weeks becoming new teenage/local/independent music and fashion icon in Malaysia.

Handle With Care

Handle With Care is an independent rock band based in Petaling Jaya. The band consists of Faisal Yusof on vocals and bass, Andy Seah and John Paul Pacaldo on guitars, and Abdul Musowir (Moose) on drums.Bonding over a common interest in music, Faisal, Andy, John and Chee Ben Jin (former drummer) built a strong friendship and soon enough, Handle With Care was born in early 2009. The band was later joined by bassist David Woong in mid 2009. In August 2009, Ben left the band to further his studies overseas. He was then replaced by Moose in October 2009. In January 2010, David left the band due to personal reasons. With his departure, Handle With Care is now a four-piece band with Faisal taking over the role of bassist.A far cry from their beginning of playing covers, the band took a step forward by writing their own songs after being together for a few months. Handle With Care have released three singles and played numerous gigs. Their latest single, “Apa Warnamu”, has been creating a buzz and getting airplay on XFM, Hot FM as well as Fly FM. The song has reached no.1 on XFM Underground Chart and also no.1 on online music charts, such as Channel [V] AMP Chart, cravecharts.com and jomgig.com Top 50. Handle With Care is now on a roll to make a name in the local music scene.

Diriku (My Lirik)

Diriku

Dizaman persekolahan aku liar

Kini diriku sudah berikarar

Untuk mencari perkara yang bahagia

Hanya untuk masa kerjaku

Jangan dilayan perkara asing

Ingatkan dunia depan kita

Bukan ku mengatakan ia

Tapi satu kenyataan masa kelak

Sekarang mencari ilmu iklas

Hanya untuk satu prasangka

Ia hanya untuk diriku dan dia

Ikutlah kata emak dan ayah

Jangan dilayan perkara asing

Ingatkan dunia depan kita

Bukan ku mengatakan ia

Tapi satu kenyataan masa kelak

Dunia ini hanya sementara

Buatkan yang terbaik pada kita

Usah difikir picagari haram

Ia akan binasakan jiwa raga

Jangan dilayan perkara asing

Ingatkan dunia depan kita.

Meet Uncle Hussain feat Black - Drama King

Sekali lagi Meet Uncle Hussain mendapat tempat Naib Johan pada AJL25 yang berlangsung pada 9 Januari 2010 bertempat di Stadium Bukit Jalil,Kuala Lumpur. Kali ini MUH menampilkan Black Mentor sebagai vokalist untuk lagu Drama King ini. Gabungan Juara AJL yang ke 23 dan Vokal terbaik AJL24 ini memberi satu kehangatan dan mixture yang serasi bagi lagu Drama King ini. Ini juga membuktikan tanpa Azlan(bekas vokalist MUH) MUH dapat berdiri sendiri untuk muzik indie tanah air kita. Kredit juga kepada Black kerana sanggup berganding badu bersama MUH untuk menjayakan AJL25 dan menyempurnakan lagu Drama king ini. So kita nantikan kemunculan MUH dengan Hazama AF dan mungkin kombinasi kali ini juaga dapat memberi satu lagi kejutan buat MUH dan Muzik Indie tanah air kita.

Bunkface - Situasi Video Clip

Clip video terbaru dari bunkface. Lagu situasi ini sudah lama kedengaran tetapi klip videonya akhir diterbitkan.Lagu situasi ini adalah first single melayu dari bunkface dan lagu ini juga mencetus fenomena kepada bunkface.Lirik pada lagu situasi ini memberi banyak makna kepada pendengar nya.Lagu ini merupakan track hangat pada tahun 2009 dan pernah tercalon sebagai finalist AJL24 iaitu pada tahun 2010.

MTV World Stage Malaysia 2010

Sekali MTV World Stage berlangsung di Sunway Lagoon Suft Beach Malaysia pada 31 Julai 2010. Kali MTV menampilkan sebuah band indie malaysia yang masih hangat iaitu Bunface. Ini amat membanggakan bagi Bunkface kerana dijemput untuk memeriahkan suasana MTV World Stage.Bunkface menempilkan lagu-lagu hangat mereka seperti Situasi,Revolusi dan banyak lagi. Dengan kehadiran artis luar negara seperi Katy Perry,Takio Hotel dan Wonder Girl bagai menyemarakan lagi suasana di MTV World Stage ini. Dengan kunjungan peminat diseluruh malaysia juga amat tidak dapat dinafikan. Ia seakan-akan satu lautan manusia yang membanjiri Sunway Lagoon. Seakan tidak percaya Indie Band dapat menembusi event sebesar ini. Kredit kepada Bunkface yang berjaya memeriahkan MTV World Stage tersebut..

SevenCollar T-Shirt

One of the most established local English bands, SevenCollar T-Shirt, have been active in the Malaysian music scene for over 10 years. Drones, their sophomore album was regarded as one of the most crucial English releases in Malaysia and has since brought them touring around South East Asia and the United Kingdom. The Great Battle is SevenCollar T-Shirt’s third follow up to their AIM award nominated sophomore album Drones. Unlike Drones, The Great Battle displays a heavier, moodier and darker effort. The much awaited album has been hailed by music critics and music fans alike as one of the best efforts in the Malaysian English music scene. The album has most recently received 2 nominations for AIM 17.

The Rush

The band existed in the scene when Huffyz met Didhy in the lovely City of Kuching.Both of them are true indie music lovers and lots of British Acts.They decided to form the band in the middle of 2003. Didhy was taking the guitarist and vocalist,and huffyz decided to be the drummer.But the band was not enough without bassist,wasn’t it? Didhy told Huffyz to find another line up,until Didhy started to follow his family transfer to Kuala Lumpur.Huffyz never gave up to find the bassist.Didhy and Huffyz still contacted each other eventhough Didhy was transferred to Kuala Lumpur.Huffyz called Didhy by his handphone,he told that,he already got the bassist position.huffyz said the bassist is his bestfriend and his school classmate, Alanx.Didhy knows him too,but not really close,just a little bit. When Didhy came back to Kuching,the three of them met and practised the cover songs of their favourite bands.They discussed on the very sweet Sunday night,and the name of the band was decided.'THE RUSH' was chosen to be the band name. When the band started to play their own song,the crisis of the band spoiled the band.That was a big crisis.Only the friends of The Rush know the crisis.Huffyz decided to leave the band. Then,Didhy and Alanx found Adthely who plays as the drummer now.Adthely is a very goodboy disciplined drummer.Respect on him,you can do it! Fortunately,the new 'The Rush' begins,and they participated the Battle Of The Bands.The BOTB is called ’Lord Of The Bands’, organized by Silas of Evenstarr.The Rush got through to the finals,and they won the 5th place consolation.After the battle,The Rush was interviewed by the popular music magazine in Malaysia ROTTW. Then,The Rush continued with invitation to perform in the mini gigs,charity performances,open day of colleges and festivals with other local bands in Kuching City.Lots of thanks for inviting us. The Rush released their first ever E.P , titled "The Blue Sunny Glory Starter E.P.Got 3 tracks songs inside,"Happy Deepfeelsy","POP!" and "The Braindead Starter".All songs written by Didhy & music by The Rush. Thanks for all of the local musik supporters.We really appreciate it! Also to all of The Kuching Underground & Kuching Borneon Bands fellows: Nice Stupid Playground,Nerd(Badol&Tibet),Sillwayd(Adhim & Mr. Edwyn),Saltwaterflies(Endy Bedder & Iman Daud),The Drives(Rizal,Riki&Bobby),Seven Day After(Dani),Farrah,The Times,United Kids Of Oi!(Saypul & Kojack) and Disharmornic Movement,The Rudeboys(Yasser),Chakwau Cyndrom(Charles)Vormit,OAG & lots more! Keep it up! Support our KUCHING UNDERGROUND LOCAL BANDS,KUCHING INDIE REBEL,BORNEON LOCAL SCENE,KUCHING SKINHEAD CREW(K.C.S.H),KUCHING HARDCORE CREW(K.C.H.C)

Bittersweet

Bittersweet began in mid-2004 with 2 members who had the same musical interests. Both played in an Ipoh band before, and got to know each other well during that time. Herri and Zabil occasionally met to hangout and eventually decided to try their hand at writing music together. Both heavily influenced by British music, the two decided to put their heads together and record an EP, just for fun.
After the recording was completed Herri and Zabil distributed the material for feedback, which was mainly positive. When Zabil joined the Malaysian teaching force he had to quit the band, which left Bittersweet with only one of its founding members. Determined not to abandon what they started, Herri set about forming a complete line-up, particularly considering they'd been invited by Pet Projects to perform at Couple's EP launch. He enlisted Dinie as their bassist first of all, before adding Hafiez (guitarist) to the line-up, Pijie as Bittersweet's vocalist with Emai ..boards. Bittersweet finished recording their 2nd EP (Night and Morning Tales) on November 2004. They?|ve been invited for shows at PISA Penang on January 2005. The feedback of the 2nd EP and the shows at Penang which were more massive than before. Bittersweet have been invited for plenty of shows after that in KL and Penang.
Starting 2006, Bittersweet been received a rave reviews from the crowd and people mostly in Klang Valley itself. Bittersweet finished recorded their 1st single (A Perfect Match) on June 2006. The singles feedback was heavily impressive and the track A Perfect Match has been played in many radio stations such as Fly fm, Hot fm, Hitz.fm and Mix fm. They also had been invited to play for a show at Baybeats festival 2006. By the end of 2006, Bittersweet has launched their 1st debut album, Perfect Match, on 16th December 2006 during Rock The World 7. Two months later, after the album has released, they started for a tour around the country. The tour began at 10th April which the first place that they gonna rock was KLPAC, Kuala Lumpur. Then,they went to JB(11th March), Malacca(17th March), Penang(8th April), Ipoh(14th April) and the last place was Sarawak on 28th April. The tour was good and successful.
After the Malaysian tour, Bittersweet in planning to broaden their music to the audiences around the South East Asia region. Finally Bittersweet comprises of 5 members that are Pijie(Lead Vocals), Herri(Lead Guitar / Vocals), Hafie (2nd Guitar / Vocals), Dinie(Bass), Emai(Keys / Synth) and a sessionist drummer.

Butterfingers

In 1991, Loque and his Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) schoolmate, Kadak formed what was then known as Loque's Tail , Loque and Kadak, together with a few MCKK friends, started producing their own material, with the hopes of making a name for themselves in the Malaysian music scene. It is worth remembering that this was during the start of the grunge era which managed to reach the shores of Malaysia in substantial force.

It was while jamming in Kuala Lumpur during 1993 at Black Widow Studios that they bumped into Emmett, who was there jamming (as a guitarist) with his band at that time, Grunge Dayz . Impressed with what he saw, Loque challenged Emmett to a ‘jamming showdown', after which they mutually decided to join skills and creativity, to form their own band. After meeting up with drummer Kalai later that year, Butterfingers was officially born by the end of 1993. And with the final line up of Loque (songwriter, guitarist), Emmett (vocals, guitar, strings and lyricist), Kadak (bass) and Kalai (drums), Butterfingers hit the underground gig scene with such vengeance that had most of their shows sold out and described today as ‘the stuff of underground legends'.

"1 goat, 2 apples and 16 oranges" was a demo cassette published by butterfingers into the underground circuit. The demo introduced butterfingers' raw energy in music, heavily influenced by grunge during that time, and Emmett's vocals which is a carbon-copy of Kurt Cobain. A lot of listeners thought that the demo was an unreleased Nirvana album, until butterfingers made their first appearance at the superUnderground music gig at Picadilly on February 1995. The gig and the circulation of their now very popular demo raised butterfingers into becoming one of the most recognizable underground bands at that time, along with other bands such as OAG, The Splatters and Spiral Kinetik Circus.

After the released of "KEMBALI" album on August 2008, Butterfingers made several shows to promote their newest album. On 17 and 18 January 2009, they performed for the first and the last time for 2009 at Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur that consist of 4 sessions for 2 days. Tickets to all 4 sessions were sold out before the shows and it was a huge success to the band, and a good time to say farewell to their fans as Loque will be going back to Boston. Rumours of the band resting out for a long time spread out from the fans that saying Butterfingers will be back in 2011.

OAG Band

OAG (juga ditaip sebagai O@G) merupakan sebuah kumpulan rock alternatif Malaysia. Kumpulan ini dikenali umum sebagai peneraju muzik rock alternatif Malaysia. Ditubuhkan pada tahun 1992 dan dianggotai Radhi (vokal dan gitar), Chi (dram), Ivan (gitar), dan Lam (bass) sebelum mengalami perubahan dalam anggota kumpulan.Pada asalnya OAG dikatakan mewakili "Old Automatic Garbage" tetapi kemudiannya ditukar menjadi Orang Asia Genius.Radhi keluar dari kumpulan ini untuk bergerak secara solo pada tahun 2009, menyebabkan ahli-ahli lain menamakan semula kumpulan menjadi OrAnG dengan vokalis yang baru.

OAG ditubuhkan pada tahun 1992 sebagai pemuzik underground sebelum menghasilkan sebuah rakaman demonstrasi pada tahun 1994 dan mengirimkannya kepada Paul Moss, yang ketika itu merupakan seorang penerbit di syarikat rakaman Positive Tone. Beliau yang tertarik dengan kebolehan kumpulan tersebut terus mendaftarkan mereka di bawah syarikat tersebut.

Pada tahun 1995, Lam dan Ivan meninggalkan OAG atas sebab melanjutkan pelajaran. Mereka diganti pula oleh Adin (gitar) dan Edmund (bass).

Kejayaan OAG terbukti apabila mereka memenangi anugerah Artis Baru Terbaik dalam Anugerah Industri Muzik 1996. Video klip 60's TV juga dicalonkan sebagai Video Klip Terbaik.^[3] Klip tersebut pernah berada di tangga keempat selama enam bulan berturut-turut dalam rancangan Chart Show's Best yang ditayangkan di MetroVision pada tahun 1996.

OAG juga diberi penghargaan untuk mendendangkan lagu tema Kejohanan Remaja Sedunia FIFA/Coca Cola ke-9 yang diadakan pada 16 Jun 1997 di Malaysia. Lagu yang bertajuk Name Of The Game itu digubah oleh Radhi dan liriknya ditulis oleh Paul Moss.

Dalam tahun 2000-an, OAG mula menceburi persada lagu berbahasa Melayu, bermula dengan album Opera Radhi-o Friendly (2002) diikuti dengan Satelit Ink. (2003). Pada tahun 2005, kumpulan ini juga diberi peluang merakamkan lagu tema Generasiku bagi filem Gol & Gincu dan siri televisyen susulannya.

Pada tahun 2005, OAG dibari oleh Radhi, Nizam, Eric, Zul dan Fizul. Barisan ini telah menaikkan lagi nama OAG dipersada muzik tanah air dengan memenangi anugerah Ikon Malaysia bagi katergori kumpulan (Jaclyn Victor katergori solo). Mereka juga mewakili Malaysia bagi peringkat Ikon Asean.

Pada tahun 2006, OAG meninggalkan EMI, setelah merakamkan album terakhir bersama label tersebut, OrAnG. Pada tahun 2006, mereka dipilih untuk membantu mempromosikan Tahun Melawat Malaysia 2007 di London.

Pada tahun 2007, mereka terlibat dalam pertandingan Nokia You Make It Reel!. Lagu mereka telah digunakan oleh peserta iaitu pengarah video muzik untuk menghasilkan video untuk lagu mereka dan memenanginya. Pada tahun yang sama mereka menjuarai kategori kumpulan muzik di Ikon Malaysia.

Julie Goes Over Sea

  Formed in the end of 2005 by four schoolmates,julie goes overseas has played in various of gigs and tours across malaysia. they have released their debut mini album titled "oh bulan" with five songs, (two from their previous demos).

Their 2008 single called "si dia" had a flying success when the song had been downloaded 60000 times untill today and the single itself have been sold for more than 2000 copies only through myspace and their gigs!.they have also won the 5th spot at ROTTW soundstage which is one of malaysia's premier battle event! consisting bands from all over malaysia
In 3 years period of gigging,they have peformed in every gig spot across Malaysia and shared stage with many mainstream and underground bands.
On the July 2009,JGO has made their first TV appearance in RTM's "SELAMAT PAGI MALAYSIA" and open up more chance for them on the mainstream level.
Making their way in 2010,they will about to release more of their song for malaysian listeners

A.P.I Band

Gabungan dari penyanyi Noh (Hujan),Lan (Typewritter),Din Homatov (Estranged),Imran (One Buck Short),AJ (Pop Shuvit) dan loQue (MonoloQue/ Butterfingers) telah berjaya menghasilkan lagu yang memang betul-betul berkualiti pada pandangan aku.Setiap lirik yang ditulis oleh Loque sememangnya diakui ramai peminat-peminat muzik dimalaysia antara yang terbaik.Lirik lagu pelita ini sepenuhnya dicipta oleh Loque sendiri.Lagu pelita ini adalah lagu tema filem Hoppers yang akan ditayangkan tak lama lagi.Baru-baru ini juga lagu Pelita dari A.P.I juga tercalon dalam dalam finalist Anygerah Juara Lagu yabg ke 25.Ini amat membanggakan kerana Indie Band projek ini dapat memberi impak besar kepada industri muzik tanah air kita.tecalon dalam AJL25 adalah satu pencpaian yang amat bangga kepada A.P.I kerana bukan senang untuk menjadi finalist bagi AJL25.Gabungan dari band-band indie ini mencetuskan fenomena muzik indie tanah air.

Azlan and The Typewriter

Azlan & The Typewriter (ATT) is a modern rock soloist led by Azlan, the former lead vocalist of rock group Meet Uncle Hussain. The name Azlan & The Typewriter is derived from a combination of human touch with basic traditional tools of self expression. The Typewriter being a metaphor for his soul, his mind and his words.Modern alternative indie rock is the genre. Utilising a range of unique musical arrangements and a leftfield approach to Malay rock music, Azlan brings a more personal touch to his colourful melodies. Expressing the broad perspectives of Azlan’s journey of life in the search of oneself, his deep poetic lyrics fuse this project together with his sincerest feelings about existence."Gerak Hati" is the 2nd single from his debut album "Peta Minda", which will be released by the first quarter of 2010.

One Buck Short

Diasaskan oleh Hafiz (dahulunya pemain gitar bass, menjalani kerahan tenaga di Singapura buat seketika) dan Rahul Kukreja (gitar) sewaktu sekolah menengah, kumpulan berempat yang merupakan pelajar APIIT dan Institut Help dan menggemari muzik punk pop So-Cal mula bermain muzik di acara sekolah dan pertandingan kugiran sebelum muncul di persada muzik tanahair. Hafiz sekarang di Malaysia, namun tugasnya sebagai pemain bass diambil alih oleh Izal.

Single pertamanya "That Day" dari EP mereka Where Is The Mouse?! mampu mencecah kedudukan lima teratas dalam carta Hitz.fm Malaysian Top 10 dan kumpulan ini ketika itu sedang mempromosikan keluaran mereka melalui persembahan di pertunjukan bawah tanah berprofil rendah serta acara terkemuka seperti pesta Rock the World dan Asian X Games. Sekitar tahun 2004, kugiran ini menulis lagu Christmas Morning untuk tujuan amal (melalui MusicCanteen Christmas Album). Kumpulan ini juga dicalonkan untuk Artis Baru Terbaik pada Hitz.FM Malaysian English Top 10 Awards yang pertama.

Kumpulan ini juga pernah dicalonkan untuk kategori Rock Terbaik dan Persembahan Live Terbaik untuk Malaysian English Top 10 Awards kedua pada 10 Disember 2006.

Single pertama kumpulan ini dari album terkini akan datang Halal & Loving It, "Fast Times", sedang disiarkan di radio. Album ini diterbit oleh Clockwork Records dan dikeluarkan pada tahun 2007.

Meet Uncle Hussain

Kumpulan Meet Uncle Hussain (juga dieja MeetUncleHussain atau meetunclehussain, singkatan MUH) ialah sebuah kumpulan muzik bebas Malaysia yang pada asalnya dianggotai oleh empat orang iaitu Lan (vokal utama/gitar kedua), Taja (gitar utama/vokal latar), Kudux (dram) dan Afat (bass/vokal latar). Mereka juga pernah menggunakan khidmat bekas pemain dram Flop Poppy dan Gerhana Skacinta, Bakri ketika persembahan mereka. Konsep lagu yang didendangkan oleh Meet Uncle Hussein berbentuk rock progresif.

Pencapaian besar mereka yang terawal ialah dijadikan Kumpulan DIY Terbaik oleh majalah ROTTW pada tahun 2005. Pada tahun 2007, kumpulan ini makin laris dengan penampilan dua lagu mereka, La La La Kerjalah dan Lagu Untukmu sebagai lagu tema KAMI yang bertemakan perjuangan pemuzik bebas di Malaysia. Pencapaian terkini dinobat sebagai juara lagu di Anugerah Juara Lagu 23.

Pada tahun 2001, kumpulan Meet Uncle Hussain terbentuk daripada vokalis/pemain gitar Nor Azlan Rosle (Lan) dan Nik Mustaza Nik Mustapha (Taja), pemain gitar bes Mohd Fathi Mohd Darwis (Afat), dan pemain dram undangan Mohamad Hirwan Hatta (Kudux), yang mula-mula bermain muzik bersama pada tahun 2001. Jelas Taja, mereka milih nama "Meet Uncle Hussain" kerana "kami mahu nama yang unik dan melambangkan irama kami, nama yang cukup mudah diingati ramai, jadi kami memilih nama Hussain. Jika Meet Uncle Patrick atau Ramli, pasti tidak menjadi."

Selama enam tahun sejak ditubuhkan, kumpulan MUH hanya dikenali di kalangan peminat muzik bawah tanah, memenangi anugerah Band Terbaik dalam majalah ROTTW pada tahun 2005, dan pernah sekali mengeluarkan single "Halusinasi" di radio Xfresh FM sahaja.

Grey Sky Morning Band

Grey Sky Morning adalah sebuah kumpulan muzik yang mula bertapak dari tahun 2004 bergerak secara bebas atau lebih dikenali sebagai indie band (INDEPENDENT). Kumpulan yang berasal dari Klang ini terdiri dari 5 orang anak muda iaitu Ejal (28) selaku vokalis,Yatt (27) sebagai pemain bass, Ery (25) sebagai pemain drum, Ojex (24) selaku pemain gitar utama & Ewan (21) sebagai pemain gitar kedua. Karya dari segi penulisan lagu & susunan muzik disusun dan dicipta oleh Grey Sky Morning sendiri. Dengan mempertaruhkan muzik bergenre Rock Retro, Grey Sky Morning cuba membawa diri ke arus persada seni perdana dengan hasrat karya muzik Grey Sky Morning diterima oleh semua lapisan masyarakat.
Grey Sky Morning juga berhasrat untuk melebarkan sayap dan pengaruh muzik mereka ke luar negara jika diberi peluang dan kesempatan. Walaupun sibuk dengan persembahan – persembahan promosi lagu di program - program televisyen & radio, Grey Sky Morning juga masih aktif membuat persembahan di setiap sirkit - sirkit GIG di seluruh Malaysia. Grey Sky Morning juga mempunyai pengikut-pengikut setia sejak mula ditubuhkan dan bermain di GIG dari sekitar 2004 sehingga sekarang.

BunkFace

Bunkface ialah sebuah kugiran empat ahli yang diasaskan di Klang, Selangor, pada tahun 2005, kini terdiri daripada penyanyi utama dan pemain gitar keduanya Sam Baharom, pemain gitar bes dan penyanyi tambahan Youk, pemain gitar utama Paan, dan pemain dram Ejam Coda. Antara lagu-lagu popular nyanyian Bunkface termasuk "Bunk Anthem", "Situasi", "Silly Lily", "High School Rocker", "Prom Queen", dan "Through My Window.

Kugiran ini bermula sebagai empat sekawan yang bersekolah di SMK Sri Andalas dan sering mengadakan sesi jamming biasa di Klang, Selangor, .Nama "Bunkface" berasal dari tajuk sebuah lagu dendangan Sum 41, "Crazy Amanda Bunkface", yang dicadangkan oleh bekas pemain dram, Biak.

Pada Mac 2006, Bunkface memenangi tempat pertama di pertandingan Band Rakan Seni Budaya anjuran Universiti Malaya, yang mana Piko dari kumpulan Marionexxes juga bertindak selaku pengurus acara, majalah muzik ROTTW turut sama menaja acara itu. Daripada itulah Bunkface julung kalinya disiarkan dalam majalah. Kemudian, Piko telah mencadangkan Bunkface kepada komuniti muzik Internet Demoplanet.tv untuk menawarkan penajaan untuk membikin video muzik. Pada akhir tahun 2006 barulah mereka dapat menarik perhatian umum dengan menyertai pertandingan realiti Blast Off.

Hujan Band

Hujan-ditubuhkan pada awal tahun 2006,band yang berbakat ini terdiri daripada Noh:vokal dan gitar kedua, Dimas:Bass, IY AG: gitar utama dan Ambobzeela: Drum . Muzik yang dipengaruhi dari pelbagai band band muzik ternama seperti The Strokes,Butterfingers dan Juga Pot Amir. Hujan lebih senang dikenali sebagai band rock alternative dan tiada masalah untuk berkarya dalam bahasa melayu. Dengan namanya mengambil elemen daripada alam,muziknya berkisar diantara renyai dan lebat serta ribut menggambarkan cerita,mood dan agenda agenda di dalam lagu mereka. Mereka mendendangkan segalanya daripada cinta,ketuhanan,keluarga dan perkara perkara yang berlaku di dunia ini. Sehingga 2007,mereka telah mengeluarkan 2 EP yang pertama '' 1 2 3 GO'' dan yang kedua pada bulan Disember '' Check Check Rock Rock'' . Nama nama EP mereka juga telah diambil sempena frasa yang sering di sebut di dalam demo demo lagu mereka.Dari hari ke hari,peminat mereka kian bertambah yang dipanggil''Rainger''. mereka terus menerus menyokong kumpulan ini dengan menghadiri gig-gig dan show HUJAN dan membeli EP mereka. Antara lagu lagu yang terkenal adalah Pagi Yang Gelap, Gundah,Akuskandal,Ludah Amerika dan Sedih. HUJAN boleh dilawati di laman web myspace mereka www.myspace.com/kugiranhujan dan laman web peminat(rangers) di www.hujan.org

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