Aryan or Arian ( fa, Āriān - آریان) is the first Persian pop band consisting of both male and female singers and players in Iran after the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

. Pahlavan and Salehi are the band's lead vocalists, and the songwriters are Pahlavan, Salehi, Amirkhas, Khahani and Farnejad. Their second, third and fourth albums were the bestselling albums of their release years. They are the first Iranian band to feature in the " International Who's Who in Music". They have released four albums, and played concerts around the globe. They donate part of their profits to the " United Nations World Food Programme".

Albums

Their debut album, ''Gole Aftabgardoon'' (''The Sunflower'') was released in 2000. The album had huge success in Iran and between the Persian communities across the globe. The lyrics were simple, nice and different from the prior bands and singers, and the music had a positive feeling. Their second album, however, had more complex lyrics. It was named ''Va Amma, Eshgh'' (''And Now, Love'') and released in 2001. The lyrics were again alternative and different, and in the first song, the fantasies of love are being criticized and described as "The Childish Tales". It took three years to release the third album, ''Till Eternity...'', released in 2004 and they started to show their music to the rest of the world and were nominated for BBC World Music awards recently. The band has become so popular that more than 54,000 tickets to one of their concerts were sold in less than six hours. In a recent interview with BBC they said, "Now we have a responsibility, we should be better and introduce ourselves all over the world. "If you go to Iranian movies all you see is misery - nothing else. People think Iran is like this - everything is a desert, all the people are crying.... We wanted to show the real Iran". In 2008, they released their fourth album ''Bi to Ba to'' and they worked together with Chris de Burgh and produced an English-Persian version of de Burgh's song " The Words I Love You" (

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). In 2009, Arian released a single called "Here Comes Nowrouz, Here Comes Spring" for the Iranian new year. In 2010, they released a single called "The Footsteps of Hope" for United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and received a Certificate of Appreciation from WFP.

Mohammad Reza Golzar Mohammad Reza Golzar ( fa, محمدرضا گلزار , born March 21, 1977) is an Iranian actor. Early life Mohammad Reza Golzar was born on 21 March 1977 in Tehran in a family of Azerbaijani origin. His close friend Aria Sajadi helped him ...

, a famous actor and model, used to be one of the guitarists and soloists for the group.

Current members

* Ali Pahlavan (Vocals & Guitar) *

Payam Salehi Payam Salehi (), is an Iranian singer and guitarist, and is a founder and main member of the band Arian. Biography Encouraged by his parents, he turned to music and learned to play the santur with Azita Hajian as a child. After learning the san ...

(Vocals & Guitar) * Ninef Amirkhas (Keyboard) (studying in the United States) * Siamak Khahani (Violin) * Alireza Tabatabaee (Drum) * Borzou Badihi (Percussion) (lives on Kish Island) * Sharareh Farnezhad (Guitar, Chorus) * Sahar Kashmari (Chorus) * Sanaz Kashmari (Chorus)

Guest players

* Farzad Fakhreddini (Electric Guitar) * Dara Daraei (Bass Guitar) * Shahab Hosseini (Keyboard) * Alireza Miraqa (Percussion) * Amid Bonakdar (Bass Guitar) ;Former guest players * Tirdad Keshavarzi (Electric Guitar) - Tehran Milad Hall (Tehran International Fair) * Saman Emami (Electric Guitar)- Tehran S'ad Abad Palace. * Milad Zendeh Naam (Electric Guitar) - Dubai * Babak Akhoundi (Electric Guitar)- Uk, Germany Tour ;Guest players in albums * Abbas Sadeqi (Electric Guitar) * Babak Akhoundi (Electric Guitar) * Fleming Khoshqadami (Harmonica) * Farzad Fakhreddini (Electric Guitar) * Jaber Eta'ati (Accordion)

Discography

Albums

*''Gole Aftabgardoon'' (گل آفتابگردون) (2000) *''Va Amma Eshgh'' (2001) (و اما عشق) *''Ta Binahayat'' (2004) (تا بی نهایت) *''Bi To Ba To'' (2008) (بی تو با تو) *''Khoda Hafez'' (2015) (خداحافظ)

Singles

*"Here Comes Nowrooz, Here Comes Spring" (2009) (عيد اومد بهار اومد) *"The Footsteps of Hope" (2010) (صدای پای اميد) *"Seven" (2010) (هفت) *"Since You Have Gone" (2010) (از روزی که رفتی) *"Miss You Lots" (2010) (تو رو کم دارم) *"Flight-Club Mix" (2010) (پرواز - کلاب میکس)

Videography

* Arian Band - Parvaz * The Words I Love You - (HD Quality DVD)

References

External links

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Arian
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