JJI Brothers is a leading
Tibetan
Tibetan may mean:
* of, from, or related to Tibet
* Tibetan people, an ethnic group
* Tibetan language:
** Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard
** Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dial ...
rock band in based in
Dharamshala, India. The band comprises three brothers with their initials represented in the acronym 'JJI'.
Their names are Jigme, Jamyang, and Ingsel. They are Tibetan exiles belonging to the generation born in India. Their music often carries the theme of struggles of statelessness, and of being a refugee and its concomitant agonies.
JJI Brothers' music has been described as an avant garde "mix of Doorsy grooves and Rage Against the Machine style lyrics."
The trio makes their living from running a small, bohemein cafe in
McLeod Ganj
McLeod Ganj, also spelt McLeodganj, (pronounced ''Mc-loud-gunj'') is a suburb of Dharamshala in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is known as "Little Lhasa" or "Dhasa" (a short form of Dharamshala used mainly by Tibetans) because ...
, Dharamsala.
References
External links
Chevstar RecordsJJI Official Website
Tibetan emigrants to India
20th-century Tibetan male singers
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