Ziaur Rahman, ( bn, জিয়াউর রহমান''Jiẏā'ura Rahamāna''; 27 June 1975), known as ''Zia'', is a Bangladeshi rock musician,

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songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

, and

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popularly known as the founder and leader of the

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group

Shironamhin Shironamhin ( bn, শিরোনামহীন ''Śirōnāmahīn'' English: ''Untitled'') is a Bengali rock band formed in Dhaka in 1996. Following as a rock group emerging from Dhaka's underground music in the late 1990s, they were distingui ...

. In addition, he plays

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and many other instruments for the compositions and do the production for Shironamhin band.

Musical career

Zia has been a fan of music from his early childhood. He became a hardcore fan of

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during his college life and used to collect VCPs of the music videos of popular bands. In 1996, Zia and friends formed the band

. They used to sing at TSC, Dhaka University, in their

BUET Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, commonly known by the acronym BUET, is a public technological research university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1876 as the Dacca Survey School, it is the oldest institution for the study ...

campus and wherever they got a chance. With their band, Zia went to the 2nd ''

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Star Search'' competition, and they released their first album Jahajee in 2004. They released a second album, Ichchhe Ghuri, in 2006, and their third, fourth and fifth albums were released in 2009, 2010 and 2013 respectively. In 2014, Zia with his band Shironamhin attended the

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's most famous musical festival titled ''Galle Music Festival''.

Instruments

Zia is skilled in playing Warwick infinity NT, Ibanez SR5000E Prestige, Hartke bass attack, Morley Pedals. Additionally, he plays

and many other instruments for the compositions and does the production for Shironamhin band. For their self-titled album ''

Shironamhin Shironamhin Background Shironamhin tried to compile confession, demand, rage, hope & anticipation in their self-titled album to invite a new light through old windows. From lyrical point of view, this album is more specific on topic, searching the positive ...

'', he learnt playing

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, cello and

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Works

Band albums

* '' Jahajee'' (2004), (

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: জাহাজী) * '' Ichchhe Ghuri'' (2006), (

: ইচ্ছেঘুড়ি) * ''

Bondho Janala ''Bondho Janala'' (Bengali: বন্ধ জানালা English: ''Closed Window'') is the third album by the Bengali psychedelic rock band Shironamhin. ''G-Series'' released the album on 13 April 2009 in the Bangladesh. Background ''Bond ...

'' (2009), (

: বন্ধ জানালা) * ''

Shironamhin Rabindranath ''Rabindranath'' is the fourth album by the Bengali rock band Shironamhin. ''Laser Vision'' released the album on 2010 in Bangladesh. The album's eleven songs are inspired by Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's lit ...

'' (2010), (

: শিরোনামহীন রবীন্দ্রনাথ) * ''

'' (2013), (

: শিরোনামহীন শিরোনামহীন)

Mixed album songs

* ''Neon Aloy Shagotom'' (2007) * ''Shopnochura 2'' (2006) * ''Shopnochura 3'' (2007) * ''Bondhuta'' (2008) * ''Rock 101'' (2008) * ''WFP Campaign'' (2009)

Literary work

Zia released a new poetry book titled 'Nirbachito Gaankobita' (Selected song) in 2019

Ekushey Book Fair The Ekushey Book Fair ( bn, একুশে বই মেলা, Ekuśe Bôi Mela), officially called Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela ( bn, অমর একুশে গ্রন্থ মেলা, lit='Immortal Book Fair of the Twenty-first f February ...

References

External links

* *
Shironamhin
on YouTube
Shironamhin on iTunes

Shironamhin on Amazan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ziaur Rahman Living people Shironamhin Bangladeshi male musicians 1975 births Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology alumni Notre Dame College, Dhaka alumni St. Gregory's High School and College alumni