Entertainment Desk :
August 16 marked the 59th birth anniversary of late rock legend Ayub Bachchu, known and admired by music lovers as legendary singer,
guitarist, composer, songwriter, musician and founder of popular band LRB. Due to ongoing corona pandemic, there was no special
arrangement to mark the day.
Born on August 16, 1962, in Patiya, Chattogram to Ishaque Chowdhury and Nurjahan Begum, Bachchu graduated from Government Muslim High School in 1975. He started his music career with the band Feelings in 1977, where he played as the lead guitarist alongside his most popular
contemporary rockstar James, another rock legend of the country, for the next two years. In 1980, Bachchu joined and continued playing for the melodious band Souls alongside famous singers and musicians such as Tapan Chowdhury, Naquib Khan, Kumar Bishwajit and more, continued as the band’s lead guitarist till 1990, and finally formed his own, full-fledged rock-themed band LRB (Love Runs Blind) in 1991. LRB started pretty strong with a surprise release of their first venture as a double album LRB-I and LRB-II, featuring many of its popular songs like Ghum Bhanga Shohore, Shesh Chithi, Madhobi and more. Soon, LRB started to become popular for their tunes and presentations with balanced and guitar-based lyrics. Although started as a hard rock band,
LRB soon became known for their experiment with genres such as blues rock, soft rock, and psychedelic rock; and continued cementing its legacy as one of the pioneering heavy metal rock bands
in Bangladesh.
