We were a great
band. The Persian bands these days are sisi compared to us. We rocked
out. We had high standards. Hamid and I both had a strong musical
background. We played good clean arrangement unlike many Persian bands
who play Khaltoori. And we had power. I had the Beatles energy. Peyman
had the metal background. The others too, each brought an important
unique element. And we each had a good stage character. By the time we
formed that band I had already played with many bands. It was the
others' first band or second maybe. I recruited Norouz in the park at
Sizdeh Bedar. Ali was my far cousin. I met Hamid in a mutual friend's
house and liked him from the first moment. To this date we are like
brothers. He's an angel. With the others too, we hit it off from the
first moment. Norouz was already a tempo+vocals sensation among his
friends -- perfect addition to our band, and he had/has a great
character, easy to work with, etc., we didn't have the ego clash
problem a lot of bands have. Look, 20 years later, we're still friends.
I wished Peyman could improve his musical knowledge and even took him
to a teacher. He had a rock solid beat and a good drummer for us. He
also had a practice space, and of course, a very nice personality. Ali
also. I love these guys still, like my brothers. [reprinted with permission] Dec 2010 Hi Reza, It felt so good to watch all
of that. I have watched them three times so far. I wish time could go
back and we could play again. I have to tell you that you
were a great band leader. I was so wrapped up trying to play my own
music, I never paid attention how you kept the band and the audience
energetic. Your base also sounded so good. Thanks again for
doing this. I know it takes a lot of time to edit and create something
like this. I hope we all get together one day and play music.
------- Reza Ganjavi answered: Glad
you liked it. we were a good team -- very beautiful to work together --
specially with you since we have such a good chemistry and deep level
of communication with and without words, with music, and in our hearts
and minds.
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